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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Chicago’s Immune label presents a split between two rootsy Maine projects.
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When I wrote about the debut album of the Chicago duo Cleared, I commented on their remarkable range, which drew broad comparisons but still managed to sculpt a consistently bleak atmosphere, heavy and thick in the manner of a cloudy Chicago day.
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Portugese composer and pianist Tiago Sousa (known initially from his netlabel Merzbau) makes it a point to play up the maturity and full realization of his new full-length on Chicago’s always-excellent Immune label.
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This is the debut release from Chicago duo Cleared, consisting of percussionist Steven Hess and guitarist Michael Vallera, two familiar faces in the Chicago experimental/drone world.
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On the new double LP, “Where Does Your Mind Go?”, Expo ‘70 mastermind Justin Wright has his best document yet of his immersive sound.
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