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Alio Die, Tempus Rei (Hic Sunt Leones)
Tempus Rei is further evidence that the ambient artist known as Alio Die is in fact the reincarnation of a very old soul, Elizabethan at the very latest but more likely High Medieval. The matter-of-fact list of devices used to make this extraordinary album – “drones and loops, zither and field… [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 02:35, 17 Mar 2010

DJ Spooky, The Secret Song (CD & DVD Thirsty Ear)
Another hugely ambitious project by Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, which means plenty of food for thought, much savoury delight, and some flavour combinations which leave your palate flabbergasted. As usual, he throws in everything and then some more. Usually the plethora of artists appearing on… [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 02:30, 15 Mar 2010

Yukitomo Hamasaki, d+p (mAtter)
mAtter is the brainchild of Tokyo´s Yukitomo Hamasaki and is more than a “mere” record label, gathering writers, architects, video artists as well as experimental electronic composers who design buildings and commercial products with as much seriousness as they invest in their music. That there… [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 01:24, 14 Mar 2010