Experimental Frequencies

Cut And Paste: John McCaffrey Interview

Cut And Paste: John ...

‘…For the Tired And Ill At Ease…’ is the cumulative result of several years of John McCaffrey’s shoulder to the musical grindstone; originally a member ...

Keith Freund – Constant Comments

Keith Freund –...

It starts in the Riveria, in "Mont Boron" to be exact, with the sound of French boys playing basketball. A mother voices a brief correction, ...

Barn Owl – Lost In The Glare

Barn Owl – Los...

The hoary wisdom-bypassing that lynches rockers: does it have slayer-inducing oomph; is it ready to be pumped loud; can you cherish power divisively, stays mute ...

Nils Frahm & Anne Müller Live

Nils Frahm & An...

Although Nils Frahm and Anne Müller’s collaborative album 7Fingers has been out for some time now, the duo have kept eager audiences waiting to hear ...

Two People In A Room

Two People In A Room...

Every now and then time vanishes. Because the present is far too important to be postponed to a later date, because what’s happening in this ...

I’m so so – Songs #1

I’m so so R...

According to his brief press release, "I'm so so" is Julien Lambrechts, an old guitar and a laptop. Indeed, this short detailing in many ways ...

Machinefabriek – Sol Sketches

Machinefabriek ̵...

Under the signature of Machinefabriek, Rutger Zuydervelt has become one of the most well-known names in experimental music circles, drawing praise for his releases on ...

Damn The Torpedoes

Damn The Torpedoes...

I didn’t set out to make a record about where I lived. I started out with a definite idea about where I was going, but ...

Hallock Hill – There He Unforeseen

Hallock Hill –...

"Things have broken apart", the captivating liner notes begin saying. Subjunctively deep, yet purposeless description, for musical bottled messages, sent from a parallel universe; never ...

Uriarra Road

Uriarra Road...

Uriarra Road by y0t0 is a Russian novel of Australian rural decay; 14 tracks of densely layered processed guitar, crowd melody, rain noise, electronic manipulation ...

Keith Freund – Constant Comments (Exclusive full album stream)

Keith Freund –...

For two weeks we will be exclusively streaming the full version of 'Constant Comments', the new solo outing by Keith Freund, one half of Akron ...

CD Of The Week: Fjordne – Charles Rendition

CD Of The Week: Fjor...

It was like being born for a second time - everything was new, everything was yet to be learned, and we had no prior knowledge ...

Aquarelle – Sung In Broken Symmetry

Aquarelle – Su...

While it is all too easy to read too much into an artist or band’s choice of moniker, the name which Toronto-based Ryan Potts gives ...

Being – Quiet Rain

Being – Quiet ...

Quiet Rain by Being, a DVD/CD/Photo package/Multimedia extravaganza is the third release for Cotton Goods for 2011. On the CD is an original by Being ...

Eternal Tapestry / Sun Araw – Night Gallery

Eternal Tapestry / S...

Dazzling: an easy-apply term like Gary Numan wears eyeliner. But with its generous weightiness, there's an aftershock to Eternal Tapestry and Sun Araw's "Night Gallery" ...

History of Electronic Music: Week Five

History of Electroni...

Update on History of Electronic Music co-curation programme at the Science Museum: When the co-curators gathered at the Science Museum for our last formal session ...

Gizeh Records: Tape Series

Gizeh Records: Tape ...

Gizeh Records...Clem Leek...Limited Edition Tapes: The perfect combination I hear you say. Well that was exactly our thoughts when we heard what the label have planned. ...

Grumbling Fur – Furrier

Grumbling Fur –...

Letting go a little brings small happiness, a lot larger equivalent. But neither feeling is grown from slothful behaviour, or dodging injustice. It's recommended you ...

Pedro Soler & Gaspar Claus – Barlande

Pedro Soler & G...

Having each trod their own paths in very different musical spheres, the father son duo of flamenco guitarist Pedro Soler and experimental cellist Gaspar Claus ...

Voder – Motes

Voder – Motes...

The source instruments may be built of strings instead of keys, but synthesis is still the best description. There is electric guitar, bass guitar, even ...

Steinbrüchel – Narrow

Steinbrüchel –...

How might we define a musical variation? As one half of the duo ‘theme and variation’, it has been part of the Western compositional toolkit ...

Interview with Graham Wrench

Interview with Graha...

A video interview with Graham Wrench, the engineer responsible for creating the basis of Daphne Oram's Oramics machine. This interview was originally filmed for the ...

Simon Cummings – Simulated Music

Simon Cummings ̵...

A few years ago, I visited an exhibition in a disused warehouse where blown glass sculptures were shown. For all the fascinating objects I saw ...

Guy Birkin – Symmetry-Breaking

Guy Birkin – S...

“These philosophers, whose hands seem only made to dabble in dirt, and their eyes to pore over the microscope or crucible, have indeed performed miracles. ...

Bed Of Moss

Bed Of Moss...

Bed of Moss is the second half of a two part art film exploring the mossy textures of Oregon. Many thanks to Tui (Orla Wren) ...

History of Electronic Music: Week Four

History of Electroni...

Update on History of Electronic Music co-curation programme at the Science Museum: when we were joined by former members of the Radiophonc Workshop and EMS ...

Pure Bronte

Pure Bronte...

Marcus O'Brien perfectly captures the power and beauty of the ocean along Sydney's coastline...

A Young Person’s Guide To Hustling In Music And The Arts

A Young Person’...

Over the past decade and a half, I’ve enjoyed a wonderful freelance life making relative mountains out of dirt piles – well at least that’s ...

Sound Art: Retrospective

Sound Art: Retrospec...

A walk though of Janek Schaefer's 20 year retrospective exhibition of sound based art exhibited at The Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK, Dec 09 - Jan 10...

The Return Of Room40

The Return Of Room40...

It feels like an eternity since the last sound sculptures came from the Room40 stables. The good news is label head Lawrence English has been ...