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    Formuls – Disorder as a function of time (from Graz to Holycross); Obsession as a function of time (inertia)

    by 5:4 June 28, 2025 • 08:17
    June 28, 2025 • 08:17

    It’s always good to hear new music from Birmingham composer James Dooley, aka Formuls. He’s recently put out two releases that are essentially siblings. It’s been a while (too long) since i last wrote about Dooley’s work, but on that occasion i was exploring music that sat in various levels …

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    The Isolation Mixtapes : F

    by 5:4 May 11, 2020 • 10:35
    May 11, 2020 • 10:35

    Another week, another isolation mixtape, this time focusing on groups, composers and artists beginning with the letter F. Twenty tracks, two of the best from each of the years 2010 to 2019, as usual exploring them in chronological order. Here’s the tracklisting in full, together with approximate timings and links …

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    Altered (steady) states: Kenneth Kirschner – September 27, 2016 / November 17, 2016; Markus Reuter – Falling for Ascension; Formuls – entryiseasierthantheexit_exit

    by 5:4 October 3, 2017 • 13:57
    October 3, 2017 • 13:57

    A few years ago, when writing an extensive monograph on the music of Kenneth Kirschner, i used the term ‘steady state’ to indicate the particular way in many of his works that material is deployed and juxtaposed over extended periods of time. This latter aspect, extended time, is vital: both …

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