Monday, 26 May 2025

#495

Sumac & Moor Mother - The Film (Thrill Jockey)
[I]n genre vernacular terms The Film (...) is probably the heaviest of the rock orientated releases Ayewa has worked on to date. — James Gormley

Tuesday, 13 May 2025

#494

Various - Aggregate: New Works for Automated Pipe Organs (Wergo)
Nancarrow created a dynamic repertoire of works for player piano, punching out scores on paper that, conceivably, no human could perform. Comparatively, the pipe organ contains an insane multitude of possibilities. — Peter Margasak

Sunday, 4 May 2025

#493

Golem Mecanique - Siamo Tutti in Pericolo (Ideologic Organ)
Jebane’s dolorous keening over the undulating drone of her custom built hurdy-gurdy has often sounded mournful. This is the first time, to my ears, that it has sounded fearful. — James Gormley