Journeys in Sound & Music
Tom Adams is a critically acclaimed artist living and working in Cornwall, England whose recorded output spans a broad emotional spectrum and a diverse array of musical styles from melancholic piano-ambient works and intimate vocal performances to synth driven electronic beats and distortion-driven walls of sound. Wherever in this expansive and eclectic range he is…
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As one of the UK’s foremost electronic composers and producers, Bob Holroyd has been making music over a period of four decades. His work has covered a broad spectrum from cult club classics and DJ’ing festivals to soundtrack work for major film & TV productions and a variety of music libraries. Holroyd’s solo projects have also…
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When Berlin-based Martyn Heyne first recorded the songs for his new album Eight Reflections in Darkness, he chose a church in attempt to capture the reverberations of his guitar only to realize that wasn’t really what the music called for. Concluding his latest compositions were about simplicity and honesty, he went back to his studio…
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In the autumn of 2021, Simeon Walker launched his Imprints series of solo piano miniatures designed to capture the authenticity and presence of his felted piano and provide a vehicle for the Leeds-based pianist & composer to present his music in what he considers its purest form. Walker is poised to release the second volume…
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It is a cool, rainy Sunday in the mid-Atlantic, a grey day just tinged by the last embers of fading fall colors – a perfect setting to turn inwards and cozy up to some contemplative modern and post-classical sounds. London-based boutique label Bigo & Twigetti has us generously covered in that regard. If that sounds…
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After nearly three years of staying close to home, there is something particularly appealing about taking a virtual journey to the other side of the world, especially when it involves the electroacoustic artistry found in this collection of recent releases originating in Australia. Of course, the antipodal perspective is in the location of the beholder,…
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In October of last year, multidisciplinary artist Sam Ashton debuted a new ambient project under the alias of Fortresses with Eve, a triptych of introspective drones that took listeners through the arc of a day spent on the streets of his hometown of London. Almost exactly a year later, he brings a similar approach to a new…
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The guitar is an instrument for all seasons, but there is just something especially alluring about it as the waning days of summer give way to the golden light of autumn. In that spirit, here is a round-up of six excellent albums some of which released earlier in the year and some still to come…
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Who doesn’t enjoy curling up on the sofa over a weekend and taking in a film or binge watching a great television show? You can certainly do that with the productions shown here, but the focus of our little travelogue is the music that was created for each by a group of composers whose solo…
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Stationary Travels 