Crash Chords Podcast

Let's have a look at an album called Monument Builders by Loscil, a project by composer Scott Morgan. An ambient/electronica work at its core, Monument Builders was inspired by the Philip Glass score to the experimental film Koyaanisqatsi. The album spurs us to tackle a rare form of composition---the Vancouver native's unique brand of structured ambient minimalism---before entering our follow-up discussion on the importance of volume in music. (Hint: it's pretty important.) Continue reading