Dec 10, 2015 | Reviews, Todd Tobias Reviews
“Let’s have Mr. Tobias introduce his album, Tristes Tropiques: “A dreamy, hypnotic, melancholy-soaked collection evoking far-flung places where small-scale societies and indigenous cultures have vanished or are in the process of being swallowed by an...
Dec 10, 2015 | Antonymes Reviews, Cheekbone Reviews, Chloë March Review, Elisa Luu Reviews, Erik Nilsson Reviews, Gilded Reviews, Kryshe Reviews, Markus Mehr Reviews, Medard Fischer Reviews, Reviews, Sleeping Me Reviews, Slow Dancing Society Reviews, Todd Tobias Reviews
“You might recognise Hidden Shoal from our piece on Olive Skinned, Silver Tongued Sirens Sing Swan Songs, the latest album from REW<<. The label has recently released Long Range Transmissions, the first in a series of themed compilations which showcase the...
Jul 17, 2015 | Reviews, Todd Tobias Reviews
“Tobias’s LP is a magnificent follow up to his Impossible Cities 1 & 2, somehow going much further than those to records, and having more of a spacey, Eno-esque feel to it. And…. he’s back with another brilliant record. You’d never...
Jun 26, 2015 | Reviews, Todd Tobias Reviews
“For Tristes Tropiques (‘Sad Tropics’), Todd Tobias “sought to evoke far-fung places where indigenous cultures have either vanished or are in the process of being swallowed up by an ever-expanding global civilization”. The inspiration for this album (as well as...
Jun 23, 2015 | Reviews, Todd Tobias Reviews
“Something lurks beneath the lush melancholia of this first track from Todd Tobias’ forthcoming Tristes Tropiques. The imagery in my head is organic yet machinic, like a Vangelis-scored nature documentary.” – Life Is Noise
Jun 23, 2015 | Reviews, Todd Tobias Reviews
“despite his profile being considerably higher than the stuff i usually feature here, i am always happy to post the music of todd tobias because he approached me himself. also, the music is excellent. todd has a new album on the way, called ‘tristes...
