http://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/index.php promoting weird music and culinary excellence en-us en-US 2006-10-11T10:11:01+1300 foxyd@digitalisindustries.com foxy digitalis http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/reviews.php?which=5933 This split LP features two Swedish groups doing the homemade psych-drone thing, but it seems like the two couldn't be further apart in terms of mood. The four tracks by Street Drinkers are dark, noisy, and even a bit uncomfortable. The doomy chords and beyond-the-grave vocals recall Robedoor at their scariest, culminating in the doom-noise finale "Clouded Sky." Review by Paul Simpson. reviews 2010-09-08 14:54:03 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/reviews.php?which=5930 Before hearing this nifty 10" EP, I was not familiar with the music of Pumice. New Zealander Stefan Neville has been releasing material under this guise for over ten years; I knew vaguely of his work through exposure to Sunken, his duo with Antony Milton, but any preconceived ideas I'd had of what he did on his own didn't prepare me for the mesmeric noise-pop of his new mini-album on Doubtful Sounds. Review by Mike Griffin. reviews 2010-09-08 14:54:03 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/reviews.php?which=5924 IÂ’ve done it. IÂ’ve given a full ten marks to an album. To boot, this is a simple self-released CDr, so no magical limited handmade packaging to push the marks sky-high. ItÂ’s all about the vibrations; itÂ’s all about Mick Flower and Chris Corsano. This year has been a mammoth year for releases in both quantity and quality. The underground has produced a seemingly endless supply of hypnagogic (insert something that sounds cool)-wave bands. Some have been grand, others fractious and many irritatingly bland. I admit I have been swept away by some of the glorious pop offerings from Minks to Ducktails. Review by Peter Taylor. reviews 2010-09-08 14:54:03 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/reviews.php?which=5926 Prepare to be initiated. The fledgling label of mystical obscurities, Brave Mysteries, unleashed its first batch with a release put out by the labelÂ’s founders. Yes, Kinit Her, the effort of Nathaniel Ritter, Troy Schafer, and Vincent Wachowiak, is also affiliated with this up-and-coming tape label. This is only appropriate since Brave Mysteries is as arcane as the band is esoteric. Being my first exposure to experimental music on the tape format, Brave Mysteries, and especially Kinit HerÂ’s particular gateway into the shadows have left me quite satisfied that I tried something new. Review by Dave Miller. reviews 2010-09-08 14:54:03 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/reviews.php?which=5935 "Hyperlight" is a very good, well-played series of three pieces composed of repeating synth chords, tape loops, and murmured vocals, and is the first release by the musician Jimmy Billingham's musical project Tidal. Although the music on the cassette isn't conventionally breaking the boundaries that it is composed within—on a wider level, there are not many formal or aesthetic ideas per se from the recordings to set them apart from similar-sounding artists—the strength and the originality of the music comes instead through Billingham's working intelligently within his chosen framework, as well as in his ability to write dark, compelling chord progressions and to set a mood. Review by Jordan Anderson. reviews 2010-09-08 14:54:03 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/reviews.php?which=5923 As sure as the sun will set and the tide will turn, Fabio Orsi will do big things. I got a hint of this when I did one of my first-ever reviews for Foxy Digitalis of his “The Wild Light of the Moon” a couple years ago. That same year he really wowed me with a double-disc set of compositions, “Audio for Lovers.” This was a most elegant canon of works that displayed the epic talent of his ambience par excellence. I usually donÂ’t think of ambient drone as being epic, but thereÂ’s no question that this was the case for that release. Stepping it up a further notch, OrsiÂ’s latest triple-disc anthology is irresistibly epic. Review by Dave Miller. reviews 2010-09-08 14:54:03 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/reviews.php Other new reviews including <h1>haCked ! by eboz</h1>. reviews 2010-09-21 01:53:52 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/features.php?which=497 Check out the new site.. Feature by Brad Rose. interviews 2010-09-25 21:22:39 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/features.php?which=496 Since the mid-nineties, composer/guitarist Ernesto Diaz-Infante has been releasing some of the most boldly unclassifiable and uncompromising music that spans an unbelievably wide range of sounds. Feature by David Perron. interviews 2010-09-08 14:03:52 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/features.php?which=495 Horaflora is San Francisco-based musician Raub Roy. Feature by Mike Pursley. interviews 2010-09-08 13:55:19 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/features.php?which=494 BerlinÂ’s Bis aufÂ’s Messer emporium has all bases covered. From two rooms in the Eastern borough of Friedrichshain, Robert and Stefan run a store and a mailorder operation, they organize gigs, and not one, but two labels. Feature by Jan-Arne Sohns. interviews 2010-09-01 14:20:58 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/features.php?which=493 More so than perhaps any festival on the radar, the lineup itself was truly the draw of ChicagoÂ’s inaugural Neon Marshmallow Fest, the four-day cornucopia of experimental music of all stripes.. Feature by Travis Bird. interviews 2010-09-01 14:14:27 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/features.php?which=492 PadnaÂ’s own Nat Hawks runs a rad micro-label out of Brooklyn with an even radder name! Feature by Dave Miller. interviews 2010-08-25 11:06:16 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/features.php?which=491 Show review from August 6th, 2010 at Cafe Oto in London featuring Graham Lambkin, Call Back the Giants and Helm. Feature by Peter Taylor. interviews 2010-08-25 10:58:06 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/features.php?which=490 Donovan Quinn has already proven himself to be one of the more gifted folk-pop songsmiths of the past decade through his work with Verdure and The Skygreen Leopards. Feature by David Perron. interviews 2010-08-18 11:49:48 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/features.php?which=489 Marc Manning is an artist and musician living and working in San Francisco. Feature by Dave Miller. interviews 2010-08-11 13:25:14 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/features.php?whichlh=107 Eggy Records (and Eggy Distribution) is the brainchild of Portlander, Raf Spielman. Label spot-light by Brad Rose. label-spotlights 2010-08-04 16:18:32 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/features.php?whichlh=106 Belfast, Maine's premier source of total weirdness. Label spot-light by Brad Rose. label-spotlights 2010-07-28 13:14:41 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/podcasts.php?which=63#63 Foxy Digitalis podcast #63: Jani Hellén's 13,000,000th dream Podcast by Jani Hellén. podcasts http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/podcasts.php?which=63#63 2010-09-21 23:14:17 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/podcasts.php?which=62#62 Foxy Digitalis podcast #62: A collection of tracks from some of the best female composers this century. Podcast by Brad Rose. podcasts http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/podcasts.php?which=62#62 2010-08-12 13:34:54 http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/podcasts.php?which=61#61 Foxy Digitalis podcast #61: First set of tunes from the man behind Hobo Cult/Hobo Cubes. Podcast by Frank Ouellette. podcasts http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/podcasts.php?which=61#61 2010-08-12 13:18:18