Ukrainian Field Notes LV

This episode of Ukrainian Field Notes comes to you from Lviv, where I have been attending the Lviv Media Forum, whose theme this year is Reality Under Attack: Flight, Freeze, or Fight? Alongside the talks, there were also video installations,

Ukrainian Field Notes LV

This episode of Ukrainian Field Notes comes to you from Lviv, where I have been attending the Lviv Media Forum, whose theme this year is Reality Under Attack: Flight, Freeze, or Fight? Alongside the talks, there were also video installations,

Metastasis ~ Dineba

Metastasis move through sound as if traversing an unstable dimension, where compositions emerge as temporary formations within a larger sonic flow. On Dineba—a title translating loosely as “flow” or “current”—the Georgian electroacoustic ensemble construct an environment in constant mutation, shaped

Metastasis ~ Dineba

Metastasis move through sound as if traversing an unstable dimension, where compositions emerge as temporary formations within a larger sonic flow. On Dineba—a title translating loosely as “flow” or “current”—the Georgian electroacoustic ensemble construct an environment in constant mutation, shaped

Wild Orchestras of Garden of Star / Abbé Brémond Ensemble / Ká ~ Fraternity / Gutwasser II / Letters Without Words

Field recordings are often presented for their own sake, but on a trio of new recordings under a variety of aliases, Ká offers field recordings as a reaction to current events: on his latest set, as Letters Without Words.  His travels

Wild Orchestras of Garden of Star / Abbé Brémond Ensemble / Ká ~ Fraternity / Gutwasser II / Letters Without Words

Field recordings are often presented for their own sake, but on a trio of new recordings under a variety of aliases, Ká offers field recordings as a reaction to current events: on his latest set, as Letters Without Words.  His travels

Réka Csiszér & Radwan Ghazi Moumneh ~ Le Révélateur

Originally conceived as a silent visual poem by Philippe Garrel in 1968, Le Révélateur emerged in the aftermath of the May ’68 student uprisings, carrying their disillusionment in a stark, non-verbal form. Shot in austere black and white, the film

Réka Csiszér & Radwan Ghazi Moumneh ~ Le Révélateur

Originally conceived as a silent visual poem by Philippe Garrel in 1968, Le Révélateur emerged in the aftermath of the May ’68 student uprisings, carrying their disillusionment in a stark, non-verbal form. Shot in austere black and white, the film

The Imaginations of Our Ancestors ~ An Interview with Lea Bertucci

Lea Bertucci is a mainstay of the US experimental music scene, bridging ideas from sound art into recorded music and viceversa. We had the chance to converse with her, over email, about her new album, entitled The Days Pass Quickly Immersed

The Imaginations of Our Ancestors ~ An Interview with Lea Bertucci

Lea Bertucci is a mainstay of the US experimental music scene, bridging ideas from sound art into recorded music and viceversa. We had the chance to converse with her, over email, about her new album, entitled The Days Pass Quickly Immersed

Lawrence English / Werner Dafeldecker ~ Fathom Tides

Fathom Tides is an LP of incremental change.  Best heard as a single, slowly-developing piece, the album reflects the pace of nature over that of humanity.  The earth is in no hurry; the trees are not multi-tasking; the streams do have

Lawrence English / Werner Dafeldecker ~ Fathom Tides

Fathom Tides is an LP of incremental change.  Best heard as a single, slowly-developing piece, the album reflects the pace of nature over that of humanity.  The earth is in no hurry; the trees are not multi-tasking; the streams do have

SHHE ~ THALASSA

THALASSA begins and ends with the sound of breath. The Greek goddess for whom the album is named is the literal personification of the sea, and SHHE (Su Shaw) traces her footsteps across the Mediterranean Sea, channeling her spirit and voice.  Inhalations

SHHE ~ THALASSA

THALASSA begins and ends with the sound of breath. The Greek goddess for whom the album is named is the literal personification of the sea, and SHHE (Su Shaw) traces her footsteps across the Mediterranean Sea, channeling her spirit and voice.  Inhalations

Matteo Stella ~ Radeche Fonne

Matteo Stella’s Radeche Fonne resists the pastoral temptation that often shadows music rooted in place. While deeply embedded in the geography and traditions of the Marche region, the album refuses nostalgia, instead exposing the tensions that underlie rural life—its frictions,

Matteo Stella ~ Radeche Fonne

Matteo Stella’s Radeche Fonne resists the pastoral temptation that often shadows music rooted in place. While deeply embedded in the geography and traditions of the Marche region, the album refuses nostalgia, instead exposing the tensions that underlie rural life—its frictions,