Filippo Lilli and Ludovica Manzo ~ Abisso
Tackling seminal works can be either brave or reckless, especially when it comes to something as towering as Quartet for the End of Time. Neither an act of quiet courage nor a calculated risk, Filippo Lilli and Ludovica Manzo’s Abisso
Filippo Lilli and Ludovica Manzo ~ Abisso
Tackling seminal works can be either brave or reckless, especially when it comes to something as towering as Quartet for the End of Time. Neither an act of quiet courage nor a calculated risk, Filippo Lilli and Ludovica Manzo’s Abisso
kyïvite ~ broadcast
Earlier this year, we covered the first iteration of kyïvite‘s broadcast, which has since inspired two more broadcasts and attracted the attention of the staalplaat label. The Amsterdam imprint has just released all three podcasts as a standalone album, including a
kyïvite ~ broadcast
Earlier this year, we covered the first iteration of kyïvite‘s broadcast, which has since inspired two more broadcasts and attracted the attention of the staalplaat label. The Amsterdam imprint has just released all three podcasts as a standalone album, including a
Kinact ~ Kinshasa in Action
Kinshasa in Action is a unique release that represents something few outside of the Congo have ever seen: a street performance in which trash becomes treasure, outfits become instruments and mythology becomes protest. The 68-page zine (available separately or in a
Kinact ~ Kinshasa in Action
Kinshasa in Action is a unique release that represents something few outside of the Congo have ever seen: a street performance in which trash becomes treasure, outfits become instruments and mythology becomes protest. The 68-page zine (available separately or in a
Francesco Pellegrino ~ Wartime Monk
Francesco Pellegrino’s Wartime Monk emerges from a space where abstraction can no longer remain insulated from reality. Framed by the return of war as both lived condition and conceptual rupture, the album translates this pressure into a physical language: sound
Francesco Pellegrino ~ Wartime Monk
Francesco Pellegrino’s Wartime Monk emerges from a space where abstraction can no longer remain insulated from reality. Framed by the return of war as both lived condition and conceptual rupture, the album translates this pressure into a physical language: sound
Luigi Turra (Scores by Sylvain Chauveau) ~ Diastima
In Diastima, Luigi Turra delivers what could be labelled “the Chauveau variations”—not because he takes a foundational musical idea from Sylvain Chauveau and repeats it in multiple iterations, but because he departs from Chauveau’s graphic scores in ways that are
Luigi Turra (Scores by Sylvain Chauveau) ~ Diastima
In Diastima, Luigi Turra delivers what could be labelled “the Chauveau variations”—not because he takes a foundational musical idea from Sylvain Chauveau and repeats it in multiple iterations, but because he departs from Chauveau’s graphic scores in ways that are
Saamleng ~ Spring Bundle
Happy tenth anniversary to Poland’s Saamleng label, home to a remarkable run of 71 pure field recording releases. While the majority of the albums come from Tomek Mirt and Magda Ter (read our 2022 interview with Mirt here), the label has also
Saamleng ~ Spring Bundle
Happy tenth anniversary to Poland’s Saamleng label, home to a remarkable run of 71 pure field recording releases. While the majority of the albums come from Tomek Mirt and Magda Ter (read our 2022 interview with Mirt here), the label has also
Deaf Center ~ Through Time / A Second
As Sonic Pieces writes, “the subject of time is an ambitious one,” tackled by Deaf Center on Through Time and its December companion piece, “A Second.” Instrumental music lends itself well to the subject, as it has the capacity to warp, suspend or
Deaf Center ~ Through Time / A Second
As Sonic Pieces writes, “the subject of time is an ambitious one,” tackled by Deaf Center on Through Time and its December companion piece, “A Second.” Instrumental music lends itself well to the subject, as it has the capacity to warp, suspend or
Nicolas Remondino ~ Hìeratico
On Hìeratico, Nicolas Remondino approaches sound as both matter and invocation, shaping an album that exists in a state of charged duality—light and darkness, presence and absence, the sacred and the material. Contrasting tendencies are constantly at play, balancing control
Nicolas Remondino ~ Hìeratico
On Hìeratico, Nicolas Remondino approaches sound as both matter and invocation, shaping an album that exists in a state of charged duality—light and darkness, presence and absence, the sacred and the material. Contrasting tendencies are constantly at play, balancing control
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