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After testing the waters of experimental music last year, I dove in this year. A fortunate occurrence, given the robust climate of quality releases in 2012. Upon opening the year with a trilogy of releases from Immune Recordings (Ilyas Ahmed, Cleared, and Expo 70), my trail of experimental reviews and listening for the most...
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Veteran experimental outfit Volcano The Bear released two albums in 2012, including Golden Rhythm / Ink Music on Rune Grammofon. Between disparate threads of rhythmic improvisations and compositions, studio ambiance, and drawn-out drones, the group relies on key trumpet parts and expressive group vocals to guide their listener.
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Letha Rodman Melchior serves as performer and editor on her latest installment of her Tretetam project, placing her listener in a privileged position to watch the elements of her composition unfold.
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Percussive, ringing guitar accompanies brutal feedback, hum, and droning noise.
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Complete enchantment: A feeling of timeless magic, that strange type of shifting, like hiking through the woods as day turns to dusk, protected from the oncoming darkness as the final strands of light enter through the trees; a magical peace.
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Cinematic, expansive drones converge against rustic, percussive picking, creating a fitting tribute to the guitar organized around two extreme poles.
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Don’t you feel that power pop is underrated?
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Occlusions; Real-Time Music for Hybrid Digital-Analogue Modular Synthesizer is one of two 2012 releases prepared for Editions Mego by Keith Fullerton Whitman.
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Lush acoustic guitar arrangements feature surprising shifts and subtle electronic notes.
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Swelling drones lead to a monolithic conclusion on these foreboding and imaginative compositions.
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A combination 7" and 3-D booklet present immediately accessible themes of death, penetration, celebration, nature/mechanization, and ritual. A surprising contribution alongside challenging industrial compositions.
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Compilation of total outsider pop/experimental madness from New Zealand.
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In the wake of Cacaw’s 2011 split, Chicago veterans Zack Weil and Kyle Reynolds formed Oozing Wound with bassist Kevin Cribbin.
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