Experimental Frequencies

John Chantler Live At Cafe Oto

John Chantler Live A...

Another super short film from our good friend Gianmarco Del Re. This time round it's Mr Chantler doing what he does best from the recent ...

Marcus Fjellström: Library Music I

Marcus Fjellström: ...

In his first release under the Kafka Garden label, Marcus Fjellström has released one of the most diverse albums of the year so far...

Maps and Diagrams: Atoms in your head

Maps and Diagrams: A...

It was tough going gathering songs for this mix... There's a lot of good music in similar styles about at the moment which made it hard ...

The Beauty Of Doubting Yourself

The Beauty Of Doubti...

Spencer Grady interviews fellow Rameses III musician Daniel Thomas Freeman about his forthcoming solo album on Home Normal...

Antonymes – Like Rumours of Hushed Thunder

Antonymes – Li...

Hot on the heels of April’s full-length release “The Licence to Interpret Dreams” comes this short limited-edition EP from Ian Hazeldine, aka Antonymes. The seven ...

BJ Nilsen – Live at Cafe OTO

BJ Nilsen – Li...

Gianmarco Del Re recently put together a short film of Stephan Mathieu's live session at Cafe Oto. On the same evening BJ Nilsen created a ...

White Hills – H-p1

White Hills – ...

“H-p1” is a demented slab of deliberately under produced agit-rock, with character to burn (your eyebrows off)…

Myrmyr – Fire Star

Myrmyr – Fire Star...

Myrmyr is an Oakland, California based two piece headed by Marielle Jakobsons and Agnes Szelag, who met while studying music in college. Following their highly ...

Pollen Trio – Peaks

Pollen Trio – ...

Pollen Trio’s ‘Peaks’ CDR successfully collides sophisticated and subtle elements of electronica, classical, avant-garde jazz and hip-hop aesthetics. The music is built on skittering and ...

Mountains, John Chantler and Simon Scott at Cafe Oto (Review)

Mountains, John Chan...

Opening their mini UK tour, Chicago-based Mountains played a superb set at Cafe Oto on Wednesday, May 25th, alongside Simon Scott and John Chantler for ...

Jozef van Wissem – The Joy That Never Ends

Jozef van Wissem ...

In a 16th century fin-de-siècle comedy, Much Ado About Nothing; a funny fable about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero: ...

David Andree – In Streams

David Andree –...

Like so many artists working today, David Andree’s practice finds expression in various forms: painting, installation, video and sound. For his first tape release, on ...

Facture 002: Un Diable Sur Le Tympan – Live at Saint Merry Church

Facture 002: Un Diab...

A carte blanche at the ‘Rendez-vous Contemporains de Saint-Merry’ in Paris. The opportunity to invite some friends to share the stage with ...

Loscil – Coast/Range/Arc

Loscil – Coast/Ran...

‘Coast/Range/Arc’ is the latest album by Loscil, a.k.a. Canadian Scott Morgan. By now the man has a few die-hard fans in his corner and deservedly ...

A Dream In A Dream

A Dream In A Dream...

We recently mentioned the one year celebration of the Audio Gourmet label by bringing your attention to the 'In The Bleak Wilderness Of Sleep' compilation. ...

Dustin O’Halloran Live at HBC Berlin

Dustin O’Hallo...

Here's an absolutely stunning live performance of the track 'A Great Divide' from Dustin O'Halloran's recent album 'Lumiere' released through Fat Cat's 130701 imprint...

Not To Be Missed: Mountains At Cafe Oto / The Arnolfini

Not To Be Missed: Mo...

'Air Museum', the recent offering from Chicago's Mountains has been a firm favourite on the channel 1 playlist of late and will without doubt be ...

31 Songs For Japan

31 Songs For Japan...

On Friday, March 11, 2011, the east coast of Japan suffered a massive earthquake. The slip amplitude (that is, the amount the Pacific plate moved ...

Live Session: Stephan Mathieu

Live Session: Stepha...

Our recent Stephan Mathieu series covered the live performance at Cafe Oto along with a back stage interview with Pascal Savy discussing the intricate process ...

Pontiak – Comecrudos

Pontiak – Come...

Whilst driving through the desert, Pontiak have summoned (or evoked) something beyond normal experience that has carried them onto a new recording known as Comecrudos...

Floating Sculptures

Floating Sculptures...

Great short film produced by Levan Kakabadze to accompany Maps and Diagrams excellent album 'Get Lost', recently released through Time Released Sound. Limited copies are ...

An Island – The Complete Package

An Island – Th...

Since premiering on January 31st, Efterklang's collaborative film with Vincent Moon, An Island, has taken on a life of its own, exceeding even the creator’s ...

Jara Tarnovski (Gurun Gurun) – Czech It Out

Jara Tarnovski (Guru...

For many decades, namely until the fall of the communist regime in 1989, Czech experimental music was hidden behind the Iron Curtain. Only in ...

Absent Without Leave – ‘neath The Tumbling Stars

Absent Without Leave...

Absent Without Leave is the solo project of Greece-based experimental musician George Mastrokostas. Mastrokostas’s impressive output has seen his work released on Sound In Silence, ...

Lost Harbours – The Birds EP

Lost Harbours –...

Legend has it that the first known bird protection laws came about by order of Saint Cuthbert, an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop, with the aim ...

Field Rotation – And Tomorrow I Will Sleep

Field Rotation ̵...

In recent years, ambient and drone music pieces exploring the idea of sleep have come to the fore and brought fascinating new insights in the ...

Vinyl Of The Week: Kyle Bobby Dunn – Ways of Meaning

Vinyl Of The Week: K...

Vinyl Of The Week: Released on the excellent Desire Path Recordings label, Kyle Bobby Dunn’s latest offering, Ways of Meaning, explores a deep and reflective ...

Polaco Sunshine | A Take Away Show

Polaco Sunshine | A ...

It's been a while since we last featured anything from experimental film director Vincent Moon and felt his recent expedition deep into the jungle was ...

Looking Back: Circle Bros – Haven

Looking Back: Circle...

At first glance, Haven seems like a strange title for this brief, rather nebulous release...

Logreybeam – Perhaps

Logreybeam – P...

“I could've been Serge Gainsbourg,” the old man sighs, staring into his glass of brandy. He has been drinking at this same secluded café for ...