We move into uniquely wavy dimensions as our weekly show splits in two (starting next week). Here you may recognize some of the names, and others you may think you know, but at double-take you may want to think again, and again. These artists come from the world over, and each brings something a little […]
SIMPLY THE BEST: It’s always an extremely challenging process to recollect your favorite spins of any given year. Sure you can use analytics and other methods, but we always prefer a more personally curated choice at Toneshift. Last year we presented a Top Three of 2018, this year we say goodbye to a decade with […]
Yair Etziony | Ensemble (False Industries: CS/DL)Shasta Cults | Shasta Cults (Important Records: LP/DL) It’s always one of my favorite opportunities to follow-up on an artist’s work who I have heard somewhat recently to find any new motivations in their trajectory. Last year I reviewed Yair Etziony‘s Albion Remixes which I particularly enjoyed for its […]
A duo of November releases show the strong and distinct presence by two interesting women who bring something new to the international experimental music circuit. The contributions herein addressed a diverse range from white-noise to trance-ambient and favor longer form tracks. Their spectrum runs from linear to repetitious in noteworthy serenity; electronic and highly processed […]
This week’s podcast delves mostly into the non-rhythmic, formless field of sound including nine recent (and upcoming) works by: salt (Ant-Zen), Qwerteest (Unexplained Sounds Group), Yan Hart-Lemonnier (Adaadat Records), Ross Goldstein (Birdwatcher Records), Irena Z. Tomažin (Sploh), Mare di Dirac (GH Records), Jonathan Higgins (Fractal Meat Cuts), Shasta Cults (Important Records) and The Metaphysical Box […]
Eliane Radigue | Chry-PtusImportant Records (2xLP) Important Records adds a new release to the ever-growing collection of reissues of historically relevant electroacoustic music works. After a wide release of reissues of works by Pauline Oliveros and Alvin Lucier, the last publication by the American label presents the first work of the French composer and drone […]
Shasta Cults | ConfigurationsImportant Records (CD/DL) Electric frequencies as tones, tones as some hypnotic sorcery, Configurations is seriously plugged-in, swelling, buchla drone. This record marks the end of the first decade of intermittent work released from Shasta Cults (Canadian synthesizer tech Richard Smith). Part of this reminds me of slow moving clouds parting to make […]
It’s that time of the year when everything seems at a snail’s pace, in slow-motion, allowance for the Sun to nourish and ravage the Earth. While this phenomenon continues to baffle scientists the world over, I intend on making my way through a handful of releases worthy of some cross-examination, and your ear. Though we […]
Jacob Kirkegaard | Black Metal Square Important Records (LP) Based on the sculptural installation, Black Metal Square (2015), these three pieces are the latest work by field recordist and sound ‘alchemist’ Jacob Kirkegaard. This is a limited edition of one hundred copies. “The installation refers to Kazimir Malevich’s famous painting Black Square (made one hundred […]
Rosalind Hall | Drift Cassauna/IMPREC (CS/DL) Australian musician and composer Rosalind Hall‘s newest tape is called Drift (mastered by Alan F Jones/Laminal Audio) including three microtonal compositions of sax reverberations, synths and field recordings. On Burden (part of the Avant Whatever festival in Melbourne, 2016) she offers a submerged atmosphere. It is a gray space, […]
Anthony Burr + Charles Curtis | Chamber Music: Alvin Lucier & Morton FeldmanImportant (CD/DL) The pairing of Lucier and Feldman is a curious one. On the one hand, they operate within fairly different compositional ground, yet on the other, they each rely upon an ostensibly similar aesthetic, that of temporality. Ostensibly is the key word […]
Pauline Oliveros | Reverberations 1 Important Records (LP) It is always hard to speak the right words when it comes to talk about classics. The work of Pauline Oliveros has been seminal for the experience of every composer, listener or simple aficionado who put their interest in electroacoustic music. Being part of that new group […]
Éliane Radigue | Geelriandre/Arthesis Important Records (LP) Released tomorrow, this welcome reissue is the first vinyl pressing (1000 ltd ed; black + clear) of this work by the lauded French composer Éliane Radigue which was originally recorded back in 1972-73 (previously released in 2011 by Senufo Editions on CD). They have put each singular, lengthy […]
Caterina Barbieri Born Again In The Voltage (Important Records; LP/DL) Over four tracks and about thirty-seven minutes sound artist Caterina Barbieri takes us on a sweet synthetic spin, a wild card of electro-acoustics. For vinyl lovers this will be a treat as you can get the standard edition or the sexy translucent yellow vinyl (only […]
Bestie Infinite by Caterina Barbieri Wear Patterns by Eleh (Important Records; LP/DL) The split limited edition of 200 copies on clear vinyl will be released on 8/10. Always fascinated by the category of ‘split’ releases I try to determine here the link that bears commonality. Here we have an interesting pairing of Italian composer (based […]
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