Like Indian ragas, the pieces seem composed and arranged to be played at specific times of day, following the sun across the sky. A new […]
Tag: Noise
Mark Stewart :: Exorcism of Envy (Future Noise Music)
Dub as an attitude, its “destruction of a structure a political as well as a musical statement.” The end of the civil society averted—this time. […]
Dr. Guilty / Paul Mitchell :: Double review (Elephant)
Both tapes explore melody extension, sometimes overly stretching it into outright repetition. Evenings are getting shorter. Jumpers are returning. The kids are back in school. […]
Rory St John :: Astroakoustic EP (Acroplane)
Erratic low-end, smoldering rhythms, industrial-electro, noisy synths and an extended surplus of sonic blasts form the basis for Astroakoustic. Rory St John opens his account […]
3View :: Intangible Cat
A small “scene”—or simply a bunch of friends with benefits like talent, good ideas and a shared sense of whimsy, as heard on ensemble efforts […]
John Cohen :: Deaf Arena (Exotic Pylon)
As an album in its own right Deaf Arena is a towering monument of distorted terror—brooding and heavy with some beautifully intricate atmospheric meanderings. An […]
Meatbingo :: Trendy Robots (Skam)
Meatbingo hacks, sawing out chunks of ugly sound before sowing them to disfigured and mangled figures. Leatherface meets Frankenstein meets Electronic music. I still remember […]
These Feathers Have Plumes :: Untitled (Sheepscar Light Industrial)
These two fleeting moments (just over seven and just under nine minutes, respectively) may well be the most beautiful recordings of the year and will […]