Each month we play an artist or group a series of records which they are asked to comment on with no prior knowledge of what they are about to hear Tested by Ilia Rogatchevski Photography by Daniel Antropik Yellow Swans are a psychedelic noise duo… Read More
Corsica Studios, London, UK Originally active from 2001-08, Yellow Swans have acquired mythic status among lovers of dirty transcendental drone. If some of tonight’s audience have seen them before, many would have been too young the first time around. To warm things up, aya’s twin… Read More
Various Venues, Tromsø, NorwayImage: Ismistik at Insomnia Festival by Celine Richard Inspired by the sleepless nights imposed by the midnight sun, Insomnia takes place in Tromsø, which lies beyond the Arctic Circle. Since 2002, the festival has fostered a culture of inclusive and forward thinking… Read More
For the last few months I’ve been working away behind the scenes, with a team of great US-based physicians, on a podcast about American healthcare. It’s called Doctor Friends and foregrounds candid conversations about what it means to be a healthcare provider in a system… Read More
The duo of Koshiro Hino and Yuki Nakagawa team up with Polish percussionist Adam Gołębiewski for an album composed and recorded in a single improvised session Watching KAKUHAN at last week’s Insomnia festival in Tromsø, Norway, I was struck by how a duo performing with… Read More
The Finnish trio’s cleaning robot alter egos make industrial music from the contents of a linen cupboard around sci-fi themes that are anything but domestic. From left: CW04 (Tero Vänttinen), CW01 (Risto Puurunen), CW03 (Timo Kinnunen) – Photo by Jussi Karjalainen. In the music video… Read More
St James Garlickhythe, London, UKPhoto by 00bars Tonight’s edition of Boundary Condition, an event series curated by the Egyptian artist Alaa Yousry aka Cerpintxt, centres around the launch of her new album Refugees Of The Symbolic Network. The record’s identity is rooted in an impulse… Read More
The composer and field recordist draws on a painterly sensibility to layer loops and samples into documentary narratives that are startling, funny and human. Photography by Ashley Markle Poised over a laptop at a recent Cafe Oto show in London, Vanessa Rossetto pulls up spliced… Read More
Cafe Oto, London, UK Photo: Verði Ljós Dave Welder, a prolific Brighton project led by the film maker Ben Wheatley and music producer Simon Byrt, have amassed over a dozen eclectic lo-fi releases on Bandcamp since August 2024. Seated behind synths, laptops and MIDI controllers,… Read More
In Focus: Michael Snow ICA, London, UK | Image: still from *Corpus Callosum (2002) Michael Snow’s films are largely about film itself: its structure, texture, purpose and aesthetics. Presented by Dream Of Light, this weekend of screenings celebrates the late Canadian artist’s cinematic works, which… Read More
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