Divide & Dissolve create impossibly heavy and prescient doom metal that inhales and exhales light and darkness. The duo from Turtle Island and so-called Australia prove to be an incomparable force here – delving deep into the distortion-laden fissures between doom riff after doom riff, electronics and feedback swell and settle between each movement. “Prove …
“~ o ~” is an acoustically strummed track that takes cues from Animal Collective’s “Campfire Songs” and early 00’s Freak Folk revival to create a completely immersive soundscape that wrestles between percussive pattern-building and wistful nostalgia. The Swedish artist’s voice reaches a distinctive whine on during the chorus – a natural pitch-shift that snaps the …
“None Yet, Really” begins with downtempo bliss firmly in place. Well worn hi-hats and snares snapping like dried twigs against concrete replete with intersecting percussion lines, ebullient synth lines and disembodied vocals. About 4 minutes into the song a shift occurs that takes the entire song into a different musical hemisphere. The tempo and intensity …
Borrtex is the name of Daniel Bordovsky – a young artist from Prague, Czech Republic who composes piano-led neo-classical work that possesses an inherent cinematic quality to it. “thoughts” is a contemplative work buoyed by electronic beats and a strong, nostalgic, lead. Listen on Spotify
The Long Shadow Duo is comprised of Neil Lord (Future Museums, Single Lash) and Marcus Maurice (More Eaze). The two fellow Republic of Texas denizens have created a wide-open, put-your-finger-anywhere-on-the-map tape that find the two exploring shared sonic space that, while varied in its approach, never strays too far away from a warm, droney center. …
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Built from a vocal sample from Julie Adenuga singing from her instagram account, “Julie” unfolds from a naked voice, sung into a phone and breaks wide open into a stunning Deep House track that keeps the soulful and melancholy melody running throughout. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_aNeEyd9yg
A new vehicle for the ambient artist Elskavon, Blurstem’s delicate composition was written around a characteristically out of tune piano and then joined by the musicians Kyle McEvoy and Ben Noble. On a series of collaborations, Among the Oaks features artists such as Lowercase Noises and Antarctic Wastelands to help draw out some of the …
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In this slowly-evolving, slowly melting image that provides the visual accompaniment for Samuel Proffitt and Treman’s delicate piano & electronics composition, we get the sense of a slow detachment from reality. Led by minimal lines that impact and retract like stones skipping across a placid lake, Proffitt’s command of tone and pacing are on full …
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Theres something in the way that “No Emotion” matches bright vibraphones with a cascading bass line that recalls with total warmness and fondness Tortoise and Gastr del Sol. Chicago post-rock’s openness and deeply studied connections to jazz are all over this mathy, but subdued, track by Hamilton, Ontario recording artist moon:and:6.