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Deepest Currents is a Portland, Oregon-based music website, focusing on new releases and general reviews, as well as cultural events happening around the Pacific Northwest. Genre coverage varies widely, capturing everything from indie rock to experimental. Navigate to the "About Us" tab for more information and the "Contact" tab to reach out. To browse what has been written already, scan this page, visit the "New Music" or "Features" tabs, or use the search function.

Nathan Yoder

Feb 1

A Chat with Marisa Dabice

Over the course of an hour of back-and-forth messaging, Dabice shared a bit about her love of tie-dying, revisited Patience highlights, talk

Nathan Yoder

Jan 22

Recommended Listening: Carmen Villain - Sketch for Winter IX - Perlita

GN invited Carmen Villain, the Norwegian-Mexican musician and producer, to paint winter scenes via sonic textures, and the result is exquisi

Nathan Yoder

Jan 21

Recommended Listening: Nick Schofield - Glass Gallery

On Glass Gallery, Montreal-based composer Nick Schofield brings a similar warmth and light, but via his vintage Prophet-600 synth. His cent

Nathan Yoder

Jan 19

Recommended Listening: Allred & Broderick - What the Fog

The duo has joined forces in the past, but their most recent offering is a distillation of an 11-hour (!!!) soundtrack to Jennifer Anderson

Nathan Yoder

Jan 19

Recommended Listening: Subsonic Eye - Nature of Things

Subsonic Eye hails from Singapore, but their sound pulls from all sorts of international influences. Twin guitar noodling on Fruitcake and

Nathan Yoder

Jan 13

Recommended Listening: Yvette Janine Jackson - Freedom

Jackson is an accomplished composer, sound installation artist, and assistant professor in Harvard's music department. She chose radio dram

Nathan Yoder

Jan 11

Soundwalking Portland

Beginning last November, and running well into 2021, the contemporary arts organization is presenting a series of "soundwalks" - guided adve

Nathan Yoder

Jan 8

Winter 20/21

Here's a playlist for you to enjoy as these dark winter days slowly begin to lighten. It was constructed right before a short retreat on th

Nathan Yoder

Jan 4

While We Were Away

Though the release calendar tends to thin out a bit between Thanksgiving and the new year, excellent albums do drop, and are sometimes overl

Nathan Yoder

Dec 8, 2020

"Currently" with Green-House

Our sixth (and likely final) "Currently" entry is from Olive Ardizoni, an LA-based artist who creates organically-tinged ambient environment

Nathan Yoder

Dec 3, 2020

DC's 2020: All the Rest

A single, an EP, a compilation, and a few editorial ramblings to round out 2020.

Nathan Yoder

Dec 2, 2020

DC's Favorite Albums of 2020

DC's favorite 10 albums of 2020, from really good to REALLY good, with a few audio links as well for you to catch. Cheers!

Nathan Yoder

Dec 1, 2020

DC's Favorite Songs of 2020

DC's favorite 20 songs of 2020, in randomized order with an accompanying playlist for you to enjoy. Cheers!

Nathan Yoder

Nov 24, 2020

One Hour

Running an hour and meant to be played uninterrupted from start to finish with the listener experiencing little external distraction, it is

Nathan Yoder

Nov 23, 2020

Album of the Week - Nicholas Maloney - Lignum Muzek

In case you haven't experienced enough unsettledness in 2020, here is an offering of longform pieces characterized by backwoods field record

Nathan Yoder

Nov 19, 2020

Album Preview - Oleksandr Demianenko - Tapes Recorded for Watercolors Vol. 2

Just as he captures and preserves images on film, Demianenko collects field recordings when exploring remote corners of the world. Sometime

Nathan Yoder

Nov 18, 2020

Album Preview - Ian William Craig & Daniel Lentz - In a Word

For RVNG Intl.'s 16th volume in their FRKWYS series, in which they invite two musicians of different generations to collaborate, the Brookly

Nathan Yoder

Nov 17, 2020

Album Preview - Lisa/Liza - Shelter of a Song

When Liza Victoria repeats the lyric "you know I've walked down dark alleys" through the opening track of her new album, it sounds like a li

Nathan Yoder

Nov 16, 2020

Album Preview - Jordan Reyes - Sand Like Stardust

On his first album, Reyes used only eurorack synthesizer, but knew that on Sand Like Stardust, he wanted to explore a more organic sound. T

Nathan Yoder

Nov 16, 2020

Album of the Week - Ana Roxanne - Because of a Flower

Because of a Flower is Ana Roxanne's first official full-length album (though ~~~ is a noteworthy release, too) and it took five years of ha

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