Back in 2012 when we believed that Mayan predictions of cataclysmic end-times were upon us, a phrase like New Age Doom would have made sense as a prevailing zeitgeist. Fast forward to 2020 where spiritual yoga moms are peddling Q anon conspiracy theories and licensed doctors are selling snake oil cures as the plague stalks …
Weaving between hazy shoegaze-tinged atmospherics, hard boom-bap, cloudy vocal samples and a jazz-influenced bass line, this collaboration between Dublin based producer Sal Dulu and Richmond, VA based rapper Koncept Jack$on float between acrobatic vocal delivery and a loosely stiched together pastiche that emulate the type of dream state reverie that Sal Dulu envisioned for his …
Created around analog synths, cellos and electric piano Rumors of Fires’ stirring track “Counting Revolutions” balances delicately a sense of overwhelming dread with the minor key drones seeping from the darkening corners of the track and the beautiful and sparse piano melodies that flicker on and off like fireflys against a Midwestern twilight. Beautiful work …
In musical terms a “fugue” refers to “a contrapuntal composition in which a short melody or phrase (the subject) is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others and developed by interweaving the parts.” Clinton Van Arnam has created a composition that centers around melodies generating patterns and abstractions as they counteract with …
The last we heard from the Brazilian experimental artist NGMY they were creating highly effective granular breakbeat filtered through a broken ear drum on the bus home from an all night rave. With “At Centr” we hear ambient work creating generative drones that bounce off the high reverb ceiling or burrow a canal straight through …
tometotheweathermachine · Tome to the Weather Machine Podcast 066 KIM’S SPIRIT – “DUNE” BLOSSOM EVERYWHERE (A RED THREAD) Blossom Everywhere by Kim's Spirit KMRU – “MATCHING TEAL SURFACES” DRAWING WATER drawing water by KMRU MUKQS – “FREE SURFACE” WATER LEVELS (HAUSU MOUNTAIN) Water Levels by Mukqs KI ONI – ” A SINGLE HERON TAKES FLIGHT” …
Floating ambient pads and skittering, high-BPM IDM percussion isn’t something particularly new, however, Nicolo Zilocchi’s work on “Kopernjck” is particularly effecting. Heavy, warbled waves of ambient synths lay gracefully atop heavily augmented and processed percussion that skitters out with precision and incisive cuts, blips and bloops, creating a ghostly double layer of contaminated beats and …
Rain and reverb. Reverb on rain. Is there a better combination than these two? The percussive patter and the chance rhythms that these draw out are inherent mood setters when processed with just enough space to allow them to fill a room with their resounding presence. On “Absolution” the U.S. based artist pairs these processed …
Hands down the best band working in the realm of heavy music, Divide and Dissolve return with “Denial”. “Denial” is encapsulates Divide and Dissolve’s message in such a potent way that it might be easy to miss…and that’s the point. According to Takiaya Reed (saxophone, guitar, live effects/ (Black & Tsalagi [Cherokee]) and Sylvie Nehill (drums, live …
On her way to genuine stardom in Japan, the 20 year old artist Ayane Yamakazi creates a compelling sleeper instrumental composition with “呼びかけられて“. Full of swinging bass lines, disembodied vocals and shimmering keys, Yamazaki has full control over mood and atmosphere here – bringing Japanese New Age tendencies into a fully fleshed bedroom pop composition. …