Review
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Tossapol – Places
20 minutes of hissing, tumbling off kilter field recording from Tossapol with Places on Un Poco Fría. It’s a curious genre. In what other physical medium could these tracks exist than cassette really? What words could explain what these sounds consist of, mean, or why some choose to listen? Collected sounds of what are described… Continue reading
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Lutto Lento – Death Beam
Austere, post industrial from Lutto Lento with 2011 cassette release Death Beam polish label Sangoplasmo. Produced as a sound installation for Longing for Tesla commissioned by Czarny Neseser gallery and Gallery Design BWA Wroclaw. Two tracks of cosmic techno inspired by the electromagnetic weapon invented by Nikola Tesla in the 1930s. Stark, pulsating soundscapes awash… Continue reading
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Tidal / Rambutan – Sounds of the Future / Trapdoor to Infinity
2012 vinyl split release on Aguirre Records pairing Tidal and Rambutan with Sounds of the Future / Trapdoor to Infinity. Two highly complimentary long form drones from tape scene regulars of the era. Each track stretching past the twenty-minute mark, both layer and evolve textures from minimal to what feels expansive and almost cosmic. Spiritual,… Continue reading
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Sangam & Kid Smpl – Found Wings
2022 cassette release, Found Wings by Sangam & Kid Smpl on Display is mesmerizing drift between ambient haze and fractured rhythm, both intimate and distant. Six tracks, each 10+ minutes, of blown-out textures layer on fragmented bits of melody. There’s a feeling of memory at play, bits of decontextualized conversation recalling something meaningful but indistinct—carried… Continue reading
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Jefre Cantu Ledesma – Gift Songs
Hazy, dream state ambiance from Jefre Cantu-Ledesma with Gift Songs on Mexican Summer. Cascades of fleeting piano, washes of synthesizer, subtle percussion. Radiant, patient, gentle, a record at ease with itself. A single track The Milky Sea runs the duration of the A side, while the flip presents 4 thematically linked explorations. At the completion each… Continue reading