AUDIO: Mike Neumeyer Featuring Johan Veldkamp – “Mikehan Veldmeyer”
The Marimba maestro teams up with a Dutch artist for a new collab.
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AUDIO: Kendraplex – “Two Rivers”
Experimental artist Kendraplex is out with a new album. It’s two compositions that each last around twenty minutes long, collaging many jams of different creative methods into eclectic broad displays. Guitar, voice, reel-to-reel and cassette tape loops, organ, field recordings, and electronic beats are all instruments of Kendraplex’s process; Sam Cook contributes with modular riffs as well. Each movement feels
Read moreAUDIO: Space Whaler – “Affirmation”
Experimental-ambient artist Space Whaler is out with a new record with the intention of meditative relaxation. Utilizing serene field recordings, oceanic synths and gently floating guitars, the intergalactic baleen pursuer conjures a deeply soothing movement where each track carefully flows into the next. It’s a most tranquil experiment from Space Whaler and we look forward to what else he’ll do
Read moreAUDIO: Pendrop Poet – “Many Phases”
Pendrop Poet covers a variety of sounds and topics on a new project.
Read moreAUDIO: The Nunnery – “Floating Gardens”
The Nunnery’s new project is a masterclass in vocal layering.
Read moreAUDIO: Mike Neumeyer Featuring Rob van der Made – “Naturimba”
Mike Neumeyer collaborates to escape into nature.
Read moreAUDIO: Jamie Breiwick & Jay Mollerskov – “Solve for X”
Jazz artist Jamie Breiwick teamed up with electronic artist Jay Mollerskov for a record of improvisation. These eight tracks were created by taking clips of Breiwick playing trumpet and chopping them with Mollerskov’s electronic manipulations (looping, granular synthesis, spectral processing). The result is a mesmerizing work of spacey meditations layered into cohesion. Culminating decades of friendship, Jamie Breiwick and Jay
Read moreAUDIO: Mike Neumeyer – “Zil-Bel Vibes”
Experimental percussionist Mike Neumeyer just keeps them coming. His latest release is the start of a new series, where he plans to gradually add more and more objects/instruments to the production. In addition to the marimba, he strikes bells and chimes, giving this piece a sense of wonder with sharp pensiveness. It’s a nine-minute track, giving Neumeyer plenty of time
Read moreAUDIO: Kinth – “The Smile Room”
Experimental artist Kinth has a new album out. Mixing acoustic and electronic elements, these seven tracks feel like a canvas of emotion through difficult times. Themes in the lyrics and song titles range from enduring pain to police brutality to the gradual abandonment of Earth by the rich to waiting on love to persevere, coupled with lush and layered soundscapes.
Read moreAUDIO: Mike Neumeyer – “Neumerical Patterns”
A bright, plucky track evolves into a soundscape.
Read moreAUDIO: Shxde – “X”
Electronic producer Shxde is out with an album this week. Two years in the making, it’s a record that makes you want to break free from all your fears and worries as you go out into the risk-filled world. Whether it’s for love, happiness or success, Shxde delivers an empowering odyssey of shadow, mystery, and determination. Put on a blacklight
Read moreAUDIO: The Nunnery – “Cyrus Song”
Experimental pop project The Nunnery’s latest single is a moonlit dream. Featuring lo-fi guitar and angelic wordless harmonies, it’s a tune with soaring atmosphere and ethereal charm. It ends with a sample of a young child trying to tell a story, as the cover art illustrates. The Nunnery delivers a gorgeous and gentle ditty; we look forward to what they
Read moreAUDIO: Mike Neumeyer – “Scray”
A new composition feels explorative.
Read moreAUDIO: Softer Drive – “Four of Horses”
Electronic improvisational duo Softer Drive consists of Milwaukee’s C. Vadi and St. Louis’ Zach TBD. Their debut record is out, featuring four improvisations utilizing synths and pedals. Immersive, empyrean waves conjure the feeling of sleeping in a bed high up in the clouds – let the gracefully ambient passages guide you into a blissful state of mind. It’s a majestic
Read moreAUDIO: Mike Neumeyer – “Spacerimbaphone!”
