Articles by Nick Storring
Ernstalbrecht Stiebler
Sequenz II – Mitteltöne – Trio 89
PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2012
This disc of German composer Ernstalbrecht Stiebler offers a rare glimpse into his particular, focussed aesthetic. His reductionist fascina...
Zbigniew Karkowski
Nerve cell_0
PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2012
Nerve cell_0 is a welcome addition to the neglected tradition of works for cello that violently shatters the instrument's sentimental bagga...
d'Eon
LP
PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2012
Lush, overly ambitious and bursting with neon-coloured sounds that harken back to the late '80s and early '90s, it might easy for some to w...
Reveries
Matchmakers Volume 2: The Music of Sade
PUBLISHED May 26, 2012
The Reveries (one of the many super-groups of Toronto, ON's now-defunct Rat-Drifting label) are truly psychedelic music, eliciting a peculi...
Pauline Oliveros
Reverberations: Electronic and Tape Music 1961-1970
PUBLISHED May 22, 2012
Maverick American composer Pauline Oliveros is one of the most important figures in contemporary music since Cage. Perhaps best known for h...
Orcas
Orcas
PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2012
For those familiar with the work of Rafael Anton Irisarri (aka the Sight Below) and that of Benoît Pioulard, this collaboration doesn't hol...
Slowpitch
Biosphere Stargaze
PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2012
Toronto, ON-based experimental turntablist Cheldon Paterson (also known as one half of Insideamind) ventures deeper into abstraction with B...
Burnt Friedman
Bokoboko
PUBLISHED Apr 10, 2012
While Bokoboko won't come as too much of a surprise for those familiar with the off-kilter lope of Burnt Friedman's futuristic dub, it's no...