New stuff happening on the blog!
Last week we dropped a new Nice V (this one from our own Yoshigem) focused on live microtonal performances)
And today we share an interview with our own Gizzverse guru, W.B.T.G. Slinger from the Rhombus Connection podcast on JEMP Radio.
Join us as we celebrate the 10 year anniversary of everyone’s favorite nine-sided, infinitely looping masterpiece! @TimelandIsWacky has kicked down another great write-up!
Wow, I had somehow missed that it was Nonagon that led to the need to do “just some songs” on PMDB.
Yeah I found that really interesting, too. I liked reading about the connections between Nonagon and Murder of the Universe. I hadn’t realized that a lot of stuff they first did in Nonagon was the initial foray into what evolved into later works. Like could they have made Rats Nest without Road Train?
This is what I love so much about KGLW – they’re not afraid to take risks on albums and plant seeds that grow in future works. As the listener, it adds useful context and meaning to their work beyond the music itself, and that’s the kind of music that really resonates with me.
I was just thinking the other day about how they sowed the seeds for the electronic influences to creep into their work which has now bloomed into the upcoming techno album. Its been so cool to see these electronic ideas go from their infancy on BF3K (which the band was unable to figure out how to perform live for a while!), the emergence of a eurorack on stage that Joey would use during Magenta Mountain, the birth and growth of Nathan which bloomed into The Silver Cord, and now here were go with something the band is confident enough in to label as techno!
Heck, even when they “take a break” from a musical thread they’re tugging at, the results are generally pretty good. I mean good grief, their “b-sides” albums are pretty killer on their own!
Just released, a new Nice V by @W.B.T.G.Slinger that focuses on favorite versions of “The River.”
I do remember thinking during the Chicago River that is was reminiscent of an Eyes jam from say ‘73 or ‘74, but I don’t think the band is familiar enough with the Dead for that to have been intentional. I could tell that it was certainly Dead inspired, but the easy Dark Star reference never sat right with me. It was just very spacy in a way the Dead often got to in various jams before they started separating out the Space section in ‘78.
We’ve got a new Nice V to kick off the month of June. Vol. 6 consists of a rundown of favorite Pipe-eye tracks by yours truly. Hope you enjoy!
I’ve got some listening to do! Have to admit that I am not familiar with all of these Pipe-eye releases. Time to dig in!
Want to know what’s new on Gizz Tapes? We’ve got a blog for that!
Sunday surprise! We’ve got a new Nice V written by @BetweenTheEars and featuring some awesome art from @Jorclank.
Amby fans unite!
We have a new blog post for the end of July and we’re really stoked for this one! Our own Photon Obscura has interviewed KGLW’s lighting director Terence Ankeny and provided some stunning photos to accompany their conversation. Check out the full post for details on Terence’s process and philosophy as a lighting artist. And watch for Part 2 of the interview in late August.
This is so awesome. It’s great to hear from the wizards behind the curtain!
The KGLW.net crew’s picks for FoV ‘26. Hard to choose from such a wide swath of talent!
A little behind on blog updates.
In late August we dropped part 2 of our interview with KGLW lighting director Terence:
And at the beginning of September we published an “omnibus” recap of our FoV II experiences: