a closer listen
a bi-weekly round up of writing on experimental music
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A CLOSER LISTEN weekly #112.5
Dear Listeners, Joseph here. Deep into Suoni at the moment, but I’m working on the next edition of OUT OF THE BOX, which should be out tomorrow or Friday. In the meanwhile, I’ve got an off-week edition to share. Sorry to bombard you with be...
A CLOSER LISTEN weekly #112
Dear Listeners, Joseph here with another regular edition of the ACL newsletter. Happy Friday! For whatever reason (self-imposed rules to attempt to impose some discipline on this very undisciplined person?) I usually get these things out on...
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RIHA ~ V
RIHA’s V is both a family portrait and a journey through the mythological landscape of Svaneti, the mountainous region of north-western Georgia that has long nourished Rati Oniani’s imagination. Conceived as the soundtrack to a fo...
Montreal’s Suoni per il Popolo festival views experimental music as a communal act of celebration and survival
My preview of Suoni 26 has just been published by Cult Montreal. Happy Listening!
Montreal’s Suoni per il Popolo festival views experimental music as a communal act of celebration and survival
The Suoni per il Popolo festival returns f...
From the Archives #31
One of my hobbyhorses I love to beat—likely familiar to longtime readers—is that percussionists often make the most interesting composers: Steve Reich, Egisto Macchi, Iannis Xenakis, Edgar Varése, John Cage, Lou Harrison, Karlheinz Stockhau...
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