A new release from Joseph Shabason and Nick Krgovich—who have both collaborated with M. SAGE (EVNG INTL.) and the Tennis Coats—in a style associated with genres such as ambient jazz, folk, and New Age. Featuring sound production, vocals by Krgovich and others, as well as traditional country and Americana instruments like the pedal steel, banjo, and ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Saito) fiddle, the album creates a nostalgic, warm, and somewhat ethereal sound. The laid-back artwork, which evokes sunlight streaming down upon all things, is also exquisite. (Original Japanese text by Saito)

The second album from NATURA MORTA, a Colombian-born sound artist/multi-instrumentalist now active in Turin's underground scene! Highlights include "No Wine No Life No Bread" (sample1), where post-industrial, dub and tribal elements intersect in a spiritual zone; "Blood Is Life" (sample2), in which a monotone bass loop pierces a parallel sonic spac ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Akie)e built from field recordings; and "Tù Canción" (sample3), a hazy slice of psychedelic ambient folk carried by bewitching whispered vocals. A sinking, immersive worldview that occasionally shifts into something rhythmic — you can sense the history of goth and industrial here, along with the scent of a new, hard-to-name genre. (Original Japanese text by Akie)

YPYやBEATRICE DILLONら実験ラインの数多鬼才集う〈WHERE TO NOW?〉より、アコースティック楽器と電子音を用いて”フォーク”というジャンルを解体したコンセプチュアルな作品が到着！ビブラフォン、スチールギター、バンジョーなどのリードが優しくユニゾンする「Desert Glyph Coffee Mug」(sample1)、パーカッション＆ギターの柔らかい反響にポエトリーを忍ばせた「Evidence」(sample2)など。フォークミュージックが持つ郷愁を駆り立てる実験精神。不協和ギリギリの音数を扱いながら、温かい世界観を崩さない素晴らしい作品。トラックリストからも是非！ (Akie)