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Less Bells – Solifuge (Kranky, 2018)

Chris — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:09:01 +0000

After some fruitless searching for the word “solifuge”, I turned to the press release that I probably should have read in the first place to learn that it is, in fact, a portmanteau of “solitude” and “refuge”. This blending of distance & isolation with a feeling of safety and security speaks to my introversion and […]

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Mikael Lind – Strings and Clusters (Polar Seas, 2018)

Chris — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:42:46 +0000

We are, each of us, a walking bag of emotions and thoughts at any given moment. These swirl and gestate in complex patterns, some of them expressed, some suppressed, others we aren’t even aware of. It is not simple to put these things across, and never possible to convey the full breadth of one’s myriad […]

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Aaron Martin – A Room Now Empty (Preserved Sound, 2018)

Chris — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 20:09:05 +0000

It’s been virtually two years to the day since my granddad died. If I close my eyes I can still see the living room, late night, gentle lamp light, palliative care bed up in the corner facing the french doors. That was the last time I saw him, body just clinging on. My grandma still […]

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Bruno Sanfilippo – Unity (DRONARIVM, 2018)

Chris — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 18:28:09 +0000

There’s a reductive simplicity in Unity that makes it somewhat difficult to talk about; like lots of Modern Classical and Electroacoustic productions it leans heavily on the violin, cello and in particular the piano to carve out its story lines and textural plot points. It’s not even particularly idiosyncratic; each piece seems to occupy its own distinct […]

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Duane Pitre – Feel Free (Important Records, 2012)

Chris — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 17:49:56 +0000

It’s difficult to talk about a record that sounds as organic, as free-spirited, and as easygoing as Duane Pitre’s effortlessly gorgeous 2012 LP Feel Free. Wrought largely from stringed instruments, recorded tones have been rearranged by computer synthesis into a seamless 40 minute record that moves gracefully from one chaptered sequence into the next. Harp, hammered dulcimer, […]

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EUS – Luminar (Soft Recordings, 2016)

Chris — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 17:18:51 +0000

There have been a few changes under the hood since EUS’s last record, Sol Levit, in 2013, not least is the almost Black Metal reminiscent album artwork, but Luminar is supposed to be something of a new breed of record within his catalogue. Despite the disclaimer of ““new sounds without forgetting the drone side”, fans of Jose’s older works need […]

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Ben Woods – This Digital Horizon (2013)

Chris — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:47:50 +0000

Does anyone else find snow peculiar? It is a symbol of the deepest fugues of Winter, an natural reminder that you are in the coldest and darkest part of the year, and yet the effect it has upon its surroundings is counterintuitively transforming. Those dim, dismal early nights are replaced with ones illuminated strongly by […]

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