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New Age Doom’s
Guide to “Drone Jazz”
Words NEW AGE DOOM Drone is a primeval and ubiquitous musical concept that’s magnificent in its simplicity. It establishes the base layer for melodic, harmonic and rhythmic exploration and is endemic to genres that emphasize improvisation. Japanese art gives us the concept of ma, which can be loosely translated as “negative space.” Ma is the awareness […]
Marco Shuttle Shares the
Shots That Inspired His
Cobalt Desert Oasis LP
Words MARCO SHUTTLE Photo RICCARDO MALBERTI The best “drawback” of what I do for a living is that it very often (never enough, if you ask me) involves going to many different, beautiful places in this world. Somehow driven by the desire of collecting my visual impressions as much as the auditory ones, making the […]
Sissi Rada Shares Her
Latest Avant-Pop Single
Photography ALKISTIS VOUTS + MELETIS KOROPOULIS “One day I thought of simplicity,” Sissi Rada says of the latest single from her upcoming album Nanodiamond. “And then of trying to subtract — fewer harp strings, only two harmonies, and a sample from an old vinyl with Greek chants from Smyrna.” A beguiling blend of electronic and […]
Alter Ego Readies
Unreleased Recordings
With Matmos and Pan Sonic
Alter Ego has announced two limited Die Schachtel LPs tied to previously unreleased recordings with Matmos and Pan Sonic. Due out November 12th, Microwaves and Pranam – A(Round) Giacinto Scelsi are prime examples of how the Italian ensemble pushed experimental and electroacoustic music past their limits over the course of their two decades together. (Their […]
Clinic Share a Playlist
of Manic Pop Music
Words ADE BLACKBURN Photography SENTINEL The playlist is a compilation of inventive and strange pop music that influenced Clinic’s [new album] Fantasy Island. Growing up, I really admired groups like Fun Boy Three who could get into the charts on their own terms. They still met all the pop criteria, but with far more imagination […]
Salamanda
Make Us a
Genre-Less Mix
Words + Mix SALAMANDA With only two months away from the end of the most eventful and memorable year of 2021, we decided to make a mix that reflects what we felt during these unusual days. It was a year where we spent so much time far from the fresh air and dazzling sunlight, but […]
Paul Haslinger Shares an
Exclusive From the Vinyl
Edition of Exit Ghost II
Photo STEVE GULLICK Paul Haslinger (Neuland, ex-Tangerine Dream) has announced the long overdue vinyl pressing of his last album Exit Ghost II. Due out December 3rd through Artificial Instinct, it’ll make up for months of production delays — its digital edition dropped last June — with an exclusive piano-centric piece that splits the difference between […]
MONO’s Rough
Guide to MONO
Photo DIANA LUNGU Setting the Records Straight is a new series where we ask our favorite artists to walk us through the most important and meaningful songs in their sprawling back catalogues. This week’s MONO playlist is a prime example of how many life-long musicians would much rather look towards the present — the past […]