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Album Review: All Around Me by Bob Ohrum

eyes cast down — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:54:14 +0000

Bob Ohrum’s albums combine urban field recordings with drones, bass and keyboards in a highly personal, alchemical fusion. (I’ve reviewed Bob’s albums Elevated and Subliminal Listening.) Bob’s

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Album Review: Worlds, Afterworlds by Zero Ohms

eyes cast down — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:55:17 +0000

Richard Roberts (Zero Ohms) has just released Worlds, Afterworlds, his debut on the Relaxed Machinery label (rM_0019).

Richard is a veteran performer on flutes, wind-synth and

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Review of Scáth M’anam by Stephen Fruitman

eyes cast down — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:55:32 +0000

Under the woebegone alias I’ve Lost, Bobby Jones unspools a long, drawn-out cry into the wilderness. Scáth M’anam is divided into an eight-part suite called “I Wish I Could Fly”,

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Album Review: Upwelling by Steve Brand

eyes cast down — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:34:48 +0000

Steve Brand has just released his first “lost pieces” collection, on his own Pioneer Light label. Upwelling (PL 0002) is a gathering of nine remixed and reimagined

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Album Review: Home by Chris Russell

eyes cast down — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:33:53 +0000

Chris Russell has released his third album on the Relaxed Machinery label, and fifth overall. Home is a double-CD and definitely a significant step forward in Chris’

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Album Review: Temporal Arc by John Koch-Northrup

eyes cast down — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:53:55 +0000

John Koch-Northrup has re-released his album Temporal Arc on his own Relaxed Machinery label (rM_0002). Originally released in 2001 under his Interstitial alter ego on the ...continue reading Album Review: Temporal Arc by John Koch-Northrup

Review of Scáth M’anam by Hypnagogue

eyes cast down — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:26:15 +0000

Guitar sounds and textures get put through a rigorous ambient workout in

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Review of The Approaching Armada by Hypnagogue

eyes cast down — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:22:44 +0000

This collaborative CD from

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Album Review: What is Memory? by Disturbed Earth & Steve Brand

eyes cast down — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:29:04 +0000

What is Memory? is the fifth collaboration between ...continue reading Album Review: What is Memory? by Disturbed Earth & Steve Brand

Review of Lost Links by Bert Strolenberg

eyes cast down — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:18:46 +0000

For “Lost Links”, the first volume in a series, Max Corbacho assembled a collection

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