LA-based Thai musician Saun Santipreecha knows about dichotomies. His recent album “Dandelye” juxtaposes surreal ambient soundscapes with mysterious musical structures across six tracks of sprawling scope. Dandelye is an anglicized form of the Thai word for ‘dandelion’, a flower seen as a weed in LA but rare in Santipreecha’s native Thailand. ThisContinue Reading
Radagast the Brown is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien’s legendarium, but also the moniker of ambient composer and producer Ezekiel James Hampton from Napa, California. The godfather of ambient music, Brian Eno, once described that genre as being “as ignorable as it is interesting.”, yet theContinue Reading
Le Days is the moniker of Swedish experimental musician Daniel Hedin, and his visceral new album “Stuck In My Head (Alternate Recordings)” takes the listener to the depths of his dark and troubled soul by way of abstractly constructed music-cum-performance art. Most tracks here are reinterpretations of songs which originally surfaced onContinue Reading
War in Ukraine, inflation, rising temperatures, and a widening political divide between left and right. One has many reasons to feel an apocalyptic dread when considering our outlook. On “The World Is Ending And I Love U”, Margate-based musician Jack Goldstein hosts a cast of collaborators to create a remarkablyContinue Reading
Vitalism is a belief that living things and non-living things are fundamentally different. Living things have souls, or what vitalists call “élan vital”. It sounds harmless, but according to Dr William F. Williams, it forms the basis for pseudoscientific medical practices that claim many health problems are caused by imbalancesContinue Reading
Errunhrd is a dream-pop project by Canadian multi-instrumentalist producer Shirin Ghoujalou. Her most recent album, “You Can Be You, I Can Be Me”, is an atmosphere-heavy collection of eleven fully formed ambient pop tracks built on a foundation of beats and washed-out synths that allow Ghoujalou’s euphonious vocals to intrigue withContinue Reading
In an interview with LensCulture, The Guardian photography columnist Sean O’Hagan opined, “I wonder if a photograph can express, say, regret, sorrow, or loss in as powerful a way as a poem or a piece of music? Personally, I think not.” His thought echoes that of past philosophers, including Arthur Schopenhauer, who deemed musicContinue Reading
Pulse Park are a three-piece indie rock band from Germany, and their debut album “Phonac Music” showcases their melodic and artistic sensibilities through ten bittersweet and emotive songs. While Pulse Park’s sound is firmly rooted in familiar college-radio 90s rock a la Superchunk and Pavement, there is a senseContinue Reading
The history of mosaic art can be traced back to the 3rd millennium BC when temples in Mesopotamia were decorated with seashells and stones. While abstract, these primitive works birthed an artistic medium found worldwide and known for its intricate beauty. Seattle sonic-wizard Brandon Isleib, aka Restless Mosaic, approaches musicContinue Reading
Much has been written about Korea’s influence on global entertainment. From K-pop to Parasite, the Korean peninsula has earned its reputation as a hotbed of accomplished culture. But what about the artists who aren’t breaking through the mainstream, preferring to operate on the fringes? Does the influx of immaculately produced KoreanContinue Reading