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Some people collect old family photographs to preserve their childhood memories; since he was sixteen, Richard Hronský has been collecting little snippets of sound. These recordings are folded into Pohreb (A Funeral), recalling life in his grandparents’ house and now| a closer listen
On August 31, 2015, Glasgow’s Bricolage label introduced itself with Bricolage: VA Volume 1. Exactly ten years later, many of these same artists, along with new ones who arrived along the way, return to celebrate the imprint’s tenth anniversary. With every| a closer listen
You are drifting through the air over a valley of sharp crackling sounds. The wind picks you up; it feels distinctly like a breath, emitted by an unseen body beyond perception, and it pushes you toward a forest of contactless| a closer listen
Pink Floyd‘s official follow-up to Dark Side of the Moon was Wish You Were Here, but there was also an unofficial follow-up that was never released. The concept was to record an album using only ordinary household objects: bottles, rubber bands and the| a closer listen
With Polygon Reflections, Galya Bisengalieva has become the latest artist to release an entirely remixed and reimagined version of her latest album ~ virtually a new work ~ joining Glacier, The Cure and Hatis Noit, the later who also appears on this| a closer listen
We’ve covered Jorge Espinal‘s music before, when he was part of Ricarda Cometa, with whom he surprised us through a chaotic, kinetic approach to musical processes. As we looked forward to Espinal’s debut album for Peruvian label Buh Records, we| a closer listen
Lullaby is a single, 25-minute piece written for French horn and subtle electronics. Jack Herscowitz is the composer, while Nick Ginsburg is the soloist. Multi-tracking makes the composition soar; layer upon layer are added until the very speakers seem to bloom. One must| a closer listen
The music is calm, the cover is calm, the effect is calm. After releasing four singles over the course of spring, Harbors (Hollie Kenniff & Goldmund) is releasing When We Are Free in the heart …| a closer listen
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Whatever the Weather II’s opening track, “1°C,” samples a voice that observes, “Bit chilly, innit? […] Can’t wait for it to be summer.” It’s the voice of the artist, Loraine James, or Whateve…| a closer listen
Autumnal weather reminds us of the nordic concept of hygge, which is not completely translatable but refers to a certain mood of comfort, coziness, and togetherness. Hygge, which became an internat…| a closer listen
Many cultures associate felinity with femininity. That is, people tend to think of cats as feminine, as opposed to dogs which are associated with more masculine traits. Cats are reserved, mysteriou…| a closer listen
Coumarin is a sweet, fragrant compound that many plants release when their leaves or flowers begin to wilt. The opening track of Tristan De Liege and NoKillShelter’s EP is, like its namesake, delic…| a closer listen
In June, we listed “In Re Budd,” the first single off of Rain Before Seven, in our article Ten Tracks that Sound Like Summer. When Penguin Cafe released the full album, it became clear that the ear…| a closer listen
Malaysia has significant populations of Malay, Indian, Chinese, and indigenous peoples, and as such the country embodies a diverse mix of cultures. Complicated by race, religion, and politics, the …| a closer listen
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Less than a year after Rival Consoles’ last release comes his newest album Now Is, which marks the artist’s third LP since 2020. The prior two (Articulation and Overflow) were released at pandemic …| a closer listen
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Changsha, China post-rockers Summer Fades Away released their first album in 2011 and their second in 2012, with an expansive sound that was often compared to that of MONO. But just as the quintet…| a closer listen
Nao Kuroda’s debut EP is a reminder of the soft spaces to which one might retreat to find restoration and rest. Stillness is a series of vignettes, separated by silent intervals, which allow…| a closer listen
The Erosion/Disappearance EP tells a true life tale in abbreviated form, tracing the slow disappearance of land in Atafona on the north coast of Rio de Janeiro. Over the last sixty years, 500 build…| a closer listen
Tament is a personal translation, an audio diary of sounds created and heard. Glinca calls it “the audio of the everyday.” The timbre is warm and welcoming: the tenderness of thumb pi…| a closer listen
Given the fact that Matteo Pagamici and Michael Künstle have already composed for TV and film, it’s no surprise that their debut album is cinematic. The bonus is a 92-piece orchestra, which …| a closer listen
Time is a Succession of Such Shapes, declares Loula Yorke. But what shapes? The answers can be found within this double disc, which includes a hard copy of June’s exquisite The Book of Comm…| a closer listen
One feels compelled to read the news in order to stay informed, but the news can be overwhelming. The North Yorkshire coast offers a different kind of news: time and tide, bird and brood, beach an…| a closer listen
Early summer is filled with anticipation, while late summer is graced by a sense of melancholy. We’re in mid-summer now, caught between the two extremes. These dog days are characterized by…| a closer listen
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tedzi تدزي’s Mn Dehab may begin and end in drone, but there’s a lot of anger in-between. The Lebanese artist, now located in Berlin, uses the liner notes to express what is not explici…| a closer listen
Yoichi Kamimura must have had a sinking feeling when local elders informed him that despite all his hard work and years of field recording, he had failed to capture the true sound of Ryūhyō-Nari (d…| a closer listen
Lots of in depth interviews this month mostly recorded back in May in Ukraine which you can both listen to and read. In Dnipro, I reconnect with old friends Roman Slavka, Eugene Gordeev and Igor Ya…| a closer listen
Start with mid-period Sigur Rós, blend it with early Morr Music and múm, add a touch of Where the Wild Things Are and you’ve got Disiniblud, the brand new duo of Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith.…| a closer listen
Rival Consoles (aka Ryan Lee West) is a prolific artist, typically releasing consecutive full-length albums with less than a year’s time in between. Landscape from Memory comes after somewhat of a …| a closer listen
Imagine you are on an island: an imaginary island comprised of pieces of all the islands you’ve visited and dreamt of visiting. This is the vision created by Impressões de Várias Ilhas, the …| a closer listen
On a record-breaking 106F/41C afternoon this June, I walked by Carvel Ice Cream and saw something that looked like this album cover: a dairy product that had just given up. Fortunately, no real ic…| a closer listen
This month marks the five-year anniversary of Portland, OR’s Errorgrid Records, and to celebrate the occasion, they have teamed up with Heterodox Records to produce Tension/Release 2, a seque…| a closer listen
