John Puchiele Ensemble – CHANGE (Album Review)
By way of Toronto, John Puchiele has been purveying carefully composed and cinematic music for four decades. His fifth album, CHANGE, features ambient and orchestral works and is at times thoroughly relaxing while at other thrillingly odd. Working in areas like film, television, and dance has flavoured his music with an earContinue Reading
Single Reviews: 8 January 2023: Simon Linsteadt, Lauren Corrigan, Palms Psalm, Steven Poole, Adrian Miles
Photo by Wuyihale Lin Simon Linsteadt – Desolation alt-folk New York/Maine-based musician Simon Linsteadt yarns cleverly produced and soulful folk on his recent single “Desolation”, taken from the upcoming album Mud Season. The (emo)tive track is full of sadcore sentiments; acoustic guitars playing bewitching chords, lyrics of social rejection (“You don’tContinue Reading
Jack Phemister – Death of the Close Minded (Album Review)
Australian folk-jazz singer Jack Phemister is from the small town of Yass in New South Wales but now resides in metropolitan Melbourne. His folk-jazz stylings are imbued with soul-pop, and if two hyphenated genres aren’t enough, throw in indie-rock and singer-songwriter for good measure. This amalgamated modus operandi rests onContinue Reading
1 Rebel Nation – Porcelain (Album Review)
Hailing from the sunny West coast, the curiously named 1 Rebel Nation are an alternative pop duo who dexterously bend between adult contemporary and experimental hip-hop. Californian-based musicians Dejon La Quake and Dakota Love create lush and diverse pop songs that put mood paramount by way of impressively textured mixes.Continue Reading
Tracya – Mindflux (Album Review)
The Italian city of Padua is home to the oldest botanical gardens in the world and was the scene for Shakespeare’s “The taming of the shrew”. Such a connection to history may lead one to imagine its artists are still inspired by antiquity. However, as evidenced on “Mindflux” by Tracya,Continue Reading
Single Reviews: 31 December 2022: Huts on Beaches, Imitate, Marco Bruno, Caroline Loveglow, Michael O.
Photo by Sinitta Leunen Huts on Beaches – Leap electronic Maltese duo Huts on Beaches comprise the electronic musicians Karl Gauci and Keith Bunce, whose adroitness in sculpting sonically compelling synthesized sounds can be found in full force on their recent offering, “Leap”. Like the warm Mediterranean waters surrounding theirContinue Reading
n0transmission’s Favourite Albums of 2022
10. Burs – Holding Patterns Holding Patterns by Burs Holding Patterns is a fantastically formed album by a band that knows how to find its natural rhythm. These songs psyche you out because Burs use traditional structures to hint at and often go to unique places; the melodies and moods makeContinue Reading
Josh Martin – Notes From The American Rat Race (Album Review)
The “American Dream” has long promised a life of freedom and financial prosperity to those willing to work for it. Coined by James Truslow Adams in 1931, the term is now used ironically to point out the injustices and despair that come when faced with the cold reality of aContinue Reading
Various Artists – Amanita Muscaria 1 (Compilation Review)
When Lisbon-based producer Marco Guerra began curating a Spotify playlist of largely- beatless experimental electronic music in December 2020, he never expected to take it a step further. In a progression as natural as the sounds he was collecting, he began assembling tracks from around the world away from theContinue Reading
Interview: Christof Keller
Christof Keller is an experimental jazz performer from Germany who recently released the beguiling and strangely alluring album “Garden Path”. His music is complex and thoughtful, yet still accessible. We got in touch with him with some question about his history and his process. NT: Hello, Christof. How are you today?Continue Reading