Listening to the piece “Gesine IV” (MP3) on guitarist Giuseppe Ielasi’s album Gesine (Hapna), one could be excused for hearing words in one’s head: “Tin soldiers and Nixon’s coming / We’re finally on our own.” It’s not that his …
Good Reads: (1) The European Union Commission is focusing legislation on member states over noise pollution in cities (cnn.com). … (2) Finally, someone (Tony Green) takes on the “most bogus claim in the music business,” i.e., that one is …
Apologies for the two-day lull. I was away for a brief work-related trip. Speaking of lulls, a full track from Colin Andrew Sheffield’s debut solo album, the enviro-ambient First Thus, is up at the Elevator Bath label’s website, elevatorbath.com. …
Yes, the Downstream is about downloadable, not streaming-only, sound. But another question that gets answered “yes” is: “Are there two streaming interview programs featuring Brian Eno up on the BBC’s website?” Some questions are more important than others. And indeed, …
The act allthatfall’s six-song EP on the luv sound netlabel (title: hopecrash) is so endlessly listenable that you end up playing it in the background while writing about other (other, more easily summarized) records. There’s just so much to praise …
Quick Links: (1) Instructions (link) on how to download “any multimedia file from the web to your hard drive” (via downloadsquad.com). … (2) A guitar-playing robot (link) and (3) a drum machine for the PlayStation Portable (…
Over the course of the weekend, from July 8 through July 11, I’m porting Disquiet.com’s email from one hosting service to another. There will be some disruption in my email delivery as a result. If you send anything important during …
“Swamp Road” (MP3) is an elemental track from two musical evangelists: keyboardist John Medeski (Medeski Martin and Wood), an ambassador for jazz in the world of jam bands, and DJ Logic (Eye and I, Yohimbe Brothers), an ambassador for …
By chance or design, the latest entry in the kracfive.com collective’s monthly “MP3 rotor” of free downloads clocks in at three minutes and 33 seconds, which means it makes you picture a spinning chunk of vinyl even before you enter …
The Hippocamp netlabel has put together a pair of “summer compilation 2005″ releases, 21 tracks in all. A good chunk of the entries bear the distinct mark of Aphex Twin like a bad sunburn (the playroom instrumentation that veers toward …