It’s wonderful to hear one of my favorite sound designers, Maryam Sirvan come up with new material. She is paired with fellow expatriate Hadi Bastani in this 20-minute mini-LP of electroacoustics and field recordings. From the release’s Bandcamp site: “Stretching from Berlin to Tbilisi, trans.placed starts with the simple act Continue Reading
Electroacoustic
Extremophiles – First Batch
Extremophiles are a duo made up of Jeff Gburek on synthesizer, percussion, effects, devices and John Palumbo on electro-acoustic drums, percussion, and more electronics. I have to say this release blew me away, as it reminded be of a cross between the crunchy post-punk/Rock-In-Opposition vibe of This Heat’s early work Continue Reading
Methuzelah (Jeff Gburek & Pete Swinton) – First Album
Today is an auspicious day, as I’m proud to say that this is the 700th consecutive post this blog has produced since January 1, 2021. The release is one I held onto for such an occasion, as Jeff Gburek, heavily featured on my site for the astounding quality of his Continue Reading
Jeff Gburek – Five Broke Downe Homesick for the Open Road Medley Blues
Fresh recordings have been delivered by Jeff Gburek, and there are a few more in the pipeline, apparently, so 2022 will be a busy year for one of the blog’s favorites. From Jeff’s Bandcamp site: “Five Broke Downe Homesick for the Open Road Medley Blues came to me as the Continue Reading
EYRYX – Psychological Projective
There aren’t too many releases that seamlessly blend electroacoustic music, post-Industrial and noise-rock, but to their credit, EYRYX seem to have straddled this very thin line perfectly. The release features friend of our blog, Philippe Gerber, who not only performs on the album, but who released it on his Alreon Continue Reading
Jeff Gburek – Pharoah’s Tarot
Pharoah Sanders left this mortal coil on September 24, 2022, after leaving a stellar body of work and his influence on countless musicians including Jeff Gburek. The influence was profound, and you can hear it on this album, where the guitar glides into something free, not as in noisy free-jazz, Continue Reading
John Wall – [Computer]-[Piano] Part II
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John Wall is Australia’s foremost experimental music composer. I had lost track of him many years ago, but it’s good to see that he is still composing bold music. From his Bandcamp site: “As with the previous Computer-Piano release these three compositions consist of piano recordings (that are not subject Continue Reading
Ilir Lluka – Twelve Years of Nihilism
Ilir Lluka, a composer out of Tirana, Albania, is one of the best active experimental musicians in the Balkans. He works in the mediums of electroacoustic music, electronic, drone and sound art. From his Bandcamp site: The title of Ilir Lluka’s new digital album “Twelve Years of Nihilism” refers to Continue Reading
Savvas Metaxas – Music for Dance Performance
Greek experimental composer Savvas Metaxas has scored music for a choreography project that sounds more like a very relaxed version of electroacoustic music. It’s sumptuous headphone listening, I have to say. From his record label Noise Below’s Bandcamp site: “Savvas Metaxas’s music for the choreography/action ‘who knows where time goes Continue Reading
Liang YiYuan (梁奕源) – Those That Die In A Dream. A twenty years retrospective
It boggles the mind that our friends at Unexplained Sounds Group continue to scour the earth for the best ambient music around. From the label’s website: Liang YiYuan was born in Wuhan (China, 1977), and now living in Lijiang, Yunnan Province. He painted in his early years, and later turned Continue Reading