FTAM is proud to return to the cassette format with a split between two incredible proponents of free improvisation's weirder end of the pool. Side A features Moth Bucket, the Pennsylvania duo that draws influence from throughout the history of experimental music (broadly defined). Low lying drones and tape collage techniques sit effortlessly next to the creative music practices of free improvisation's early practitioners like the Art Ensemble of Chicago. On Side B, Women of the Pore take a murkier approach, shifting through heavy swells of sub-bass synths and rhythmic pulses that plod through the landscape. A pixelated take on the early 2000s Ann Arbor scene, perhaps? As a whole, the tape sits outside of a temporal lineage by enacting all of these references simultaneously, an entanglement of past and future that remains deeply rooted in the present.
A collection of unreleased material from Daniel Burke's beloved experimental project, spanning four decades of loud, off-kilter weirdness. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 21, 2023
Less a solo act than a one-man megalith, Khôra builds impressive experimental soundscapes from modular synths, flutes, harps, and more. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 19, 2020
Written in response to the climate crisis, “Leviathan” is a brooding and beautifully unsettling batch of dark ambient songs. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 16, 2023
The 17 mindbending songs on this compilation represent minimalist experimental music at its best, a collage of blips and static. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 3, 2022
An experimental composer from Ireland, Stephen Roddy proves equally adept at crushing soundscapes as he does mysterious melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 13, 2022
A concept record set inside an eerie, Overlook-like hotel, “Room Service” was created by a group of collaborators who met online. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 28, 2021
This left-of-center ambient collection from UK producer Xqui threads soothing, layered synth melodies through twisted arrangements. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 3, 2021