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Susana López - Thousand Drones to Nubla from: Susana López - Crónica De Un Secuestro (Elevator Bath, 2020)

Colin Andrew Sheffield & James Eck Rippie - Essential Anatomies

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Matt Shoemaker - Flight | Chromatic Splitting Injunction

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Matt Shoemaker - Soundtrack for Dislocation

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While many of us are bundling against the elements, cursing an abundance of cold, we pause to remember that a year ago a hotter weather event was unfolding in Southern California.  The initial warnings called the combination of accumulated drought and fierce wind “a particularly dangerous situation.”  On January 7, the first plumes of smoke appeared.  Ian Wellman was there, using his field…

Do you prefer music to direct you outward or inward? Even without words of instruction, our favourite artists cause us to investigate our innermost experience, or to interrogate the world around us. Two recent albums use drones as sonic probes to chart inner and outer space. Whether directed into a building, an ocean, or the human condition, art is a kind of echolocation that pinpoints our…

Soplo may be Daniela Huerta‘s first album proper, but over the past few years she has produced a steady string of distinctive releases: singles and EPs, music for installations and dancers, AV collaborations and improvisations.  Perhaps the most memorable: a 40-minute mix of female musicians inspired by female French painters of 1730-1830.  While this was billed under her own name, Huerta is…

Sleep room is an album for anyone who has ever fallen in love with the noise of electronic equipment and appliances.  As someone who misses the sound of dial-up (which made the wait bearable) and enjoys mowing lawns for the sound of the lawnmower, I’m pretty much the target audience.  How large is this target audience?  Let’s add those who are curious about the electronic sounds normally hidden…