Lowell Brams: Music for Insomnia
Latest in the series of Asthmatic Kitty founder’s ambient efforts is neither fish nor fowl Lowell Brams’ new experimental disc is a curiosity and a milestone in equal measure. On one hand, it’s hard to imagine that anyone would ever willingly devote multiple spins to a disc containing such “compositions” as willfully weird and jittery opener “Chattering Garden Trolls” or the Metal Machine Music-emulating “Short Circadian Partita,” even as background music for vacuuming on a Saturday afternoon.... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsAsthmatic Kitty Adds Three Titles to Library Catalog Music Series
Asthmatic Kitty Records is expanding its peculiar Library Catalog Music Series, with instrumental albums meant to soundtrack sleeplessness, memory and carpooling coming later this year.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSufjan Stevens, The National's Bryce Dessner Contribute to Album for Insomniacs
Sufjan Stevens, who's put his 50 States Project on hold for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, is now creating music about a state of mind.... read more
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