Magnus Schaefer

Magnus studies art history in Berlin and writes about experimental music and contemporary art. He is a regular contributor to Vital Weekly and Earlabs.

latest reviews by Magnus Schaefer....
Magnus' lifetime average review-rating is 6.71
Billy Bao "Accumulation" Soilid single from this Mattin project... rated 8/10 (13 August, 2008)
Miss Massive Snowflake "Queen?s Headache" Hit-or-miss... rated 5/10 (13 August, 2008)
Sonic Systems Laboratory Excellent work for two vibraphones... rated 8/10 (9 July, 2008)
Japancakes "The Sleepy Strange" Reissue of Japancakes 2nd album... rated 6/10 (15 April, 2008)
Cameron Wood "Can one destroy the night by one?s mere scorning?" Lovely self-released CDR... rated 7/10 (18 March, 2008)
Sam Amidon "All is Well" Amidon's second album on Bedroom Community... rated 7/10 (19 February, 2008)
Burial Hex "Menstrual Hoax" Sinister lofi hell from Clay Ruby... rated 5/10 (12 February, 2008)
Billy Bao "Fuck Separation" This release signifies heaviness & radicality... rated 8/10 (5 February, 2008)
Catastrophic Mermaids on Parade Debut CDR from URCK Records... rated 6/10 (5 February, 2008)
Various Artists "Frannce" Massive triple compilation from, you guessed it, France... rated 9/10 (22 January, 2008)
Kim Hiorth?y "My Last Day" Pleasant, but predictable... rated 6/10 (22 January, 2008)
Rokkiryhm "Toiseus" New CDR from this Finnish project... rated 7/10 (22 January, 2008)
Cokiyu "Mirror Flake" Debut album from this Japanese artist... rated 6/10 (7 November, 2007)
Marek Styczynski "Cyber Totem" Not so great.... rated 4/10 (31 October, 2007)
Nattavaara Rocks "Linger Through a Winter" Melancholy and quite lovely..... rated 7/10 (24 October, 2007)
 
 
26 September, 2010
The New Foxy Digitalis Check out the new site.... feature :: by Brad Rose

8 September, 2010
Ernesto Diaz-Infante Since the mid-nineties, composer/guitarist Ernesto Diaz-Infante has been releasing some of the most boldly unclassifiable and uncompromising music that spans an unbelievably wide range of sounds... feature :: by David Perron

Horaflora Horaflora is San Francisco-based musician Raub Roy. .. feature :: by Mike Pursley

1 September, 2010
Bis auf’s Messer Berlin’s Bis auf’s Messer emporium has all bases covered. From two rooms in the Eastern borough of Friedrichshain, Robert and Stefan run a store and a mailorder operation, they organize gigs, and not one, but two labels... feature :: by Jan-Arne Sohns

Neon Marshmallow Fest Recap More so than perhaps any festival on the radar, the lineup itself was truly the draw of Chicago’s inaugural Neon Marshmallow Fest, the four-day cornucopia of experimental music of all stripes.... feature :: by Travis Bird
15 September, 2010
Lucky 13 Jani Hellén's 13,000,000th dream.. podcast :: by Jani Hellén

10 August, 2010
Early Women Composers A collection of tracks from some of the best female composers this century... podcast :: by Brad Rose

5 August, 2010
Hobo Cult #1 First set of tunes from the man behind Hobo Cult/Hobo Cubes... podcast :: by Frank Ouellette

15 July, 2010
LAFMS Podcast #1 A selection of tracks from the might Los Angeles Free Music Society.. podcast :: by Andrew Murdock Livingston

3 July, 2010
ALPHACAST A collection of songs from the mighty Colin Ward AKA Alphabets in celebration of the ALPHABOX release... podcast :: by Brad Rose
 
 
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