#Dancing with DJ E

#Dancing with DJ E

Chuquimamani-Condori’s latest experiment sounds unlike anything before it. At UNSOUND last week, they conjured the same strange magic behind the decks. Chuquimamani-Condori (aka DJ E). Photo courtesy of UNSOUND.   DJ E shocked the world last year. Self-released without external promotion, E Crampton Chuquimia’s de facto debut as Chuquimamani-Condori spread by digital word of mouth,…

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#A morning in Rafael Toral’s garden of drone

#A morning in Rafael Toral’s garden of drone

The Portuguese guitarist and soft-noise auteur brought the unassuming yet gorgeously complex sounds of his latest album, Spectral Revolution, to UNSOUND this week. Rafael Toral. Photo by Vera Marmelo.   Rafael Toral’s 30-year career as a solo recording artist is a story of perpetual growth — a more fluid line than most experimentalists take toward…

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#Xiu Xiu’s switchblade pop

#Xiu Xiu’s switchblade pop

13” Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips might be the group’s most approachable album yet, but it cuts as deep as their darkest material. Angela Seo (left) and Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu [not pictured: David Kendrick]. Photo by Eva Luise Hoppe   Knowing Xiu Xiu is a difficult endeavor. The sheer size…

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#Songs You Need In Your Life This Week

#Songs You Need In Your Life This Week

Songs You Need In Your Life This Week Tracks we love right now, in no particular order. By The FADER Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can’t get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order. Listen on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists or hear them all below. urika’s…

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#How Ellen Reid conjured public parks and “endless music” on Big Majestic

#How Ellen Reid conjured public parks and “endless music” on Big Majestic

The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and sound artist’s latest album reimagines the wildly ambitious SOUNDWALK project. The Gates began to take root in the frost-bitten New York City ground in mid-February, 2004. Over the next year, 600 workers installed of 7,503 bright orange steel structures, with saffron-colored fabric panels rolled up and affixed to the crossbars,…

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#Songs You Need In Your Life This Week

#Songs You Need In Your Life This Week

Songs You Need In Your Life This Week Tracks we love right now, in no particular order. By The FADER Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can’t get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order. Listen on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists or hear them all below. FKA…

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#New Music Friday: Stream projects from Floating Points, Wendy Eisenberg, and more

#New Music Friday: Stream projects from Floating Points, Wendy Eisenberg, and more

Stream every standout album released this Friday with The FADER’s weekly roundup. Floating Points. Photo by Genevieve Reeves.   Every Friday, The FADER’s writers dive into the most exciting new projects released that week. Today, read our thoughts on Floating Points’ Cascade, Wendy Eisenberg’s Viewfinder, Nilüfer Yanya’s My Method Actor, and more. Floating Points: Cascade…

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