Articles by Bryon Hayes

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  Fertanish

  Zero Zero Three

  PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2011

  At a time when North America's noise scene is moving away from the harsher end of the sonic spectrum, Fertanish is an outlier. Bill Murphy...

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  L'Orkestre des pas Perdus

  L'Âge du Cuivre

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2011

  A trompe l'oreille on L'Âge du Cuivre disguises Philippe Legault's tuba as a bass guitar. The fifth album from this Quebecois ensemble, whi...

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  John Duncan / Michael Esposito / Z'EV

  There Must be a Way Across this River / The Abject

  PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2011

  John Duncan is a divisive figure, having gained notoriety more for his performance art than his musical output. On his Blind Date piece, he...

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  Knotted Cord

  Polyphonic Beasts Expand in Parallel

  PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2011

  A one-woman band, Knotted Cord is the nom de guerre of California-based multi-instrumentalist Rebecca Koehner. Written, performed, engineer...

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  Splashgirl

  Pressure

  PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2011

  For their third album, Norwegian instrumental trio Splashgirl have strayed considerably from the acoustic-based jazz of their debut, 2007's...

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  Aidan Baker

  Still Life

  PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2011

  An Aidan Baker album with no guitars? Surely it can't be! It's true: Still Life, the latest missive from a man notorious for creating ambie...

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  Phurpa

  Trowo Phurnag Ceremony

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2011

  The Editions Mego imprint has spun off two artist-curated sub-labels this year. First came Spectrum Spools, run by John Elliott of Emeralds...

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  Controlled Bleeding

  Odes to Bubbler

  PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2011

  After five years of limited activity, the ultra-prolific Paul Lemos is back with a new version of his long-running, constantly evolving mus...