Eskimo Recordings Share First Michoacan Song in Seven Years
Eskimo Recordings have shared the latest exclusive cut from The White Collection. Due out April 3rd, the compilation is the latest entry in the Belgian imprint’s ongoing Colour Series, featuring a wide range of underground dance tracks from nine different countries — a fitting overview of the label’s past, present and future, right on the […]
Loscil Shows Us
How to Make
Veggie Burgers
Photo DAYNA SZYNDROWSKI Words SCOTT MORGAN Here is my veggie burger recipe, kind of scratched together. It changes every time I make it — and I usually try different things — but today it was this…. INGREDIENTS about 3/4 cup of dry french lentils (cooked) about a cup and a half of cooked black beans […]
Jacaszek Makes Us a Mixtape of Cinematic Polish Music
Photo PAWEL GRZES Having already made us a seamless mix of classical and electronic music, we thought we’d ask Jacaszek to share a set of cinematic Polish songs in the spirit of his new Ghostly International album Music For Film. The composer had a hard time narrowing his many influences down to a tight-knit collection […]
Joanne Pollock Reveals Her Favorite Breakfast Recipe
Words JOANNE POLLOCK Presenting a pandemic-approved breakfast made with ingredients you forgot you had. I’ve been eating this for 10 years and it’s never failed me. If you’ve ever been at my house for breakfast, this is what I made you…. INGREDIENTS Spinach and Beans: 1 pack frozen spinach (use fresh if you’ve got it) […]
Jan Wagner Makes
Us An Ambient Mix
Building upon the piano-led foundation of 2018’s promising Nummern LP, Kapitel (available now through Quiet Love) finds Jan Wagner fully embracing his electronic side and even working in some vapor-trailed vocals. To get to the heart of how the composer/producer got here, we asked the composer/producer to share an exclusive set of ambient music, much […]
Clarice Jensen Shares
Her Latest Solo Album,
The Experience of
Repetition As Death
Photography NAOKO MAEDA Words CLARICE JENSEN I recorded The Experience of Repetition As Death in Berlin with Francesco Donadello at Vox-Ton studios. All the sounds were created by my cello through a variety of effects and effects pedals which I also use in live performance. In writing this music, I tried to explore concepts of repetition in […]
Merrin Karras Makes Us An Ambient Mix, Breaks Down His New LP Northwest Passage
With the world showing little sign of lowering its stress levels around the ongoing COVID-19 crisis — if anything, things are only getting worse, turning everyday life into a test of the emergency broadcast system — we’ve found ambient music like Brendan Gregoriy’s Merrin Karras alias to be a lifeline. Especially the expansive, synth-led pieces […]
Nazar Shares the War
Stories That Inspired
His Intense New Album
Photography JAMES GRIFFITHS Considering that Kode9 once wrote a book (2012’s Sonic Warfare tome) about the weaponization of sound, and the fact that he’s always been on the frontlines of supporting vital musicians, it’s hard to think of a more fitting breakthrough artist for Hyperdub in 2020 than Nazar. Having first emerged in 2018 with Enclave […]
Mana Reveals His Recipe For Orecchiette With Turnip Greens
Photography FRANCESCO COIA Words DANIELE MANA I want to start by saying that cooking is one of my favorite activities, but I don’t have any training and use my sense of intuition and taste. (The same goes for music.) You will have to excuse me if I don’t write the exact quantities of every ingredient. […]