On Repeat: Killer Glitch Hum

I try to at least quickly note some of my favorite listening — things I’ll later regret having not written about in more depth, so better to share here briefly than not at all.

▰ To Die For: Pretty much all I’ve been listening to the past few days is the score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for David Fincher’s new movie, The Killer. At the opening of the film, the title character talks about how he listens to music as a tool to concentrate. His repertoire of choice is the Smiths. Me? I listen to Reznor and Ross’ scores when I want to concentrate. 

https://trentreznor-atticusross.bandcamp.com/album/the-killer-original-score

▰ Signal Booster: Glitching, atmospheric, percolating — Tomotsugu Nakamura’s new album, Antenna, on the great Audiobulb label, is endlessly listenable. And for all its gentleness, it’ll keep you alert with unexpected fissures, textures, and switchbacks.

https://tomotsugu.bandcamp.com/album/antenna

▰ Hum Bucker: My friend Mahlen Morris recorded this excellent assemblage of “field recordings of humming sounds, from commercial refrigerators to restaurant bathroom fans to San Francisco’s cable car track, all looped and blended together.” (And he kinda named it for me, which is super nice.)