Tara Clerkin Trio
Not far off two years from the day, Bristol's Tara Clerkin Trio return to World of Echo and the EP format for a five song collection of quixotic, emotional redolence. But do not mistake their absence for inertia. If their musical output has been a little sparse during those in-between years, limited to a few solo ventures and an astonishing ten minute long piece as a trio, their time has otherwise been richly spent: continuous writing and recording, extensive live performances across Europe and Japan, a cultivation of local and more far-flung artistic connections (musical and otherwise), and a monthly NTS show that, through the voice of others, speaks most obviously to their own unorthodox interests. It's the conflux of that winding activity that leads indirectly to On The Turning Ground, 26 minutes of probing, thoughtful composition that draws from no one specific source.
Body Electric
Body Electric is a Nashville/Chicago based electronic duo consisting of Andie Billheimer and River Martel. The two often channel synths, plunderphonic sounds, woodwinds, and dubby fx loops into a grainy bed of abstract electro pop. They have spent time since the release of 2023 single “Plastic Arrows” developing a unique voice which crosses over a wide range of influences, especially those within dance and experimental music. Their latest body of work explores relationships between past/present, organic/artificial, and additive/subtractive. This is manifested through song forms processed and reprocessed through the use of palindromic structures, fragmented sampling and the juxtaposition of digital and analog mediums—each embedded within lyrical, musical, and sonic DNA.