Welcome to Quick Listens episode 3 – my relatively new series in which I’ll post quick thoughts on new music I’ve been listening to. Not as in-depth as an individual review, and may vary in quantity of things I actually list in each one. But hopefully it’ll be a good dropping in point for the music that’s floating my musical boat at any point in time. With that said, let’s…
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Quick Listens #2
Welcome to Quick Listens episode 2 – my new series in which I’ll post quick thoughts on new music I’ve been listening to. Not as in-depth as an individual review, and may vary in quantity of things I actually list in each one. But hopefully…
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What is going on with Bandcamp?
I was informed of a surprising article from Pitchfork from my father. It was titled: “Is Bandcamp as We Know It Over?”. I read with some shock that Bandcamp had been sold again, from Epic to an unknown (to me at least) startup called SongTradr.…
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Quick Listens #1
Welcome to Quick Listens – a new series in which I’ll post quick thoughts on new music I’ve been listening to. Not as in-depth as an individual review, and may vary in quantity of things I actually list in each one. But hopefully it’ll be…
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Alba Ecstasy – X Edition
Mihail-Adrian Simion is the name of the talented synthesist behind the Berlin-school infused music of Alba Ecstasy. It’s hard to pin down from his bio exactly where Alba Ecstasy started, but his involvement with synthesizers spans almost 30 years, and featured working along such luminaries…
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Thoughts on the Lamy 2000 Fountain Pen
I was super surprised to receive a Lamy 2000 as a Christmas gift from my parents. This is one of those “grail pens”, a pen you really want to try, but for whatever reason it’s just out of reach. Sure I was working towards getting…
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Omri Cohen – Cosmic Foundry
Omri Cohen is someone I heard of through his amazing Youtube channel in which he demonstrates, reviews and explains a lot of principles around modular synthesis. He also posts the occasional performance and completed work. It got me curious – had he released any albums?…
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Mount Shrine – Lost Loops Collection
Well then – here is the epic lost loops from the late Cesar Alexandre. I absolutely loved his take on ambient, that warm, fuzzy and distinctly organic tone that I’ve not really heard from any other artist. He drenched his music in this lush, vibrant…