Soundscaping

Flica - Telepathy Dream

szola — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:03:40 GMT

Flica – aka Eu Seng Seto – has released his third album entitled Telepathy Dream. With two recent releases on Schole, the young Malay musician is going at it alone, releasing this album on his own. The previous two records recieved good reviews, so Soundscaping was eager to listen to what this Kuala Lumpur based “experimental soundscapist” (quote from artist’s MySpace site) had been up to of late.

Beneva v Clark Nova follow-up on joint How Is Annie/Fenêtre release

trym — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Hot on the heels of the critically acclaimed debut album, single cuts and 3” CD and each their own debut, solo album, Beneva and Clark Nova have got back together for their second album – Dramadadatic – which is out these days as a joint release effort between Oslo-based labels How Is Annie and Fenêtre Records.

5: Five Years of Hyperdub

trym — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:00:00 GMT

As pioneers of each genre, a handful of labels will stake out the course for the rest and be at the very fore-front of the game and release new challengers each step they take. Ever since dubstep broke into the mainstream from its little niche, Hyperdub has been one of its main caretakers and innovators since its inception back in 2004 by Glaswegian Steve Goodman (aka Kode9). Now Hyperdub celebrate its 5th year with the 2CD/5×12” compilation of past b-sides and gems and a disc of new, exclusive tracks.

On Danny Norbury's "Light In August"

trym — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:13:53 GMT

Whilst we have seen previous years with a wave of releases transgressing modern classical and electronica centered around the piano, as of late 2008 and well into 2009 the new frontier seems to be bowed string instruments. There have been few features on my part lately, partly due to the amount of time vested in listening thoroughly and contemplating the music, but for this feature, I find that I have slightly dreaded the task of simply finding adequate words to describe Norbury’s music. Let me first of all just conclude 2009 musically and hand the award for best album of the year to Danny Norbury, let us look closer at Light In August.

Klubb Vriompeis: Oren Ambarchi (AUS) + DEL

szola — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:18:11 GMT

Blå‘s Klubb Vriompeis will on Tuesday 27th of October host Australian musician Oren Ambarchi CC is 100NOK and tickets can be bought in advance at the record shop Tiger Billettservice, the Post Office, 7eleven and Narvesen.

Sonar 2010 - a brief preview

szola — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:10:18 GMT

Next year will see Sonar split into two different cities – Barcelona and La Coruña. The new addition in La Coruña will be called Sónar Galicia.

Andy E - music on a stick

szola — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:53:04 GMT

Andreas Ervik is a young norwegian musician who has released a double album under the name Andy E. The album is not only released on a memory stick, but is it placed inside a piece of wood, fusing technology with nature.