Interview: Maxime Denuc on the making of Club Imperiale
Trance has spent much of the past two decades trying to recover from its own enormous popularity, although artists like TPW favourite 36 have long recognised that its euphoric melodies and shameless emotional excesses are worth preserving. French composer Maxime Denuc takes these qualities somewhere rather unexpected on Club Imperiale, one of my favourite albums…
William Basinski – Passing the Cop of Sorrows 1.1
You can usually count on William Basinski to give his music titles that evoke a strong sense of existential dread, and his latest is no exception. In the realm of past-life regression hypnotherapy, there is a concept known as “Life Between Lives,” in which a sacred exchange of energy occurs between two souls in the…
Wendy Eisenberg – Mmeeaanniinngg Bbuussiinneessss
Oh hi. I’m back! Did you miss me / notice? I’ve been doing Very Important Things at the Amsterdam Dance Event along with a load of other electronic music idiots, so have been neglecting my bloggerly duties. So to make up for it here’s a 37 minute improvised jazz epic from Wendy Eisenberg, one of…
John Beltran – Meant For Her
John Beltran is currently odd on for being the first artist to secure two places in TPW’s legendary Best Albums end of year list. Canada, released back in February, is pretty much flawless, and today the digital version of Sunrise And The Life We Live arrived in a haze of ambient techno glory. ‘Meant for…
worriedaboutsatan – I Am Vanishing into the Trees
worriedaboutsatan return with Outland, an eight-track album that moves between expansive ambient passages, electronic textures, and shorter, more fragmented pieces. Album highlight I Am Vanishing into the Trees is an 12 minute beast that closes out the LP in an astonishingly epic manner. https://ctatsu.bandcamp.com/album/outland
Harmony Index – Easy Way Out
Shoegazey, Cocteau Twins-evoking goodness today from Harmony Index on her new album Lights On. Also contains a guitar riff that is extremely nostalgic and driving me insane trying to place. Definitely 90s, maybe Garbage? Answers in the comments please. https://harmonyindexmp3.bandcamp.com/album/lights-on
