Tatsuya Nakatani and Shane Parish Replace Form with Risk on ‘Interactivity’
The more any notions of preconceived musicality are flicked to the curb, the more absorbing Tatsuya Nakatani and Shane Parish's Interactivity gets.
Bruce Miller
Bruce earned an MFA in fiction from Goddard College. He teaches college-level composition and literature. He has traveled, documenting music from India, Uganda, Ghana, Senegal, Vietnam, and elsewhere. He's published in Magnet, Rootsworld, Signal to Noise, The Old Time Herald, and The Oxford American.
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Mourning [A] BLKstar’s ‘The Cycle’ Is Secular Gospel for Healing a Damaged Nation
Mourning [A] BLKstar's The Cycle is necessary, secular gospel for the healing of a truly damaged nation. Their music somehow sounds like salvation.
Nathalie Bruno Embraces Isolation on Drift’s ‘Symbiosis’
Symbiosis shows Nathalie Bruno (Drift.) wiping the mascara, leaving the dance floor, and striking out for solitude, occasionally dragging a few beats with her.
Flying Lotus Goes Purely Instrumental on New Version of ‘Flamagra’
On the instrumental version of last year's Flamagra, Flying Lotus makes conspicuous variety feel coherent and ordered.
TALsounds Offers Controlled Bliss on ’Acquiesce’
TALsounds' Acquiesce reminds us that it's important to notice how brief moments of confidence or peace can unfurl in real-time, forming solid ground for us to walk forward.
Noveller’s ‘Arrow’ Creates Mini-Symphonies for Guitar and Effects
Experimental guitarist, Noveller's Arrow suggests discoveries, open spaces, the sense of a calm certainty re-occurring over repeated listens.
Elysia Crampton Creates an Unsettlingly Immersive Experience with ’Ocorara 2010′
On Ocorara 2010, producer Elysia Crampton blends deeply meditative drones with "misreadings" of Latinx poets such as Jaime Saenz and Juan Roman Jimenez