isan, “salle d’isan”
ISAN, Salle d’ISAN (EP, 2001) Somebody’s family had a house in New Hampshire – was it really New Hampshire? one of those New England states where there’s a lot of winter – and I remember being in a...
View Articleicebreaker, “distant early warning”
Icebreaker, Distant Early Warning (CD, 1999) Somewhere in the eastern periferia of Roma there was – is, it looks like – a club so called because of the single palm tree in front of it. (Google seems to...
View Articleacceleradeck, “narcoticbeats”
Acceleradeck, Narcoticbeats (LP, 1998) Is it wrong for a project to have its clinamen before the rules have even fully been established? I’ve never actually owned a copy of this CD. At some point in...
View Articleautechre, “basscad,ep”
Autechre, Basscad,ep (CD single, 1994) When I left Cambridge for Rome, I generally neglected to make any plan for doing anything with those possessions of mine that I couldn’t fit into a suitcase. Some...
View Articlehüsker dü, “candy apple grey”
Hüsker Dü, Candy Apple Grey (CD, 1986) R. had an extra ticket for Bob Mould last week, so I went and saw him play, at the venue that used to be the Irving Plaza and now has some confusing hyphenated...
View Articlestereolab, “transient random-noise bursts with announcements”
Stereolab, Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements (CD, 1993) This CD, which arrived in the package that M. sent me a couple months back, is one of the oldest that I still have: I bought this...
View Articleautechre, “confield”
Autechre, Confield (CD, 2001) An unfortunate consequence of lack of faith is that it’s impossible to experience loss of faith. Valuing the loss of faith is, of course, libertine reasoning, emphasizing...
View Articlescott walker, “it’s raining today: the scott walker story (1967–70)”
Scott Walker, It’s Raining Today: The Scott Walker Story (1967–70) (CD, 1996) For a long time, it wasn’t clear to me that my consumption of music wasn’t always so much about music but about context....
View Articlethe fall, “i am kurious oranj”
The Fall, I Am Kurious Oranj (CD, 1988) I don’t actually remember when I started buying records by The Fall. This one I think I would have bought in 1999, because I remember listening to it that summer...
View Articlegrant lee buffalo, “mighty joe moon”
Grant Lee Buffalo, Mighty Joe Moon (CD, 1996) This is one of the oldest CDs that I own; I would have bought it when I was in high school, almost certainly used, because that was how I acquired music...
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