Experimental Frequencies

Simon Finn – Pass the Distance

Simon Finn – P...

Hidden by the night, hold up your dream And be free - take flight No one may watch you in... ...Dreams don't be frightened by what you might ...

Echo Park: The Willamette Interview

Echo Park: The Willa...

An Interview with Davin Chong and Joseph Edward from Willamette whose recent LP “Echo Park” is one of the standout ambient albums of 2011...

Christian Fennesz Interview

Christian Fennesz In...

The morning after a haunting performance at Semibreve Festival in Braga, I meet Christian Fennesz for coffee to talk about the concert, the recent EP ...

Carsten Nicolai Interview

Carsten Nicolai Inte...

A couple of weeks ago, German multi-disciplinary artist and Raster-Noton co-founder Carsten Nicolai played a mesmerizing audio-visual set at Semibreve Festival in Braga. I caught ...

Postcards from Italy: Taranto – Francesco Giannico

Postcards from Italy...

Talking to Alessio Ballerini spurred my interest in the work of the Italian Archive of Sonic Landscapes, AIPS, which, while still in its infancy has ...

Interview with Gordon Sharp – Cindytalk

Interview with Gordo...

"Her art in this piece is obscure, slow, difficult and sometimes agonizing. But it is never the grand agony of stately images and sets. It ...

Julia Kent Interview

Julia Kent Interview...

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

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 ...

Danny Paul Grody Interview – Morning Light, Day Light, Evening Light

Danny Paul Grody Int...

Where to begin, to introduce an article about Danny Paul Grody? Where to start? A founding member of iconic San Francisco act Tarentel, member of Temporary Residence ...

Postcards from Italy: Rome part I – Interview with Elisa Luu – La Bèl netlabel

Postcards from Italy...

Based in Rome, Elisabetta Luciani, aka Elisa Luu, is a musician and the co-founder of La Bèl, one of an increasing number of Italian netlabels ...

Postcards from Italy: Milan part III – Interview with Fabio Carboni – Die Schachtel and Sara Serighelli – O’

Postcards from Italy...

Garibaldi-Isola, a rapidly mutating district in the heart of Milan, is home to Die Schachtel, a record label/publishing house specialising in electronic/concrete/avant-garde music, sound poetry ...

Nils Frahm – Felt

Nils Frahm – F...

'Originally I wanted to do my neighbours a favour by damping the sound of my piano. If I want to play piano during the quiet ...

Jóhann Jóhannsson / Bill Morrison Interview – The Miners Hymns

Jóhann Jóhannsson ...

“Icelandic-born composer Jóhann Jóhannsson’s debut album for FatCat’s 130701 imprint, ‘The Miners’ Hymns’ is a film score from a collaborative project based around the weighty ...

3ofmillions – Abstruction

3ofmillions – ...

3ofmillions are a Sydney electro-acoustic improvising trio who take a multitude of influences from a multitude of sources, generating unique boundary defying textural material best ...

Postcards from Italy: Milan Pt.2 – Nicola Ratti

Postcards from Italy...

Nicola Ratti lives and works in Milan. He works as an architect in Gru Architetti, a multidisciplinary team. He runs the art / installation branch ...

PIAS REACTION: NORMAN RECORDS & FATCAT RECORDS

PIAS REACTION: NORMA...

Everyone was shocked by recent events in London, and those involved in independent music were even more shocked to hear about the by now well ...

Austin Buckett – Stuttered Shine

Austin Buckett ̵...

The sun’s creeping down these curtains, A blind shutter’s Stuttered shine. - J. Hayes Austin Buckett is probably best known to readers of Fluid for his role in experimental jazz ...

Postcards from Italy: Milan – Attila Faravelli / The Lift

Postcards from Italy...

There's nothing official about The Lift. No programme, no website, no phone number. One gets the address and all the relevant info by replying to ...

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 ...

Paper Relics

Paper Relics...

Paper Relics is an experimental duo formed by sound artist Harry Towell of Spheruleus and Audio Gourmet fame, along with Harry's guitarist brother Stuart. Working ...

Offthesky – Appalachia & The Beautiful Nowhere: Interview

Offthesky – Ap...

“Every summer, traveling through the mountains photographing, I am somehow able to renew and relive my childhood. I regain my southern, mountain accent and approach ...

The Long White Cloud – Part One: Alicia Merz – Birds Of Passage

The Long White Cloud...

“From their distant flight Through realms of light It falls into our world of night, With the murmuring sound of rhyme.”

Joint Venture – Humanity, Integrity, Sincerity (And The Mass Avant-Garde)

Joint Venture –...

Enigmatic French label Joint Venture and sister imprint Twin Daisies have recently impressed with a stream of intriguing releases from several acts, including Charles Eric ...

Michel Chion…

Michel Chion…...

Michel Chion (1947 Creil, France). Composer of "Musique Concrète" from INA-GRM, video and film maker, creator of "audio visual theatre" (La Messe de Terre), writer ...

The Truth Hurts – Ian Hawgood & Brock Van Wey

The Truth Hurts R...

It’s not a surprise that any collaboration between these two would be one of the musical highlights of the year; in fact, given the pedigree ...

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...

The Live Process: A Brief Discussion With Stephan Mathieu

The Live Process: A ...

With the recent coverage of Stephan Mathieu's superb performance at Cafe Oto in the bag, Pascal Savy managed to catch up with the artist to ...

The Tape Loop Series: Part Three – Chemical Tapes

The Tape Loop Series...

Tapes have a particular resonance with those old enough to remember their heyday, in anything other than a hazy flashback…

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...