Jana Irmert Makes Us a
Playlist of Pieces That
Feature Field Recordings
Photography CAMILLE BLAKE Jana Irmert celebrates the sheer possibilities of sound on The Soft Bit, an album that’s ambient in the literal sense. Yeah, it’s soothing in certain stretches, but other parts resemble the turning point in a David Lynch film where you either let yourself sink into the scenes or have them take you […]
Amen Dunes Shares New
Single With Sleaford Mods
Amen Dunes has unveiled his first sign of life since 2018. Streaming below and available to download via Bandcamp, “Feel Nothing” brings Panoram back into the fold on synths and features a surprise appearance by a relatively subdued Sleaford Mods. According to a press release, the single is Damon McMahon’s Sub Pop debut, heralding the […]
Bela Makes Us a Mix of
Korean Folk and Club Music
Guidelines by bela Words BELA This mix is not a proper introduction to the samulnori genre and pungmul culture. I do not represent the reality of any traditional music in South Korea. It’s more than music; it’s a tradition. It’s in your life. For more information on samulnori, I recommend watching the YouTube video I […]
Sebastian Plano
Shares the Stories
Behind His New Album
Photography MATTHEW THORNE Words SEBASTIAN PLANO In short, Save Me Not (Mercury KX) focuses on the alternate reality I enter when I create, how this world becomes more bearable than the real world, and how I don’t (hypothetically) want to be saved from being lost in that world forever. It was recorded entirely at my […]
Xeno & Oaklander
Announce New Album
Xeno & Oaklander have unveiled their first batch of new material since 2019’s Hypnos album. Due out October 22nd through Dais Records, Vi/deo was sparked by secluded pandemic sessions in Liz Wendelbo and Sean McBride’s Southern Connecticut studio. According to a press release, “the context of isolation, streaming, and remote dreaming seeped into their chemistry, […]
Flaty Channels
Generative Art,
Rammellzee’s Graffiti
Photo MASHA DEMIANOVA Flaty has unveiled the first taste of his most ambitious project yet. Streaming exclusively below, “rotation—60” is part of an audiovisual piece the Moscow producer developed in tandem with his new album RAILZ. According to the ANWO STUDIO founder, it was loosely inspired by concepts that are much bigger than the music […]
Lo Recordings Reveals
Spaciousness Volume 2
Lo Recordings founder Jon Tye (Ocean Moon, Seahawks) has lined up another round of exclusives for his Spaciousness series, including tracks from Suzanne Ciani, Don Slepian, JD Emmanuel, Ariel Kalma, JQ, and Mary Lattimore. Due out August 6th, Spaciousness Volume 2 continues to “explore the connections, the overlaps, the roots, and the future of a […]
Joy Orbison Announces
First Official Mixtape,
Still Slipping Vol. 1
Photo ROSIE MARKS After more than a decade of sporadic EPs and singles — including his iconic breakthrough “Hyph Mngo” — Joy Orbison has finally unveiled his first proper full-length. And guess what? It’s not quite an album. We wouldn’t have it any other way. Due out August 13th through XL Recordings, still slipping vol.1 […]
Information_Age
Show Us the Darker
Side of Italo Disco
Words JOSEPH D. ROWLAND I won’t profess to have loads of cool factoids or massive in-depth knowledge about the history behind any of the cuts I’ve chosen here. Frankly, many of the artists and producers involved in the expansive genre dubbed ‘Italo Disco’ are mostly a mystery to me. Quite a few acts seem to […]