Jan 28Free Time/Dead Time by Left Hand Cuts off the RightThe first full length LP for Robbie Judkins’ experimental sound project searches for creativity within the shadows of the daily grind The first full length LP for Robbie Judkins’ Left Hand Cuts off the Right finds a deserving home on the always engaging Brachliegen Tapes. Across seven movements, Judkins’ sonic…Music3 min readMusic3 min read
Nov 14, 2022How to Find My Way HomeReleased by Rusted Tone Recordings, Heavy Cloud’s new album is a sonic journey exploring the four different types of memory How to Find My Way Home is a personal sonic journey exploring the four different types of memory, via drones and electronics, field recordings, found sounds and audio collage. When…Nostalgia8 min readNostalgia8 min read
Jun 28, 2022Postpartum by Be Kind CadaverThe latest release from Difficult Art and Music is the intriguing doom pop debut EP by Be Kind Cadaver — be prepared to sing along to post-punk synth jams about the contemporary political landscape through the eyes of fatherhood Be Kind Cadaver cite Self-defence family, The Birthday Party, Yeasayer, Jello…Music5 min readMusic5 min read
Jun 25, 2022Memoria by Apichatpong WeerasethakulWeerasethakul’s foreign-language debut is an out-of-body experience where dreams and memories excavate and reanimate the past, present and future Ever since being startled by a loud ‘bang’ at daybreak, Jessica is unable to sleep. In Bogotá to visit her sister, she befriends Agnes, an archaeologist studying human remains discovered within…Film3 min readFilm3 min read
Jun 13, 2022Miniatüre by NobukaThe latest release on the thrilling Difficult Art and Music label from Brighton presents us with 22 glimpses into memories and a textural tour of the psyche Cinematic in scope, spatial and temporal in gestures; Miniatüre by Nobuka presents us with 22 glimpses into memories that take us on a…Music4 min readMusic4 min read
May 24, 2022It Changes by Ailie Ormston and Tim FraserA lush and labyrinthine sound collage featuring MIDI strings, field recordings and samples via Snoopy, N-Trance and the death of the rave This 10-track collection on bison is a superb collaborative thesis that explores ideas of alienation, desire and cultural consumerism. …Music2 min readMusic2 min read
Apr 22, 2022A Collection by James A. McDermidThe latest release on Mailbox feels like rediscovering a collection of polaroids and listening to internal and external landscapes share with us their histories This is a collection. A collection of experimental ambient pieces crafted by James A. McDermid and released on various labels across the globe since 2017. This…Music2 min readMusic2 min read
Mar 15, 2022Sonho das Flores by SentidorThe latest release by La Petite Chambre Records gloriously captures the sounds of nature dreaming although hours appear lighter and spring is officially only days away, an aching heaviness still covers almost every blade of grass and hangs above slow, drifting clouds. they are searching for something searching for any– …Review2 min readReview2 min read
Feb 22, 2022Decoding dissonant language in Bish BoschRevisiting Scott Walker’s fourteenth and final solo album — For us still more than willing listeners we bared witness to an even more intentional and extreme dropping out of the spotlight into the gutter of the dissonant avant-garde. Bish Bosch is epic and weird, wonderful and frightening — the zenith of the metamorphosis of fallen star Scott Walker. A pinnacle of…Music3 min readMusic3 min read
Feb 22, 2022Is there an elephant in the city?Revisiting An Elephant Sitting Still — the first and last film from its writer and director Hu Bo and why it’s a masterpiece of urban slow cinema An Elephant Sitting Still (2018) is the first and last film from its writer and director Hu Bo. It is a masterpiece of…Film7 min readFilm7 min read
