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    D’Incise – the fields remain while the recorder has long vanished

    by 5:4 January 18, 2026 • 06:00
    January 18, 2026 • 06:00

    i’ve been revisiting the music of Switzerland-based sound artist D’Incise (aka Laurent Peter) lately, and one work in particular i’ve found myself coming back to again and again and again. For many of his releases, Peter gives succinct information elaborating their inspiration and / or production, but for his 2012 …

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    Re:Enactment – Kittens

    by 5:4 January 13, 2026 • 11:45
    January 13, 2026 • 11:45

    i’m not going to pretend i can really hear the lyrics. But then, that’s not what drew me to Australian band Re:Enactment in the first place. They’re one of a sizeable number of a projects i discovered following first contact with Ektoise, whose assorted members have been active under a …

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    Techdiff – P.Conv

    by 5:4 January 9, 2026 • 16:27
    January 9, 2026 • 16:27

    Happy New Year everyone! In usual 5:4 fashion, i want to start the new year, in the wake of the festive season’s (over-)indulgences, with an exploration of some great music that you can obtain completely free, gratis and for nothing. Though it should be stressed, if you want to, you …

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    Best Albums of 2025 (Part 1)

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    Patricia Alessandrini & Marco Fusi – Proximity, Distance

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    Aya – Hexed!

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    Quinquis – Eor

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    Enno Poppe – Körper

    by 5:4 December 17, 2025 • 09:48
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    HCMF 2025 (Part 2)

    by 5:4 December 12, 2025 • 10:32
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    HCMF 2025 (Part 1)

    by 5:4 December 8, 2025 • 09:39
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    Chiyoko Szlavnics – Memory Spaces

    by 5:4 December 5, 2025 • 09:13
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    Sacrum Profanum 2025 (Part 2)

    by 5:4 December 1, 2025 • 12:17
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    Sacrum Profanum 2025 (Part 1)

    by 5:4 November 25, 2025 • 13:56
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    Fermata HCMF

    by 5:4 November 21, 2025 • 09:43
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    Dieter Ammann – Glut – music for orchestra

    by 5:4 November 19, 2025 • 14:51
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    Olev Muska – New Estonian Waltzes; Sander Saarmets – Bleu Précieux

    by 5:4 November 14, 2025 • 11:49
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    AFEKT 2025 (Part 2)

    by 5:4 November 10, 2025 • 06:00
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    Fermata Profanum

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    AFEKT 2025 (Part 1)

    by 5:4 November 5, 2025 • 09:43
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