The latest free download from the Kranky label is a live version of Nudge‘s “No Come Back,” the closing track off the group’s Cahced album, released earlier this year (MP3). Consisting of Brian Foote, Paul Dickow and Honey Owens, Nudge have produced something so majestically subdued that it sounds like it consists entirely of splices, its life blood the stuff between the samples and triggers, when bits of sound are extruded until they are mere suggestion. Coy beats linger long enough to trip you up, flanges rise like distant sirens, voices whisper just beyond the realm of intelligibility, the whole thing daring your ear to bring it into focus, and your foot to locate a downbeat. More info at kranky.net.
Current Activities
• October 13, 2016: This day marks the start of the 250th weekly Disquiet Junto project. • November 16, 2016: I'll be sharing the mic at Adobe Books in San Francisco with my fellow 33 1/3 author Evie Nagy for an evening hosted, from 7pm to 10pm, by Marc Kate (facebook.com). • December 1, 2016: A likely speaking engagement. Details to come. • December 13, 2016: This day marks the 20th anniversary of Disquiet.com. • January 5, 2017: This day marks the 5th anniversary of the Disquiet Junto. • Ongoing: The Disquiet Junto series of weekly communal music projects explore constraints as a springboard for creativity and productivity. There is a new project each Thursday afternoon (California time), and it is due the following Monday at 11:59pm: disquiet.com/junto. • My book on Aphex Twin's landmark 1994 album, Selected Ambient Works Vol. II, published as part of the 33 1/3 series, an imprint of Bloomsbury, is now in its second printing. It can be purchased at amazon.com, among other places.