GREG DAVIS The Music Of Sounds
Interview with Greg Davis
In just a little over three years, Greg Davis has become one of the most talked about experimental musicians around. His first album, Arbor, published in 2002 on Carpark Records, introduced his blend of acoustic folk and laptop manipulations, and was promptly followed by Curling Pond Woods, which showed some slightly poppier tones. Yet, the scope of Davis’s work was to expand greatly with his more recent releases, ranging from calm evolving drones to live experimentations, either as a solo artist, or with artists as diverse as Keith Fullerton Whitman, Sebastien Roux or Steven Hess. We took the opportunity of the release of his superb collaboration with Paris-based Roux to catch up with Davis and talk about his already impressive body of work and his many approaches to music and sound.

MINOTAUR SHOCK / MAGNETOPHONE The Birthday Party
The Luminaire, Kilburn, London, Friday 19 November 2005
Part of 4AD’s 25th anniversary celebrations, which sees a wide range of activities this month, with the release of a compilation, a series of special releases and gigs in London, Kilburn’s The Luminaire welcomes Minotaur Shock and Magnétophone for a one-off event.

THE 2005 REVIEW
Time flies when you’re having fun says the proverb. It hasn’t all been fun, but it seems like yesterday when we presented you our last year round up, and it is this time of the year already. Listening to some, it has been a rather rich year when it comes to music, while listening to others, it has been rather poor. Well, here at themilkfactory, we certainly think there has been some good and some not so good, but all in all, there's been plenty to talk about. We’ve welcomed new contributors and featured more albums than any of the previous years, yet, looking back, there are so many we’ve missed it doesn’t ever bear thinking about… so here’s the official year round-up from us… almost!

MARK CLIFFORD & SIMON KEALOHA Running Taper / CALIKA Small Talk Kills Me
While Running Taper sees Calika’s Simon Kealoha collaborating with Mark Clifford, best known for being the mastermind behind Seefeel, his solo album, Small Talks Kills Me also demonstrates great maturity as a solo artist.

ALOG Catch That Tottem! (1998-2005)
Norwegian duo Alog follow the release of their third album, Miniature, earlier this year, with this fascinating collection of rare tracks.

ANOTHER ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN Use
Another Electronic Musician’s Jase Rex follows a series of compilation appearances with his debut album on which he attempts to fully develop his blend of digitalia and narcotic electro-dub beats.

THE BOATS We Made This For You
Second album for The Boats, We Made This For You offers a series of miniature scenes built around sounds sourced from a single piano.

COCTEAU TWINS Lullabies To Violaine
Essential release from 4AD to coincide with their twenty-fifth anniversary, Lullabies To Violaine collects the integral singles and EPs released by the Cocteau Twins during their sixteen-year career.

DEAF CENTER Pale Ravine
Follow-up to Deaf Center’s debut EP released earlier this year, Pale Ravine shows a broader musical and atmospheric scope.

DESORMAIS Dead Letters To Lost Friends / AVIA GARDNER More Than Tongue Can Tell
Two very different releases from Quebec City-based imprint Intr.version. While Desormais distill a jazz-influenced blend of post rock, Avia Gardner debut investigates classical-infused electronic formations.

FOUR TET Everything Ecstatic DVD / CARIBOU Marino: The Videos
While the Four Tet DVD is an audio-visual version of his album of the same title released earlier this year, Marino collects on one DVD the integral of the videos used by Caribou during his recent tour.

HULK Silver Thread Of Ghosts
The first full-length effort from Dublin-based Hulk, Silver Thread Of Ghosts combines field recordings, electronics and acoustic instrumentations into a stunning collection of haunting melodies and atmospheres.

ICARUS Carnivalesque
With their latest offering, published on their own imprint, British experimental duo Icarus continue to challenge and entertain as they push the boundaries of their visionary sound further into uncharted territories.

JUDITH JUILLERAT Soliloquy
Debut release for French chanteuse Judith Juillerat, Soliloquy combines digital synthesizers, beat boxes, guitars and piano into a soundtrack that, without any computer in sight, ensures it is her music that is heard and not her software.

DAVID SHEA The Book Of Scenes
American experimental composer David Shea returns with a far-reaching collection of short musical scenes.

SKALPEL Konfusion
Polish duo Skalpel return with their second slice of processed Eastern European jazz with added breaks, and this time, they present a much darker, seedier and soulful vision of late night smoky grooves.

UM Giraffe (Refined) / ASCOLTARE Fatty Parts For A Good Match
Split LP featuring fifteen tracks from UM and one long collage from Ascoltare. Strictly limited and utterly fun.

WON A Forest
Won is the solo project of Paris-based Sébastien Llinares, and this, his second album, proves to be a truly inspiring piece of work.