Rafael Anton Irisarri last night in Barcelona. Exploring the ineffable ▲ 🎶: Signals from a Distant Afterglow (ft Karen Vogt) @blackknoll.bsky.social @karenvogtmusic.bsky.social @klangsignals.bsky.social #casamontjuïc

paranoid - Macedonio ▲ - feat: #Philamelian @elifyalvac.bsky.social @machinefabriek.bsky.social @cravenfaults.bsky.social #DrewMcDowall #SarahDavachi #MassimoToniutti @blackboughrecords.bsky.social #Melodium @musex1.bsky.social #SkeeMask @midorihirano.bsky.social #CoH @cronicaelectronica.org & more!

A review of ‘Bi Gezur’, a new EP by Luz González on Everest Records. ▲ - ➡ www.cyclicdefrost.com/2026/02/luz-... - #CyclicDefrost @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social 🇦🇺/ @dense-pr.bsky.social #EverestRecords #LuzGonzález

Mike Paradinas + ID:MORA last week in Barcelona. △ - @mikeparadinas.bsky.social @planetmurecords.bsky.social

NEW REVIEW: From Sydney's @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social comes a solid piece that focuses, among others, on pieces by, @veryanmusic.bsky.social @darrenmcclure.bsky.social @lagowski.com @vitorjoaquim.bsky.social @lhworks.bsky.social #TJNorris #CarpeSonum Read: www.cyclicdefrost.com/2026/01/vari...

A review of ‘Elemental Studies’, a V.A. on Carpe Sonum by #TJNorris. ▲ -Focused on @veryanmusic.bsky.social @darrenmcclure.bsky.social @lagowski.com @vitorjoaquim.bsky.social @lhworks.bsky.social @simonserc.bsky.social @earlabs.bsky.social @tjnorrisart.bsky.social &more! @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social

A review of ‘Portals / Rope’, a split EP from #JanaIrmert & 7038634357 on #PortraitsGRM & #ShelterPress. This is my 100th article on #CyclicDefrost 🇦🇺 ▲ - #InaGRM @shelter-press.bsky.social @dense-pr.bsky.social #NeoGibson @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social @anost-net.bsky.social @ina-officiel.bsky.social

Cyclic Defrost: Best of 2025 I know what you’re thinking, am I human? Did AI write this? Or at the very least did it help? And the answer is who cares? It’s humans who are plunging us into unjust bullshit wars, pretending genocides aren’t occurring on our watch, telling us that reality can no…

Here’s my chart for @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social ! △ → www.cyclicdefrost.com/2025/12/cycl... feat: @blackknoll.bsky.social @klangsignals.bsky.social @editionsmego.bsky.social @bordercommunity.bsky.social @jamesholden.bsky.social @hyperdub.bsky.social @bugpressure.bsky.social @lojammusic.bsky.social

Pye Corner Audio in Barcelona last night. ▲ - @headtech.bsky.social #PyeCornerAudio

paranoid - scattered light X - feat: #WhateverTheWeather @lojammusic.bsky.social @ghostlyint.bsky.social @room40.bsky.social #Biosphere #Grouper @hothamsound.bsky.social #Pan•American @krankyltd.bsky.social #RobertDelNaja #MasayoshiFujita #JanJelinek @blackknoll.bsky.social @bugpressure.bsky.social

I adored playing Barcelona in October ✨🖤✨

A review of Penelope Trappes live @ Casa Montjuïc last month ▲ - www.cyclicdefrost.com/2025/11/pene... - @penelopetrappes.bsky.social @agneshaus.bsky.social @olirecords.bsky.social #CasaMontjuïc @swampbooking.bsky.social @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social

#Loscil in Casa Montjuïc (Barcelona) back in September. - @loscil.ca

Julianna Barwick in Barcelona ❥ - @infinemusic.bsky.social

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#Radiohead live in #Madrid last Saturday! - @radiohead.wastehq.social @colingreenwood.bsky.social

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❥ ❥ - @plaidmusic.bsky.social @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social

Penelope Trappes live in BCN a couple weeks ago. @penelopetrappes.bsky.social @agneshaus.bsky.social

Music from 🇫🇮 - @kaukolampi.bsky.social @rihmasto.bsky.social Contourist Verde @marjaahti.bsky.social Aleksi Perälä @heikkilindgren.bsky.social Juha-Matti Rautiainen Nemesis [ówt krì] 4T Thieves H. Kyllönen @ylikulju.fi Pigments @esaruoho.bsky.social Utu Lautturi Pekka Pohjola @phinnweb.bsky.social

A review of Espinoza live @ Festival d’Art Sonor last month ▲ - www.cyclicdefrost.com/2025/09/espi... - #drone #carrerperill #CyclicDefrost #FestaGràcia #synthviciousbcn #festivaldartsonor @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social

Best event review I’ve read in ages. By the one and only @bobbakerfish.bsky.social #RyojiIkeda #CodexEditions #Noton #Ultratronics #NowOrNever #Melbourne

Paranoid @ Oblicuo BCN /vinyl mix - @blackknoll.bsky.social @abulmogard.bsky.social #LibraryTapes #SvarteGreiner #KlaraLewis Jim O'Rourke #Powerplant #Murcof #TheMarxTrukker Aardvarck @esaruoho.bsky.social @amontobin.com Transbeauce #NathanFake Huerco S. #Shackleton #MordantMusic #MrProjectile

Just published an interview with Philamelian & Elif Yalvaç, we talked about their work 'Sediments', the intersection of acoustics and electronics, the Turkish music scene, and more! ▲ - @elifyalvac.bsky.social @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social @dense-pr.bsky.social

