"In 2016, after reissuing two Bruce Haack albums, Haackula and Electric Lucifer Book II, Telephone Explosion began speaking with Ted Pandel (Bruce's lifelong friend and business partner) about working on the 1970 masterpiece The Electric Lucifer. It turned out there was ...
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TER050 | TELEPHONE EXPLOSION RECOR
"Born during the Colombian Christian punk boom of the early 2000's, SFA quickly established themselves as a mainstay of the burgeoning scene exploding in the coastal working class towns of Barranquilla and Santa Marta. With its ironic/not-ironic lyrics and punk not-punk ...
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FARSA01 | FARSA DISCOS
"These recordings, made in 2016 and 2017, document the shifting sonic texture of the cinema projection box, as it changes from 35mm to digital projection. By 2014, the majority of UK cinemas had already converted to digital, making many projectionists redundant, and ...
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GR177 | GRUENREKORDER
"The Aeolian Harp (also called Wind Harp) is a string instrument that is played by natural wind. It sounds like layered feedback or drones with rich harmonic textures that will change continuously according to the wind direction, strength and consistency. One day, I ...
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GR182 | GRUENREKORDER
""Voll.Halb.Langsam.Halt" is based on contact mic recordings, which I recorded on an old steamboat, an ice-breaker from the 1930. I had the chance to take a trip on the ship from Rostock to Rügen over the Baltic Sea in 2010. The body of the ship is completely built ...
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GR181 | GRUENREKORDER
"Originally conceived for live context employing high volume playback and extended duration, Conduit pushes the parameters of musical composition and perception. Minimal in construction, applying high frequency staccatissimo that gradually turns in on itself, Suzuki's ...
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SE004 | SECOND EDITIONS
"When looking for music to be released on Magazine, our guideline has always been energy. The key question remains the same: Does the artist have something important to say? Does it have a sense of urgency? Alex played us these tracks while visiting the Magazine studio ...
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MAGAZINE020 | MAGAZINE
"In 2013, Stefan Fricke, editor for new music at Hessischer Rundfunk, approached Patterson about a broadcast of that old tape piece. Patterson didn't know its whereabouts, so Fricke and him together with Cologne-based composer hans w. koch set out for a journey through ...
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785.06 | EDITION TELEMARK
"Since the 1980s, Koch has been concerning himself with the concept of "total harmony" (harmonie totale) introduced by Russian composer Nikolai Obouhow (1892-1954) where all twelve tones of the Western tonal system - in different octave ranges - are stacked into chord ...
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785.07 | EDITION TELEMARK
"After 2017's "TAR", "FORAS" is the Iranian sound artist's second album for Hallow Ground label. While Amini has recently been collaborating extensively with other artists, the four tracks see him returning to his singular approach that blends harsh electronic noise ...
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HG1805 | HALLOW GROUND
"With What Matters Most, Chris Hooson has likely delivered the most personal and, in his own words, complicated Dakota Suite album of his career. After previous collaborations with artists such as Quentin Sirjacq and Vampillia, this ten-track LP combines the Brit's ...
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KK107 | KARAOKE KALK
"John Parish, the twice Ensor nominated composer and Mercury Prize winning producer delivers a brand new collection of songs, including a duet with his longtime musical partner PJ Harvey. Bird Dog Dante was completed in a busy year for Parish. On top of being the ...
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THRILL465LP | THRILL JOCKEY
