Wieman – The Classics Album (Baskaru)
The sound sources for Wieman are other people’ music, but don’ be confused with plunderphonics,…
Author Bob Baker Fish
Bob Baker Fish
Bob is the features editor of Cyclic Defrost. He is also evil. You should not trust the opinions of evil people.
Zeitkratzer – Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music (Zeitkratzer Records)
Lou Reed’ sixth solo album was released in 1975 and it terrified everyone. Many thought…
Cyclic Selects: Arthur Cantrill – Ten Sound Compositions and Sound Artists that have influenced my work in sound since 1963
Australian born Arthur Cantrill has made upwards of 150 films with his wife Corinne Cantrill…
Rutger Zuydervelt – Stay Tuned (Baskaru)
Labels and genres are thrown around a little bit haphazardly these days, where a term…
Dirty Beaches – Estalagem da Ponta do Sol – Madeira Portugal 13.8.14
For a long time the Portuguese island of Madeira has had a reputation as the…
Dave Phillips – Homo Animalis (Schimpfluch)
Homo Animalis is unrelentingly dark, foreboding, and at times grim and malevolent sound art. Electrics…
Christopher Willits – Opening (Ghostly International)
San Franciscan artist musician and visual artist Christopher Willits creates dense suites of ambient electronic…
Mdou Moctar – Cafe Oto UK 31.7.14
Niger guitarist Mdou Moctar has generated considerable interest in the west via an incendiary album…
Cyclic Selects: Anomie
Sydney based electronic artist Anomie is a classically trained musician, composer, producer and media artist…
Neil Hamburger – First of Dismay (Drag City)
“The burden is not on the entertainer, it’s up to the audience to come with…
Lawrence English – Wilderness of Mirrors (Room40)
Australian composer, sound artist and Room40 boss Lawrence English’ latest album is heavy ambience. Weighted…
Master Musicians of Joujouka: Joujouka Morocco 20-22nd June 2014 by Bob Baker Fish
No one in Morocco seems to know Joujouka. When we mention the name we’re greeted…
William Ryan Fritch – Leave Me Like You Found Me (Lost Tribe Sound)
Often music takes a while to grab you, requiring repeated listens over time for the…
Interview with Lawrence English by Bob Baker Fish
Over the last fifteen odd years Australian composer, field recordist, experimental musician, curator and multi…
Smile by Luis Sanchez (33 1/3/ Bloomsbury)
This book on the Beach Boys, or Brian Wilson’ long lost album is something of…