Taylor Deupree and Joseph Branciforte on transcribing an electronic classic
"Highlighting inconsistencies": when it came time to transcribe Taylor Deupree's seminal 2002 electronic drone album Sti.il for acoustic instruments, everything...
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Sarah Sommers’ debut is a deep journey through live sets, all in custom pink
Behind all the meticulous electric-pink customization, the debut full-length from self-identified "bimbo princess" Sarah Sommers is a return to deep,...
Lower your blood pressure, raise your vibration: eu-IV’s tape beats
Dark days need sounds like eu-IV - "you-four," as in euphoria. The prolific Baltimore-based producer cut his teeth backing rappers,...
Premiere: In new kāve LP, pre-classical Persian verse meets the machine
Machine Learning Poetry, the new LP from Tehran's kāve, is not pastoral or pretty. It's 10th-12 century poetry made into...
Ziúr’s hard-hitting percussion, epic collaborations speak volumes in “Eyeroll”
Don't miss this latest LP on Kampala, Uganda's Hakuna Kulala, as Berlin-based Ziúr takes on a dream roster of international...
In Phantasmagoria of Jathilan, enter the trance of a horse dance
Handmade instruments and electronic rhythms weave together with bone-chillingly moving vocals in the latest epic from Raja Kirk. This is...
Moments fragile, brutal, and sublime, in three new releases from Iran’s Zabte Sote label
Zabte Sote is a wellspring of inspiration, not because of some fetishization of Iran or least of all its pain,...
“Words become plastic”: Stephen Mallinder, Cabaret Voltaire founder, polymath, interviewed
He's been a vocalist (as a founding member of Cabaret Voltaire), a lyricist, a vocalist. But if you know the...
Remute’s Unity album looks glorious on Game Boy Advance, in art and music
Vinyl is getting near-impossible to produce and ship; digital is a mess. CDs are - sorry, just not a good...
Synthesized Sounds of the Sea explores the undersea world of synthesizers
It all starts with a lounge track and field recordings of hermit crabs. Each track in this new outing by...
