Release Day Roundup – 9/25/20
Editor’s Note: Longtime reader Remi VL is a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group for more recommen... Read More...
Release Day Roundup – 5/4/18
Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of quality new music. But whi... Read More...
Can This Even Be Called Music? // May 2018
This column will now be a monthly feature where I point the Heavy crowd to some more obscure releases that deserve to be heard. If you want more obscure and weird music recommendations, visit my website!
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Beyond the Veil: Behold the Xenharmonic, or, Understanding Microtonal Music
Microtonal music is a subject seldom tackled. First, it's complex and pretty much endless, and then it's also quite obscure, being only rarely used in day-to-day context. Therefore, it's often never even encountered to begin with. With this article, I will try to demystify the theory behind microtonal music so you can understand it, and hopefully appreciate it. I will also hop between the terms microtonal and xenharmonic, as they are interchangeable.