Norwegian composer/producer Ben Finger has been active since late 2000s, but we only came upon his work recently via Pleasure-Voltage, a collaboration with James Plotkin and Mia Zabelka. As Sam Wade's recent review suggests, P-V comes across as a fine example of a modern day study in texture/drone/ambience - and with catalog as vast as…
Another name to add to our growing list of young, but promising labels - Aurawire! This Minneapolis label run by Chase Sayles is just 2 years old, but already amassed an impressive back catalog of both digital and tape releases by the likes of Sangam, International Debris, Sour Gout and many others. So without further…
Lost Sound Tapes is a record label in Seattle, Washington, USA, Earth, Milky Way that specializes in cassette tapes, handmade records, and all things pop music. https://www.mixcloud.com/iheartnoise/retrospective-label-mix-by-lost-sound-tapes/ Le Almeida "Bad Vibes" from Paraleloplasmos Le Almeida is a solo project turned band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He and two of his buddies from Rio…
Few years ago we interviewed Justin Pearson about his label Three One G as well as his numerous musical projects (The Locust, Holy Molar and Retox, to name just a few). We're proud to present a mix that Justin compiled for IHN! Justin's most recent project is first/self-titled full-length from Planet B, his collaboration with…
Featured image: Mothership: Tales From the Afrofuturism and Beyond So, with this guest list, I decided to take a different approach to it because along with the list is an introduction to a genre I have been obsessed with since I was introduced to it through a review of my music: afrofuturism. For those not…
Shilpa Ray plays Middle East Upstairs tonight (with Dyr Faser and Awaaz Do opening) - you can also see the rest of tour dates here. We recently asked her to submit a guest mix and here's what she had to say about the idea behind it: Shilpa Ray's most recent album is Girl Door that came out…
