Evan Gildersleeve Shares a
Stellar Ben Chatwin Remix
From His New Benefit Single
With the last Bandcamp Friday of the year on the way this week, we’ve got one release you oughta Wishlist: Mortal, the deeply felt solo debut of London composer Evan Gildersleeve. Cut during quarantine as a standalone benefit single for the mental health organization Mind and the charitable label Human Worth, the stunning piece serves […]
Krust Talks About His
Triumphant Return,
The Edge of Everything
Photography JAMES HACKER Words ANDREW PARKS A few tracks into his first Krust album in 14 years (The Edge of Everything), Kirk Thompson shows his cards a bit with a sample of what sounds like Martin Scorsese. “You go to movies to be involved in the picture,” the director says, “to get a sense of […]
Byron Westbrook
Announces New
Synth-Led Album
Photo BRAULIO LAM Like many of us creative types, Byron Westbrook has spent this deeply strange year poring over his archives. Namely a batch of tape-bound synth takes — ecstatic pieces that get straight to the heart of how strange all this is. “In revisiting this material and feeling its resonance with the moment,” explains […]
Dis Fig Breaks Down
Eight of Her Favorite
Cantonese Dishes
Photo LOUISA ZIMMER Words DIS FIG I always see the creation of any large piece of work as a birthing process. My record with The Bug (In Blue, now available through Hyperdub and dropping on vinyl December 18th) has been just that. And with pregnancy — so I’ve heard — comes anxiety and excitement, along […]
Ghostly International
Launches Second Capsule
Arthur Russell Collection
Photography DAVE SUTTON If you’re looking for a last-minute gift for the Arthur Russell fan in your life, Ghostly International’s got just the thing: their second capsule collection of limited clothing fully licensed by the avant-garde icon’s longtime label Audika Records. Now available here and posted for window shopping purposes below, the collaboration includes a slick […]
Kruder & Dorfmeister
Send Us a Mix From
Their Vienna Studio
Photography MAX PAROVSKY When we heard Kruder & Dorfmeister were releasing their first album in 22 years this fall (the aptly titled 1995, now available through their G-Stone Recordings imprint), we reached out right away with the hopes of securing an exclusive set from the legendary DJs / producers. The Austrian duo responded with a rather […]
Douglas Dare Collaborates
With Peter Broderick,
London Contemporary
Orchestra Players
Photography FABIAN PRYNN Douglas Dare has unveiled a new digital EP of previously unreleased recordings entitled Heavenly Bodies. Now available through Erased Tapes and streaming in full below, the effort connects the dots between a private St John of Jerusalem Church performance with string players from the London Contemporary Orchestra and a Peter Broderick collaboration […]
Aksak Maboul Unveil Latest
Video From Their First
Album in Four Decades
Photo SAMUEL KIRSZENBAUM File this one under In Case You Missed It Last May: Figures, a double LP with ambitions as grand and daunting as the down time between it and Aksak Maboul’s last album. (About 40 years if you’re keeping track.) Founder Marc Hollander was a little busy during that time, largely thanks to the […]
Eartheater Shares
Live Session From
Her FUGA Residency
Cut the context from the cover of Eartheater’s latest album and you’d be wrong to expect a rambunctious, electric record — one that leaves a loud trail of scorched earth songs in its wake. The flame-licked figure standing tall on the sleeve of Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin (PAN) is more of a […]