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Rafael Anton Irisarri: Points of Inaccessibility

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 13, 2026
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Rafael Anton Irisarri (photo: Iulia Alexandra Magheru)

Tags Abul Mogard, Black Knoll Editions, Fennesz, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Jaco Schilp, Karen Vogt, Rafael Anton Irisarri, The Sight Below

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Paolo Tortora: Waves of Fading Memories

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 28, 2026
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Paolo Tortora - Waves of Fading Memories

Tags Fennesz, Japanese Gum, Paolo Tortora, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Thomas Ragsdale, Torto Editions

Album Reviews

Kieran Hebden + William Tyler: 41 Longfield Street Late ’80s

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 25, 2025
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Kieran Hebden + Wiliam Tyler (photo: Sean Cook)

Tags Bonnaroo Festival, Eat Your Own Ears Recordings, Fennesz, Fourt Tet, Fridge, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Kieran Hebden, William Tyler

Album Reviews

Worriedaboutsatan: The Future Can Wait

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 21, 2025
3 Comments on Worriedaboutsatan: The Future Can Wait

Worriedaboutsatan (photo: Jez Sheard)

Tags Brian Eno, Fennesz, Gavin Miller, Jon Hopkins, Worriedaboutsatan

Albums Features

Label Watch: Longform Editions

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 14, 2025
7 Comments on Label Watch: Longform Editions

Longform Editions

Tags Andrew Khedoori, Ben Chasny, Bill Orcutt, Chuck Johnson, Daniel Bachman, Fennesz, Jolanda Moletta & Karen Vogt, Longform Editions, Mark Gowing, more eaze, Natalia Beylis, Richard Youngs, Tashi Dorji, Tujiko Noriko, Water Damage, Wendy Eisenberg, Whait

Albums Features

Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2024

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 20, 2024
27 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2024

Artwork by Sam Gill (IG: @samgill82)

Tags 12XU, A-Sun Amissa, Affin Records, Aidan Baker, American Motors, Amish Records, Andreas Werliin, Arab Strap, Audjoins, big brave, Black Knoll Editions, BUÑUEL, Burning World Records, Cedie Janson, Constellation Records, Cowardice, Cruel Nature Records, Dead Bandit, Drag City, Drug Church, Duster, Early Day Miners, Einstürzende Neubauten, Ex-Easter Island Head, Expert Work Records, Fennesz, Geographic North, Ghost Dubs, Gizeh Records, Haruspex Palace, James Jonathan Clancy, Jim White, Joachim Spieth, Johan Berthling, Joyful Noise Recordings, Kim Gordon, Kitty Records, KRM & KMRU, Lilacs & Champagne, Maar, Maple Death Records, Marisa Anderson, Matador, Northern Spy, Nuclear Blast, Numero Group, Oren Ambarchi, Overdrive, Pallbearer, Phantom Limb, Pissed Jeans, Polyvinyl Record Co, Poppy H, Potomak, Pressure, Pure Noise Record, Pure Noise Records, Quindi Records, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Ramble Records, Riff Merchant Records, Rise Records, Rock Action, Rocket Recordings, Sacred Bones, Secret City, Secret Teeth, Shelter Press, Six Organs of Admittance, SKiN GRAFT, Solid Brass Records, Stefan Christoff, Sub Pop, Suss, Suuns, Temporary Residence, The Body & Dis Fig, The Garrote, The Hard Quartet, The Lost Letters, Thou, though. Just think of a soundtrack of being hurled into hell. If Uniform did metal then it'd sound something like this. It's out there, Thrill Jockey, Time Released Sound & Time Sensitive Materials, Touch, Touché Amoré, Twine, Uniform, Verity Den, Water Damage, WE ARE WINTER'S BLUE AND RADIANT CHILDREN, We Here & Now, Weak Signal, Winged Wheel, Xiu Xiu, Zelienople

Album Reviews

Fennesz: Mosaic

Fennesz (photo: Carsten Nicolai)

Tags Christian Fennesz, Fennesz, Kevin Martin, King Midas Sound, Mosaic, The Bug, Touch

Album Reviews

Droneroom: Barstow Deluxe

Droneroom (photo provided by the artist)

