AUDIO: J. McCoy – “The Fuzziness Of Your Logic”
McCoy uses vocal samples to talk about the nature of our very being on this release.
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AUDIO: J. McCoy – “The Weight of this Combination”
Experimental/ambient artist J. McCoy’s latest release is a track he composed while stuck at home with COVID last year. Mysterious, daring and awestruck in mood, this piece feels like it could be the musical accompaniment to a cinematic escape or espionage scene. Spanning just over five minutes, the modular synths alternately palpitate and soar akin to anxious determination. J. McCoy
Read moreAUDIO: J. McCoy – “All I Have Left to Give”
Experimental ambient artist J. McCoy has a new album out of tracks he made when he returned to Milwaukee two years ago. Mesmerizing layers of modular improvisations stack up like ladders into the sky with “All I Have Left to Give.” Deeply textural like majestic sunsets, these tracks are patiently optimistic yet hellacious in atmospheric texture. J. McCoy has been
Read moreAUDIO: J. McCoy & Chet Garrett – “Duet: 4 Track Tape Machines”
Ambient artists J. McCoy released a composition he did with Chet Garrett over twenty years ago using two four-track tape recorders. With dense textures and grand crescendos, this piece feels like the most magnificent sunrise you’ve ever seen. Clocking in at almost nine minutes, this experimental-electronic duet brings synergistic layering so naturally and eloquently. We hope to hear more from
Read moreAUDIO: J. McCoy – “The Deafening Rapture of Silence”
Dark ambient artist J. McCoy released a new album this past week. These five tracks consist of Modular drones that hover in darkness at times while grasping for peeks of light at others. It feels like a sci-fi space movie, where each piece is a new area explored. J. McCoy traverses a vast abyss through dense soundscapes with “The Deafening
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: J.McCoy – “Untitled #1”
Dark ambient composer J. McCoy has a new piece out made for the Modulare crew in Wales, UK. Spanning over twelve minutes, it’s a composition that builds up with determination and endurance, ultimately evoking awe in the plane of serene adventure. It’s quite jovial compared to much of the composer’s past work; we hope J. McCoy has more to come
Read moreAUDIO: J.McCoy – “The Quarantine Recordings”
Dark ambient artist J. McCoy has a new record out of material he made at the beginning of quarantine while in New Orleans. It’s four modular improvisations, all meant to encapsulate the dark and isolating nature of our current catastrophic world. This is reflected especially in McCoy’s choice of track titles such as “Days That Cast The Longest Shadows” and
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Read moreAUDIO: J. McCoy – “Hope Miraculous”
John McCoy is an improvisational electronic musician originally from New Orleans but has long been in Milwaukee. He’s out with his first record in nearly twenty years; his primary instrument here is the modular synth. He’s crafted suspensful, meticulous dark ambient pieces that feel like an interstellar expedition (“Comfort is Somewhere,” “Search Out for Light”). Some of the most unique
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