Articles by Eric Hill

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  Northern Valentine

  The Distance Brings Us Closer

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

  The temptation to compare Northern Valentine to Windy and Carl is substantial. After all, you have a long-running husband and wife team (NV...

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  Nick Butcher

  Bee Removal

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

  To strip communication down to its bare essence - colour, a few words, a familiar sound - requires faith in leaps and a reserve of guts. Ni...

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  Jacob Kirkegaard

  Labyrinthitis

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

  It's like the riddle of one hand clapping: what does the ear itself sound like? Danish sound artist Jacob Kirkegaard, obviously not satisfi...

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  Sylvain Chauveau

  The Black Book of Capitalism

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

  Originally released on the Noise Museum label in 2000, Sylvain Chauveau's first album is a work of structural ambition and variety. It's an...

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  Asher

  Landscape Studies

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

  Obsessive recording often breeds an extra dimension of hearing, of isolating layers and distinctions of sound that normally blend into the...

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  Robert Henke

  Atom/Document

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

  Gathering material from performances in collaboration with visual artist Christopher Bauder, Atom/Document is a surprisingly organic listen...

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  Aethenor

  Faking Gold and Murder

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

  In Sunn O))), Stephen O'Malley adopted the elements of robes and fog not only for their visual impact but also for their attachment to cere...

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  Astral Social Club

  Octuplex

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

  Vibracathedral Orchestra's Neil Campbell continues down the robot-strewn road less travelled with this new eight-tracker. Octuplex is part...