Join Our E-mail List
Subscribe to Ball of Wax!
Subscribe now!
Help keep this Ball rolling, and get a ludicrous amount of music for a tiny amount of money!
Category Archives: Ball of Wax
Ball of Wax 66 Songs: Bryan Nicolas Brophy – “Watch the World”
As I hope is obvious by now, I am a fan of all kinds of strange and weird and adventurous music/sound: Weird time signatures; drone; unusual or homemade instruments; noisy, lo-fi recordings, I love it all. That said, I’m also … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 66 Songs: The Magic of Multiples – “Mimas”
The Magic of Multiples brings multitudinous multitracking (of voices) over asymmetrical meter: we’ve heard this before, somewhere in the shadows of our memory, but it remains just beyond the edge of identification. Ball of Wax Volume 66 by The Magic … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 66 Songs: PonyHomie – “Lost”
PonyHomie’s “Lost” is a four-on-the-floor, kick drum dance party, complete with frantically climbing, arpeggiated synthesizers, drum machine handclaps, and warbling, vocoder-like vocals. This darkly subdued take on new wave calls to mind bands like Survive (of Stranger Things fame) and The Faint. … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 66 Songs: Darryl Blood w/Green Light Cameras – “A Hunter in Hiding”
I’m trying to determine what portion of the excitement I feel when listening to “A Hunter in Hiding” is due to this being a collaboration between two of my favorite Ball of Wax regulars (one of them a collaborator of … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 66 Songs: autOaudiO – “Ocean City”
Dig deep enough into any keyboard or synthesizer, and you will find sounds with names like “metal” or “crystal vibes” or “glass.” autOaudiO’s “Ocean City” builds its nest with these deep dives into preset patches. Though bird calls and sitar-inspired … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 66 Songs: Virgin of the Birds – “Dreaming with the Hobgoblin”
I think Jon Rooney/Virgin of the Birds first shared his minimalist, synthy side with us on Ball of Wax 53, with his simmering meditation “The Earth Won’t Die, We Will.” He hasn’t stopped writing erudite pop songs, but I appreciate that … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 66 Songs: Jason Sidney Sanford – “16 Oct. 2021_experiment 02”
It would be tempting to listen to this piece as a synth workout with all of the voices set to tones one wouldn’t normally use, say “sweet jam and dig that low-end groove,” and leave it at that. However, context … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 66 Songs: THEATH / MANNING – “Skeletons and Snakes”
Following on the heels of Disinterested’s beautifully awkward musical conversation, our old pals THEATH and Marc Manning bring us another type of sonic dialogue. “Skeletons and Snakes,” from the duo’s forthcoming project ABSTRACT HYMNS FOR TEOTIHUACAN, has similar elements of … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 66 Songs: Disinterested – “SHALLWEORSHALLWENOTBELOVERS”
Matthew Emerson Brown, aka Disinterested, brings us “SHALLWEORSHALLWENOTBELOVERS,” an instrumental interpretation of that awkward time when you’re connecting with someone, and would like to keep connecting with them, perhaps in a more intimate way, and you’re not quite sure whether … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 66 Songs: oddkinn – “Lily”
This track from oddkinn – a project which has at least some overlap with our newish Arizonan pals Sceneries, Placements, who have appeared on every single volume since 61 – is, as the kids say, a mood. (Are the kids … Continue reading