Opal Tapes August 2019 Batch Review
From deconstructed bass music from Seoul, South Korea to alien hip-hop to subtle noise, Opal Tapes’ newest batch is satisfyingly eclectic and diverse. It is increasingly uncommon to go to … Continue reading
Horrorscores: Umberto – Helpless Spectator album review
Helpless Spectator is Umberto’s most beautiful album to date. It’s also his most terrifying. For the last 10 years, Umberto‘s Matt Hill has been revisiting the weird, eerie world of … Continue reading
You Are Not Who You Are: Isobel Ccircle~ – Save Karras album review
In my teens, I eyed my adulthood with trepidation, as if stalked by a stranger – one who would seize control as if by demonic possession and regard my fledgling … Continue reading
Unheimlich Pop: The Sone Institute – Where Moth and Rust Consume (Front & Follow)
On his first album in six years, Roman Bezdyk drags ’90s electronica into the moth-eaten world of Hauntology. Hauntology has expanded far beyond the confines of experimental electronic music from the … Continue reading
Candles In The Virtual Void: Peter Zirbs – What If We Don’t Exist review
½ artful synthpop, ½ neoclassical ambient synth, Peter Zirbs’ first solo record speaks to the promise and potential perils of a virtual existence. A girl stands at an arcade machine, … Continue reading
Too Beautiful To Be Believed: Ian William Craig – Thresholder album review
Vancouver Ambient composer Ian William Craig returns with an album of disembodied sacred choral music exploring the micro-mysteries and boundless space of the Universe. What is mystery, in a world … Continue reading
The Medium: Huerco S. – Untitled/Boomkat Edition vinyl review (Opal Tapes)
Huerco S. reaches for the stars, exploring pre-Colombian architecture, the nature of Memory, and artefacts on this early work for Opal Tapes. We learned the ache of empty rooms And … Continue reading
Virginia Wing – Ecstatic Arrow (Fire Records) album review
Virginia Wing emerge from the fog on Ecstatic Arrow, revealing keen songwriting chops and a sturdy, unflagging heart. Here’s our Virginia Wing Ecstatic Arrow album review. When we last met … Continue reading
Mark Harris – The Angry Child (n5mD)
On Generative Music, Atemporality, and the Death Of The Hero’s Journey Once upon a time, cultural artifacts were perceived as a result of linear causality. “Where do you get … Continue reading
This Is Vaporjazz: Marcin R. Malinowski – Tales From The Dawn Of Millennium and Boogie Napasak album review
In many ways, Vaporwave and jazz are like two ships passing in the night. Jazz started out as a voice of the disenfranchised and powerless only to become a set … Continue reading
