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Crib – Forward Back
Crib is Devin Sarno. Crib is (often) solo electric bass guitar explorations into the most floaty regions of The Milky Way—and your empty headspace. Crib is “ambient.” Crib is drifting. Crib is dreaming.…
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John Cale + Tony Conrad + Angus MacLise + La Monte Young + Marian Zazeela – Inside the Dream Syndicate – Volume 1: Day of Niagara (1965)
Inside the Dream Syndicate – Volume 1: Day of Niagara (1965) is a bootleg CD released in 2000 featuring a 1965 performance of loud, sustained minimal drone music by La Monte Young’s legendary…
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Various Artists – Land of the Rising Noise Vol. 3
Land of the Rising Noise? What we have here is a 12-track collection from the year 2000 of new Japanese music–some of it hardly what anyone would call “noise.” Acid Mothers Temple open…
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Carter Scholz – 8 Pieces
Not to be confused with Sgt. Carter from the TV show Gomer Pyle or Tom Scholz from ’70s mega rock band Boston, Carter Scholz is a composer, computer music programmer, performer, writer, science…
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Sanhedrin – Sun Head Ring
Warning: If you push “Play” on a track by Sanhedrin, you may have to pop a couple of Excedrin! Another power trio boasting Yoshida Tatsuya and Nasuno Mitsuru of the Ruins with that…
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Philip Blackburn – Another Intensity
Another Intensity? Wait! What? Is this CD a follow-up to redneck rocker Ted Nugent’s Intensities In 10 Cities album from way back in 1981? Ah, well, um…..definitely not! In fact, you could not…
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Arcane Candy’s 2025 Favorite Releases
(In alphabetical order by artist name.) New Releases • Sir Richard Bishop – Hillbilly Ragas LP (Drag City) • Les Rallizes Denudes – Citta’ ’93 3-LP and ’67-’69 Studio Et Live LP (Temporal…
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Hypercube – The Force For Good
The Force For Good is a short 28-minute EP containing two pieces performed by the chamber ensemble Hypercube. Brandishing saxophone, guitar, piano, and percussion, the group has commissioned and premiered over 100 new…
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Christopher Clarino – Parlando
Virtuoso percussionist Christopher Clarino’s Parlando is an uncompromising work of contemporary percussion, featuring compositions by Igor Santos, Anthony Donofrio, Barbara Monk Feldman, Thomas DeLio, and Michael Pisaro-Liu. This album immediately signals its academic…
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Thomas Ciufo – The Rising Moon
Composer, improviser, and music technologist Thomas Ciufo used the stillness and disruption of the COVID-19 outbreak to return to his solo studio practice, creating the deeply contemplative work, The Rising Moon. Rooted in…
