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Ukrainian Field Notes LVIII
Dear Readers, Joseph here. I’m back in Montreal (see previous weekly) and while I was hoping to get Out of the Box #31 published this week, traveling and preparing for my talk today and my performance on Tuesday (plus a couple interviews I’...
Materia
Giulio Aldinucci ~ Materia
One of the hazards of reviewing drone and ambient albums is the overuse of words like expansive. And yes, Giulio Aldinucci‘s Materia is expansive. Glad I could clear that up. It is also luminous. Another overwo...
A CLOSER LISTEN weekly #118.5
Dear Listeners, Joseph here with one of my occasional, irregular editions of the ACL newsletter. Rather than a digest of the best of the blog, this here missive collects a few upcoming events I neglected to include in our last regular newsl...
From the Archives #37
Our friends at Dinzu Artefacts are celebrating the tenth anniversary of the label! Use discount code “dinzu10” for 25% off anything on the Dinzu Bandcamp page. Good for the month of September.
I could recommend anything in this rich catalo...
A CLOSER LISTEN weekly #118
Dear Listeners, Joseph here with another regular edition of the ACL newsletter.
Ireland was fun—very different kind of travel than I’m used to—but aside from some traditional music in pubs, I didn’t have a chance to take in much music. I’m...
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co-founder of A Closer Listen, producer of the Sound Propositions podcast, musical compositions and sound art projects have been published by international labels, broadcast on radio, and presented in festivals, galleries, and museums
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