This is a really nice review from Richard Pinell. An excerpt follows, but you should check out the whole thing at his Watchful Ear Blog.”The really nice elements of this music are the qualities of the individual sounds. From the opening scratches and …
The always astute and eloquent Jesse Goin has posted a nice essay about the Startless release Circulation Decay as well as my Brombron collaboration with Ben Gwilliam entitled Dots. The piece can be found at Goin’s Crow With No Mouth blog. Below is a t…
I got a couple of presents in the mail today. The first is a box of Human Quena Orchestra Lps. This is the vinyl version of the A Natural History of Failure CD that was originally released on Utech Records. This Lp version was released by Handmade Bird…
Here is a write-up of the recent Milwaukee Noise Fest. I think that it is a nice introduction to the broad spectrum of aesthetic choices that are often lumped under the “noise” label. One stand-out quote for me describes it as “a music scene that strik…
Mike Shiflet has just posted a writeup of the Show in Minneapolis a couple of weekends ago over on his blog. Among other things, he had this to say about my set.”Zeh’s set has taken a unique turn, discarding the cassettes and focusing on the sounds o…
“Another project born of the will of Frans de Waard and of his Bronbron. Encountering this time in the extrapool studios in Nijmegen, Holland, is the thirtieth prodigy of sound sculpture Ben Gwillam and the master of the art of …tape recording Ja…
Ben Gwilliam/Jason Zeh – Brombron 16: Dots (Korm Plastics)For Dots, part of the collaborative Brombron project, tape composer Jason Zeh and sound artist Ben Gwilliam used sounds from prepared tape, machinery and ‘other magnetic sourcing including pos…
I had a strange experience last night. A Swiss man named Reto Mader played in Toledo OH, about 30 minutes from my home. A few Months ago I was contacted by someone at Ramalama records in Toledo about playing this show. After determining that I was able…
