Experimental Frequencies

Underexposed: Isnaj Dui – Workshop

Underexposed: Isnaj ...

My friend Peter recently retired as a joiner. A few years ago he made a dulcimer for me which is the plucked string sound on ...

St Mary’s Church

St Mary’s Church...

Short film taken from the album 'For The Tired and Ill At Ease' forthcoming on Facture in the next few weeks...

Julia Kent Interview

Julia Kent Interview...

Gianmarco Del Re caught up with Julia Kent at the recent Cafe OTO gig...

Archive Trails – live at Cafe OTO

Archive Trails ̵...

In Spring 2011, Tracer Trails invited three contemporary musicians to spend three months in residence in the Archive of the School of Scottish Studies. Aileen ...

La Chambre

La Chambre...

In ‘La Chambre’ (shot by Babette Mangolte), the camera takes in a room in 360-degree pans; a woman (Akerman) lies eating an apple. Offscreen voices ...

Jacob Feige – From the Bellona Museum of Natural History

Jacob Feige – ...

Lombard Freid Projects presents From the Bellona Museum of Natural History, Jacob Feige’s third solo exhibition at the gallery. A new series of paintings, drawings ...

John McCaffrey – C90 Side One

John McCaffrey ̵...

Can't explain why, but this mix came together much faster and much more coherently than prior mixes I've done for Fluid. It combines very new ...

Tape Loop Orchestra – Maybe I Told A Small Lie

Tape Loop Orchestra ...

These are busy times for Andrew Hargreaves. October saw his band The Boats release a new album to coincide with a UK tour, with a ...

He Can Jog – Norwood, Wisconsin

He Can Jog – N...

Wow, I’ve never heard of He Can Jog or Erik Schoster before but boy I've been missing out!

Why? – The Union Chapel

Why? – The Uni...

After a nasty accident involving Yoni Wolf’s arm, many Why? fans were wondering if they were likely to make it to the much anticipated European ...

No Talisman: A film by Sarah Mosk

No Talisman: A film ...

Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier is a musical fantasy born in a trailer by the woods of upstate New York during summer 2010 by the ...

Alex Cobb & Aquarelle – Split LP

Alex Cobb & Aqu...

Alex Cobb has previously recorded under the monikor Taiga Remains, with releases on Root Strata, Digitalis, and his own Students of Decay label. For this ...

Julia Kent, (r), Cindytalk – Live at Cafe Oto

Julia Kent, (r), Cin...

“I am happy to be in Europe where people can understand my jokes, the trouble is I don’t have any”. In typical self-deprecatory style, Julia ...

Rain Again

Rain Again...

A strange and yet rather intriguing film for Anna Rose Carter & Pleq's track 'Rain Again' directed by Volkan Ergen...

Underexposed: Scissors and Sellotape – Piano Recycling

Underexposed: Scisso...

I took these photos at a big second hand/junk market in Camberwell, Melbourne. The photos were taken on the ubiquitous iphone, using the hipstamatic app. Bit ...

Benoit Honore Pioulard – Plays Thelma

Benoit Honore Pioula...

In her interview with Tami Simon over at Sounds True this month, spiritual visionary Cyndi Dale slips in the following comment: "Learning is to go ...

Tomoyoshi Date – Otoha

Tomoyoshi Date ̵...

Though born in San Paulo, Brazil, Tomoyoshi Date is yet another talented experimental artist to be based in Japan. Using the piano as his main ...

Maps and Diagrams: Lights Will Call On You

Maps and Diagrams: L...

If neurologists could download the sounds of the synapses to a handful of brief, representative MP3 files, what would they sound like? Not the inner voice. ...

Reyja

Reyja...

Here's a great little teaser video for the upcoming album 'Solaris' coming soon through Bedroom Community. Make sure to read our recent review by Fred ...

FareWell Poetry Exclusive

FareWell Poetry Excl...

FareWell Poetry is a collective comprised of Parisian musicians (Frédéric D. Oberland, Eat Gas, Colin JohnCo, Stéphane Pigneul & Stanislas Grimbert) and an Anglo-saxon poet ...

David Wenngren & Christopher Bissonnette – The Meridians of Longitude and Parallels of Latitude

David Wenngren &...

How long does a moment last? Well, it depends. On the speed at which you’re moving, for example. It is said that a particle in ...

Steven Hess & Christopher McFall – The Inescapable Fox

Steven Hess & C...

We begin with hushed piano chords, coming slowly to the foreground, I imagine an old stand up piano, sat in the corner of a slightly ...

Marta Mist – Tonnes / Years

Marta Mist – T...

“Tonnes / Years” arrives on “reclaimed USB stick” and only 20 of them at that! I can only imagine that “reclaimed” refers to all those ...

The Boats – The Ballad of the Eagle

The Boats – Th...

A multitude of voices are heard throughout this latest release from The Boats with clarity and assuredness: the cello of Danny Norbury remains calm and ...

TSU live at Cafe Oto

TSU live at Cafe Oto...

Back in May, Robert Curgenven performed an intriguing set at Cafe Oto together with Jörg-Maria Zeger as TSU. There's another chance of catching him live ...

Ben Frost and Daniel Bjarnason – Solaris

Ben Frost and Daniel...

Taut. Anguished. Claustrophobic. In this case, to launch too soon into a description of the music would be unfair. Expectations are high, and questions abound: ...

Battlesnake: The Jackson Pollock Approach

Battlesnake: The Jac...

“I'll play it first and tell you what it's called later.” - Miles Davis

Postcards from Italy: Rome Part II – Interview with Alessio Ballerini

Postcards from Italy...

Roman based sound artist Alessio Ballerini, explores real and imaginary landscapes by using field recordings, guitar, piano and digital composition, so that the sound finds ...

Hakobune – I Discover I’m Missing

Hakobune – I Disco...

Hakobune is the moniker of musician Takahiro Yorifuji, whose work relies on heavily processed guitars and subtle electronic touches. Having more than a handful of ...

Petrels Live At Cafe Oto

Petrels Live At Cafe...

Here's another great film from Gianmarco Del Re taken from last weeks Aidan Baker / Plurals / Petrels gig at Cafe Oto. This session sees ...