Zimoun Lends
Hour-Long Pieces to
Guitar Studies Set
Room40 has announced a special book/CD celebrating the sound work of Swiss artist Zimoun. Namely the ones that revolve around riffs. Due out May 6th, Guitar Studies I-III features three experimental pieces that hover around the 60-minute mark. Since the compositions are too long to fit onto one CD, they’re available in full digitally and in tightly […]
Vanessa Wagner
Tackles a Tense
Caroline Shaw Track
Vanessa Wagner has revealed the latest single from her looming album Study of the Invisible (InFiné Music, March 25th): “Gustave Le Grey,” a prickly Caroline Shaw piece that lurks and leaps in the shadows for nearly 15 minutes. Here’s what the French pianist had to say about it and several other Study of the Invisible […]
Jeremiah Chiu &
Marta Sofia Honer
Discuss Their Dreamy
Åland Islands Album
Photography JOYCE KIM We like to think of ourselves as intrepid travelers. It’s rare that a record actually makes us want to immediately book a ticket to a place we’d never seen before, though. To the point where we’re looking at a calendar and our bank account, wondering how we’re gonna make this work. That’s the […]
Tool Walks Target Center
Through Fear Inoculum
Photography + Words ANDREW PARKS It’s hard to imagine anyone batting an eye at Lollapalooza today, but back in the early ’90s, Perry Farrell’s play thing was considered a rough-around-the-edges rebuke to sanitized pop songs — 120 Minutes served with a side of circus freaks and septum piercings. Things took a turn in 1996, however. […]
Zeid Hamdan
Shares a Spare
Tinariwen Remix
As Tinariwen get ready to release long-awaited reissues of their early records Amassakoul and The Radio Tisdas Sessions, the Grammy-winning groove riders have unveiled an exclusive Zeid Hamdan remix. Check out the Lebanese producer’s spare, snake-like rendition of “Alkhar Dessouf” below, along with a little commentary on his creative process and bonus material from both remastered […]
Marina Abramović Narrates
Sound of Ceres’ New Album
Sound of Ceres have lined up quite a crucial collaborator for their new album Emerald Sea: contemporary art icon Marina Abramović. Turns out she’s quite a fan of their cosmic sound — has been since a Brooklyn show in 2017 — and was eager to narrate key passages of their LP. “My attraction to Sound […]
Tom Rogerson Shares the
Stories Behind His Solo
Debut, Retreat to Bliss
Photo MATT JOLLY “All my life, the piano has been my constant companion, my confessor, my best friend, and my worst enemy,” says UK composer Tom Rogerson. “I’ve always written music on and for the piano, but it felt too personal, too private to release.” That changes this Friday, when Rogerson unveils his first proper […]
Cold Beat Unveil the
Vinyl Edition of
War Garden
The only good thing about the seemingly endless backlog at pressing pants is the second life some LPs have experienced when their fancy vinyl edition finally dropped. Here’s one we wholeheartedly endorse as the week begins to wind down: War Garden, the latest synth-laced, steam-pressed LP from the San Francisco band Cold Beat. A pandemic […]
Eydís Evensen Shares a
Seasonal Piano Day Playlist
Photography SAGA SIG Seeing as how winter hasn’t quite loosened its grip just yet, we can’t think of a better way to celebrate Piano Day than to point out the ivory-tinged Frost EP Eydís Evensen has on deck through XXIM Records next week. “It’s such a hard thing to go through — this darkness,” the composer/pianist […]