Cedrik Fermont – Es könnte der Anfang sein

Cedrik Fermont is a composer whose work I greatly admire. He has done remarkable work in documenting experimental music from underrepresented areas and is also an accomplished composer in his own right. This new album features two tracks: one recorded this year and the other in 2023. Both tracks utilize Continue Reading

Amirhossein Nazemzade , Ehsan Shayanfard – Mourners Project

Here are two new names from the improvisational music scene in Tehran, Iran, worth keeping an eye on – Amirhossein Nazemzade and Ehsan Shayanfard.  From their Bandcamp site: “Winter 2025 On a melancholic evening in a house in central Tehran, we performed an hour and fifteen minutes of improvisation with Continue Reading

freetousesounds – Airport Sound Effects Library | Doha Qatar

Today marks the beginning of my trip to North Macedonia for a conference and a short vacation. The first leg of my journey will involve an overnight stay in Doha, Qatar. In recognition of my second stop there, I’m sharing some ambient sounds from their international airport, courtesy of FreeToUseSounds.

eardrops – nightfall over concrete

Listening to some of the early masters of electroacoustic music and musique-concrète, it seemed that the goal of the music was to imitate the real world, and certainly, the masters like Pierre Henry, Pierre Schaeffer and François Bayle did so elegantly.  Now, in 2025, we have incredibly good digital recording Continue Reading

David Mitchell – Turiyans

One of the wonderful aspects of running my blog is that talented and generous individuals often send unsolicited music submissions that impress me tremendously. A perfect example of this is the album by David Mitchell, who describes his work quite effectively: “A potent mix of Central Asian influences with free jazz Continue Reading

Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri – Una Presencia En La Brisa

Argentine composer Leandro Fresco and American artist Rafael Anton Irisarri have collaborated on several albums in the past, but this one might be their most intriguing yet. Each track exudes a cosmic atmosphere, with sounds cascading gently into an acid-like experience at times, only to lift back up into a Continue Reading

Yegor Zabelov – Triggers

Triggers is a nearly 41-minute track composed and performed by Belarusian accordionist Yegor Zabelov.  Yegor came highly recommended by friends who see him as a maestro of the accordion, so I expected something along the lines of other wonderful masters of the instrument like Kepa Junkera, but this one hit Continue Reading

Various Artists – Kalamine Records: Inside / Beside X

Kalamine Records hasn’t been featured on the blog for quite some time now, so it’s time to remedy this!  Their latest offering is a compilation of the dark ambient they are so famous for curating and hard electronic music that you could almost dance to.  Standout artists on the compilation Continue Reading