Experimental Music
The British experimental rock group returns to the stage.
The collaborators on riots, punk, Richter, and the new book Now that the audience is assembled.
We often think of music as flowing from memory or being committed to memory. Music With Memory—the title of a new LP of three ’80s-era performances of works by the composer David Behrman—implies some conversation and interplay between the two.
A selection of recently reissued music by Basil Kirchin, High Rise, Michael Cosmic, and Phill Musra Group.
The Indiana-based producer composes intricate music from a blank slate, but her inspirations range from Nina Simone to discrete mathematics.
A selection of recent and reissued music by Circuit des Yeux, Áine O’Dwyer, German Oak, The Yardbirds, Davy Graham, and more.
Featuring selections by Jem Cohen, Keith Connolly, Britton Powell, Alan Courtis, Byron Westbrook, and more.
A new series from UDP presents poets on vinyl.
After being prompted to do field recording for this project, I went into nature, looking for novel sounds, and was surprised to find that, in the end, what really caught my attention were my most immediate surroundings—my home and practice space.
“I was doing some plumbing work for a living and picked up a piece of pipe, blew into it, and it created a very good sound. So, I began building instruments.”
One way to understand the work of Erik Satie is to imagine a place somewhere between two opposite artistic poles: James McNeill Whistler and Robert Filliou.
Blues, free improvisation, Portugal, and the abstract truth.
Universal languages, performing in a trance, and the benefits of losing your work.
A banjo-playing cab driver and slipping the rug out from under the listener.
“Ambient” music, found sound, and valuing process over product.
Channeling acid-folk, drone, and straight up rock ‘n’ roll.
Language barriers, meaningless titles, and what it takes to “bake a cake.”
The politics of gear and the Randian nature of The Whole Earth Catalog.