Cyclic Defrost Reviews Source: Cyclic Defrost. Lagoss & Abagwagwa – Island Slang (Discrepant) Various Artists – Recognition 25 Years (Recognition) Hara Alonso – touch•me•not (Fuu Records) Holden & Zimpel – The Universe Will Take Care Of You (Border Community) Judith Hamann – Aunes (Shelter Press)

A review of ‘Recognition 25 Years’, from the 🇵🇱 label Recognition. ▲ - Jacek Sienkiewicz, Tomas Sroczynski, Atom TM, Max Loderbauer, Ricardo Villalobos, Jackname Trouble, Porosty, Robert Piotrowicz, Jurek Przeździecki and more. @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social @rurokura.bsky.social @dense-pr.bsky.social

Interview with my good friend and collaborator Guido Zen AKA Abul Mogard. BTW if you haven't listened to his latest release Quiet Pieces, I highly recommend it 🔥

New interview with #AbulMogard on Cyclic Defrost! 🇦🇺 We talked about loudness, acoustics in different scenarios, the physical effects of sound, dissonance, his new label Soft Echoes, and more. - @abulmogard.bsky.social @klangsignals.bsky.social @folkwisdom.bsky.social @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social

paranoid - scattered light IX - feat: @jamesholden.bsky.social & Zimpel @bordercommunity.bsky.social @hothamsound.bsky.social Giro Araña #GhostAndTape @boardsofcanada.bsky.social Hara Alonso #CostinMiereanu Rebecca Foon Bohdan Stupak #AtomTM Jacek Sienkiewicz Natasha Barrett @oddnosdam.bsky.social

A review of ‘touch•me•not’ by Hara Alonso, released on Fuu Records. ▲ - ➡ www.cyclicdefrost.com/2025/07/hara... - @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social #CyclicDefrost #HaraAlonso #FuuLab #FuuRecords @dense-pr.bsky.social @smnagency.bsky.social @ahkosmos.bsky.social

A review of ‘Aunes’ by Judith Hamann on Shelter Press ▲ - @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social @shelter-press.bsky.social

Cyclic Defrost Reviews Source: Cyclic Defrost. Herbert and Momoko – Clay (Strut Records) Nicolás Melmann – Música Aperta (Umor Rex) People Like Us – Copia (Discrepant) Francis Bebey – Trésor Magnétique (Africa Seven) Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke – Tall Tales

Our review about #Sonar2025 △ - www.cyclicdefrost.com/2025/06/sona... - #Actress #SuzanneCiani @abulmogard.bsky.social @aimeeportioli.bsky.social @zsennef.bsky.social #AlvaNoto #AdrianSherwood @plaidmusic.bsky.social #Blawan - @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social 🇦🇺 @gumbyinmytumby.bsky.social 𓅪

A review of ‘Música Aperta’ by Nicolás Melmann on Umor Rex ▲ - @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social @klangsignals.bsky.social #NicolasMelmann #UmorRex

Our review about #Sonar2025 △ /feat: #Actress #SuzanneCiani @abulmogard.bsky.social @aimeeportioli.bsky.social @zsennef.bsky.social #AlvaNoto #FourTet #AdrianSherwood @plaidmusic.bsky.social @sonarfestival.bsky.social @modeselektor.bsky.social buenosaliens.com/notas.cfm/co... / #BuenosAliens 🇦🇷

Daito Manabe live last week ▲

Actress and Suzanne Ciani last week ▲

Alva Noto & Fennesz last Friday ▲ - @zsennef.bsky.social

Grand River & Abul Mogard live last Friday ▲ - @aimeeportioli.bsky.social @abulmogard.bsky.social @klangsignals.bsky.social

#Plaid live in BCN last Friday ▲ - @plaidmusic.bsky.social @warprecords.bsky.social

Christopher Chaplin a couple days ago in BCN. Kosmische. - @fabrique.bsky.social #ChristopherChaplin #Patriarchs

Seefeel last night in BCN, pure bliss. - @primavera-sound.bsky.social @warprecords.bsky.social #Seefeel @nitsaclub.bsky.social

There’s a new interview with the legend #WolfgangVoigt on #CyclicDefrost and they mention a review I wrote last winter. www.cyclicdefrost.com/2025/05/wolf... @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social @unsoundfestival.bsky.social

#TheNecks △ - #ChrisAbrahams #LloydSwanton #TonyBuck

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GAS – Human Club (BCN) 1st of February 2024 Earlier this month we treated ourselves to a well-crafted celebration in Barcelona with no other than GAS. Wolfgang Voigt needs no introduction here at Cyclic Defrost, he’s known for his artistic output and beyond, and for his metaphorical forest…

Cyclic Defrost Reviews Source: Cyclic Defrost. Seaworthy & Matt Rösner – Deep Valley (12k) This year saw the release of Australian artists Seaworthy and Matt Rösner’s ‘Deep Valley’, their… Scanner and Neil Leonard: The Berklee Sessions (Alltagsmusik) UK sound artist Scanner has sure kept us busy…

Cyclic Defrost Reviews Source: Cyclic Defrost. Philamelian | Elif Yalvaç – Sediments (TimbreWorks Records) Klara Lewis – Thankful Remixes (Editions Mego) Monopoly Child Star Searchers – This Year in Coconuts VOL.2 (Pacific City Discs/ Discrepant)

big love for cyclic defrost. great australian source for new and interesting music. gotta be one of the longest running sites/mags of its kind, too.