Just released on Bandcamp: Kitamura’s new solo EP Artifacts from the Labyrinth. Eight years after Protean Labyrinth (2018) and fifteen years since her solo debut Armadillo in Sunset Park (2011), Kyoko Kitamura returns with her new solo work Artifacts from the Labyrinth, an imaginary audio-capsule recovered from an underground labyrinth. Full album only on Bandcamp. The…
Every so often, I hear about a label on our scene which would disappear, along with all the physical recordings. Horror stories abound, of label owners destroying CDs and LPs. Are the artists notified beforehand? Can the artists keep any of the copies about to be demolished? Unfortunately, the answer to both is often a…
My two recent albums are both wordless: Geometry of Caves (Relative Pitch) and Protean Labyrinth (Bandcamp, self-release). I included liner notes in the DL of Protean Labyrinth which explains a little of why I chose to not use words, and this is an addendum. One, I wanted to explore how listeners – including myself –…