There is this grand thread of electronic and new wave music that is symphonic and thematic, drawing in listeners with extravagant production, intertwined instruments, and an overreaching vision.
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Nicholas Zettel
Web Site: http://vital-sound.blogspot.com
Hiro Kone, “s/t” EP
Danny Paul Grody, “In Search of Light” LP
Danny Paul Grody writes music for film, in addition to collaborating with several bands and presenting his own experimental music.
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Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., “Son of a Bitches Brew”
Surprisingly groovy, degenerative space fusion born straight from the skull of Miles Davis himself.
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Pink Priest, “Swallow Your Dreams” LP
I grew up off Lake Michigan, so I always appreciate any chance I get to watch an ocean come to shore.
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Moonwood: Funerals, Desert, and Folk
I first encountered Moonwood last year, reviewing the River Ghost LP. That LP’s progressions from expansive sketches to dense song structures — built prominently around guitar and gourd flute. Jakob Rehlinger follows up River Ghost this year with a new CD, The Strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the Strength of the...
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Andy & Zeus, “Tales of Power” tape
Andy & Zeus build layered, pulsating electronics to an extensive, droning B-side piece on "Tales of Power."
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Eivind Opsvik, “Overseas IV”
During the last century, most musical genres sustained popular elements while experimental cells explored new possibilities.
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Spires That in the Sunset Rise, “Ancient Patience Wills it Again” LP
If we push rationality far enough, to the bounds of logic, language, and perception, we can find mystical elements in our very being.
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Anthea Caddy & Thembi Soddell, “Host”
The opening moments of Host (Room40) present an eerie moment of rest, but it’s a peaceful rest that hints at untarnished natural sounds, rest that betrays the intensity of the 38 minutes that follow.
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Running, “Asshole Savant” LP+flexi
New set of seismic hardcore shifts from Chicago's Running, moving from straightforward hardcore cuts to noisy dirges.
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Label Spotlight: Rotted Tooth Recordings
Kyle Reynolds discusses Rotted Tooth Recordings, a Chicago-based label that focuses on heavy, rhythmic punk and experimental music.
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RxRy, “Alpha” LP
Blasts of ascendant noise and abrupt crescendos or filtered shifts populate this set of 20 concise electronic statements.
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Dark Isle, “Frozen Evenings by Candlelight” & “The Scars of Her Tears” CDr
Repeating downer beats and trading off textured synthetic voices, strings, and keys, Dark Isle trades between patterns and breaks throughout this two-part CDr.
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