Sorority Noise - Forgettable (Transparent Purple Vinyl) - VINYL LP

Andrés Segovia - His Contemporaries 8 [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/22/2003

In complex layers of sound, Sarah Nemtsov creates a polydimensional utopian vision of urban life - confusing, energetic, and sometimes nerve-wracking InchIt has to do with the tension between consequence and chaos.Inch In InchZimmer I-IIIInch, Nemtsov explores the extremes between an Inchaesthetic of fragilityInch and Inchthe courage to be uglyInch, making use of analog effect devices and theatrical gestures to produce abstract visions of reality. Three of her chamber music pieces can be viewed as InchextensionsInch of the InchZimmerInch series. In these pieces, the electronic element of the music functions as Inchinherent counterpointInch Inchamplified imaginationInch juxtaposes various layers of acoustical reality, Inchdrummed variationInch evokes the patterns of technoid music, while Inchimplicated amplificationInch uses a looping station to create manic worlds of repetition. In Inchwhite eyes erasedInch, Nemtsov releases a flood of energy that pushes far beyond the academic propriety of much New Music. This recording brings together three of the most exciting New Music ensembles of our time the Sonar Quartet, the Adapter Ensemble, and members of Ensemble Mosaik.

Spellling, the moniker of the Bay Area experimental pop mastermind Chrystia Cabral, returns with Spellling & the Mystery School, a collection of richly envisioned new versions of songs from throughout her critically-acclaimed discography, out August 25 via Sacred Bones. Recorded with her touring band (est. 2021), these reimagined studio tracks follow Cabral's spellbinding career - from her 2017 breakthrough debut Pantheon Of Me, to 2018's multidimensional synth-based project Mazy Fly, and her expansive third album, 2021's The Turning Wheel, breathing new life into the extravagant orchestrations she's written and produced entirely herself. InchWith this album, I wanted to capture the ways that these songs have morphed,Inch Cabral says of Spellling & the Mystery School. InchThey're like my children all grown up in a different stage of their lives, and I wanted to celebrate that.Inch Throughout Spellling & the Mystery School, Cabral's hypnotizing voice is enveloped in a newly fleshed-out sonic universe of dreamy strings (Del Sol Quartet and Divya Farias), haunting piano (Jaren Feeley), driving trip-hop percussion (Patrick Shelley) and bass (Giulio Xavier Cetto), shredding electric guitar (Wyatt Overson), and drama-intensifying background vocals (Toya Willock and Dharma Moon-Hunter). Overall, the album encapsulates the transportative Spellling live experience through which Cabral, with her idiosyncratic stage presence, conjures up a spiritual sense of communion and vulnerability among her audience. InchI want people to feel like there's alchemy happening and to be aware of the magical parts of sound,Inch she explains. InchLike, this really did come out of thin air.Inch Cabral plans to bring her otherworldly live set through a special performance with Atlas Obscura this summer, held at Children's Fairyland, a historical children's amusement park in Oakland that her own mot