Music Stories
Gigi Masin on Movement, the age of sampling, and thinking analog
Forty years on from Wind, the Venetian ambient original makes his Sacred Bones debut with the surprisingly rhythmic Movement. In a written exchange, Masin talked about keeping ambient music from staring at itself in the mirror, being heavily sampled, the reel-to-reel he calls an old brother, and why human thought is analog.
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Rafael Anton Irisarri on the architecture of loneliness and the physics of sound
For over two decades, Rafael Anton Irisarri has been carving out a space that exists somewhere between the tectonic weight of modern classical and the vaporous drift of ambient music. Whether recording under his own name or as The Sight Below, Irisarri’s work is characterized by a physical sense of scale – soundscapes that feel like they have weather systems and geological history.
Clark on friendly parasites and why music needs friction
On the heels of Steep Stims, Clark’s latest full-length, we spoke at length about piano delusions, seriousness and play, film scoring, repetition, hardware, live performance, and the strange necessity of cultivating “friendly parasites” in the creative process.
Taylor Deupree and Joseph Branciforte on transcribing an electronic classic
David Abravanel - June 5, 2024
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