Review
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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
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Evan Caminiti – Meridian
Foreboding electronics from Evan Caminiti with 2015 LP release, Meridian on Thrill Jockey. Nine tracks of absolutely ripping synthesizer work. Buzzing, massive basslines, howling caustic melodies and washes of glitched static. Like all of Caminiti’s work – this has a sense of scope and cinema. Not since the desert acoustics of his 2012 release Night Continue reading