A common issue I often have with extended, solo guitar pieces, particularly those emerging after the most significant Takoma school work, is that due to its singular point of origin and fetishized physicality, its reduction to strings, frets and equipment, the methods for listening to the guitar in this context feel limited to pre-established...
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Derek Rogers is a prolific sound artist; his hardworking aesthetic has given yield to a body of work that is intriguingly diverse yet still cohesive.
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Despite having lived in Sheffield for the best part of a decade at the start of the century, Songs Of Green Pheasant – a native of the city – was only ever mentioned once, and briefly, in my company.
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Loveliescrushing has impressively reached a career that now spans twenty years!
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Listening to one of the handful of Guardian Alien tapes released recently reminded me of an important truism – although it’s far less common, an actual human being projecting intense emotions is way more affecting than a simple wall of noise.
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This duet is subtle and expansive, with the musicians more than willing to take the time to hear what each other—as well as the acoustics of the setting and its silences—have to say next.
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The great folks over at France’s Bookmaker Records have added 3 more sonic installments to their mixtape series with each of the Bookmaker Records’ members making a personal compilation. VALENTIN’S MIXTAPE 01 / MIRRORING “Mirror of our Sleeping” 02 / WOVENHAND “The Threshingfloor” 03 / LORDS OF FALCONRY “Osirion” 04 / CHARLIE PARR “Midnight Has Come & Gone”...
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Rocket Machine started up about a year ago now and has been etching out its own spot on the ever-growing tape label horizon. Besides releasing a wide array of music, label head Luke Morris has distinguished Rocket Machine through it’s consistent visual aesthetic. There really aren’t any other tapes that look like his and...
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