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2011: A Retrospective

We’re joining in the list fever this year – though not before the year is more or less through – with the favourite 2011 records from Evening of Light HQ. Of course we missed tons of good releases out there, but these at least are things we particularly enjoyed. Thanks to all the artists and [...]

Review: Sand Snowman – The World’s Not Worth It (2011)

artist: Sand Snowman release: The World’s Not Worth It format: LP, 2xCD year of release: 2011 label: Tonefloat duration: 43:09

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It’s always a great pleasure to be able to follow an artist from humble beginnings to a wonderful present. Sand Snowman is one of those artists who I’ve been lucky enough to [...]

Interview: Dirk Serries

Photo by Sjugge

This interview was mainly conducted in February 2009, on the night of the Tonefloat festival in Paradiso, Amsterdam. It was corrected and supplemented with some additional material in March 2011, to roughly coincide with the release of the Chasing the Odyssey retrospective box set on Tonefloat. [...]

Review: Vidna Obmana – 1987 – 2007 Chasing the Odyssee (2011)

artist: Vidna Obmana release: 1987 – 2007 Chasing the Odyssee format: 8x LP year of release: 2011 label: Tonefloat duration: 5:18:30

detailed info: discogs.com

It’s been a few years in the making, but this winter, the grand retrospective Vidna Obmana box was finally finished and released. It contains a representative selection of the music Dirk [...]

Review: (tf100) – tf100 (2011)

artist: (tf100) release: tf100 format: book, 2x 10″ vinyl year of release: 2011 label: tonefloat duration: 42:39

To celebrate its 100th anniversary (i.e. 100 releases), Dutch Tonefloat Records organised a festival and created a book chronicling the history of the label. Over the years, the label has come to be known for its unique philosophy [...]

Review: Sand Snowman - Two Way Mirror (2009)

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artist: Sand Snowman release: Two Way Mirror format: 2xCD / LP year of release: 2009 label: tonefloat duration: 1:27:10

detailed info: discogs.com.

Things have been going fast for Sand Snowman in the past few years. The london-based Irish guitarist and composer has gone from several obscure MP3 and CDr [...]