We’re heading back to San Francisco today – the city has a thriving sound art scene, and the latest contribution from there comes via Stanislav Nikolov, who headed out to the secluded Sutro Baths caves on the coast to record some ambient sounds and improvised music. Later, he remixed the whole lot usinghis field recordings and samplers […]
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- Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
Grand Prix winner and Coup de Coeur winner, Académie Charles Cros
