honest words on honest music
I’ll show you mine
Dig through a private collection of Brian Records founder, James Norman and see if you share his views on limited-edition releases!
Micro Record Label
Read a chapter excerpt on “Identity” from James Norman‘s upcoming book: Micro Record Label: A love letter for music fans; a how-to for the hopeless; a light-hearted, humorous, self-deprecating detour for the uninterested.
In the studio with Bersarin Quartett
“When I was 11 years old I made music with a C-64 and a Yamaha PSR-keyboard. I was fascinated by the output of the Amiga demoscene those days and I was totally mesmerized by the electronic music…”
In the studio with Ben Chatwin
“I became interested in ways of processing acoustic instruments […] sending the recordings into my modular synth where I could mess with time and space…”
Recomposed By Peter Gregson
… a reimagining of Bach’s too often mathematical progressions throughout time into another yet unglimpsed, unheard dimension…
In the studio with Jonas Munk
Visit with the Denmark based musician behind the Manual moniker, and his collaboration with Jason Kolb as the Billow Observatory
Boards of Canada
Geogaddi is a record for some sort of trial-by-fire, a claustrophobic, twisting journey that takes you into some pretty dark experiences before you reach the open air again.
Sebastian Plano
Verve (Mercury KX)
Music isn’t just about sound;
The tone and phrasing are critical when it comes to writing music
A new modern classical favourite on Mercury KX
William Ryan Fritch
Time Curves So Subtly
… for fans of sprawling landscapes from the bird’s eye view…
Glacial Movements Special
Northaunt, Equal Stones, FRAME
… a trio of entries in the Italian label catalogue
The Pirate Ship Quintet
Emitter (Denovali)
… our process is much more about investigating and experimenting with the mechanics of music and the emotive result…
The group is back with another post-rock slammer on Denovali!
Richard Luke
Everything a Reason
“… the songs of confidence and strength, but also a fragility and drama…”
Hotel Neon
Vanishing Forms
“… like opening your eyes on the beach facing a boundless ocean…”
Julia Kent
Temporal (Leaf)
… plaintive cello lines floating over the metronomic rhythms [which] echo the passage of time…
A modern-classical weather forecast, for fans of cello and warm summer storms…
A Strangely Isolated Place
Reflection on 2018
Ryan Griffin’s favourite selections revisited for one more spin…
Lost Tribe Sound
For A Time We Felt Like Giants
This mix covers the last few years of output from the label and looks forward into unreleased material…
… a love letter to transience, fragility and analogue machines…
Rauelsson
Mirall (Sonic Pieces)
… a great sense of joy […] mirroring its melancholic base…
A gorgeous modern classical meets electronica release which will withstand the test of time!
Sean Curtis Patrick & Scott Campbell
Remembrances
Ruined photos with colours that smeared into beautiful abstractions…
Skee Mask
Compro (Ilian Tape)
The rhythm of a forgotten era gently glitches through the layers of effects […] The music’s beautiful, astute, and most of all, it is melodic.
One of the gems of electronica from 2018 – not to be missed!
“With some albums, you realize within a few seconds that here you have come across something really special…”
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Fade To Grey (A Strangely Isolated Place)
… on the isolation of individuals using (and often abusing) technology as a means of escapism…
Dennis Huddleston explores the outer reaches of our reality, “where social media has become a weak substitute for human interaction.“
Dmitry Taldykin
Dronarivm Showcase 2019
The founder of the label compiles a preview of the upcoming catalogue releases
Dag Rosenqvist
Headphone Commute Mix
Dag Rosenqvist returns to Headphone Commute with an eclectic selection of his favourite tunes.
ASC
Trans-Neptunian Objects 2 (Auxiliary)
… on dwarf planets and asteroids that lay in Kuiper Belt
Featuring another seven astral excursions into deep space and beyond and spanning just short of 70 minutes, Trans-Neptunian Objects 2 is the final journey in the series
Gavin Miller showcases his favorite selections from Lost Tribe Sound, Sound In Silence and his very own This Is It Forever labels.
Thom Yorke
Suspiria (XL)
“… a weird form of darkness […] exploring the darker side of what could be loosely described as music, or, experiment, or sound […]”
Thom Yorke’s very first film score, with all original music, composed for the same-titled film by Luca Guadagnino
Black Swan, Kryshe, and Billow Observatory
A selection of beautiful music for a cold frosty morning
Air Liquide, Ram Dass & Boreta, and bvdub
This is not a mind trip, this is a body journey
Taylor Deupree
Fallen (Spekk)
“Half-broken tape machines and plenty of ghostly echoes helped hide the honesty of the piano as I hid myself, and my music, away under the cover of abstraction.”
I often speak of music used for meditation. This is an album to be tucked away for such a time… a timeless masterpiece.
The Lotus Eaters, Bluetech, M. Cadoo & P. Stephan
“sonic objects which can be rotated and viewed from multiple perspectives…”
Dronarivm
Illuminations II, kj, and Endless Melancholy
A roundup of the latest goodies from Dronarivm
Some honest thoughts on integration of music into your daily practice