Experimental Frequencies

Billy Gomberg – False Heat

Billy Gomberg –...

A fact that should have been remedied long ago, Brooklyn-based artist Billy Gomberg has finally issued his debut vinyl album, a highly limited artifact with ...

Boards of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest

Boards of Canada ...

The San Francisco skyline, metallic blue, looms ahead in the distance, a photograph of a horizon that seems to be suffering an icy, cool chill. ...

Nathan Bowles & Scott Verrastro – Polar Satellites

Nathan Bowles &...

In many people’s prejudices (mine included, sometimes) solo percussion is shackled with interminable free jazz improvisation, or that part of a gig where you can ...

Tiny Leaves – A Good Land, An Excellent Land

Tiny Leaves – ...

A Good Land, An Excellent Land is Joel Nathaniel Pike’s debut album under his instrumental and ambient tag, Tiny Leaves. A Good Land, An Excellent ...

Oceans & Ornaments: Live Recording

Oceans & Orname...

A live recording from the recent 'Oceans & Ornaments' gig in Bristol.

Recombinant Mutant Pop: An Interview With The Mistys

Recombinant Mutant P...

The Mistys is the latest project from Andrew Hargreaves of The Boats, Tape Loop Orchestra, Beppu, etc. The Mistys consists of Andrew and Beth Roberts. Together, ...

Postcards From Italy: A/V Installation

Postcards From Italy...

Postcards from Italy started off as a column on Fluid Radio aimed at mapping out the Italian electro acoustic scene. The idea was then taken ...

Nick Hennies – Flourish

Nick Hennies –...

UK-based label Consumer Waste describes itself as “a low-impact imprint for the publication of contemporary experimental music”, utilising recycled materials for its simple yet strikingly ...

Illuha – Interstices

Illuha – Inter...

Illuha is a collaboration between Tokyo-based musicians Corey Fuller and Tomoyoshi Date. Their second appearance on the 12k label (not counting their contribution to the ...

Rauelsson – Vora

Rauelsson – Vo...

Crossing the borders into unknown territory can be a daunting, intimidating experience. If you keep the faith, there's no reason you can't settle down after ...

Brighter Days…

Brighter Days…...

Deep Magic are all set for a return to the Preservation record label at the end of the month and we can assure you that ...

Smokey Emery: Soundtracks for Invisibility Vol. 2: You Take the High Road

Smokey Emery: Soundt...

Sure, San Francisco and Austin are centers of progressive political activism, but the comparisons mostly stop there. The Bay Area is an eclectic synthesis of ...

Danny McCarthy – The Memory [box] Room

Danny McCarthy ̵...

Memory is a hot topic in experimental music. Leyland Kirby, who’s work as The Caretaker has had one of the biggest impacts on the mainstream ...

Exquisite What: Scene IX – Chapter Three

Exquisite What: Scen...

Here's a beautiful collaboration between sound artist Flotel and film artist Isabel Pérez del Pulgar ...

Petrels – White and Dodger Herald The Atomic Age

Petrels – Whit...

"The title of 'White and Dodger Herald the Atomic Age' is a nod to William T. Vollmann's debut novel 'You Bright and Risen Angels' - ...

Corbel Stone: New Editions…

Corbel Stone: New Ed...

You can all but see the grin on Richard Skelton's face, even by email. You have asked for an electronic copy of Reliquiae #1, and ...

Cafe OTO Session: Eli Keszler

Cafe OTO Session: El...

A great improviser, Eli Keszler's extracts formal cohesion from chaos. If Lubomyr Melnyk invented continuous music for piano, it could be argued that Keszler has ...

Marcus Fischer: The Crow / Gail Priest: The Common Koel (Birds of a Feather Series 7 & 8)

Marcus Fischer: The ...

Given the huge amount of music being released these days, labels are increasingly in need of strategies to catch and hold the attention of listeners. ...

Oathless – Peripheral: Music For An Imaginary Film

Oathless – Per...

I thought I saw her in a dream, a long time ago. Even after the passing of the seasons and the years, her presence never ...

Cafe OTO Session: Jennifer Allum

Cafe OTO Session: Je...

Sharing the bill with John Chantler and Eli Zeskler, Jennifer Allum recently played a compelling set at Cafe OTO...

First Ascent: Alone On The Wall – Alex Honnold

First Ascent: Alone ...

Twenty-three year old Alex Honnold is taking the high-stakes sport of free solo climbing to new heights...

Kwaidan – Make All the Hell of Dark Metal Bright

Kwaidan – Make...

Kwaidan, a Chicago trio made up of Neil Jendon, Mike Weis and André Foisy, bring a lot of experience to their debut album (Foisy is ...

Luminance: Interview With Francesco Giannico

Luminance: Interview...

Your new album, Luminance, was released last April by Somewhere Recordings. The title seems to reference a verse from Leonard Cohen’s song, Anthem, “There is ...

Aurélie Scouarnec

Aurélie Scouarnec...

Every now and then we like to feature photographers that have caught our eye. The latest edition features Aurélie Scouarnec's images, focusing on the 'decomposed' ...

Lost Trail: Pages From The Alamance Hymnal – 2011/2013

Lost Trail: Pages Fr...

Reading through the Pages From The Alamance Hymnal, tragic memories start to converge. Riffling through the pages of Lost Trail’s impressive discography, created between 2011 ...

To Its Beginning To Its End: A Short Discussion With Alessio Ballerini

To Its Beginning To ...

“...My way is in the sand flowing between the shingle and the dune the summer rain rains on my life on me my life harrying ...

Bedroom Community Presents: Everything Everywhere All The Time

Bedroom Community Pr...

Shrouded in swelling clouds of volcanic ash, Bedroom Community’s 2010 European tour was far from a perfect start. Spitting out clouds of volcanic residue, rising ...

Jan St Werner – Blaze Colour Burn

Jan St Werner –...

Blaze Colour Burn is an album composed of various performances and recordings by member of Mouse On Mars, Jan St. Werner... Opener, Cloud Diachroma is extracted ...

Tiny Leaves – Abraham

Tiny Leaves – ...

Future Sequence will be releasing the stunning 'A Good Land, An Excellent Land' by Tiny Leaves on Tuesday 11th June... Written and ...

Upward Arrows (^^^^) – The Sad Truth

Upward Arrows (^^^^)...

British label Cotton Goods have been keeping a low profile of late, with their latest record arriving without a press release or any accompanying information. ...