Fabric of Life

I wrote a review for Auditory Canvas album Fabric of Life for Original Sound Version.

"The curious blend of delicate electronics and stuttering rhythms featured in Fabric of Life sculpt a unique world of its own, combining dreamy textures and original ideas throughout the album’s ten tracks."

Read it here.

Mosaik's Leandi Times Two

I interviewed the Swedish musician and artist Jakob Svanholm recently. It just got published on the magazine Original Sound Version. I reviewed his last EP on the netlabel Softphase some time back, which can also be read on the same site. The style goes in the broad field of electronica, but I deeply recommend it to anyone who wants to experience a talented artist at his best.

Jakob is one of those guys who have continued to publish music for free for many years and have some very interesting perspectives to share. I definitely believe he hits a spot when he mentions that we need better ways of directly supporting artists. I strongly believe that support for the artist whose work you enjoy should be encouraged. Otherwise we might reduce the idea of freedom of the internet into taking peoples dedication, love and labor completely for granted.

Anyway. The Leandi EP is a lovely instrumental offering which I would do well to pass on to any reader of this blog. Enjoy the ride! :)

Surreal Beauty

Portrait of Judy Garland

I recently stumbled across the art haven fthr productions, while enjoying the swedish artist Mosaik's newest EP out on Softphase netlabel. I liked the Mosaik release so much that I wrote a review of it for the netmagazine Original Sound Versions, which I hope will surface in due time on their website.

Behind Fthr productions is graphic artist Antti Jädertpolm, who creates a kind of modern surrealist art with some extremely interesting use of collage techniques. I wrote him to ask if I could put a couple of his stunning images on my blog, to my happiness he thought that this was fine.

Saturday night Hammock Collage

Like you can see in Portrait of Judy Garland and Saturday night Hammock Collage, there is a whole lot of attention to details. The common theme found in his images seems to my mind to be the amount of layers that can be found in almost every image and a very quirky kind of beauty.

Spring

There are both lighter and darker motives and a whole lot in between. What many of them share though is the overwhelming imagery . You can browse Antti's quite massive collective of fine art here. I warmly recommend you to view them in full size. It does all the difference.