The Low End of Carmen Villain’s Memory
Long past the verses and guitars of her 2013 debut, Villain fills ‘Memoria’ with flute breath, processed clarinet, and dub weight, its archive of sounds worn down on purpose.
Calibro 35 Follow James Ellroy’s Cadence Through the Back Alleys
Scoring Francesco Zippel’s documentary ‘Ellroy vs L.A.,’ the Milanese band trace noir from Hammett and Chandler through the poliziotteschi of the 1970s, the films whose soundtracks Calibro 35 set out to revive in 2007.
Ed Motta Between Rio and the American Radio Dial
Cameo, the S.O.S. Band, and Gap Band are the coordinates of 'Toc-Toc', an album of drum machines and bass synthesizers that sends Motta back to what the radio was playing when he was a teenager.
Borderline Ambient — Two Decades of Lusine
Jeff McIlwain's tenth Lusine album, 'Melting Days,' makes the case that rhythm and atmosphere were never opposites to begin with.
Jolly Mare Among the Maestro's Machines
Working with Umiliani's daughters and the analog machines their father left behind, Fabrizio Martina describes 'La luce dell'alba' as "less a tribute than a conversation across time."