Label Profile: Redshift Records
THE UNIVERSE IS EXPANDING
We won’t go into the details—because, frankly, we don’t understand them—but in astronomy a redshift is a way to measure an object’s placement in space, and its [...]
Sound notes
First-place winner, Musicworks’ 2017 Electronic Music Composition contest
ERIK INGALLS’ “THE GRAVITY OF PLIM”
The glitchy, vaguely dystopian composition constructed from manipulated vocals is almost widespread enough now to warrant its own genre tag. Laurie Anderson is, of course, its foremother. [...]
First-place Winner, Musicworks 2017 Sonic Geography Writing Contest
INA ČIUMAKOVA'S “PLAYGROUNDS”
Childhood has no single place, no secret garden, no single carousel to ride on, nor tree branch to fall from: just hours, that slip away, so similar to [...]
Features
What's Inside Musicworks 130 - Spring 2018
Musicworks turns 40 this year. It’s been quite a journey from the DIY newsprint tabloid published in 1978 to Musicworks 130—our first-ever full-colour issue! Buy[...]
Reviews
Listening To Art, Seeing Music.
Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Ontario. January 26–April 22, 2018.
Julius Eastman: That Which Is Fundamental.
The Kitchen, New York, New York. January 19–February 10, 2018.
Keiji Haino and John Butcher. Light Never Bright Enough.
OtoRoku, Roku018CD.