On “Moon Outside” the London artist ROWE meditates on a poem by Leonard Cohen which views the moon with unease and suspicion. An agent provecteour sent to disrupt sleep cycles with it’s always watchful eye. Recorded in her apartment, “Moon Outside by ROWE aka Becky Cockram certainly sounds haunted by something ominous and nocturnal. Utilizing …
Venkman is a Glasgow based Synthwave artist whose ghost still rattles through the broken arcades – a reminder of the bright and technologically advanced future the 80’s promised us. Maybe we didn’t heed the warnings of all of the dystopian films of that era, because we are heading quickly to the hellish post-apocalyptic wasteland quicker …
tometotheweathermachine · {arsonist} In this interview I chat with Dr. Danielle Rager – who records under the name {arsonist} – about her early prog rock musical inspirations and the transition between playing in classical music ensembles to the broader world of experimental music. {arsonist’s} tape Reality Structures came out on Unifactor Tapes earlier this year …
Using a keyboard loop and a variety of percussive techniques, the German musician has created a floating and stately composition that utilizes unique extended techniques to create oceans of sound from the pitched vibration of metal on drum skin. It’s a pleasure watching Hans Arnold create these compositions from the ground up, lovingly applying each …
Drawing upon the paintings of Peruvian painter Boris Vallejo to illustrate a utopian vision of world we get to start again in, “Wishing” folds in shimmering shoegaze guitars, completely edgeless vocals, golden synths and a driving House beat that sneaks itself into the glistening corners of this track. The Birmingham, AL trio have pushed beyond …
Combining Deep House seeping up from Tokoyo Nightclubs with manipulated samples of the Indian singing and field recordings of Taxis and Tuk-Tuk’s creating a natural rhythmic pattern, “Rickshaw Aoyama” from the Japan-based Healing Spells is a a hypnotic and building conversation between two cultures. Listen on Spotify
“Leakage” is a pretty exquisite experiment in filtering classic House created Roland 808 through the prism of the outre and ambient leaning Deep House of the last decade. We hear excellent headroom kicks surging below classic digital splash of the 808 snare with floating vibes of stereo-panning ambient pads that rise and full with an …
There is some kind of emotional / nostalgic pull behind this minimal house track from Bob Blankemeier that is difficult to pin down but easy to feel. A progressive bass line holds down this minimal house track with tidal pulls of drone, sharp snares and flourishes of guitar and piano replete throughout. Bob Blankemeier · …
Jeff Anderson of To Destroy a City has created a lush and evolving solo project that layers analog synths, cello, guitars and piano into a swelling climax with enough compositional movement enough to push back against an ambient modifier. The track builds and swells, pulling back into itself before bursting out with long cello drones, …
tenebrous MITCHELL is a collaboration between Scottish poet Gerry Mitchell and Steve Gullick’s tenebrous LIAR project. “The Heart is a Compass” is an exploration of the human condition in both spoken and wordless poetry. Gerry Mitchell’s voice resonates over a sea of droning brass overtones, plucked piano strings, washes of percussive noise and Satie-like melodies. …