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Maj Rachel - My Shadow Was a Nun
Really impressed by this debut album! Amalgam of soul, musique concrète, sound experiments and classical, employing percussion, field recordings, piano, guitar..(read more)
Label: Redrum Recordz / RED065/FR2023-01
Artist: Maj Rachel
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Electro-Acoustic, Experimental, Rotterdam, Songwriters.
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Buurtbeheer - Slecht Maar Terecht / Wraak van het Proletariaat / Slopen = Sterven.
Second 7” EP by remarkable trio from Rotterdam Zuid: Jacco Weener’s incomparable vocals, metalhead Sebatosh’s doomy basslines and Yo Kolina’s st..(read more)
Label: Own / 2024
Artist: Buurtbeheer
Medium: 7"
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: 7", doom, Punk, Rotterdam, Vinyl.
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Positionen - Texte zur aktuellen Musik - Nr. 139
In German. Great periodical for those interested in contemporary composed music and sound art. Important feature: inclusive composing.
Publisher: Positionen / 139 (May 2024)
Medium: Magazine
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Composers, Contemporary, Germany, Magazines, Music Magazine, Sound Art.
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Den Osynliga Manteln - Under Grön Himmel
Analog synthesizers, Electrical organs, tape hiss, saxophones and a hidden vibraphone. Mildly psychedelic and post-rock feel to it.
Label: Castles in Space / CiS143
Artist: Den Osynliga Manteln
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Post-Rock, Psychedelic, Sweden, Vinyl.
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Maria Uzor - Soft Cuts
A joyful and groove-led journey into a cosmic landscape of electro, avant-pop, footwork and stark techno, with unexpected twists through the darkness. Uzor is a..(read more)
Label: Castles in Space / CiS161
Artist: Maria Uzor
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Garde Pop, Dance, Electro, Songwriters, Vinyl.
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Various Authors - Listening: A Research Method in Art and Design
Research project at KABK in The Hague. Topics: different ways of listening, embodiment of sound, how to teach listening and the appreciation of the sonic as a d..(read more)
Publisher: KABK / kabk2024
Author: Various Authors
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Media Theory, Sonology, Sound Studies.
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Silvia Maglioni & Graeme Thomson - B for the Birds
B for the birds is a singular book that aims to rethink the film-form as an open cartography of its lines of enquiry, desire and fabulation.
Publisher: Errant Bodies Press / ISBN : 9783982558516
Author: Silvia Maglioni & Graeme Thomson
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Environment, Philosophy, Story-telling, Visual Art.
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Sound American - Issue 30 – The Final Issue
Final issue in a ten-year run of the American publication on music and musicians edited by trumpet player and composer Nate Wooley.
Publisher: Sound American / 30: Final Issue
Author: Sound American
Medium: Magazine
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Magazines, Music Magazine, USA.
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Positionen - Texte zur Aktuellen Musik - Nr. 138
Best magazine I know on contemporary music! In German so I hope you can read it, too! Glitter on the cover adds to the charm this time.
Label: Positionen / Nr. 138 Charmeoffensive
Medium: Magazine
Category: Uncategorized.
Tags: Composers, Contemporary, Magazines, Music Magazine, Music Theory.
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