Experimental Frequencies

For whatever we lose (like a you or a me) it’s always ourselves we find in the sea

For whatever we lose...

A frozen plane behind the misted porthole. A far away melody in the room. Then a chair, a piano. Through a corridor the wind is whistling ...

Live at the Empty Bottle

Live at the Empty Bo...

To follow up on today's review of the stunning 'The Magic Place' by Julianna Barwick, we thought a live performance at the Empty Bottle wouldn't ...

Channel In Channel Out – The Author And The Narrator

Channel In Channel O...

Channel In Channel Out is the solo music project of Marcus Cotten. Another talented artist based in Portland, his latest release The Author And The ...

Julianna Barwick – The Magic Place

Julianna Barwick ...

Julianna Barwick’s voice takes centre stage on ‘The Magic Place.’ However, don’t expect to be taken on a journey filled with lyrical philosophy, for the ...

Emanuele Errante – Time Elapsing Handheld

Emanuele Errante –...

A new offering from Italian artist Emanuele Errante sees him continuing his characteristic approach to musical texture - the pairing of electronics and acoustic instruments ...

Gareth Hardwick – Sunday Afternoon

Gareth Hardwick – ...

Gareth Hardwick’s ‘Sunday Afternoon’ was originally released as a highly–limited CD-R on Blackest Rainbow. Now, a few years later, Low Point brings us this LP ...

Johann Johannsson: Virthulegu Forsetar

Johann Johannsson: V...

Double vinyl edition: Johann Johannsson returns with his second album for Touch, after the highly acclaimed 'Englabörn', about which The Wire said: "...expressive ...

Mem1 – Tetra

Mem1 – Tetra...

Distressed notes run asunder on Tetra, a vinyl-only offering from the duo, Mem1. A current, quivering along these three fine works, creates a unique yet ...

Dustin O’Halloran – Lumiere

Dustin O’Halloran ...

Available: In 2010, Dustin O’Halloran made the heads of contemporary classical fans, piano aficionados, and beautiful music lovers in general turn in awe and bow ...

Against a Backdrop of Blue Hills, They Were as Beautiful as a Lullaby

Against a Backdrop o...

Album Of The Week: Culled from hours of orchestrated tape loops, “Against a Backdrop of Blue Hills, They Were as Beautiful as a Lullaby” finds ...

Deer Diary – Out Of This World

Deer Diary – O...

"I made this mix, thinking about the trees and the wonder of nature. Their amazing rebirth from the bleak and dark Winter into the rejuvenating ...

Coastal Trip

Coastal Trip...

Good to be back! We had a really nice short break last week in the campervan travelling across the coastal route of Cornwall and Devon. ...

Stashed Goods

Stashed Goods...

Myself and Jess are off for a trip in the camper van for a well earned break tomorrow so the Fluid web site may be ...

A Mother’s Letter

A Mother’s Let...

A while back now we featured Eliot Rausch's moving short film 'Last Minutes with Oden'. Here is another project from the talented director accompanied by ...

Part Timer – Therapy

Part Timer – T...

I put this mix together in my sleep deprived state during the wee hours between 4.30am and 6.30am...it’s the only time I have to ...

Minute Papillon

Minute Papillon...

Ok so there are VA albums and then there is 'Minute Papillon'... Second Language have once again pulled out all the stops through the presentation ...

Isnaj Dui – Circle Of Sleep

Isnaj Dui – Ci...

Isnaj Dui is the experimental solo project of classically trained flautist Katie English. With critically acclaimed previous works on Home Normal and Rural Colours, appearances ...

Elfin Saddle – Wurld (Review)

Elfin Saddle –...

Fond of combining composition with art installations, Elfin Saddle, aka Jordan McKenzie and Emi Honda, produce an indefinable sound encompassing everything from traditional folk to ...

Hibernate/Rural Colours Selection

Hibernate/Rural Colo...

Over the past year or so Hibernate Recordings have delivered the goods time after time with an impressive back catalog from artists such as Ian ...

FIRES WERE SHOT – Awakened by a lonely feud

FIRES WERE SHOT R...

It has been almost 7 years since Austin-based FIRES WERE SHOT (Clay Walton and John Wilkins) released Solace on the legendary Asphodel label. The somehow ...

In Performance: Moritz Von Oswald Trio / Actress / Demdike Stare

In Performance: Mori...

In celebration of the new Moritz von Oswald-soundtracked exhibition by Cosima von Bonin, and the Moritz von Oswald Trio's brand new studio LP, Horizontal ...

Rafael Anton Irisarri & Goldmund – Gnossienne No. 1

Rafael Anton Irisarr...

Goldmund and Rafael Anton Irisarri recorded this version of Erik Satie's "Gnossienne No. 1" at Keith's studio in Portland back in 2009. It was later ...

With Our Heads in the Clouds and Our Hearts in the Fields

With Our Heads in th...

Once upon a time in the days of the Belgian Franc, Chantal Acda made the acquaintance Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie, and the two became fast friends ...

Tasseomancy – Night

Tasseomancy – ...

Early last month we posted an intimate performance from alt folk twins Tasseomancy thanks to the guys over at La Blogotheque. The follow up session ...

Shaula – The Girl in the Clock

Shaula – The G...

Time Released Sound is without doubt a label to look out for in 2011. Presenting each release in gorgeous hand made packaging delivered in limited ...

Deaf Center Interview

Deaf Center Intervie...

With the recent review of Deaf Center's 'Owl Splinters' in the bag, Erik and Otto took time out to give some more insight into what ...

Talons’ – Songs for Boats

Talons’ – So...

Oh the difference an apostrophe can make. On checking out this album, I read the artist name as Talons, wondering how they were able to ...

Tim Catlin & Machinefabriek – Patina

Tim Catlin & Ma...

'Patina' comes via influential Nottingham label Low Point and features Australian sound artist Tim Catlin, along with the prolific Rotterdam based Rutger Zuydervelt, appearing here ...

Simon Scott – Depart, Repeat

Simon Scott – ...

This new 7” release from Simon Scott may surprise even the most discerning of listeners. For Scott, whose musical output has largely been formed on ...

Stephan Mathieu – Remain

Stephan Mathieu R...

Another beautiful sweeping dense work by German artist Stephan Mathieu. Remain, a new 60 minute composition utilizes original material from Janek Schaefer’s Extended Play, ...