Utility Fog

Sound-art, experimental song, experimental beats, experimental ambient? Experimental guitar. Yeah, everyone's experimenting. Enrich your life! LISTEN AGAIN over at FBi's website, or podcast here. Sandy Chamoun - HAWALTOU حاولت [Dreaming Live] Badawi - Qaher [Dreaming Live] A week ago, a really big compilation came out from the organisation Dreaming Live, organised by the artist Mayss, […]

Another week, another selection of sounds from all over, this week encompassing very experimental indie songwriting and lo-fi hip-hop, glitched mashups, dreamy instrumental guitar-picking, fourth-world electronica, IDM, drumfunk & drum'n'bass, post-classical ambient... LISTEN AGAIN and run the gamut... Stream on demand from FBi, podcast here. Michael Ackroyd - Inseam [Michael Ackroyd Bandcamp] Michael Ackroyd - […]

Everything from groundbreaking postrock to glitch-jazz, auto-techno to bass musics fast & slow - and more. LISTEN AGAIN, you deserve it! Stream on demand from FBi, podcast here. Gastr Del Sol - The Seasons Reverse (live) [Drag City/Bandcamp] Gastr Del Sol - The Bells Of St. Mary's [Drag City/Bandcamp] It's almost impossible/unnecessary to describe Gastr […]

Sound-art, glitch, breakcore, jungle, bass, minimal electro-pop, acoustic arrangements of a glitch-drone classic... a lot to get through tonight! LISTEN AGAIN, I implore you - on FBi's stream on demand, or podcast here. Koichi Shimizu - Evenfall [Smalltown Supersound/Bandcamp] Koichi Shimizu - Imprint [Smalltown Supersound/Bandcamp] Unknowingly, when I previewed and immediately grabbed the new album […]

Spoken word, song, fizzling glitch & noise, post-thingy beats, electro-acoustic invention. It's Utility Fog. LISTEN AGAIN - and again and again... stream on demand at FBi's website or podcast here. Shellac - Prayer to God [Touch and Go/Bandcamp] Like everyone else, I woke up on Thursday and somehow picked up that Steve Albini had died! […]

We've got weird vocal manipulations, splattercore beats, amazing electro-acoustic and purely acoustic conceptions. LISTEN AGAIN via stream on demand on the FBi website, and learn how to mutate songs too. Or podcast here. Jan Jelinek - Social Engineering 1 (The narrative of the heritage) [Faitiche/Bandcamp] Jan Jelinek - Social Engineering 7 (A vague allegation & […]

Experimental song and experimental beats and sound-art, and even some experimental post-metal type sounds! LISTEN AGAIN via FBi Radio's stream on demand, or podcast here. Your life will be better for it. Deepchild - Kindness (Deepchild Interpolation) [Seppuku Bandcamp] The new EP from Eroa/Sydney's Rick Bull aka Deepchild draws on the work of Palestinian-American poet […]

Another week filled with everything from warped pop to complex beats, granular sound destruction to delicate acoustic recordings. LISTEN AGAIN and take notes this time (just kidding, the notes are all here)! Stream on demand from FBi, podcast right here. claire rousay - 4pm [Thrill Jockey/Bandcamp] claire rousay - it could be anything [Thrill Jockey/Bandcamp] […]

Vocals tonight used in myriad ways from glistening pop to visceral assaults... LISTEN AGAIN, I know, there's a lot to take in! FBi's website offers stream on demand, or you can podcast here. 9T Antiope - Ready Player One [American Dreams/Bandcamp] 9T Antiope - Canvas Blank [American Dreams/Bandcamp] Listeners of this show know I've been […]

It's been four weeks since I was last here! Three Sundays in Japan (amazing of course), in which the excellent Mara Schwerdtfeger kept you company - huge thanks to Mara! LISTEN AGAIN to all the things! Stream on demand at FBi or podcast here. Meril Wubslin - Pas là [Bongo Joe Records/Bandcamp] Starting with a […]

Powerful transformative voices, powerful voices transformed, transformative instrumentals, beats of power. This is my last UFog until April 7th, as I'll be in Japan for three Sundays! LISTEN AGAIN if you dare! Podcast here, stream on demand @ FBi. Kim Gordon - The Believers [Matador/Bandcamp] Kim Gordon - I Don't Miss My Mind [Matador/Bandcamp] The […]