"An arbitrary succession of more or less irritating sounds"

Tuesday, 31 December 2019

Decayed down-payment


As last year, sneaking in a first instalment of the Festive 33-1/3 before midnight...

Besides each selecting 15 releases that stood out especially for us over the year, subject as ever to the recognition-spreading/hair-shirted restriction of no more than one per artist/label, we highlight a quartet of works that go beyond the confines of a single album. 

Separating them out like this gives some additional prominence merited by their ambition & scale. 

 
This year's four comprise:
Various Artists :: Place Language (Fluid Audio
Various Artists :: Various Artists (eilean 100) (eilean
Various Artists :: CRXSINGS (self-released)

Ben Vida :: Reducing The Tempo to Zero (Shelter Press

To be sure, the year brought other deeply worthwhile larger-scale projects. But these four resonated particularly vividly with our ears...


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Saturday, 18 May 2019

Free from fear


This blog inevitably shares the online bias towards shiny newness, but with the conflict in Yemen still killing & maiming children please find some cash for Dronarium & hibernate's exemplary Salaam for Yemen (released last December) if you haven't already...

A raft of artists from the LMYE pantheon contributed to this fine, genuinely charitable ("100% of profits raised from this album will be donated to War Child") compilation. Its 26 tracks include compelling work from Giulio Aldinucci, Anjou, Anthene, Phillipp Bückle, Ekoplekz, Hotel Neon, ISAN, Aaron Martin, Mind over MIDI, Moss Covered Technology, offthesky, øjeRum, Olan Mill & Pausal.


"to grow up free from fear & violence, to develop to their full potential & contribute to a peaceful future"










 










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