Experimental Frequencies

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 ...

Austin Buckett – Stuttered Shine

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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)…

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 ...

The First Army Of The Nomadic Kids Republic

The First Army Of Th...

As part of our ongoing efforts to present to you the vast amount of excellent new material released recently, Fluid are proud to present this ...

Richard A Ingram – Happy Hour

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'Happy Hour' is Richard A Ingram’s second full length release, following on from last year’s debut album ‘Consolamentum’. This album is made up of long-form ...

Carousell – Black Swallow & Other Songs (Review)

Carousell – Bl...

Richard Skelton has released under a number of guises on his Sustain Release label; originally issued in a low run of 100 copies, “Black Swallow ...

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...

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...

Kyle Bobby Dunn: The Facts Raw

Kyle Bobby Dunn: The...

“Of at least equal importance with his entertainer's cap was the jester's function as adviser and critic. This is what distinguishes him from a pure ...

Jon Porras – Undercurrent

Jon Porras – U...

“Undercurrent” by Jon Porras is visceral like a coma - epic and dense, and with a similarly all-encompassing hold…

Charles-Eric Charrier – Oldman

Charles-Eric Charrie...

“Oldman” by Charles-Eric Charrier is certainly something of a departure from the previous album released on Experimedia, “Silver”… Whilst “Silver” was cerebral post-rock, the new approach ...

The Collaborative (Recent) History Of Stephen Vitiello

The Collaborative (R...

Stephen Vitiello’s musical history has quite some depth to it, and an immediately noticeable characteristic of his discography is the collaborative nature of his work. ...

Mombi – The Wounded Beat

Mombi – The Wounde...

Music listeners are often divided into two categories... The first camp is made up of people that take a fairly philosophical approach to music – ...

A Correspondence With Richard Skelton

A Correspondence Wit...

The Preservation label presents the reissue edition Marking Time from UK artist Richard Skelton...

Hauschka – Salon des Amateurs

Hauschka – Sal...

An energetic collaboration, and a welcome stylistic departure that’s impossible to dislike…

Getting To Know Black Eagle Child

Getting To Know Blac...

The Preservation label presents Lobelia, the debut full-length album from Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s Black Eagle Child…

12k Live In Tokyo: Taylor Deupree Part Two – The Arms Race (Primum Non Nocere)

12k Live In Tokyo: T...

Whilst discussing the making of “Tasogare” in our initial interview, the subject of mastering records came up, and prompted a long discussion that bears repeating ...

Tasogare: Live In Tokyo

Tasogare: Live In To...

“Tasogare: Live In Tokyo” are five tracks by five 12k artists, recorded live over two nights in temples in Tokyo, Japan in April 2010…

Peter Hollo Interview

Peter Hollo Intervie...

“Stumble” is the first solo release from Peter Hollo, cellist in FourPlay String Quartet, and presenter of the well-loved Utility Fog, home of all things ...

12k Live In Tokyo: Taylor Deupree – Part One

12k Live In Tokyo: T...

“Recorded live on April 10th and 11th, 2010, Tasogare: Live in Tokyo documents the performances of five 12k artists at two temples in Tokyo, Japan…

Area C – Map of Circular Thought

Area C – Map o...

The Preservation label presents Map of Circular Thought from Providence, Rhode Island’s Area C…

Self Preservation: Andrew Khedoori Interview

Self Preservation: A...

In the midst of what seems to be a bumper crop of releases from Preservation records, we caught up for a quick chat with Andrew ...