Hopper and grime
Although different in form and color, the two albums released by Lotto at once have much in common: darkness and uncertainty, painted in a contemplative, striking way.
Read more
Category: Reviews
The timelessness of Svitlana Nianio’s music
Svitlana Nianio strength is in meditative minimalism, and subtle, emotive pieces are timeless, even when listening to what she composed today or thirty years ago.
Read more
Face The Spectrum: Poland’s New Young Experimental Composers
Jakub Knera profiles four of the female Polish composers leading the charge for the country’s new experimental music scene, three of whom are set to perform at Warsaw’s Ephemera Festival next week. “Everything makes a sound,” says Martyna Basta, as she taps a glass during our Zoom conversation. “The most exciting sounds hide where we […]
Read more
Reissue Of The Week: Oleksandr Yurchenko’s Recordings Vol. 1
le of his music ever officially saw the light of day. Jakub Knera investigates Oleksandr Yurchenko, who created peculiar compositions on self-made instruments.
Read more
Wacław Zimpel – Train Spotter
The Polish producer finds music in the everyday noises of the city
Read more
Bryozone – Eye of Delirious
From Odesa, sound artist Ganna Bryzhata evokes the hazy ambience of the “Black Sea Paris”.
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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
Read more
Opla – GTI
Polish ‘oberki’ folk dances are souped up with drum machines and electronic effects to highly poetic effect.
Read more
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.
Read more