Sound Impression: Mark Harris – In The Forests_The Animals Are Moving [N5MD]

Based in England’s West Midlands, visual artist and musician Mark Harris uses generative systems to create pieces which he can gradually develop and improvise upon. Such is the case with his return to the N5MD label In the with In The Forests_The Animals Are Moving, a new long form opus based on a series of experiments…

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Travelogue Week 2015-14: EP Spotlight Redux (and a label launch)

This week’s travelogue once again puts the spotlight on the humble EP as there have too many of these small gems released recently to ignore. Included among this batch are splendid new works from William Ryan Fritch and 36, a unique 48 hour collaboration by the artists of Bigo & Twigetti, a pair of standout…

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Album Review: “The Angry Child” by Mark Harris (n5MD)

“The Angry Child” is the latest full length work from UK based artist, musician, and programmer Mark Harris which has just been released by n5MD. It is a serene, evocative, and polished album of pure ambient music that can be appreciated just on the hearing, but it is best enjoyed with an appreciation of his…

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Album Review: “An Idea of North/Learning to Walk” by Mark Harris (on n5MD)

I admit to not being overly familiar with long form pieces of ambient music, but I have to believe that “An Idea of North/Learning to Walk’ by UK sound artist Mark Harris would be considered one of the finer expressions of the genre.  It is an absorbing, immersive journey in sound that is full of…

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