Sigur Rós ~ Heima and Hvarf/Heim

Originally published at The Silent Ballet Heima The music of Sigur Rós has a way of impressing melancholy and hopefulness Continue reading →

Colin Stetson ~ New History of Warfare Vol. 1

Originally published at The Silent Ballet. In the years since his debut, Colin Stetson has gone on to critical acclaim Continue reading →

Old Bicycle Records ~ Sparkle in Grey, Nuno Moita/Matteo Uggeri, Stefano De Ponti, and Tape Crash # 6 & #7

This is a compendium gathering posts originally published at A CLOSER LISTEN Old Bicycle Records ceased operations in 2016 (with Continue reading →

Interview: Linear Obsessional’s Richard Sanderson on ‘For Syria’

Interview: Linear Obsessional’s Richard Sanderson on ‘For Syria’   Since the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War, Continue reading →

Richard Pinhas and Oren Ambarchi ~ Tikkun / Richard Pinhas and Yoshida Tatsuya ~ Welcome in the Void

Richard Pinhas and Oren Ambarchi ~ Tikkun / Richard Pinhas and Yoshida Tatsuya ~ Welcome in the Void       Continue reading →

Live at Moon Villain

Stefan Christoff and I released Temps de Travail, Syncopé, our second tape together, around this time last year. The.release show Continue reading →

Andrea Valle ~ Acta GeoGraphica (2001-2007)

Originally published by A CLOSER LISTEN Etymologically, Geography comes from the ancient Greek geographia; literally to describe or write about Continue reading →

Back to the Lab

In “Get on the Mic” Geoff Harkness argues that “the studio is essential to the culture [of rap] in ways Continue reading →