Because of the enormous amount of music released each year, it is absurd to single out a handful of recordings as “the best,” or even as “my favorites.” But also because of the enormous amount of music released each year, …
This is 2005’s final Downstream entry. Seems appropriate to end on something from the test tube netlabel, based out of Portugal. In less than a year and a half, test tube has earned a reputation as a key locale for …
So, there’s one other twist. Koji Asano, the hyperproductive electronic musician whose output suggests that the Japanese word for “prolific” is a tad more forceful than the English one, started uploading free downloads to his website, at kojiasano.com/freetunes, last …
After tomorrow’s Downstream entry and potentially a post or two this weekend, Disquiet.com will take a little holiday break until the first week of January (2006, by the way, marks this website’s 10th anniversary).
The German label at gruenrekorder.de has described itself as focusing on “audioart and field recordings.” Its sizeable website recordings include such categories as “sample poetry” and “bioacoustic compositions,” the latter featuring work that builds on tapes of, among other …
Tis the season, and Ghostly Records has the spirit. The label has posted some holiday treats in the form of freely downloadable MP3s: Cepia (aka Minneapolis-based Huntley Miller) turns Charlie Brown’s favorite holiday song into a mix of dissolving piano …
Tis the season for many things, but as the year winds down, the noisemongers at the Noisejihad Live netlabel certainly don’t have good cheer on their minds. The latest entry is a half hour of tentative dissonances by Eske Norholm …
While its name sounds like the premise for a Philip K. Dick novel, the Buddha Machine is not fictional, even if recent back orders, due to its popularity, might have suggested as much. A small, plastic, battery-operated device resembling a …
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has a regular podcast (sfmoma.org/podcasts), featuring interviews with and profiles of artists whose work is currently being shown. The most recent SFMOMA podcast, dated December 2005 - January 2006, features amid the …
Koji Asano, the prolific, self-published electronic musician, hasn’t just posted a free download on his website, kojiasano.com. He hasn’t just interrupted the steady flow of commercial recordings for a free one. He hasn’t just taken the heavily processed abstractions …