Mike Neumeyer plays with the negative space in his newest composition.
Read moreAUDIO: Darkpebble-Bluewave – “Leaving Together, Leaving Apart”
Contemporary classical-improvisation project Darkpebble-Bluewave has a new album of compositions out. It’s six pieces that encompass experiments of stretched melody, using a two-stringed bowed instrument called the mosesa. A patient listen, “Leaving Together, Leaving Apart” is an exhibition of careful movements that speak to the listener with unpredictability and intention. If you’re looking for something assertively avant-garde, check this one
Read moreAUDIO: Dave Schoepke – “Drowning in Snow”
Experimental percussionist Dave Schoepke has a new EP out this week. These four pieces feature the drums embellishing the narrative, with some electronic effects added by Marco Sebastian Christ on the third and fourth tracks. A recurrent theme here is that technical progress is not the only way forward; he embraces a near-postmodern mindset of a new approach being capable
Read moreAUDIO: Mike Neumeyer – “Layer by Layer”
Experimental percussionist Mike Neumeyer dropped a new EP. It’s four tracks that each add a new layer to Neumeyer’s process as he plays; the first track is just marimba, the second adds vibraphone, the third adds chimes, and finally in the fourth he sings. It may be a gentle listen but there’s profound intention and patience behind each artistic decision.
Read moreAUDIO: Permanent Murkers – “Out Murk the Perma Fox”
Experimental quartet Permanent Murkers released a new track a little while ago. It’s an electric jazz tune adorned with the colors of a vibrant sunset, as the cover art depicts. With a calm demeanor, the piece gives the impression that all four musicians are making each creative decision based on what feels right in the moment. We hope to hear
Read moreAUDIO: Max Devereaux – “Blank Constellation”
Max Devereaux uses instruments to convey a sonic atmosphere on a new piece.
Read moreAUDIO: J. McCoy – “Drone #1”
Dark ambient artist J. McCoy is out with the first of a series of drone pieces he’s working on. The cover art is a perfect visual representation; for 26 minutes we soar in night-cloaked space like an unidentified flying object discovering Earth for the first time. It’s a powerful and dense synth composition from J. McCoy; we can’t wait to
Read moreAUDIO: The Sublime Perfect Masters – “Explore the Circle of Fifths”
The Sublime Perfect Masters, a collective of tenured Milwaukee musicians, released a three-hour experimental album recently. Here, they travel clockwise around the Western twelve-tone scale with each track being fifteen minutes long and consisting of only two droning notes. Eventually, they end up back where they started; the fifth of one track becomes the root note in the next. It’s
Read moreAUDIO: Normal Rituals – “Another Center”
Improvisational noise duo Normal Rituals are out with a new EP on Absurd Expedition. It’s four tracks crafted out of what feels right in the moment between sonic experimenters Peter J. Woods and Eli Smith. While the sounds here are mostly made with electronics and guitars, there’s what sounds like mouth noises opening the third track – boundary-pushing indeed. Everything
Read moreAUDIO: Rum Revere – “Tis Twas Twis”
Electronic sampler project Rum Revere has a new album out. It’s fun and eccentric while cleverly crafty; Brock Gourlie is up to his usual antics placing humorously-timed samples onto instrumental hip hop beats. Featured in this pack includes a spin on “Poison” by Bell Biv DeVoe, farting, cartoonish imagery, and getting taken into an alley. If you want a few
Read moreAUDIO: KASE – “Seasons”
Free jazz band KASE released a new record this weekend on B Side Recordings. Seated at the intersection of jazz and hip hop, it eagerly explores the themes of roots and old relationships, becoming a pseudo-concept album that incorporates the band members as characters of a story. Klassik guest stars on keys in the second track as well. “Seasons” is
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