Cosmic Returns : The Space Traveler’s Guide To SFI Recordings

By now if you’ve been a semi-regular reader here then chances are you’ve heard of SFI Recordings. If you’re not a regular reader and stumbled by because you searched “anxiety”, “Midwest”, “sad, middle-aged guy”, or “heavy synth”, then welcome! Glad you stumbled upon my little spot along the information super highway. Regardless if you’re a […]

“Solidifying Our Sound” : A Conversation With Delta IV’s Michael Schorr And Jared Pace

Featured Photo by Chris Schanz There’s been an electronic music renaissance in the last few years, and SFI Recording has been the epicenter of that. The circuital pulse emanating from the Pacific Northwest home base of Andrew Crawshaw’s record label can be felt in a visceral way from coast to coast. It’s building into something […]

Future Museums : Dorsal Fin

Dorsal Fin is a sonic dive into deep blue space, though not the uncharted reaches of the cosmos but the vastness of the ocean. Future Museums, aka Neil Lord, has built a discography founded in light and life; songs owing a debt to classic Komische and Berlin School, while accentuating the genre with his own […]

“in the shadow of memory/spirit”: Neil Lord talks Future Museum’s New Album ‘Dorsal Fin’

Future Museums is the musical project of producer/musician/songwriter Neil Lord. Lord locks into both the Komische/Berlin School world of artists like Cluster, Ash Ra Tempel, and Klaus Schulze, as well as ambient/New Age vibes of Windham Hill and Private Press releases of the 70s/80s. There’s always an ethereal and naturalistic approach to his work. Nothing […]

Paul Riedl : Ocean of Peace

Paul Riedl has proven to be one of the preeminent sonic purveyors of New Age bliss and cosmic ambient vibes. His late night zone out recordings are in stark contrast to his work as frontman for the cosmic death metal band Blood Incantation. Though the band’s last release, 2022s Timewave Zero, was all brooding analog […]

“a beautiful conclusion” : Catching Up With Composer Timothy Fife

Back in 2016 I’d come across this 2-song 10 inch from a band called Victims. The EP was called Form Hell and it kind of blew my mind. I’d never heard something that captured the spirit and sonic depth of early 70s Tangerine Dream quite like that. It wasn’t that Victims emulated Froese, but interpreted […]