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Album Reviews: Joni Void – Everyday Is The Song: Extraordinary sound collages from ordinary circumstances.
Lille born, now Montreal resident, music collagist and producer Jean Cousin (aka Joni Void) is an illusive, transitory artist who over the years has blurred the sense of persona in any music that bears his pseudonym. Feeding voraciously into the Soundcloud/Bandcamp eco-system since 2011 as johnny ripper, he has revealed a plethora of digital releases …
Track/Video: Brazilian guitar supremo Fabiano Do Nascimento previews next album ‘Das Nuvens’ with the gliding, nu-beat title track.
After five albums for the global beat connoisseurs Now Again, Brazilian acoustic guitar supremo Fabiano Do Nascimento has sidled across LA to join with the Leaving Records community. The result, the album ‘Das Nuvens’ set for July 21st release and previewed by the title track to signpost what we can expect. The track is a …
Album Review: Colloboh – ‘Saana Sahel’: The electronic musician makes a creative leap on his expansive second EP.
Since joining the Leaving Records community in 2021 after a move from his Baltimore home, Collins Oboh (aka Colloboh) has become significant contributor to the ever fluid LA experimental scene. Able to focus on his music full-time the Nigerian born, self-taught synthesist set out to refine his extensive catalogue of DIY recordings into a more …
Premiere: Bliss out with LARAAJI and KRAMER’s new album opener ‘Submersion’
OK, look: we’re well aware a 21-minute slow-building ambient piece is a hard sell if you’re not specifically into that kind of thing, but LARAAJI and KRAMER have made some undeniably beautiful music in their own separate projects so it stands to reason they’d hit the jackpot when working together. Which is what they’re doing …
Album Review: The Allegorist – Tekhenu
The Tale of TEKHENU, for the seekers* Written by The Allegorist Born in the fast-moving river, she was part of it. The river didn’t cause her to be who she was, but it was her origin in this life. She could have stayed, but a beat in her heart made her fingers tremble; a longing …
Album Review : Matthewdavid – Mycelium Music: A beguiling ambient sound maze with a magical pull.
Matthewdavid has been at the hub of LA’s Leaving Records community since 2008, co-founding the label with artist Jesselisa Moretti and steadily releasing his own music through the portal over the years. His roots may have been in the underground and electronic hip-hop scene but his output through Leaving has primarily explored more fluid, hypnotic …
Album Review: aus -‘Everis’: a serene and subtle post-classical work of distinction from the illusive Japanese composer.
Sometimes an album just sneaks up on you. Tokyo musician Yasuhiko Fukuzono maybe prolific as a producer, sound artist and curator of the renowned electronic music label FLAU but his solo releases in the guise of aus are rare. Sure there was the pan-global richness of the ‘Until Then’ twelve inch in February this year …
Track/Video : Ambient keyboardist Nico Georis announces his contemplative ‘Cloud Suites’ album with the glistening ‘Ice Crystals’.
“It’s nature’s way of telling you in a song” said Randy California and artists like Nico Georis create through that connection. A gifted classical pianist who stepped beyond such disciplined restrictions to live along a more experimental causeway, Georis has in the past been energised by different organics, from plant life to more barren terrains. …
Album Review: Neil Cowley – ‘Battery Life’: music with momentum and magic for piano and electronics.
Neil Cowley has never been a musician to tread water unnecessarily. Filling the prime keyboard seat in the Brand New Heavies and Zero 7 he was there at the centre of that soul dance/acid jazz nineties prime time. Then came the jazz informed Neil Cowley Trio, a band that fore-fronted the first wave of UK …
Track/Video: Electronic musician Colloboh introduces second EP ‘Saana Sahel’ with the gliding high of ‘Mystic You’.
Since joining the Leaving Records community in 2021 after a move from his Baltimore home, Collins Oboh (aka Colloboh) has become significant contributor to the ever fluid LA experimental scene. Able to focus on his music full-time the Nigerian born, self-taught synthesising soundscaper took the freefall of tunes he had shared with the world online …