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Kan Wakan’s Dizzy Classical Minimalism; Phantasmagoria Pt. 1

July 14, 2017 Christopher Hoglund

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“Phantasmagoria Pt. 1”, is the first title track of a three part LP by Los Angeles based producer Gueorgui Linev. Under the moniker Kan Wakan, the Bulgarian born musician has been releasing his sophomore album track by track for almost a year now. It’s been fantastic, emotive, and yet pensive, demure in its exquisiteness. I’ve been […]

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Chill

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[Minimalist/Ambient] Steve Hauschildt – “Vicinity”

September 4, 2015 Ryan Burns

Towers, constructed of brick and granite, float by like a cardiac pulse against my window. the morning sun paints my face in warm orange bursts as if by flash, as its waves navigate through the passing office buildings and cafes. Green Street Coffee, bank, New York style falafel, University Hospital, bank, bank, bank. Longing faces […]

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Album Reviews

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[EXPERIMENTAL/MINIMALIST] Tyondai Braxton – ‘Hive1’ Album Review

July 30, 2015 Ryan Burns

Movement creates movement. Inertia. I keep moving because I’m moving, and because at this point it takes less energy than slowing down. Those bruising strides one through one thousand, man, they drilled mine shafts deep enough to swallow the light and the sound and the world and all thinking. But I feared losing inertia: in […]

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Album Reviews

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[ELECTRONICA/EXPERIMENTAL] BJÖRK – ‘Vulnicura’ Album Review

February 17, 2015 Ryan Burns

Fuck your calling Vulnicura a “breakup album”. Actually, fuck your use of that phrase at all. A “break-up” used in that way is something you do in high school and early years of college before you figure out who you are. Vulnicura is a “break-up album” about as much as the Donner Party was a […]

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[AMBIENT/MINIMALIST] Inventions – Springworlds

January 24, 2015 Ryan Burns

We live in an age when– I’ll stop right there, because I hate when people claim a clean break of continuity with the past. “We live in a technological age,” “These days we’re busier than ever,” and so on. It’s lazy thinking. There’s always the past present with us; it’s never a clean rupture, and […]