Crucial Listening #119: Yara Asmar
Heart wrung like a towel, Skullcandy bass, the magic of music boxes. The Beirut-based multi-instrumentalist, video artist and puppeteer discusses three important albums.
Jack Chuter
Crucial Listening #118: More Eaze
Visions of hell/paradise, two G's in eggs, bizarre lemonade. The composer/multi-instrumentalist from Austin, Texas discusses three important albums.
Crucial Listening #117: Phillip Golub
Vocal imitation games, aural cocktails, jazz-adjacent ingenuity. The New York-based composer and pianist discusses three important albums.
Review: Baltic Furs – Contemporary Ruin
Hauled together in the rubble of post-apocalyptic shock.
Review: Egg Meat – S/T
Atomised matter. Blackout in the club.
Crucial Listening #116: Julian Sartorius + Feldermelder
Too-short tracks, dying melodies, birds mimicking electronics, the highest organ note. The musicians and collaborators discuss their important albums.
Review: Fortresses – Near
The London-based composer conjures the memory of a trip through Oregon's natural spaces.