15 Questions to Alio Die
For almost two decades, Stefano Musso of Alio Die has gently pushed the Drone genre forward. In a still mysterious ...
Anatrofobia: 'Brevi Momenti di Presenza' continues the Osmosis
The career of Italian formation Anatrofobia has been a long and winding road. Quickly approaching their 20th anniversary, the band ...
Concert Report: I am the Architect & Kovlo & Joyfalds
Live at the Sputnik Cafe, Münster, November 8th 2008.
CD Feature/ Hall of Mirrors: "Reflections on Black"; NIMH: "The Missing Tapes" & "The Unkept Secrets"
A bleeding heart: Wider than the term “Ambient” could ever encompass.
CD Feature/ Claudio Parodi: "A Ritual which is Incomprehensible (To the Smile of Pauline Oliveros)"
One of the most rewarding compositional projects of the nascent millenium: Parodi’s approach stems from the belly, not the brain.
CD Feature/ Vestigial: "Translucent Communion"
Discreet and unforced: Like a ghost train speeding up in the mist.
CD Feature/ Ex-P: "Ancora Saigon" & "Carpaccio Existenziale"; I/O: "Polytone"
Congruent Beatnick maelstroms: Potential live sensations in the making.
CD Feature/ Paul Bradley & Cria Cuervos: "Moraines II"
A “best of both worlds”: Fuses Bradley’s equilibrium with Maggi’s unpredictability, collisions and confounding correlations.
CD Feature/ Luigi Turra: "texture.vitra"
Backwards translations: Turra has chosen to place his sounds carefully.
CD Feature/ Albalonga & Anibal Cetrangolo: "Venetian Composers in Guatemala and Bolivia"
Big in Bolivia: Spanish missionaries might have invented the Remix.
CD Feature/ Ulna: "Frcture"
Powerbooks for instruments: Flexible and funky 21st century electronica.
Luca Francesconi: First, there was no Word
On his latest album, Italian composer Luca Francesconi goes all the way back to the beginning. “Etymo” contains four compositions ...
CD Feature/ Giuseppe Ielasi: "Stunt"
Shifts the balance: Fans of Ielasi’s early oeuvre should brace themselves.
15 Questions to Paolo Pandolfo
Others may revel in the spotlight of solo stardom, but not Paolo Pandolfo. In 1990, he released his first solo ...
CD Feature/ Lull: "Like a Slow River"; Oophoi: "An Aerial View"
Two lovingly lay-outed Digipacks: Isolationist Ambient pulling in everyone willing to submit to it.