by eyes cast down | Mar 22, 2011 | Album Reviews
Bob Ohrum, whose 2010 release Elevated I recently reviewed, returns with a reissue of his 2005 album Subliminal Listening, also on the Relaxed Machinery label. This album is Bob’s love letter to his hometown of Buffalo, NY. It plays like an urban version of the...
by eyes cast down | Feb 21, 2011 | Album Reviews
Tennessee space musicians Mark Mahoney and Michael Peck team up for their fourth duo album, A Life Incandescent (Waiting World Records 009), a feast of classic analog sounds with a strong science-fiction, exploratory vibe. The music was recorded live (at the Gathering...
by eyes cast down | Feb 10, 2011 | Album Reviews
The Relaxed Machinery label celebrates its first anniversary with its 9th release: sleepMODE, a compilation featuring all 13 of the label’s artists. As can be discerned from the track titles, some of the artists used the Philip K. Dick-inspired question...
by eyes cast down | Feb 7, 2011 | Album Reviews
Longform pieces and albums abound, but this is only the second album that I’ve heard of featuring more than one longform piece. This by itself is merely eyebrow-raising; the real astonishment is the music presented by Steve Brand in his double-CD Coniunctio (Relaxed...
by eyes cast down | Feb 3, 2011 | Album Reviews
The music of Chris Russell and Disturbed Earth (Dean Richards) on their first Relaxed Machinery release, The Approaching Armada (RM0008) fully lives up to any expectations created by such a compelling and dramatic title. This album is beatless, atmospheric and...