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September 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Andrew Fagan: it was always going to be like this

Andrew Fagan it was always going to be like this (Independent/Bandcamp) / Plus1 Andrew Fagan is a poet. Has always been a poet. In and around the albums by the Mockers and his solo fare there were books. And readings. Performance poet. Poet for the page. Taking poems to the people, putting poems on the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Andrew Fagan, Andrew Fagan: it was always going to be like this, Boats, it was always going to be like this, Ocean, Poems, Poetry, Sea, Seas, Soundscape, Spoken Word, The Mockers, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Venetian Snares/Daniel Lanois: Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois

Venetian Snares/Daniel Lanois Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois Timesig/Planet Mu This surprise collaboration features two Canadian wunderkind musicians that push and pull in very different directions. It might be a head-scratch (or indeed a head-fuck) for many, particularly if you are arriving at this as a Lanois fan unaware of Venetian Snares. But there’s gold […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Aaron Funk, Album Review, Ambient, Aphex Twin, Breakcore, Brian Eno, Collaboration, Dance, Daniel Lanois, Duo, Electronica, Instrumental, Luke Vibert, Soundscape, Venetian Snares, Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois, Venetian Snares/Daniel Lanois, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Chuck Johnson: Balsams

Chuck Johnson Balsams Vdsq Californian-based guitarist and soundtrack composer Chuck Johnson has used the pedal steel (and other guitars) across a couple of very fine albums, but where, then, they were one component of the sound here they’re centre-stage; so much so that it’s almost as if he took the idea of Daniel Lanois’ treated […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Balsams, Brian Eno, Chuck Johnson, Chuck Johnson: Balsams, Daniel Lanois, Eno, Instrumental, Pedal Steel, Roger Eno, Soundscape, Soundtrack, William Tyler ·

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April 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Soundwalk Collective: Killer Road

Soundwalk Collective and Jesse Paris Smith feat. Patti Smith Killer Road Sacred Bones Records Here’s a genius movie in terms of collaboration – the perfect fit here as Soundwalk Collective (Simone Merli, Kamran Sadeghi and Stephan Carsneanski) chose the perfect subject to honour, the perfect way and the perfect person to help them realise this. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Jesse Paris Smith, Kamran Sadeghi, Killer Road, Lyrics, Nico, Patti Smith, Poem, Poems, Poetry, Sacred Bones Records, Simone Merli, Soundscape, Soundtrack, Soundwalk Collective, Soundwalk Collective and Jesse Paris Smith feat. Patti Smith, Soundwalk Collective: Killer Road, Spoken Word, Stephan Carsneanski, Tribute ·

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October 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Gaps Between: Theatre

The Gaps Between Direction: Sebastian Morgan-Lynch Circa Theatre; Circa Two (October 11 – 15) An ambitious set of soundscapes married to time-lapse photography and narrated short stories; that’s the premise and execution of The Gaps Between. Sebastian Morgan-Lynch is on stage with cello. The composer/performer is armed also with an impressive range of nods, winks […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2016), Circa, Circa Two, Monologue, October 11-15, Play, Sebastian Morgan-Lynch, Short Stories, Soundscape, The Gaps Between, The Gaps Between: Theatre, Theatre, Theatre Review ·

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June 24, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

E N T: P.T.T.V (Post-Traumatic-Tele-Vision)

E N T P.T.T.V – Post-Traumatic-Tele-Vision (Independent/Bandcamp) E/N/T is Nathan Taare – and this, his latest, is a follow-up/continuation of the work on Central Complex. He’s as much sound-artist as musician, and the creeping/creepy, menacing works here are trans-genre in nature and approach, in fact post-genre, they trudge slowly, beat-less, through punk, noise and lo-fi […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album, Album Review, Bandcamp, Central Complex, Collage, E N T, E N T: P.T.T.V (Post-Traumatic-Tele-Vision), EP, My Life In The Bush of Ghosts, Nathan Taare, P.T.T.V, Post-Traumatic-Tele-Vision, Sound Artist, Soundscape ·

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