As the year comes to a close, we receive a gift of field recordings by Jeff Gburek from one of his recent trips to Romania. It’s one of those releases where you can simply close your eyes and briefly forget you’re in the city.
Field Recordings
Various Artists – taâlem: Homework – Year 9
Belgium’s taâlem Records is one of Belgium’s most venerable labels and one of the world’s best for experimental music in general. This is their ninth edition of tracks collected for the year, and this one has 71 pieces to go through.
Jeff Gburek & Friends – Decembryonic Journey 2025
As the year heads to a close, our friend Jeff Gburek offers up one of his last releases of 2025. From his Bandcamp site: “Although most of these tracks were realized in October and November, I’ve chosen to give the title over to the coming moon of December and the Continue Reading
Gil Sansón – The perspective of the lizard
From the sirr-ecords Bandcamp site: “The perspective of the lizard is an exercise in microsound, benefitting from a long gestation process with decantation and distillation as central procedures. The intent, as the title suggests, is to focus on small sonorities, amplified to reflect perception attuned to smaller scale. For this Continue Reading
Jeff Gburek (Mental Health Food Store) – Taurids Encke, Overture & Entanglements
This is one of the latest releases by our esteemed friend and composer Jeff Gburek. From his Bandcamp site: “Inspiration comes literally from the meteorite shower Taurids Encke as an energetic immanence, along with the other great astronomical influences on our horizon, such as comets 3I/Atlas, comets A6 and R2, Continue Reading
Jeff Gburek (Senin) – Grindu
We haven’t heard from Jeff Gburek in a while, but he offers quiet and meditative field recordings on his latest release. From his Bandcamp site: “Recordings made near the town of Grindu in Tulcea County, Romania (maps.app.goo.gl/roAuvvtzmLvmM2a48) on July 22 of 2025 and the 44 minute album might be called Continue Reading
BJNilsen – True than Nature
BJ Nilsen is a Swedish composer based in Amsterdam, and has long been one of the true treasures of labels such as Touch and Ideologic Organ. His latest album, from 2025, combines sumptuous field recordings with soft drones. This is wonderfully organic-sounding.
Mirocaw – Phytophthora Ramorum
This release is undoubtedly one of the spookiest of the year. Mirocaw hails from Moscow, Russia, and their music can be best described as eerie and unsettling. It evokes that feeling you get when walking through a dark swamp, sensing that something is watching you, intent on your destruction. It’s Continue Reading
Antonina Nowacka – Lamunan
Somewhere between the angelic and experimental lies the vocal work of Antonina Nowacka. From her Bandcamp site, and it’s quite a good read: “Forged alone in a cave on the island of Java, and recorded in a fortress in Poland, Antonina Nowacka’s “Lamunan” is an intimate exploration of a mysterious Continue Reading
Mykel Boyd – The Secret Gateway
From Mykel Boyd’s Bandcamp site: “The Secret Gateway was recorded in May and June of 2025. It is intended as a meditative tool, a prompt to settle your mind and to seek transformation. It was started on May 8th also known as White Lotus Day, the anniversary of the death Continue Reading