Trensmat Records (Trim, Ireland) Irish power-label Trensmat has been coughing up limited-edition vinyl artifacts since 2005 but recently came off a couple-year hiatus. Stephen Gethings, one of two folks running the label, explains why a breather was needed: “We expanded pretty rapidly in 2008, 2009 … and this involved working with some large distribution...
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When experimental musicians use pop elements in their music, it most often sounds melancholic, retro or, even worse, cynical. Èl G, a French experimental musician living in Brussels, does not fall for that and so makes smart, relevant, authentic contemporary pop music. Mil Pluton, his new album, is proof of this.
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For those who aren’t already familiar with the name Villages, it is the solo guise of one Ross Gentry. Currently residing in the heart of Asheville, North Carolina, Gentry has become an integral part of a swelling underground movement in the western part of the state. Nestled amongst the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountians and along...
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I’ve been listening to chiptune maestro Disasterpeace’s soundtrack for the XBox Live game FEZ. It’s certainly one of my favorite ambient releases this year; its straightforward bleeps and bloops and skittering machine beats marry the romantic electronic visions of, say, Steve Hauschildt with the unobtrusive yet memorable melodies of some of my all-time favorite...
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Twenty years into its run, it would be hard to find any Foxy D. reader who hasn’t encountered several life-changing albums through Chicago’s Thrill Jockey label. From its origins releasing Chicago bands like Tortoise, The Sea and Cake, and Freakwater to its current guise as an ur-indie label releasing – in 2011 alone –...
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The small art gallery/clothing shop Cairo was host to a fantastic quartet of electronic artists on a chilly September night in the Northwest. I’ve been a fan of the 100% Silk label for a while, but every tour they’ve done has passed me by; that is, until I moved from the Midwest to Seattle....
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The last time Foxy Digitalis interviewed Bob McCully it was so monumental it had to be spread over three instalments. That was in 2007, when McCully was busy tearing music a new one with Women In Tragedy, a project that eventually spawned one of my favourite records of 2011 in Diane Arbus. Since then Women...
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With the majority of the Summer festivals concentrating on more standard fare, it’s exciting that come Autumn, the more adventurous festivals arrive. The Music Gallery – initiated in 1976 by members of free improvisors CCMC – is a prime source in Toronto for jazz/global/out/whatever music. A few years ago, they initiated the X Avant...
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David Bowie has never been one to shy away from bringing experimentation and theatricality into his music. Some of his greatest artistic successes are the product of toying with musical conventions. Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars deconstructed and mastered the burgeoning glam rock genre. Low, arguably his best album, was heavily influenced...
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Yeah, okay, so Crawford Philleo writes for Foxy Digitalis. What of it? If you can’t help a buddy out, what can you do? And even if he wasn’t curating Denver, CO’s most awesome experimental music festival we’d be writing about it anyway. (If we could afford to get there). (Or Brad coughed up the...
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In the third edition of Teenage Rage I peer in at the work of two inspiring labels – intergalactic tape and vinyl magnate Burger Records, and small but frantic Bloomington local Eradicator Records.
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Almost one year ago, I remember gazing intently at the beautiful artwork for a tape from Easy Feelings, the collaboration between Love Cult and Bedroom Bear on Sicsic. It was not a surprise when the warm, ethereal music cascaded through my body. Since that fateful evening, each batch of Sicsic tapes has proved to...
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Evan Caminiti’s a busy guy. Having already released the Painted Caves tape on Dust Editions, the Portraits collaboration with Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and Night Dust under his own name, last month saw the release of Dreamless Sleep, his second solo album of the year. Recently I spoke to Evan about how he juggles so many...
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