February 2012
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I’ve had a very busy few months and haven’t really felt the inclination to write any new music for a while but that’s finally beginning to change and I’m starting the creative process again, carrying my field recording equipment when I go anywhere interesting and slowly setting up my home studio upstairs, while adding a little extra gear too for good measure.
I hope to...
January 2012
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I recently reviewed an album by Matthew Shaw, called Lanreath. Named after the Cornish village, the 45 minute longform piece was a welcome respite from a backlog of work and cold Welsh winter weather.
Read the review here:
http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2012/01/matthew-shaw-lanreath/
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I’m a little late as it was released on Christmas day, but this release called For The Tired and Ill At Ease from Dan Crossley’s new label Fac-ture is well worth mentioning. The album is by John McCaffrey of Part Timer fame, appearing here as Scissors And Sellotape and it promises to be amazing.
If you’re at all familiar with Dan and his wife Jess’ work on Fluid Radio and...
December 2011
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I thought that as a music reviewer, I should probably do the obligatory favourite ten releases of the year post and so here it is. Rather than spend much time over it, I simply chose these off the top of my head, not in order. I guarantee I have forgotten at least one important favourite… Field Rotation - Acoustic Tales Kogumaza - s/t Pillowdiver - Elliott, Lou & Bill Loscil -...
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Another Day The Same is now available for free download - for as long as my Bandcamp credits last anyway:
http://adamawilliams.bandcamp.com
November 2011
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I’ve recently begun writing for Apple Magazine, a new digital magazine which is released weekly through Zinio and, soon, the iOS Newsstand.
We’re already on the second issue with the third about to be out any day now. You can buy one issue or get a subscription to the magazine here or just look on Zinio.
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For the past couple of months I’ve been part of a team of folks designing and testing a Mac OS X audio application for a software development company called Shedworx. It’s called Music Converter Pro and is designed to convert all kinds of audio files easily and quickly. There’s a free version too, both up on the Mac App Store:
Music Converter Pro
Music Converter
My role...
October 2011
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The Outpost Radio Show is curated by a friend, Bryan Ruhe and regularly features some great music by all kinds of experimental artists. Bryan recently featured one of my tracks in a mix he did for the show, click here to listen.
September 2011
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Pillowdiver is the solo experimental music project of Berlin-based René Margraff. René is also half of the excellent duo Two People In A Room, who’s cassette tape release Wrapped In Plastic I covered on Fluid Radio here and enjoyed very much, so I was pleased to hear his latest effort.
This Pillowdiver offering is a 3”CD called Elliott, Lou & Bill and it is made available on...
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Elliott, Lou & Bill is out now!
pillowdiver:
The “Elliott, Lou & Bill” ep has just been released by Twisted Tree Line.
You can buy it here.
I won’t have copies for sale but if it should sell out I plan to offer a digital release unless it is everywhere on the interwebz then anyway.
(If you are an interested writer, please get in touch.)
August 2011
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Future Sequence released a great new compilation today to celebrate a year of the website and I’m on it amongst 41 other artists, many of them good friends.
It’s a really impressive tracklist featuring folks like Isnaj Dui, Zvuku, Damian Valles, Kyle Bobby Dunn, Western Standards, Savaran, Benjamin Dauer, Witxes, Antonymes and more.
Go check it out and download for free here
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I’ve been procrastinating for months but am now getting somewhat serious about working on my next release, On Recovery. It was originally put together with vague ideas of doing a 10” in mind, but I’ve been so slow to contact anyone about putting it out that I might make a full length album, or just do a CD EP…
Anyway, here’s the thing so far on SoundCloud:
On...
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I recently wrote an editorial for Owni which concerns the unrest seen in the UK riots and the authorities casually discussing whether they should seize control of popular social networks should future unrest occur.
The recent unrest seen in England has once again highlighted the terrible inequality of those living in conditions of poverty within one of the richest and most powerful countries...
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Adam A Williams
twilightsoundscapes:
Connect:
Tumblr: http://adamawilliams.tumblr.com/
Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Adam%20Williams%20%284%29
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/admwllms
Listen:
Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/adamawilliams
Buy:
Bandcamp: http://adamawilliams.bandcamp.com/
Norman Records: http://www.normanrecords.com/artists/23011-adam-a-williams
Stashed Goods:...
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I recently took part in a compilation called Burning Palms for Kate Carr’s Flaming Pines label, based in Australia. It’s a really nice collection of artists including my friend Mark/Savaran, Hibernate label mate Sublamp, Kate herself and more. It’s mastered by Taylor Deupree of 12k.
The compilation is a free download and can be grabbed here
here’s the release notes;
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Just a quick follow-up to a previously posted...
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In addition to all the other writing I’m doing at the moment for Mac.Appstorm, iPad.Appstorm and Fluid Radio (click on the links to see my published articles) I’ve recently started contributing to Make Tech Easier. Here’s a couple of recently published articles;
Speed Up Your MacBook With A 7,200 RPM Drive
Some OSX Lion Issues & How To Fix Them
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Another Day The Same was recently given a video review on Was Ist Das? I’ve longed loved the site’s quirky and unique style so it really made my day to see Ned covering the EP and hearing his thoughts on it. Watch the video review here
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July 2011
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Excuse the posting of such a rough and unfinished...
