Review: Zheng Hao – Harmonium II
Volatile (im)balances for feedback systems.
Jack Chuter
Crucial Listening #160: Brian Cook (Sumac, Russian Circles, Botch)
Proto-disco black hole disintegration, leaving in the flubs, "Shake Your Hips" at number 3. The American bassist discusses three important albums.
Review: Jeph Jerman + Tim Olive – Pancakes
Unsettled materials and overblown capture, with each piece recorded by one participant and mixed by the other.
Crucial Listening #159: Tashi Wada
Life partner collaborations, Alice Coltrane signature bends, nomadic explorations in tuning. The Los Angeles-based musician discusses three important albums.
Crucial Listening #158: Jennifer Walshe
Making work out of bones, Bach in intergalactic excess, pre-admin ABC karaoke. The composer and improviser discusses three important albums.
Crucial Listening #157: Nicole Rampersaud
Fountains of ideas, mind blown in Rap City, candy wrapper responses. The New Brunswick-based trumpet player, improviser and composer discusses three important albums.
Review: Petra Dubach + Mario van Horrik – WAVES Trinity
Three strings are suspended from the walls, yet nothing happens unless they're brought into connection with eachother.