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[ September 6, 2006 / bookmark ]

downstream / Noise Continuum MP3

There’s so much of interest broadcast on Resonance FM that it’s almost absurd. Segments pop up as part of the website/radio station’s podcast, including, in mid-July, a segment of Pete Kemble’s show, The Heard World. An entry titled “A Collection …

[ September 5, 2006 / bookmark ]

downstream / Time-Release IDM MP3

If the first of three promotional MP3s being released in advance of Clark’s forthcoming Body Riddle album provided a taste of what’s to come (the song, “Herr Bar,” is the first track on the album, due out October 2), the …

[ September 4, 2006 / bookmark ]

downstream / Advance Caural MP3

The next album from Caural, Mirrors for Eyes, isn’t due out until October 9, but a track is available for free download from its releasing label, Mush Records (mushrecords.com). “I Won’t Race You” is slow, steady, heady pop. Its …

[ September 4, 2006 / bookmark ]

reports/essays / Our Lives in the Bush of Disquiet

In early 2006, musicians Brian Eno and David Byrne together took two different routes in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, their 1981 album that mixed found sounds and cut’n'paste techniques into arty, …

[ September 1, 2006 / bookmark ]

downstream / Lo-Tech MP3

There’s no assurance with a Daedelus release, no clear sense of what it might be based on any of his previous musical excursions. In place of his recent lo-fi hip-hop, his Denies the Day’s Demise album from earlier this year …