Toni Dimitrov + Dionisaf – Pastoral

From our dear friends at Mahorka Records: “Toni Dimitrov is a Macedonian multimedia artist, cultural producer, radio host, communicologist, organizer, curator, label owner (Élan Vital Recordings), mountain/rock climber, and nature lover. He connects all those with a love for music, sound art, and field recordings. Currently, he is the director Continue Reading

Ehsan Saboohi – Politics-Aesthetics No. VI: Eight Short Stories Vol. 3

Ehsan Saboohi’s latest release is a continuation of his Politics-Aesthetics series.  From his Bandcamp site: “Ehsan Saboohi, composer and theorist of Post-Orientalism music, presents the sixth installment in his Politics-Aesthetics series: Eight Short Stories. In this project, Saboohi engages with literature in its broadest sense—encompassing theatrical texts and short prose—as Continue Reading

Various Artists – sirr-ecords: Noli Me Legere … To Maurice Blanchot

The venerable record label sirr-ecords from Portugal offer a collection of electroacoustic, musique-concrète, and microsound artists honoring the French philosopher Maurice Blanchot.  From the label’s Bandcamp site: “With Brandon Labelle/Maria Nilsson, Toshiya Tsunoda, Julien Ottavi, Steve Roden, Paulo Raposo, Christof Migone and Stephen Vitiello. “Maurice Blanchot (1907-2003) is one of Continue Reading

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