experimental music Archives

3 Things Son Lux Does to Make Their Songs So Unique

We take apart Son Lux’s incredibly unique sound, and breakdown three main tools of expression composer Ryan Lott uses to achieve it.

Props to Ghostly International — 9 Artists Pushing the Envelope of Electronica

To celebrate Soundfly’s forthcoming course release with Com Truise, we’ve profiled 9 Ghostly International artists making creative waves.

Composer Erik Ian Walker and his climate data visualization

How Erik Ian Walker Is Creating the Music of a Changing Climate

Read our interview with composer and arranger, Erik Ian Walker, which explores his data-driven environmental composition, “Climate.”

7 Genre-Bending Artists Fusing Jazz With Electronic Music

With genres as diverse as jazz and electronic, there’s a ton of room for experimentation. Here are 7 artists defining a space for themselves in the middle.

Lessons in DIY Experimentation for the Sake of Listening Longevity

A concise meditation on growing up listening to DIY, lo-fi artists who experimented with their sound so that I could incorporate that ethos into my songs.

Who’s Never Heard of Hal Willner?

Exploring the wacky career and curatorial escapades of one of New York’s most important musical directors, despite Willner never becoming a household name.