Experimental Frequencies

Mind over MIDI – Cotton Goods 2010 Selection

Mind over MIDI ̵...

2010 was an amazing year for the Cotton Goods imprint. Nine new highly collectable handmade editions, the opening of two new sub-divisions (lending library, ...

Blue Lanterns on East Oxford

Blue Lanterns on Eas...

Loving this new video filmed by Koen Holtkamp for the Mountains track 'Blue Lanterns on East Oxford'. A full review for the album 'Air Museum' ...

Le Berger – Expeditions On The Grayscale (one tiny, two medium and a grand one)

Le Berger – Ex...

Hailing from Montreal, Canada, Sam Landry’s solo project Le Berger has appeared on Fluid Radio’s radar with an album uniquely his own...

Michael Tanner & Sharon Kraus – In the Rheidol Valley

Michael Tanner &...

The Rheidol Valley is situated near the Cambrian Mountains in northern Ceredigion, Wales. The river Rheidol rises in the headwaters of the Nant y Moch ...

CD Of The Week: Plinth/Textile Ranch – The Rest, I Leave To The Poor

CD Of The Week: Plin...

This 44 minute piece may structurally resemble a classical composition – divided as it is into several interlocking stanzas – but it’s difficult to place ...

Vinyl Of The Week: Daniel Menche & Anla Courtis – Yagua Ovy

Vinyl Of The Week: D...

Limited Edition of 500 12" on 180 gram vinyl in heavy duty sleeves and poly vinyled inners...

John McCaffrey – Wraxall

John McCaffrey ̵...

John McCaffrey of Part Timer/Scissors and Sellotape fame returns to the Fluid ranks once more, delivering another sublime selection of haunting frequencies for your listening ...

Arborea – Red Planet

Arborea – Red ...

Easy musical comparisons fail. The tendency towards whisper, the mostly bare canvas, the sparse guitar, banjo. The breathy, unstained vocals. Think ...

Marsen Jules – Nostalgia (Review)

Marsen Jules –...

Marsen Jules' 2005 release “Herbstlaub” for prestigious label City Centre Offices is regarded by many to be a defining moment in the fledgling field of ...

Home Normal Sale

Home Normal Sale...

We have a nice little sale going on over at Stashed Goods at the moment covering loads of Home Normal stock at crazy prices...

Maps and Diagrams: Get Lost

Maps and Diagrams: G...

In January 2010, the BBC broadcasted a fascinating documentary about Brian Eno who, amongst many other subjects, talks about what he’s looking for when making ...

The Tape Loop Series: Part Two – Quiet Evenings

The Tape Loop Series...

The Preservation label presents Transcending Spheres, the debut full-length album from Georgia’s Quiet Evenings...

Mist – House / Forma – S/T

Mist – House / For...

It seems like only yesterday when the first batch of Spectrum Spools releases, the Editions Mego spin-off curated by Emeralds' Jon Elliot, were featured here ...

Kogumaza

Kogumaza...

Following on from two very limited 7-inch singles released in 2010, Low Point is proud to present the debut album from the Nottingham group Kogumaza...

The Tape Loop Series: Part One – Deep Magic

The Tape Loop Series...

The Preservation label presents Lucid Thought, the second full-length album from California’s Deep Magic, recently reviewed here by Dean Rocker...

Hummingbird – Location: Undercover

Hummingbird – ...

I have been using my Lomo LCA for many years, I'd brought it from an old warehouse in Russia that had discovered a bunch of old Lomos stored there since ...

Deep Magic – Lucid Thought

Deep Magic – Lucid...

During the 1950s and 60s the thinking of a new generation in the USA was deeply inspired by writers like William Burroughs, Alan Ginsberg and ...

Will Thomas Long – Nihon

Will Thomas Long ...

Included in this mix are some of my recent personal favorites of artists from Japan, or artists living in Japan. Some are new discoveries found ...

Ryan Teague – Causeway

Ryan Teague – ...

Immediate post-script: neo-classical outlet, pushing a neo-centric record. Sonic Pieces, its "7 Pieces" series flowing, now place Type's Ryan Teague in their CD jigsaw, and ...

One To Watch: Delphine Dora

One To Watch: Delphi...

Born in 1980 (Paris-France), Delphine Dora is a french artist, who learned the piano (classical background) as a child for 9 years. She started ...

Vinyl Of The Week: Walden Pond’s Monk

Vinyl Of The Week: W...

Walden Pond’s Monk is the brand new album from Portuguese musician and composer Tiago Sousa. Following the limited vinyl- only album Insonia released in 2009 ...

Digital Edition: April

Digital Edition: Apr...

The second edition of our digital series is now available and can be viewed either as an online magazine publication or as a free download. ...

Hallock Hill – The Union

Hallock Hill –...

CD Of The Week: It is around halfway through the ten minute opus known as ‘Pencil Spin’ that a giant bolt of auditory thunder erupts ...

M. Ostermeier – The Rules of Another Small World

M. Ostermeier –...

Aside from his work with shoegaze infused band Should, M. Ostermeier weaves stunningly sparse works for piano and electronics. Following on from a spate ...

Emmanuel Witzthum: For Strings, With Strings

Emmanuel Witzthum: F...

“Strings” is Emmanuel Witzthum’s third release as part of the Cotton Goods family. The first came in the form of his stellar EP as Whisperer, ...

Esmerine – La Lechuza

Esmerine – La ...

As tributes go, the opening moments here are whimsical and kinetic, with an uptempo marimba line and optimistic string arrangement. The track is named ...