experimental music

Ikue Mori, Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura, Prickly Pear Cactus | The Vinyl Anachronist

November 19, 2020 // 1 Comment

I’ve reviewed plenty of experimental albums, both jazz and electronica, that sound like little more than a collection of recorded noises. The real trick in evaluating [...]

Samuel Leipold, Viscosity | The Vinyl Anachronist

October 21, 2020 // 0 Comments

Samuel Leipold and his album Viscosity reminds me of the first few times I tried to play guitar. My best friend had learned how to play when he was young, piano too. Every [...]

Terry Riley & Gyan Riley, Way Out Yonder | The Vinyl Anachronist

October 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

My first exposure to Terry Riley was many years ago, and entirely by accident. It’s an ancient story–I forgot to tell the record club that I didn’t want the [...]

Joanna Duda, Keen | The Vinyl Anachronist

June 25, 2019 // 1 Comment

Pianist Joanna Duda’s Keen (CD on Amazon) is described as “an electro-acoustic collage composed of long-maturing layers of prepared acoustics,” and that [...]