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The “hot tickle” free downloads posted by guitarist Robert Fripp over at dgmlive.com don’t hang around forever. A subscription to the series’ RSS feed (RSS) is the best way to keep up to date. Among the most recent …
The attenuated noise of Phillip Stearns’ Autopoiesis – I isn’t a matter of drones, per se. At least the five “Structures,” labeled “I” (MP3) through “V” (MP3), do not burrow deep into singular sounds and coast in a …
It opens with the misfunction of some broken old, little machine and then fades, countintuitively, into impressionistic piano. The latter, with its gentle daybreak melody, brings to mind the soundtracks of Angelo Badalementi, and that quietly instrusive mechanical sound reaffirms …
From found radio to wobbly vinyl, the source material that comprises Lee Rosevere’s Play 2, on the WM netlabel (wmrecordings.com), all comes across a little warped, a little nostalgic, a little maudlin, which is all to Rosevere’s credit. From …
A collection of six deeply inlaid tracks, Seroton reveals Sascha Neudeck as a master of details. Just listen to how small noises are introduced above the buzzing foundation of “Stringent#3,” for example; the sounds, which range from static to bent …
Given the piece’s thick, nearly rumbling organ tones and its regal atmosphere, a listen to “Apreludes (In C Sharp Major)” (MP3) by Stars of the Lid may summon up images of 2001: A Space Odyssey, but the monolith on …
While visiting Japan mid-December, I had a single night free for a concert. Katsura Yamauchi and Mitsuhiro Yoshimura were scheduled to play Loop-Line, a small gallery near Sendagaya Station, on December 13. Yamauchi is a saxophonist. Yoshimura was billed with …