Music Stories
Ruptured’s Postcards from Lebanon, telling the world’s story in sound
“Chaos and resiliance” – the words become cruel cliché when applied on repeat to Beirut’s music scene. But the three latest releases from the Ruptured label tell a sonic story that’s not from some periphery, but the center of our world. They do so in collage — like film fragments (one from a filmmaker). That include’s today’s debut of Ripe from Postcards and in the recent sound narratives of Nour Sokhon, Stefan Christoff, and Camille Cabbabe.
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Check out this exquisite new single by Loraine James, a chilled 12 degrees
New Loraine James is on the way, bringing temperate sounds in these days of climate extremes. The full album is due on Ghostly in March, but you need the single right now.
Take fifteen minutes and watch the sun come up with hazy ambient music
Mixing MiniDV video, Roland JUNO-6 sounds, and gauzy analog processing, Dawn is a calming fifteen-minute break. The film is “an ambient, peaceful project for an uneasy time,” writes creator Benjamin Tennikoff.
Andrea Cichecki’s live “In Nature” series brings modular into open air
Peter Kirn - September 20, 2024
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Rock, electroacoustic, and traditional Iranian mix in Behrouz Pashaei LP
Peter Kirn - August 30, 2024
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