Electronic
Track/Video : Illusive and illustrious shoegaze duo Belong return to announce new album ‘Realistic IX’.
New Orleans ambient shoegaze duo Belong might come across as determinedly illusive, maybe even deliberately opaque. Their music seems to arrive from nowhere, marked by increasing time voids between each release and then, almost as succinctly, Turk Dietrich and Michael Jones (a.k.a Belong) disappear. Their debut album, the underground classic ‘October Language’ emerged in 2006, …
Track/Video: Revered multi-instrumental improviser Colin Fisher previews upcoming new album with the spectacular, guitar sculpted ‘Acts Of Light’.
Multi-instrumentalist and composer Colin Fisher has been energising the Toronto music scene and beyond for around two decades now. A virtuoso guitarist, acclaimed sax player, drummer and more, a brilliant interpretive improviser, a boundary pushing electronic artist, Fisher’s work confounds easy definition. He’s played alongside Jamie Branch, Joe McPhee, Braxton, Laaraji and Frith as well …
Album Review : Ghana Special Volume 2 : a thrilling ‘burger-highlife’ compilation charting the roots of today’s afro-beats and so much more…
So, what makes a great compilation album? It so much more than flinging a gaggle of tracks together which have got a loose connection to a time or place or label or genre….and let’s not get started on the ‘Greatest Hits’ collection. No, outstanding compilation albums are assembled by people who know and care about …
Track/Video: Exquisite ambient music for a living city – Hong Kong based composer Olivier Cong announces new album ‘Tropical Church’.
A label with discernment is what you need to help you navigate the oceans of ambient electronica. Lawrence English’s Room40 provides such a service, “a beacon of sound…ringing out from the deepest south” as it’s strapline goes. So any transmission coming in from them is reassuringly one to tune into. Cue the news of the …
Track: WØØLS – Grain Drops
WØØLS is the project of CA-based electronic multi-instrumentalist Brock Woolsey, who has shared the second single ‘Grain Drops’ taken off his forthcoming EP, ‘Santa Rosa’, which is out June 14th via Hit the North Records. Using a mix of acoustic and digital instruments, WØØLS collages styles inspired by ambient, dance, and guitar-driven music. He composes a sound characterized by textured …
Album Review: Kee Avil -‘Spine’: experimental pop with a thrilling, raw urgency from the Montreal artist.
Two years ago Montreal producer Kee Avil’s debut for Constellation ‘Crease’ turned heads with its leftfield pop mosaicism, an intricate patterning of vocal, sound and instrumental shapes set with experimental glue but framed in song form. Now at last we have the follow up ‘Spine’, again via Constellation, and a chance to engage with Avil’s …
Track: LA Priest releases new video for the stripped back synth funk of new single, Green
Taken from his new EP La Fusion, LA Priest has released a new single “Apple”, mixed by French Touch legend Alan Braxe. It delivers a persuasive slice of stripped-back synth funk that captivates from start to finish, featuring a prodding, sinewy bassline that serves as the backbone, pulling listeners along a rhythmic journey. This infectious groove is complemented …
News: Massive Attack’s Climate Action Music Festival Set to Rock Bristol – more details and line up announced
Bristol is gearing up for a groundbreaking event this summer as Massive Attack’s climate action music festival, ‘Act 1.5’, takes center stage on August 25th, 2024, at Clifton Downs. Powered by Ecotricity x Grid Faeries, this all-day extravaganza promises to be a game-changer in the fight against climate change, aiming to be the lowest carbon …
Track: Barry Can’t Swim releases the good time vibes with new single ‘Kimbara’
Edinburgh’s own Barry Can’t Swim is back with a vibrant new single titled “Kimbara,” following his well-received debut album ‘When Will We Land?’ from October 2023. This infectious track blends deep house and nu disco with a Latin flair, driven by lively samples that infuse the music with a sunny, breezy mood, and is out …