Articles by Roman Sokal
Trikl Act
A Spatial Plot Thickens
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2001
Combining psychedelics, mathematics and post-rock schematics, this impressive Calgary, AB, five-piece troupe comes across as being well-exp...
Windy & Carl
Consciousness
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2001
Finally, it has been almost three long years since Windy Weber and Carl Hultgren took a plunge into sonic Depths. And now, the Dearborn, MI...
Drums and Tuba
Vinyl Killer
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2001
From NYC, via Austin, TX, comes a trio that creates some of those most strange, oblique, funky smooth and architectural jazz jams this side...
Hans Fjellestad
Red Sauce Baby
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2001
Like a lot of avant-garde composers, hints of delirium are bound to surface. Yet, this chaos is almost always organised, to a degree. Shift...
Labradford
fixed::context
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2001
There is an interesting dichotomy that exists within the instrumental music of the ensemble known as Labradford. In a synchronous manner, L...
Thirsty Alley
We're Thirsty Alley
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2001
nly a rebellious collective like Thirsty Alley can come from the sterile and calm place that is Salt Lake City, Utah. While musically apt,...
Various
The Amalgamation Compilation
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2001
If one was to try hard to see through the dense pollution that envelops Hamilton, ON, they will quickly learn that not only is there is mor...
Cast Exotic Vol. 1
Music for the Psych-Eye!
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2001
This limited edition gem of a collection, compiled by some caring folks in Western Canada known as the Cast Exotic Archives, contains enoug...