Quiet Places * Flocks
Quiet Places presents four sides of associative sonic landscapes, not unlike that of the KLF. Flocks debut album merges Jon Hassell’s Fourth World music with some Krautrock ingredients.
Category: other-music
Testen / Šerc * Natasha Barrett * Dorian Wood
Three different approaches to field recordings: a realistic reproduction (Martina Testen & Simon Šerc), completely reconfiguring the landscape (Natasha Barrett), and observing life from within an empty milk jar (Dorian Wood).
Drøne * Rand
Drøne ‘reasserts the feminine while the male world falls apart’ *** Rand’s Peripherie album gets a remix treatment.
Aki Yli-Salomäki * Mardit B. LLeshi/Bledi Boraku
Exploring new (post-classical?) territories with Aki Yli-Salomäki (Finland) and Mardit B. Lleshi / Bledi Boraku (Albania).
Alva Noto * Snorri Hallgrímsson
A new (and award-winning) soundtrack by Alva Noto, and intense melancholy from Snorri Hallgrímsson.
Ulrich Krieger * Olivier Alary
Ulrich Krieger imagines how it must feel 11.000 m below sea level *** Olivier Alary depicts how we are haunted by the past.
The Birdsong Project
Three radioshows I compiled, presenting a selection from the massive 20-LP collection The Birdsong Project.
Machinefabriek / Monika Bugajny * Louise Campbell
The enchanting sound of the clarinet at the center of these two albums: Recytle by Machinefabriek & Monika Bugajny, and Source by Louise Campbell.