Tags Blake Conley, Cory Fusting, Daniel Bachman, Doodle Hound, Droneroom, Fennesz, Justin Lamoreaux, Neil Young, Nonconnah, Somewhere Cold Records, Zachary Corsa

Album Reviews

François J. Bonnet & Stephen O’Malley: Cylene II

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 9, 2023
6 Comments on François J. Bonnet & Stephen O’Malley: Cylene II

Francois Bonnet & Stephen O'Malley (photo: Eleonore Huisse)

Tags Drag City, Fennesz, François J. Bonnet, Idealogical Organ, Kali Malone, Stephen O'Malley, Sunn O)))

Album Reviews

Markus Guentner: Onda

Markus Guentner

Tags Affin, Bohren & de Club of Gore, Brock Van Wey, Fennesz, Julia Kent, Kompakt, loscil, Markus Guentner, Rafael Anton Irisarri

Album Reviews

Ozmotic | Fennesz: Senzatempo

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 26, 2023
13 Comments on Ozmotic | Fennesz: Senzatempo

Tags Andrea Ayassot, Christian Fennesz, Domenico Caliri, Federico Marchesano, Fennesz, King Midas Sound, Nelide Bandello, Ozmotic, Paolo Porta, SmZ, Stanislao Lesnoj, Touch

Features Interviews

Whirling Hall Of Knives Interview: “Corrosion and general murk prevails”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 9, 2022
11 Comments on Whirling Hall Of Knives Interview: “Corrosion and general murk prevails”

Whirling Hall of Knives

Tags Alan O'Boyle, Barry Murphy, Bryan O'Connell, Cruel Nature Records, Decal, EAR, Fennesz, Koner, Legion Of Two, Magnetize, Main, Nwyvre, Of One, Scorn, Sound Breaking, Stephen Gethings, The Last Sound, Whirling Hall of Knives

Album Reviews

Charlie Butler: Deep Space

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 2, 2022
4 Comments on Charlie Butler: Deep Space

Tags Chaos Emeralds, Charlie Butler, Cody Noon, Cruel Nature Records, Earth, Fennesz, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Head Drop, Jesu, Justin Broadrick, mogwai, Mothertrucker, Star Trek

Features Interviews

David Colohan Interview: “some landscapes suggest their own sound”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 12, 2021
15 Comments on David Colohan Interview: “some landscapes suggest their own sound”

David Colohan (photo credit by Enda Trautt)

Tags A-Ha, Alice Coltrane, Cruel Nature Records, David Colohan, dirty three, Fennesz, Holt, Jewelled Antler Collective, Loren Connors, Neil Young, Shirley Collins, Tangerine Dream, Tim Hecker, Townes Van Zandt, United Bible Studies, Will Oldham

Album Reviews

Guy Andrews: Permanence & [MT][NT][ET] – “a detailed history of an individual”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 16, 2020
1 Comment on Guy Andrews: Permanence & [MT][NT][ET] – “a detailed history of an individual”

Guy Andrews (photo credit: Mick Frank)

Tags Ben Frost, Fennesz, Ghostpoet, Guy Andrews, Houndstooth, Massive Attack, Tim Hecker

Interviews

Mitternacht Interview: “we’re only ever going to do anything about climate change if we spend more time outdoors”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 11, 2020
5 Comments on Mitternacht Interview: “we’re only ever going to do anything about climate change if we spend more time outdoors”

Tags Disco Inferno, Ex-Easter Island Head, Fennesz, Jonny Davis Le Brun, Land Trance, Mitternacht, Simon Reynolds, Speaker Music, The Necks, Tidiane Thiam, Tim Hecker

Album Reviews

Less Bells: Mourning Jewelry – “an album for solitude to escape everyday burdens”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 21, 2020
7 Comments on Less Bells: Mourning Jewelry – “an album for solitude to escape everyday burdens”

Less Bells (photo credit: Baha H. Danesh)

The second installment from Julie Carpenter reflects on darkness of the past.

Tags A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Bowery Electric, Fennesz, Julianna Barwick, Julie Carpenter, Kranky, Less Bells, Mourning Jewelry