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Lussuria

Lussuria Goes the Ritual Ambient Route On Three Knocks Album

Anyone who’s ever had a healthy distrust of doctors should probably not read the liner notes of Three Knocks, the latest dark-ambient LP from Jim Mroz’s Lussuria project. Due out May 31st through Dominick Fernow’s Hospital Productions imprint, the ritualistic ambient record was inspired by a sudden unexplained illness—an allergic reaction seemingly resistant to treatment—that […]

Jonas Kopp Makes Us a
Mind-Altering Ambient Mix

Words + Mix JONAS KOPP This mix is an extension of my current state of mind, my deepest sound message for all of you. The basic idea is to create a frequency trip, so the audience may have a deep “inner experience” while listening to it. Of course you have to be into it and […]

Harpist Sarah Pagé Announces Debut Album, Dose Curves

Harpist Sarah Pagé (The Barr Brothers, Joni Void, Esmerine) has revealed her first proper solo record. Due out October 11th through Backward Music—the experimental arm of Forward Music Group—Dose Curves is described as a “five-track suite, all recorded live in motion… moving through free-form tonal caverns, catching gently-bent melodic breezes and expanding out to the […]
Hauschka

Hauschka Channels His Childhood in “Talking To My Father”

Photo GREGOR HOHENBERG “How often have I gone for a walk and finished on the crest of a hill or mountain top, and found a new perspective on things,” Hauschka says, when asked about his recent album A Different Forest. “It’s quite a moving experience—the experience of the sublime. Realizing that everything has been there […]
Secret Fun Club

Secret Fun Club Reveal the Dark Side of Legos in “Mastodon Rickles”

Former Secret Fun Club guitarist Nathan Joyner has reunited with the San Diego duo for the first video from their new album Three One G: No. 101, which is set to hit shops on May 17th. Here’s what Joyner had to say about the slightly disturbing clip, which feels like a chaotic director’s cut of The […]
HEALTH

HEALTH Make Us a Mixtape of Songs That Keep Them Sane

Photo FAITH CRAWFORD We had a simple idea when we saw the seemingly endless tour cycle for HEALTH this spring: Why not ask the band to break down some of the songs that keep them sane on the road? The LA trio fired a rather lovely set right back at us, including crucial selections from […]