textura

Albums
Alejandro & Aeron
Balustrade Ensemble
Jeremy Bible
F.S. Blumm
Cadence Weapon
Cataclyst
Cepia
Chloé
Cooler
Disinterested
edIT
Erik Enocksson
For Barry Ray
Ernest Gonzales
Grand National
Hakobune
Halou
Frode Haltli
Arve Henriksen
Ielasi & Ratti
Jumpel
Lawrence
Lickets
Manual
Melodium
Mono
My Fun
Marissa Nadler
Prints
Rekalix
Remote_ vs Ontayso
Will Saul
Sixtoo
Small Sails
Songs Of Green Pheasant
Christian Wallumrød
White Rainbow
Xeltrei
Yndi Halda

Compilations / Mixes
Paolo Mojo
Ewan Pearson
VA: 5 Years Get Physical
VA: Monza Vol. 2
VA: U-cover mix 01 [a]
VA: U-cover mix 02 [d]

3"/ 7"/ 10"/ 12"/ EPs
Ateleia
Pier Bucci
Cio D'Or
Cloudland Canyon
Curium
Laurine Frost
Dave Graham
Hakobune
The Infant Cycle
Lerosa
Lullaby Leagure
Mole Harness
Mowbray & Sullivan
Ontayso
School of Seven Bells
Science Teacher
Sleep Robot
Unwed Sailor
VA: Spies & Lies
Rick Wade

Unwed Sailor: Circles
Burnt Toast Vinyl

Though Circles, a 2006 EP recorded by Unwed Sailor's Johnathon Ford in collaboration with Dan Burton (Early Day Miners), guitarist Phillip Blackwell (Questions in Dialect), and Matt Griffin, originally was intended to be part of Unwed Sailor's The White Ox, the EP's resultant material suggested that a stand-alone presentation might be more appropriate.

Prodded by the simplest of drum patterns, the eleven-minute “Mist” presents a slow and ponderous procession through a sultry haze of willowy electronic atmospheres and crystalline tones. That peaceful episode eventually is swallowed by a rising guitar cloud that sets the stage for the five-minute “ Mesa ” whose uplifting melodies and animated bass and drum tandem provides a sunlit conclusion to the EP. Without a doubt, Circles is short and definitely sweet, but I still contend that (just as I did in my earlier The White Ox review) the 33-minute ‘full-length' and EP, regardless of their sonic differences, could just as easily have been issued together as a single CD release.

October 2007