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 […]
Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke, Oren AmbarchiIn the past only geniuses were capable of staging the perfect crime (also known as a revolution) Today anybody can accomplish their aims with the push of the button | Black Truffle (2 LP + CD) Haino, O’Rourke, Ambarchi is definitely a one-of-a-kind trio by many means: for those who […]
Stefano Pilia | In Girus Imus Nocte et Consumimur IgniDie Schachtel (LP/DL) Stefano Pilia is an Italian guitarist who has been active for many years in that gray area crossing electroacoustic experimentations, film scores and the most avantgarde outcomes of the Italian rock scene. He has collaborated with many artists in Italy and abroad, from […]
Oren Ambarchi | Simian AngelEditions Mego (LP/DL) Two nice and lengthy leftfield tracks from Oren Ambarchi with the assistance of Cyro Baptista (percussion/voice). Palm Sugar Candy is a rather slow and meandering inner-thought charged piece with an curling synth drone and an open village folk tom tom. In its muted wash of faded neural vitality […]
Phew + Oren Ambarchi + Jim O’Rourke | Patience Soup Black Truffle Records (LP) “Completely irradiated experimental earmark” Whenever I stumble upon an album bearing heavy names, things are self-explanatory. I’m delighted to give a […]
Oren Ambarchi & Jim O’Rourke w/U-zhaanHence – Editions Mego (LP/DL) Jim O’Rourke and Oren Ambarchi’s latest collaboration begins with a 10 minute jam that serves to clearly articulate the sonic palette that’ll be used throughout the rest of the album. There is a distinct ‘world-music’ vibe to the whole affair, an approach that points to […]
Massimo Toniutti | Il Museo Selvatico Black Truffle (2xLP comes w/DL) Italian experimental sound designer, Massimo Toniutti, released this little known haunting, underground gem twenty seven years ago and Black Truffle was kind enough to unearth this collection of seven interesting tracks in a lavish double vinyl set in a gatefold printed inner sleeve. Il […]
Alvin Lucier | Illuminated by the Moon Black Truffle + ZHdK Records (Box Set: 4xLP + CD + BK) Alvin Lucier hardly needs an introduction as one of the pivotal minimalist composers in the crossover between the 20th + 21st Century. This “Second Edition” of Illuminated by the Moon as printed on back of box, is […]
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