On Repeat: Cello, Verticality, Feedback

On Sundays I try to at least quickly note some of my favorite listening from the week prior — things I would later regret having not written about in more depth, so better to share here briefly than not at all. ▰ Solo ambient cello, heavy on the texture, from Ukrainian musician Fedir Tkachov: ▰ On July 17, Kate Carr will release Vertical London (New Year’s Day), a collection of field recordings that aim to collate the sounds of London from minus 20 metres below sea level to 240 metres above, hence the album’s title. As of this writing, four of the set’s 22 tracks are online: “Early birds and planes in Loughborough Junction” “I am not sure which tube station is the furthest below sea level, but I am visiting quite a few” “Under the Thames with cyclists, joggers and echoes in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel” “Popping up at Island Gardens.” The embed isn’t working, so visit katecarr.bandcamp.com. ▰ The two-track EP Graceless is driving industrial noise, made with no-input feedback loops, from…