In a personal sense, 2012 was the best year of my life so far. So many great things happened to me that I actually struggle to remember them all. In April, thanks to my wife and family, I was lucky enough to visit Japan, where my scientist friend lives and works. I was there...
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Derek Rogers has been at the game for quite some time now, crafting some of the most curious sonic spaces full of despair and beauty through elegance.
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Derek Rogers recorded this concert at the LYR-I-CISM Festival in Austin, in April of last year.
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Derek Rogers has created a strong — albeit somewhat flat — release with this work, particularly through a deft use of chord changes, via distorted and layered recordings of wavering organ, and through his ability to cull emotional meaning from tape collage and musique concrète.
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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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“I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I’m doing…the emotional reaction is all that matters as long as there’s some feeling of communication, it isn’t necessary that it be understood.” – John Coltrane My interviews last year with Seasons (Pre-Din) and Blanck Mass were both heavy on the idea that...
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Best Album To me this year Eli Keszler’s “Oxtirn” (ESP-Disk) stood out among all the proper albums I heard. Keszler’s depth of vision and prodigious technique are remarkable, and on this LP the diverse elements of his sound form an intricate mosaic. Small motors flicker and cackle against piercing notes from bowed metal, while...
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I’ve heard and read so many people saying 2011 was a bad year for music. Where are these people looking? What are they listening to? Because it’s certainly not been my experience of the year. For me 2011 has been one of the most exciting years in a long time, with more variety than...
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I sat on this for far too long. Not literally, obviously… that’d be disrespectful and potentially damaging to both cassette and buttock.
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“Informal Meditation” is fucking amazing, a truly compelling and interesting piece of work that should be sought out by any means necessary.
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Let the air out of a wool balloon (see what happens) and it’s hard to hear, have the wind trouble the grass beneath the snow as you un-ground every circuit around to let the radio know you aren’t listening (anymore (any way)).
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