Jacob Arnold, Author at Gridface

2021 Top 10s

By Jacob Arnold December 31, 2021 January 8, 2022 Year-End Charts

Favorite albums of the year Continue reading

Horizon: Magic Music

By Jacob Arnold November 18, 2021 November 18, 2021 Liner Notes

Out this month on Jerome Derradji’s Past Due Records is a collection of all of Horizon’s rare, sought-after 45s along with 10 previously unreleased songs and a history of the band written by me. Continue reading

Netwerk: I Need You

By Jacob Arnold September 6, 2021 September 6, 2021 Liner Notes

Out this month on Jerome Derradji’s Past Due Records is an official reissue of Netwerk’s lost boogie album “I Need You” on gatefold double LP or CD with booklet. Both include 8 unreleased songs and the story of the band written by me. Continue reading

The Adventures of Captain Sky

By Jacob Arnold October 9, 2020 June 17, 2021 Liner Notes

Every superhero has an origin story, and I am excited to share the one-of-a-kind tale of Captain Sky via reissues of his first two albums. Continue reading

Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe: Mind Kontrol

By Jacob Arnold July 1, 2020 July 16, 2020 Reviews: IDM

Lowe’s modular synthesizer pieces are textured yet precise. There’s something soothing and familiar about this entire album. Continue reading

Nicole Mitchell and Moor Mother: Offering – Live at Le Guess Who

By Jacob Arnold June 28, 2020 July 16, 2020 Reviews: Jazz

Nicole Mitchell and Moor Mother: Offering cover

Powerful electronic bass, exquisite wind tones, squawking free jazz horns, and Moor Mother’s poetry as instrument of a welcome future. Continue reading

Gerald Cleaver: Signs

By Jacob Arnold June 20, 2020 July 16, 2020 Reviews: IDM

Billed as jazz drummer Cleaver’s return to his Detroit roots, this LP of mesmerizing synth pieces is far from typical techno. It’s been some time since I’ve found an album of experimental synthesizer work so beautifully inspired. Continue reading