Music Stories
Breakcore and mouneh: High Hats music supports relief kitchens in Lebanon
In the face of violence and erasure, give some attention to people who stay loud and give something back. High Hats Community’s new compilation is a guide to breaks, breakcore, and experimental underground music from Lebanon. But it’s also a window into broad community kitchen efforts in Lebanon, bringing together migrants from Sri Lanka to […]
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Sri Lanka – ශ්රී ලංකාව – benefit compilation in eerie, delicate drones and ambient sounds
The famines born of corruption continue, planetwide. It’s hard to find words sometimes, but the latest release of artists banded together on Syrphe find both words and sounds for expression, in an international compilation dedicated to Sri Lanka.
One album: Kei Watanabe, Whisperings, in gentle bells, hums, and tape loops
The recurrence of Bandcamp Friday means yet another slew of releases, which is unequivocally a wonderful thing. But I hate schedules and structure – we’re musicians, not accountants! – so let’s just leave this week with one gentle gem.