You could characterize the sound of For Tracy Hyde as cinematic, breathless, love-at-first-sight dream pop, with a seamless melding of influences from Shibuya-kei to shoegaze to grunge. But there’s something more difficult to describe at the heart of the young Tokyo band. Azusa Suga (alias Natsubot) serves as the band’s primary songwriter, lyricist, and guitarist, […]
Reggae singer Jah Cure will be releasing his ninth studio album from behind prison walls next February via VP Records. The 11-track set is titled Undeniable and features collaborations from upcoming Haitian female artist Kalyan Arnold and Ghanaian Afropop star Stonebwoy. Back in September 2021—before the singer, 43, was arrested for attempted murder and later […]
Saxophonist and composer Charles Lloyd can never be accused of resting on his laurels; the 84-year-old continues to be one of the most prolific and daring artists in jazz. He has long considered himself a ‘searcher of sound’ and his last of the three trio outings, Trios: Sacred Thread, certainly is a testament to that […]
Jean-Michel Jarre releases 22nd album ‘Oxymore’: Listen Jean-Michel Jarre has returned with his 22nd album and what may be his most ambitious and technologically impressive release to date, the multi channel and binaural release, Oxymore. Drawing inspiration from the late French composer Pierre Henry, with whom Jarre had planned on collaborating with for his album, […]
Originally published in Uncut’s February 2022 issue “What I miss most about Moebi,” explains Hans-Joachim Roedelius, “is his weird kind of humour. Our partnership was very special, and based on the same roots as my solo work: curiosity, interest, friendship, love.” Across 40 years, multiple albums and collaborations with the likes of Michael Rother, Conrad […]
( Ben Connor ….. Sonicbond publishing … £15.99, P/b) Ben Connor’s contention, after an exhaustive and detailed examination of every track on every album, is Pearl Jam aren’t just one of the great bands of their generation, they’re also one of the greatest bands of all time. Hyperbole? Certainly, he’s writing as a fan but, […]
Just like Diana Ross in the Supremes and Michael Jackson in The Jackson 5, Beyoncé knew since her early days in Destiny’s Child how to snatch the attention and mesmerize the audience with her talent, voice, and performance. But being just like the others was never enough for the “Queen Bey”. As her verse on […]
Jean-Michel Jarre announces his 22nd studio album ‘Oxymore’ One of the pioneers of electronic music, Jean-Michel Jarre has announced that his 22nd studio album ‘OXYMORE’ will be released on Friday, October 21 via Sony Music. The new album can be described as an immersive piece of work; a multi-channel and 3D binaural experience. Multi-channel binaural […]
Blues … Black … Darker than grey/ Creation sounds Gold Reef Mine rockfall crush-sounds/ Guitar-string gun-spit tear flesh/ Black sonic science/ Darkest Acoustics … (from Where Are The Keys? on Group Theory: Black Music) South African poet Lesego Rampolokeng often writes about Black music in his poems. His collaborations with musicians on record are rarer […]
Electronic music is in a paradoxical situation in Iran. In a country where every music genre has been suffering from restrictions in the last decades, making even the most common genres a struggle to maintain, electronic music has had a surprisingly vivid and dynamic presence. Thanks to online platforms such as Soundcloud and Spotify, Iranian […]