Tracks of the Week 15.04.23
From hyper-literate Oak Park the former National Youth Poet Laureate and fledgling songwriter Kara Jackson holds folk and country music in her thrall, cast through a captivating blend of brusque imagery, dolorous...
Tracks of the Week 22.01.23
Following the choppy tumult of High and Low, which saw the classically trained cellist duet with the drummer Dan Sasaki while paying tribute to her erstwhile friend, the illustrator and musician Geneviève...
Tracks of the Week 15.10.22
Sexually deceptive, curiously receptive, and twisting through 180 degrees as they unfold their flowers to the sun, this week Jófríður Ákadóttir wields the orchid as a symbol of rebirth as the Icelandic...
Tracks of the Week 20.08.22
From the flotsam and jetsam on the surface of the water to sunken satellites, grimacing groupers, and the somnolent blues and glistening radiance of the ocean deep, this week the sound artist...
Culturedarm’s Records of the Year for 2021
Shut up but not shutdown or vice versa, the music business gained succour from the margins in 2021 with so many lip-smacking delights from far-flung fields and hitherto unexpected quarters. Labels like...
Tracks of the Week 17.07.21
From the sacred to the mundane, field recordings take centre stage this week. Against backdrops of rustling nature or sweet domesticity, Claire Rousay and More Eaze linger lightly over autotuned vocals and...
Tracks of the Week 01.05.21
The frames of reference and sly subversions arrive preloaded on the screen: Marilyn Monroe with some of the accoutrements of glitching cyberspace, old Hollywood musicals buoyed by driving percussion, the blue lodge...
Tracks of the Week 20.03.21
On ‘peak chroma’ the experimental composer claire rousay uses snippets of conversation, faintly melodious autotune, ambient droning and the sinking cello of Lia Kohl to linger on the cusp of the end...
Tracks of the Week 13.02.21
On the first track from the upcoming Fresia Magdalena, Sofia Kourtesis makes a mosaic out of field recordings from Lima and the undulating sounds of her own voice. Sandy Chamoun dwells inside...