Articles by Eric Hill

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  Caffeine

  Periphery

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  Just as you can make diamonds out of coal with enough time and pressure, so too can you generate warmth from cold zeroes and ones. Christop...

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  Drift

  Noumena

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  Sticking with a thinly stretched strand of a genre as instrumental rock is the musical equivalent of playing chicken — no one wants to miss...

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  Lappetites

  Before the Libretto

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  Born of a 2001 event at the Tonic in New York (curated by Kaffe Matthews), the Lappetites are billed not as a group but a "…forum, meeting...

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  Tujiko Noriko

  Blurred in My Mirror

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  Recent times have seen a return of the human voice as an important element in experimental music, both in song and spoken word. Artists lik...

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  Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto

  insen

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  The second collaboration from this meeting of minimalists across the acoustic/electronic divide is every bit as lovely an accomplishment as...

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  Unstable Ensemble

  Embers

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  On their third release, Unstable Ensemble reveal themselves to be improvisers trusting space, silence and the taking of time more and more....

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  The Winks/Tights

  Split

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  Cute can make you ugly quick as a pixie stick sugar crash. Cute in the case of the Winks cuts its sweet with enough salt to keep you snacki...

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  Wayne B

  Night of the Hunter

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

  A future film noir vibe permeates this solo album by Calla drummer/sample gatherer Wayne B. Magruder. A dark ambiance that’s half music, ha...