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Avant-garde trumpeter Nathan Plante has thrown caution to the wind; after 20 years of performing as a classical musician, he releases his first EP as a purveyor of darkly subduing ambient explorations, Electric Birds. The Californian started at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and continued his academic training atContinue Reading

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The line straddling accessibility and innovation is hard to draw, perhaps no place more so than in art. Artists risk either alienating their audience or insulting their intelligence, with little breathing room between the two extremes. And while combining frantic jazz piano, wizardly electronics, and effervescent drumming in an avant-gardeContinue Reading

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Photo by Sasha Matveeva  Antoine Loemba – Montparnasse jazz Montparnasse is a neighborhood in Paris known for its rich cultural history. It is also the title of the first track from French jazz drummer Antoine Loemba’s upcoming EP, Quartet. Like that area of the City of Lights, “Montparnasse” has anContinue Reading

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Stefen Robinson, aka Yea Big, discusses his improvisational work with Tatsu Aoki. The pair’s 2nd EP, The Hand and The Moon, Part Two, is out now on FPE Records.  NT: Hello, Stefen. Thank you for agreeing to this interview. Congratulations on your recent EP with Tatsu Aoki, The Hand andContinue Reading

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A raw intensity permeates DIOMEDES, the sophomore album from London-based three-piece ectropunk outfit The Diomedes. This intensity manifests in high-octane drum patterns, expansive guitars, wide-ranging synths, and soaring vocal performances, demonstrating the band’s celestial ambitions. Comprised of members Mark Champion on vocals, guitars, and synths; David Myers on drums; andContinue Reading

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Photo by Ivan Mani Hannah Lev – Palm to Palm experimental London-based electronic producer Hannah Lev casts a woozy spell on “Palm to Palm,” a consummate single full of anxious synth swells, sharp hip-hop beats, and angelic vocals. Scratch that. The vocals are angelic, but like an angel that fellContinue Reading

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“Bifurcate” is a word that means to divide into two branches or forks, like a river splitting and flowing in different directions. Separation is a theme that resonates with New Jersey prog artist Nat Rusciani, who experienced the dissolution of her band shortly before starting The War Yaks with co-writerContinue Reading