Relapse Signs Justin Broadrick and Kevin Martin’s Zonal Project, Readies Techno Animal Reissues
Photo JOSE RAMON CAAMAÑO In a move that makes perfect sense given their backgrounds in extreme music, Justin Broadrick and Kevin Martin have joined the Relapse Records family and unveiled a self-titled sampler from their new Zonal project. “Under their new guise,” the label writes in a press release, “the duo push the parameters further […]
Félicia Atkinson Shares the Stories Behind Her Surreal New Album
Photography STINE SAMPERS Aside from a few admitted influences — the seminal French classical sounds of Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Erik Satie — Félicia Atkinson doesn’t provide many hints as to what’s happening throughout her new Shelter Press album, The Flower and the Vessel. A few clues emerge in the track-by-track commentary below, however, as […]
Umberto Makes Us a Film Mix, From Popol Vuh to Fabio Frizzi
Photography VIKTORIA GOKUN Considering how cinematic Matt Hill’s music has always been — from proper film pieces (All That We Destroy, Portraits) to nearly a decade of deeply immersive Umberto albums — we can’t think of a better way of putting this week’s Helpless Spectator LP into perspective than the following mix. Weaving its way […]
10 Songs That Shaped City and i.o’s Spirit Volume Album
Spirit Volume by City & i.o It’s nearly impossible to crack the sonic codes within Spirit Volume, a new PTP tape that takes City and i.o down a road that’s both stormy and serene. The producers/multi-instrumentalists give us a few hints in the following playlist, however, as they relate the record back to music that’s […]
Tralala Blip Exorcise Their Demons on the Dance Floor
Photography K. HOLMES When Randy Reimann wrapped punk shows with Massappeal in the late ’80s, he didn’t keep listening to hardcore records on the way home. The singer would head straight for warehouse parties around Sydney’s underground scene and dial back on his adrenaline with house and techno. Shades of those days popped up in […]
Clark Shares Animated Video From New Album Kiri Variations
Photo ALMA HASER Clark has unveiled the first official video from his looming new LP Kiri Variations. Available below and animated by David Foldvari, the song — and the rest of the record, for that matter — builds upon the film score work Clark did for the BAFTA-nominated British TV show Kiri. “In addition to […]