#Fire-Toolz has a universe in her kitchen sink

#Fire-Toolz has a universe in her kitchen sink

Fire-Toolz has a universe in her kitchen sink The Chicago artist discusses musical meta-narratives, past and present pets, and how her chaotic new album Breeze relates to her peaceful new life in the ’burbs. By Raphael Helfand Angel Marcloid (Fire-Toolz). Photo by Bethany Puterbaugh.   Angel Marcloid has built a studio in her own image….

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#The rise of meditation music

#The rise of meditation music

Soothing meditation music, apps, and playlists are being used to combat the chaos of everyday life. Illustration by Cady Siregar In 1970, master yogi Swami Rama reportedly stopped his heart for 17 seconds during a demonstration at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas. He was participating in a study on voluntary control over the autonomic…

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#Mabe Fratti’s tension-release game

#Mabe Fratti’s tension-release game

The Guatemalan cellist talks about paranoia, elastic thoughts, FOMO, and the rockstar moves of her new album, Sentir que no sabes. Mabe Fratti. Photo by Melissa Lunar.   Mabe Fratti’s fourth album begins with conviction. Over slow, determined drums, she fingers her cello like a furious bassist, its C string rattling with the aftershock of…

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#What Eiko Ishibashi gains in translation

#What Eiko Ishibashi gains in translation

The Japanese composer discusses the circuitous path to her score for Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist. Eiko Ishibashi. Photo by Jim O’Rourke.   We open on a long, steady tracking shot through the woods, the camera peering upward through a thin tree canopy into a bright winter sky. Gently swung cymbal triplets trickle up…

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#New Music Friday: Listen to new projects from Been Stellar, Daniel Davies, Kronos Quartet, and more

#New Music Friday: Listen to new projects from Been Stellar, Daniel Davies, Kronos Quartet, and more

Stream every standout album released this Friday with The FADER’s weekly roundup. Been Stellar. Photo by Gabe Long.   Every Friday, The FADER’s writers dive into the most exciting new projects released that week. Today, read our thoughts on Been Stellar’s Scream from New York, NY, Daniel Davies Ghost of the Heart, Kronos Quartet’s Outer…

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#New Music Friday: Listen to new projects from skaiwater, Zsela, Martha Skye Murphy, and more

#New Music Friday: Listen to new projects from skaiwater, Zsela, Martha Skye Murphy, and more

Stream every standout album released this Friday with The FADER’s weekly roundup. (L) skaiwater. Photo via publicist. (M) Zsela. Photo by Rob Kulisek. (R) Martha Skye Murphy. Photo via publicist.   Every Friday, The FADER’s writers dive into the most exciting new projects released that week. Today, read our thoughts on skaiwater’s #gigi, Zsela’s Big…

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