Tag: post-rock

  • Voices #33

    voices #33
    ◦ “voices” is the place where we ask, artists reply and you read.
    here we got:

    MaTT Robert MCLennan

    answering some questions. We have already observed his quintet experimental / noise jazz / post-rock work here.

    [1. IDEA]

    ■ The A. O.: The track from “J’Peux” that we prefer is “tea tide pool”. Can you tell us how it came to light?

    ► Matt Robert McLennan: “tea tide pool” was the first track we laid down and it is completely improvised around a guitar refrain that I play repeatedly and, somewhat obstinately, outside of the metre of what the percussion and bass were doing. On this track, you can really hear us calibrating our sound and finding our roles – which I don’t think is at all a bad thing. It’s a fairly optimistic track despite the dark tonalities.

    [2. CREATION]

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  • Observation n.59

    observation n.59

    Matt Robert McLennan Quintet

    J’Peux

    ○ Feb 2025 | Label: Independent

    ■ Genres: Experimental / Noise Jazz / Post-rock
    ■ Rating: 8.7/10
    ■ Favorite track: “tea tide pool”

    ► When you use too many ingredients, the risk is that you don’t feel anything. This doesn’t happen here. The meeting between different elements and styles (electronic, jazz, post-rock) is both fluid and jagged, spacious and constricting. We find ourselves drunk on a drifting boat, but alive and curious. A really noteworthy work.

  • Voices #11

    Voices #11
    ◦ “voices” is the place where we ask, artists reply and you read.
    here we got:

    Thomas / Kaufmann-Buhler

    answering some questions. We have already observed their field recordings / experimental / post-rock work here.
    ◦ [Toby and Wayne speaking alternately]

    [1. IDEA]

    ■ The A. O.: Can you tell us how the track “I remained a stranger to the birds“ came to light?

    ► Toby: This track came about following work we did on “Kolmar Park”; Wayne and i decided to continue working together, and expand this project to EP length (at the suggestion of Past Inside the Present label head Zach Frizzell). I really loved Wayne’s approach with his guitar playing, so we decided i should return to my field recording sources and from this came a set that i felt really worked together and flowed well from the first track. Wayne then worked his magic and made it into a full piece.

    [2. CREATION]

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  • Voices #9

    voices #9
    ◦ “voices” is the place where we ask, artists reply and you read.
    here we got:

    Asha Patera

    answering some questions. We have already observed his drone / ambient / electronic / post-rock work here.

    [1. IDEA]

    ■ The A. O.: The track from “Mana” that we prefer is “Kella”. Can you tell us how it came to light?

    ► Asha Patera: The album is a collection of tracks inspired by my surroundings.  ‘Kella’ is the name of an area about four miles from where I live – it is so small as not to even be a village, just a few houses in the winding countryside lanes, but the name is evocative of dreamy summer afternoons, idling away time, and I tried to capture that in the music.

    [2. CREATION]

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  • Observation n.34

    Observation n.34

    Thomas / Kaufmann-Buhler

    I remained a stranger to the birds

    ○ March 2025 | Label: Somnimage

    ■ Genres: Field Recordings, Experimental, Post-rock
    ■ Rating: 7.0/10
    ■ Favorite track: “I remained a stranger to the birds“

    ► We live in this hypertrophic world. Is there still room for the beauty of little things? This is an empty question, typical of this late-capitalist era where you have to thank for your crumbs. But these 20 minutes are a meaningful exception. Here really “less is more”, here peace simply exists.

  • Observation n.18

    Observation n.18

    Asha Patera

    Mana

    ○ December 2024 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Drone, Ambient, Electronic, Post-Rock
    ■ Rating: 7.3/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Kella“

    ►There is something liberating and threatening at the same time. The bass is like a snake crawling at your feet, but the cascades of high-frequency drones make you look up, searching for shooting stars to ask for hope. You’d better act.