Articles by Bryon Hayes

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  Machinefabriek

  With Voices

  PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2019

  Dutch sound artist and graphic designer Rutger Zuydervelt is a prolific collaborator. There are nearly two dozen releases on which Zuyderve...

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  Loscil

  Submers

  PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2018

  This has been a landmark juncture for the Kranky label. To celebrate its 25th year, a series of shows featuring several acts that span the...

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  Rabit

  Toe in the Bardo Pond

  PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2018

  Houston-based producer Eric Burton — aka Rabit — has described his music-making process as trying to find sense within "different layers of...

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  Michele Mercure

  Beside Herself

  PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2018

  In 2017, RVNG Intl. launched a new sub-label called Freedom to Spend. The imprint was actually a re-boot of a fledgling endeavour started b...

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  Bonaventure

  Mentor

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2018

  Swiss-Congolese producer Soraya Lutangu began making music to deal with the grief of losing her nephew, the namesake of her musical output:...

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  Heather Leigh

  Throne

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2018

  There's enough heat given off by Throne, Heather Leigh's latest LP, to enkindle anyone who dares approach it. It's a fierce record, a sensu...

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  Samantha Glass

  Nine Memories Between Impression and Imprint

  PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2018

  Beau Deveraux's latest LP as Samantha Glass is a mesmerizing glimpse into an oeuvre that spans darkwave, industrial noise and bleak post-pu...

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  Stefan Smith

  Stefan Smith

  PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2018

  UK-based sound artist Stefan Smith hails from the esteemed Mills College, where he studied under notable American avant-garde progenitors s...