Ben Frost Archives - HearFeel https://hearfeel.co.uk/tag/ben-frost/ Sounds Into Words Sat, 16 Mar 2024 15:44:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://i0.wp.com/hearfeel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-hearfeel-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ben Frost Archives - HearFeel https://hearfeel.co.uk/tag/ben-frost/ 32 32 76039269 Ben Frost – Scope Neglect (Mute, 2024) https://hearfeel.co.uk/2024/03/16/ben-frost-scope-neglect/ Sat, 16 Mar 2024 15:44:29 +0000 https://hearfeel.co.uk/?p=3971 In the world of cognitive biases, there’s a phenomenon where we under appreciate the difference between values of growing magnitude, especially with lots of something. For example, the perception of the difference between 1 million and 1 billion: we struggle to grasp the enormity, the scope, of large numbers of things. 100,000, ok-ish, a stadium […]

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Ben Frost – Steel Wound (Room40, 2003) https://hearfeel.co.uk/2021/01/10/ben-frost-steel-wound/ Sun, 10 Jan 2021 16:31:38 +0000 https://hearfeel.co.uk/?p=3435 Over Christmas I took a few walks around my alma mater, the University of Birmingham, just a short walk from where my family lives now. Although my family home has never been more proximal to the place I spent the final years of my education, I very rarely visit the campus when I return home. It […]

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Ben Frost – The Centre Cannot Hold (Mute, 2017) https://hearfeel.co.uk/2017/10/08/ben-frost-centre-cannot-hold/ Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:57:50 +0000 https://hearfeel.co.uk/?p=2700 I like to sit on the fence, play Devil’s Advocate, be ambivalent: is there not, afterall, some merit to both sides of almost any discussion? I have opinions of course, will find myself leaning towards one cause or another, but I always leave room for doubt, for flexibility. In today’s world this attitude seems almost […]

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The Top 25 Albums of 2014 https://hearfeel.co.uk/2014/12/06/top-25-albums-2014/ Sat, 06 Dec 2014 14:19:21 +0000 https://hearfeel.co.uk/?p=1685 HearFeel’s third year is coming to a close, and it’s always nice to be able to round up the preceding year before it’s birthday with a culmination of the best albums heard across its span, to take some time to display my favourite records and give people an insight into my personal rankings. As always […]

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Ben Frost – A U R O R A (Bedroom Community/Mute, 2014) https://hearfeel.co.uk/2014/04/15/ben-frost-a-u-r-o-r-a-bedroom-communitymute-2014/ Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:38:53 +0000 https://hearfeel.co.uk/?p=1373 Ben Frost lives up to his challenging reputation once more in the obliterating new LP "A U R O R A"

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Tim Hecker – Virgins (2013) https://hearfeel.co.uk/2013/09/06/tim-hecker-virgins-2013/ Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:49:13 +0000 http://hearfeel.wordpress.com/?p=1124 The latest in a string of remarkable albums from one of the loudest voices in ambient today, Tim Hecker's "Virgins".

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