Title track of the three tracks digital single “Matador”, out July 24th. Guy Dale is an artist, performer and lecturer utilising a diverse range of media, skills and approaches including painting, drawing, photography, installation, sound, performance and film. He has exhibited widely on an international stage including shows in London, Berlin, Lisbon, New York, Madrid…
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[video of the week] Dana Gavanski – At Last I Am Free
Taken from the forthcoming “Wind Songs” EP. The ethereal tones of Serbian-Canadian musician Dana Gavanski can stir a breeze and destroy like a storm. Following the release of “I Talk To The Wind,” she shares the second single to be taken from her forthcoming “Wind Songs” EP, a collection of covers set for release on…
GILROY MERE – Adlestrop (Clay Pipe Music, 2020)* Anticipato a inizio anno dall’Ep “Over The Tracks”, il secondo lavoro sulla lunga distanza di Oliver Cherer sotto l’alias Gilroy Mere si colloca concettualmente in piena coerenza con la fascinazione dell’artista inglese per la ricerca di luoghi di archeologia industriale e delle storie che recano con sé….
WILLIAM RYAN FRITCH – The Letdown (Lost Tribe Sound, 2020) L’ennesima pagina della sterminata produzione di William Ryan Fritch apre un nuovo capitolo dell’etichetta che da sempre ne pubblica le opere, dedicato alle paure e alle incertezze della contemporaneità. A rappresentarle, ecco un lavoro che disegna traiettorie ellittiche tra jazz, colonne sonore e orchestrazioni dal…
[streaming] The Slanted City – False Starts
‘False Starts’ is the first single lifted from the self-titled debut album by The Slanted City, the new minimalist pop project from Erik Nilsson. The album sees release on the 9th of October 2020 via Hidden Shoal Records. The Slanted City sees Erik Nilsson shape the experimental instrumental work of his previous two Hidden Shoal…
ARROWOUNDS – The Loneliness Of The Deep Sea Diver (Lost Tribe Sound, 2020) L’immersione nelle profondità marine che designa nel titolo il nuovo lavoro di Ryan S Chamberlain, alias Arrowounds, è al tempo stesso simbolica e aderente al suono contenuto nei suoi quattro densi brani, due quali di lunga durata. Allo stesso modo, la solitudine…
LIBRARY TAPES – Summer Songs (1631 Recordings, 2020) Le sette concise “Summer Songs” non costituiscono il nuovo album vero e proprio (peraltro annunciato per il mese prossimo) dell’ormai longevo progetto di David Wenngren, ma sono piuttosto altrettanti appunti sonori “stagionali”, realizzati dall’artista svedese in una solitaria sessione al pianoforte. Più che di canzoni vere e…
[streaming] I’m Kingfisher – Pocket Soul
Taken from I’m Kingfisher’s new album The Past Has Begun, out October 9 via Fading Trails Recordings. For his seventh record The Past Has Begun” Thomas Jonsson is going back to his roots. It’s out on October 9th 2020 via Fading Trails Recordings. His last album – Transit, his third under his I’m Kingfisher moniker…
TOMOTSUGU NAKAMURA – Literature (Laaps, 2020) Come ben rappresentato dall’immagine di copertina del suo quinto lavoro, la musica di Tomotsugu Nakamura getta uno sguardo su paesaggi naturali ampi, aspri e in qualche misura di frontiera. “Literature” costituisce appunto una sorta di dialogo tra osservatore e oggetto dell’osservazione, tra individuo e natura, in maniera del tutto…
[streaming] Concetta Abbate – Creatures
Taken from “Mirror Touch”, out September 25th 2020. Mirror Touch is the upcoming second album from Concetta Abbate, a NYC based violinist, singer and composer. The album is a song cycle, the outcome of creative collaboration between a musician/composer and women facing mental health challenges, including their struggles with self-care. The album is set for…
[video of the week] Bendrix Littleton – Deep Dark South
Bendrix Littleton announced his debut album Deep Dark South (releasing September 25, 2020 with NNA Tapes) and shared a video for the contemplative lead single and title track “Deep Dark South,” which is a compilation of iPhone clips shot around the time of the record’s creation and edited together by Will Taylor (from rock duo…
EKIN FIL – Coda (The Helen Scarsdale Agency, 2020)* Il drone-folk sognante e isolazionista dispensato ormai da anni da parte di Ekin Üzeltüzenci sotto l’alias Ekin Fil non poteva non avere sviluppi cinematici. Reduce da esperienze nel campo delle colonne sonore, l’artista turca torna a realizzare un album vero e proprio, due anni dopo la…
[streaming] Jeremy Squires – Cast Spells
First track available from the album “Many Moons”, out August 28th on Blackbird Record Label. Jeremy Squires surprised even himself with the sonic textures of his newest album, Many Moons. One of North Carolina’s most prolific folk singer-songwriters, Squires opted to record the songs he’s written on his analog keyboard over the last few years…
TJO – Songs For Peacock (Orindal, 2020) Benché non sia inedito, per Tara Jane O’Neil, essere identificata con l’acronimo TJO, è la prima volta in quasi trent’anni di attività che quell’acronimo è riportato non nelle note di copertina ma a designare ufficialmente un suo lavoro. Il motivo è ben presto spiegato e discende da un…
[streaming] Skyway Man – Muddy Water
James Wallace–singer, songwriter and producer behind Skyway Man–presents “The World Only Ends When You Die”, a spinning disc flashing the finest examples of cosmological country and sci-fi gospel blues. “The World Only Ends When You Die was conceived as a tragédie lyrique – a cinematic psych-folk opera about a person rendered incapable of coping with…
LAURA CANNELL – The Earth With Her Crowns (Brawl, 2020) Quando l’improvvisazione viene portata fuori dagli studi di registrazione o dai contesti casalinghi degli artisti nascono interazioni tra strumenti e spazi sonori, in grado di rivelare sfumature e vibrazioni inedite. + appunto il caso dei dieci brani raccolti in “The Earth With Her Crowns” ed…
[streaming] Rosehip Teahouse – Regretting It
New digital single out now via Sad Club Records. “Regretting It is a song I wrote last year when I was feeling totally overwhelmed. I struggle with understanding and coping with my emotions at the best of times, and I was making decisions that I knew were bad for me and trying not to sink…
[video of the week] This Is The Kit – This Is What You Did
Taken from This Is The Kit‘s new album ‘Off Off On’ out October 23rd via Rough Trade. “We were on the same page about a lot of musical ideas, as well as doing things I wouldn’t do musically. It was a lovely mixture of ‘you’re exactly in my brain and exactly at the opposite end…
JULIANNA BARWICK – Healing Is A Miracle (Ninja Tune, 2020)* Nel corso di ormai oltre anni di attività, l’incantata essenzialità vocale di Julianna Barwick è andata via via rivestendosi di cornici sonore acustiche ed elettriche che, senza intaccarne i caratteri evocativi, li hanno proiettati verso dimensioni ben più varie della sola ricerca di un’ambience rarefatta,…
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