Bryozone – Eye of Delirious
From Odesa, sound artist Ganna Bryzhata evokes the hazy ambience of the “Black Sea Paris”.
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Category: Reviews
Marlene Ribeiro – Toquei no Sol
How the inspiration of family history can turn into ethereal and mystical songs on the borderline between folk, everyday objects, electronics, and dreamy melodies. There is something of folk, something of pop, something of storytelling, but also something of adventurous impression in this music. On the one hand, the subtly woven woodwinds here transmit some […]
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Inner Ear: Belarus
In my latest report on the contemporary music scenes of Eastern and Central Europe, I look at the music scene of Belarus and talks with band Soyuz and the hosts of online station Radio Plato about keeping independent culture alive under governmental oppression
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Opla – GTI
Polish ‘oberki’ folk dances are souped up with drum machines and electronic effects to highly poetic effect.
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La Tène – Ecorcha/Taillée
The French-Swiss septet explores the sound of traditional instruments in the form of minimalist trance repetitions, creating a heavy, endless sonic procession.
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Acid journey through unknown soundscapes
Eyot Tapes album is a mesmerizing journey through a carefully constructed exotica landscape, recorded with cassette loops, spring reverbs, tape delays, and a modular synthesizer.
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The best of (the strange sounds of Tripticks Tapes) 2022
Algorithms using an archive of 300 tenor saxophones, amplified vocals and double bass, distorted accordion possibilities or drone possibilities of traditional instruments – Tripticks Tapes offers a colourful curation of unusual explorations of the contemporary improvised scene.
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The struggle for identity
Tanya Tagaq doesn’t always sing specific words, sometimes she just makes a sound, builds an echo, a shamanic voice mixed with anger and evoking ghosts of the past. Tongues is an eloquent and very powerful reckoning with Canada’s current post-World War II colonial grip on the Inuits.
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The different trio
Marcel Baliński debuts with his trio with a separate, lyrical album, full of banter about the possibilities of a jazz trio. Trio_io shows how to think differently about contemporary improvisation.
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The best of 2021
Festival returns, remotely recorded albums, music highlighting local identity. My summary of 2021 in a few conclusions, 21 albums, 10 compilations and 10 songs.
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