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Unexpected Sources: DiS Does Tirkultura 2018
A brave, forward-thinking event that richly rewards the curious»
Mount Eerie - Now Only
It finds room to step, however briefly, outside of the agony that marked its predecessor»
DiS Does Neue Meister 2017
A stunning showcase of modern classical composers and artists»
William Basinski - A Shadow In Time
Among his most entrancing work»
Loscil - Monument Builders
Some of Loscil’s best, most menacing, most uncompromising work»
Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like a Levee
One just in time for the autumn, and then some.»
Flock Of Dimes - If You See Me Say Yes
An endearing, very likeable record indeed»
Another Day In Paradise: DiS Does Obonjan 2016
"Your perfect summer holiday with a festival twist", say their marketers. We say they're not far wrong.»
Eluvium - False Readings On
There are some moments of pristine clarity in amongst these earthy, droning compositions»
Night Beds - IvyWild
You almost want to see this wanton career move rewarded for its audacity»
Wilderness 2015: The DiS Review
Wilderness plays heavy on the old trope of festival as bohemian utopia»
Wilderness 2015: A Festival Preview
DiS's pick of the Oxfordshire festival.»
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atomos
It’s as elegant and grandiose and soothing and enveloping as it ever was, and it’s come at just the right time.»
Max Richter on The Blue Notebooks: A 10th Anniversary Track-by-Track Guide
Max discusses overcoming the commercial flop of The Blue Notebooks' predecessor...»
Sondre Lerche - Please
Please so often feels like a fantastic exercise in finding the most unusual production direction that doesn’t demand the sacrifice of one iota of catchiness.»
Brian Reitzell - Watch_Dogs Original Game Soundtrack
This music isn’t bad by anybody’s metric. It’s just quite clearly functional music.»
Max Richter - Retrospective
Like moonlight, refracted through one of Buddha’s teardrops. Or something.»
How to Dress Well - What is This Heart?
“What Is This Heart?” feels like How To Dress Well exploring the musical fringes of what How to Dress Well can be.»
Sound and Vision: Music + Film at Sundance London 2014
Sam Cleeve reports on the best of Sundance London 2014...»
Hauschka - Abandoned City
A fascinating study of exploiting a modest toolkit far beyond its means.»
Douglas Dare - Seven Hours
These haunted, cloudy meditations certainly mark Douglas Dare out as a bright new talent, and Seven Hours is a formidable opening gambit.»
“In a world you can't get lost in”: The Escapism of Laura Marling's Grand Eagle Ball
June 29th, 2013. In a field somewhere, Mick Jagger is warming up for a headline slot on the Pyramid Stage, fervently rooster-strutting around his dressing room. Earlier in the day, Laura Robson had become the first British woman in 15 years to reach the »
Reich, Radiohead and the Pop-Classical Rift: Steve Reich's Radio Rewrite
So did everybody watch that three-part Beeb documentary series The Sound and the Fury that aired throughout February? It took a succinct and uncomplicated look at twentieth-century classical music, calling upon New Yorker critic Alex Ross’s bestselling bo»
Stars of the Lid - The Ballasted Orchestra (vinyl reissue)
While The Ballasted Orchestra perhaps isn’t the jewel in the crown of Stars of the Lid’s catalogue, it remains a solid and worthy entry.»
Philip Glass Koyaanisqatsi @ Barbican, London, 14/12/12
ko.yaa.nis.katsi (from the Hopi language), n. 1. crazy life. 2. life in turmoil. 3. life disintegrating. 4. life out of balance. 5. a state of life that calls for another way of living. This definition appears emblazoned across the screen above the»
"A part of me would love to reclaim Vivaldi from muzak land" - DiS meets Max Richter
Max Richter casts a distinctive shadow on the contemporary classical landscape. Despite spending his formative years sheathed in the a world of musical academia, studying both at the Royal Academy of Music and with the likes of Luciano Berio in Florence (an influence he regards as “a genius,” describing their few meetings as “life-changing”), Richter continues to make the sort of music that's as accessible to fans of post-rock or electronica as it is to admirers of something more traditional.»
Peter Broderick - These Walls of Mine
In many instances, These Walls of Mine is simply a musician following instinct and intrigue, and in that respect Peter Broderick and Erased Tapes have always been very cards-on-the-table about this record.»
Ether 2012: The DiS Preview (+ Playlist)
Alongside the Meltdown Festival, Ether is an undeniable highlight of the Southbank Centre's calendar. An annual celebration of inventive, genre-hurdling music, it's previously yielded the sort of unmissable results that range from Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke's appearance alongside the London Sinfonietta (2005), through to last year's breathtaking screening of Stanley Kubricks' seminal 2001: A Space Odessy, in which the presumably problematic task of scoring the film live was effortlessly handled by the Philharmonia Orchestra. This year's programming signals no deviation from the festival's creative, groundbreaking repute. Some of DiS's highligts can be found below, with the full list over at Ether's minisite. At the bottom of the list, you'll find a Spotify playlist featuring some of the artists playing this month's festival.»
Grizzly Bear - Shields
It's the understated confidence about Shields that will win it its admirers.»