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I thought I might share this article I recently wrote for Mac.Appstorm on how to make an OS X Lion Boot DVD, or hard drive boot disc. Though it’s not included in the article yet, I’ve since learned that you can still make one even if you’ve already installed Lion - all you need to do is go on the Mac App Store and option-click purchases, option-click Lion, then option-click...
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Another Day The Same is out now. As is usual with Hibernate’s Postcard series, it’s selling pretty quickly and there’s only a few copies left. There’s still some at Stashed Goods and Norman Records however, in addition to being available digitally via my Bandcamp page.
Here’s the links in full:
Hibernate Recordings
Stashed Goods
Norman Records
Adam A Williams...
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Szymon Kaliski is an experimental musician/composer from Poland. I first came across Szymon’s work when writing about his debut album, Out Of Forgetting for Fluid Radio. I wrote the review while hurtling down the road in a Golf GTi over the Pyrenees as I took part in a 36 hour roadtrip from North Wales to Spain. Despite the far from ideal setting, engine noise and general discomfort of travel,...
The first review of Another Day The Same is up! On Fluid Radio:
“Another Day the Same” by Adam A Williams is the next installment for the Hibernate Recordings Postcard Series. Williams presents an album that offers up a mixture of drone and minimal compositions through the process of electronics and piano. However, Williams’ piano driven works are of such a high caliber that it makes for a...
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I’ve never felt that I had a satisfactory understanding of Marx’s Capital. Though I knew the basics and could explain what it is in a simple fashion, I’ve never felt like I’ve got it in any significant sense. After stumbling into David Harvey’s excellent ‘Reading Capital’ lectures however and giving Vol. 1 another read through, I think I’ve finally...
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Tobias Reber is an experimental musician from Bern, Switzerland. Highly active in the electronic/experimental music scene, Tobias first began playing music on guitar before switching over to laptop and touch guitar, composing with various sound sources and utilising software like Max/MSP to create unusual sounds.
I recently reviewed his debut full length solo release, Backup Aura over at Future...
June 2011
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What is Americana?
Though a dictionary may define the term as objects, art or music which are seen as typically American, a number of artists have found there to be something more within the phrase, something romantic, which dates back to an America far older than the United States.
Daniel Bachman appears to be one such artist and while recording under the name of Sacred Harps, Bachman...
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Offtheksy - The Beautiful Nowhere
Offthesky is the solo project of Jason Corder, currently based in Denver, Colorado. With a catalogue of work dating back to 2002, the artist has released his music for labels such as Home Normal, Databloem, SEM, Autoplate and more. Appearing here on the excellent Hibernate Recordings, The Beautiful Nowhere is available in Vinyl and CD editions from 1st July (or...
I’ve been toying with this rough track for a...
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I’ve recently begun writing for a couple of tech websites, covering mainly Mac OS X and iOS stuff. The first piece to be published is for iPad.AppStorm and you can read it here
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I’ve gotten around to finishing the editing...
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Since I’m leaving the Model Citizen moniker behind and the new stuff is quite a big change from the old, I figured I may as well make all the old releases available for free download on the Model Citizen bandcamp page.
http://modelcitizen.bandcamp.com
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My upcoming EP is now going to be released on Hibernate Recordings, as part of their excellent Postcard Series.
There’s been some really great releases so far in the series, from artists like Szymon Kaliski, Damian Valles, Listening Mirror, Ithaca Trio and more, so I’m excited to be a part of it.
Another Day The Same will be released on July 22nd.
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My latest review for Fluid Radio covers Puzzle Muteson’s latest release En Garde.
Folk music derives its origins from venerable working class traditions and its name reflects this. Notoriously difficult to define, the genre’s porous borders have helped to keep it fresh and ever relevant, with such a wide range of artists as Bob Dylan, Joanna Newsom, Nick Drake and Bonnie Prince Billy all...
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Peter van Cooten of the excellent AmbientBlog uploaded a mix today which is titled Discouraging Intruders and features myself (as Model Citizen) amongst such talented artists as Antonymes, Field Rotation, Loscil, Johann Johannsson and more.
You can listen to the mix and download it here
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I was recently approached by Byron Felt, the man behind the Felt Collective, and asked to write a press release for his upcoming album. I agreed of course and below is a small extract…
Following an introduction to music connoisseurs via the four track EP Hiatus, released on Audio Gourmet, Byron now sets himself yet more firmly into the consciousness of the international experimental...
May 2011
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Christoph Berg is the very talented musician responsible for Field Rotation. Having recently brought out the superb full-length Acoustic Tales on Fluid Audio, Christoph has now released an album on Hibernate Recordings, And Tomorrow I Will Sleep.
Whereas Acoustic Tales was of a neo-classical nature, this work is marked by experimentation, drones and ambience. As you would expect from Christoph,...
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I’m going to be on BBC Radio Wales tonight, on Adam Walton’s 10pm-midnight slot. I believe he’ll be playing one of my tracks and perhaps a brief mention of who I am and what I do too. I can’t share the exact playlist and time I’ll be on until the show has been broadcast, but I will be in there somewhere.
If you can’t pick up BBC Radio Wales where you live, it...