We might gather a few dozen epochs in our life, experiences bookended by the different perspectives of the human experience. These periods become essential to our identity, and relishing in our fond memories is the only retribution for the suffering of life; ultimately, all we have are our experiences. ApologiesContinue Reading
British conductor Leopold Stokowski once opined, “A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” This oft-quoted nugget of wisdom describes music’s peculiar ability to occupy the physical world without being seen. However, it isn’t necessary to have synesthesia to witness Strauss’s pastoral world orContinue Reading
There’s something bittersweet about rummaging through old boxes in the attic. Artefacts from the past, like old photographs, love letters, and cultural knick-knacks, can inspire poignant trips down memory lane. In the case of Nicole Saphos, home-recorded VHS tapes were the source of inspiration for her third album, Figure Eights. AnContinue Reading
The shortest distance between two places is a straight line. However, travelling on a curve can provide a more scenic view. The music of Athenian multi-instrumentalist Dimitris Kakavoulis combines elements of afro, funk, Latin, Brazilian and jazz music to create energized pieces full of improvisational skill and arrangments that alwaysContinue Reading
As an artist, musician and performer, Katie Gerardine O’Neill is perhaps best known for being a member of Dublin-based trio Alien She, whose mix of high-intensity pop, punk and indie – with an experimental bent – saw the band make a name for themselves on the Irish underground music scene. InContinue Reading
As societal creatures, city living fulfils all of our modern-day needs. The interconnectivity of the masses undoubtedly occasions convenience. However, living on the peripheries of society, in small rural settlements, detached from the machines of big towns and cities, can supplement inconvenience with an advantaged perspective, though some moreContinue Reading
Rushkeys is the moniker of Lithuanian producer Domas Ruškys. His stage name is clever, with his family name Ruškys being phonetically close to Rushkeys, a word that accurately describes his bolting, notation-heavy electronic dance music. Ruškys has been a professional sound engineer, composer and recording artist for over a decadeContinue Reading
LA-based four-piece Bondo make delicately robust music on their debut album Print Selections. If “delicately robust” sounds like an oxymoron to you, that’s because it is. The group’s music is contradictory in that it is both gentle and edgy, innocent and sinister, and lulls the listener into a strange worldContinue Reading
There’s a haunting quality to the music of New York-based artist Sam and the Sea. On their debut EP, “Evil Ghosts,” they deliver seemingly gentle songs, but there is more happening under the initial surface of experimental folk and shoegazing indie, a type of heavy metal in disguise, like aContinue Reading
Being able to find value in the regular is a precious gift. Poets need this skill, not just to help them give meaning to nature but to life. Someone who knows this is Italian producer Joao Ceser. It’s easy to envision the Brianza-based producer sitting in his studio atContinue Reading