The Formant

April 10, 2020 Mischa Mathys

Curiosity put cats on synthesisers and digitised the orchestra – For the love of Wendy Carlos

Exploring the innovative career of Wendy Carlos.

April 6, 2020 Mischa Mathys

The world gets quiet: an interview with Third Attempt

Third Attempt finds a way off the dance floor and some quietude in the noise on his latest album, World is too loud. We talk to the artist behind the album about this latest evolution in his work.

March 27, 2020 Mischa Mathys

EOD – ¤

Yet another remarkable release from a prolific artist, as EOD goes viral on his latest, impromptu EP.

March 25, 2020 Mischa Mathys

Working outside tradition: An interview with Peder Simonsen from Microtub

Peder Simonsen from the microtonal tuba trio, Microtub talks in depth about the physicality of the harmonic series, Robin Hayward and the working outside traditions on their last LP Chronic Shift.

March 20, 2020 Mischa Mathys

Ute.Rec – Groundcontrol

Rather than simply rehashing the past, Ute.Rec have found something worth re-evaluating in a style of music that has been largely dismissed on Groundcontrol.

March 18, 2020 Mischa Mathys

Øyvind Morken – Lullaby to a never ending sunset

Øyvind Morken finds optimism in dreary times, with his latest for the Full Pupp catalogue.

January 26, 2019 Mischa Mathys

Emerging – A Q&A with The Burrell Connection

Out of the murky synthetic texture of acidic bass contortions, reckless break beats arrangements and crisp, stabbing chords, emerges the Glaswegian producer, Alexander Hay as The Burrell Connection. Releasing a record a year since 2015, Hay has tentatively introduced the world to a sound which in 2018 hit its stride

January 20, 2019 Mischa Mathys

Shackleton – Furnace of Guts / Wakefulness and Obsession

After a few long playing collaborations on Honest Jons, Shackleton returns to the EP format and his own label Woe to the Septic Heart! with the double header Furnace of Guts / Wakefulness and Obsession. The concept driven collaborations that preceded this release with of Anika, Ernesto Tomasini, and Vengeance

December 30, 2018 Mischa Mathys

Joy O – 81b

Joy O (Joy Orbison), his music, his labels and his DJ sets, is something of an enigma. There’s something indistinguishable but refined in his collective works that eludes classification, but somehow defines his work. There’s usually a moment of illumination when you realise a track is a Joy O track,

December 18, 2018 Mischa Mathys

An Interview with Mono Junk

Google, Imatra Finland. The screen projects a mural of picturesque views, snow-capped furs, bavarian-style castles, billowing rivers in autumn and scenic forest landscapes. Like something from a Grimm Brothers fairy tale, there’s something incredibly surreal and yet completely tangible about the Finnish hamlet from the computer screen. It’s the kind