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Boomkat review of: SLOW LISTENER - Snow Failing From A Blue Clear Sky I haven't concealed my deep love for the beautifully presented Ruralfaune label, but here's where it gets really special. Slow Listener come from Brighton, but you couldn't guess from the music - he manages to produce a shockingly beautiful long-form pieces of hissing, degraded beauty which defies easy comparison although I guess the most obvious link would be to William Basinski, who shares a similar love for the slow and degraded sounds of old tapes. Slow Listener also has much in common with the Skaters (or side...

Portland natives Clark Stiles and Nathan Khyber co-founded the Good Listeners in 2006, following a move from the rainy northwest to Los Angeles. The pair recorded their debut album, Ojai, in ten short days, and their contribution to the Devil Wears Prada soundtrack helped increase their fan base on the West Coast. The release of a second album, Crane Point Lodge, followed before the year was up. After adding drummer Derek Brown and trumpeter/keyboardist Stewart Cole to their touring lineup, the Good Listeners spent much of the following two years on the road, capturing the experience on videotape. The footage...