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Album Review: Blank For.ms – ‘After The Town Was Swept Away’ : Subtle but significant experimental downtempo from the New York based electronic musician.
It’s been a decade since Brooklyn-based Tyler Gilmore, aka Blank For.ms followed his musical intuition and shifted from the world of big band jazz composition and ensemble arrangements to focus on the soundscape expanses of electronic music. Since then he’s taken his spiralling interest in DIY cassette loops and synths to become known for his …
Track/Video: Tape looping soundscaper Blank For.ms previews incoming album with the gently powerful ‘Formed By The Slide’.
It seems a long way from big band composition to becoming a tape loop/analogue wiz but that’s the trajectory Brooklyn based musician Tyler Gilmore aka Blank For.ms has journeyed. Schooled in jazz he moved to New York where he hooked up with Conservatory buddy and pianist Jason Moran to work on large ensemble arrangements. But …
Premiere: ROREY chooses herself on ‘Nobody’s Fault But My Own’; new EP slated for August
The events that inspired the pseudonymous New Yorker ROREY‘s forthcoming second EP predate the release of its predecessor, 2023’s excellent Apt 7D. Built around her experiences of, and reaction to, an intense mixed manic episode in 2021, after which she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, thematically the eight-song EP is heavy going, which contrasts sharply …
Premiere: A.M. Boys go to ‘Space Times Six’, new album Present Phase out today
Back in 2022, A.M. Boys—the project of New Yorkers Chris Moore and John Blonde—released their impressive debut album Distance Decay. After a while away, the pair resurfaced earlier this year with news of a follow-up. It’s called Present Phase; we’ve been listening to it for a little bit and it’s arguably even better than its …
Track: The inimitable Horsegirl ‘Switch Over’ with another über cool laconic delivery ahead of album release and tour.
New York-based Chicago trio Horsegirl today releases the laconic and über cool single ‘Switch Over’ ahead of their second album ‘Phonetics On and On’ which is out next month. It’s been two years since the release of the band’s stunning debut ‘Versions of Modern Performance’ back in 2022 – of which I said in my review was: …one …
Premiere: It’s ‘Feeding Time’ as Occurrence announce new album for next month
Having released a deluxe edition of Slow Violence last year, New York trio Occurrence have barely been out of the spotlight over the past few years, and they’ve got a whole new record on the way. The lead single from it is ‘Feeding Time’, on which Ken Urban ‘calls himself out on his bullshit, with …
News: The majestic Horsegirl announce new album and grace us with the fabulously louche single ‘2468’
A lot has been happening to Chicago’s enigmatic Horsegirl since the release of their stunning debut ‘Versions of Modern Performance’ back in 2022 – of which I said in my review was: …one of the most exciting releases over the past few decades. It is really that good: a celebration of the values of stripped …
Live Review – Interpol/ Dust – The Halls Wolverhampton – 1/11/24
Interpol bring their 20th Anniversary ‘Antics’ tour to UK shores and kick off with an iconic night in Wolverhampton. A packed out venue, a crowd all chatting that they can’t believe ‘Antics’ is 20 years old is soon tuned into silence when the energetic Dust, from Newcastle, Australia take to the dimly lit stage to …
News: Rafael Anton Irisarri Releases New Single ‘Control Your Soul’s Desire for Freedom,’ Announces Upcoming Album ‘FAÇADISMS’ and European Tour Dates.
Multi-instrumentalist and producer Rafael Anton Irisarri has collaborated with Julia Kent (cello) and Hannah Elizabeth Cox (vocals) to create a mesmerising piece of ambient music that has an ominous, foreboding edge, a glacial atmosphere that builds up layers of delicate sounds. ‘Control Your Soul’s Desire for Freedom’ comes off Irisarri’s forthcoming album ‘FAÇADISMS’, released through …
Premiere: NYC-based legendary producer and experimental artist Martin Bisi’s ‘Your Ultimate Urban Fantasy’ EP is an eviscerating poetic discourse.
We are honoured to present the premiere of the new EP ‘Your Ultimate Urban Fantasy’ from NYC-based legendary producer and experimental artist Martin Bisi. Bisi has been a central figure in the musical history of New York City for the past four decades. Founding Brooklyn’s BC Studio in 1981, he has helped develop post-Punk, No Wave …