Acts of Silence

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Fabric of Sound

When I first heard abc100′s Exit Site (Headphonica), I called it “the perfect experimental electronic pop album.” Almost a month and several listens later , I’ll stand by that statement. Exit Site isn’t like most ...

Mar, 18 · in Album Review

Angry Ambient

Listening to Wixtes‘ Winter Light Burns (Feedback Loop) in 70°F weather is bit odd, but my comfort doesn’t take away from the rough edges of this ambient album. As a reviewer, one cannot help trying ...

Mar, 16 · in Album Review

Serious Blowing Through Improvisation

Though Acts of Silence has focused much in the genre of experimental electronic music, I have found myself drawn the improvisation (avant-garde, experimental, noise) of what many would consider more traditional instruments. I beleive the ...

Mar, 14 · in Album Review

Noise as Audiography

Voivat’s Khmer Rouge on the netlabel A.M.P. is the equivalent of a sonic roller coaster that only descends with sharp twists turns through audio assaults. With  ”Noïer” (mp3), the first track, Alex Valz aka Voivat blasts away ...

Feb, 28 · in Album Review

Safe Crackers

The second best thing about Creative Commons music is I am constantly being introduced to musicians from around the world — artists who would have been hidden from me only twenty years ago. (The best thing ...

Feb, 21 · in Album Review,ccWomen

Flaming Goats

I’m going to hazard a guess that the electronic project known as Mons Jacet and the experimental musician and visual artist Martin Rach are one in the same. Mons Jacet’s Alcoholics Go Melachonic (Clinical Archives) ...

Feb, 19 · in Album Review

(Re)Affection for the Cello

As I read about how Sara Galán went about making Incidencias (Audiotalaia), I was taken back to the depths of December years ago when I headed out of the house at 4 AM with a couple of ...

Feb, 12 · in Album Review,ccWomen

Schrödinger’s Flow

Listening to The Euphoric Hum’s Flow (Vuzh Music) several times, I was thinking of multiple ways to describe the sound. As any blogger or netlabel curator can tell you writing about music, describing it in a ...

Feb, 05 · in Album Review

Regenerate the Faithful

Admittedly, I am a sucker for world music – meaning taking Western music and mashing it with various world beats, rhythms, melodies and/or instruments. Ayato, a prolific experimental and improvisational musican, teamed up with Mystified ...

Feb, 02 · in Album Review

A Protean Path

Jared C. Balogh just had a slew of music released and good for us! With Detaching Realities Vol. 2 on Headphonica, Rhythm of Life on Happy Puppy Records, and Drifting Soul on 45 Echoes Sound, ...

Jan, 31 · in Album Review

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