Category Archives: Modern Composition

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Luca Longobardi ~ P.eople.

One says, “Hey, you got your drone in my classical music!”  The other responds, “You got your classical music in my drone!”  They pause to sample the new concoction, and together exclaim, “Delicious!”  (To understand the reference, click here.) It’s

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Luca Longobardi ~ P.eople.

One says, “Hey, you got your drone in my classical music!”  The other responds, “You got your classical music in my drone!”  They pause to sample the new concoction, and together exclaim, “Delicious!”  (To understand the reference, click here.) It’s

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Rhian Sheehan ~ Stories from Elsewhere

A swelling synth and plaintive piano offer the barest whisper of a greeting, and cast a malaise over a distant field recording of the hum of everyday life. It is an unassuming entrance to an album that slowly yet insistently

rhian sheehan stories from elsewhere

Rhian Sheehan ~ Stories from Elsewhere

A swelling synth and plaintive piano offer the barest whisper of a greeting, and cast a malaise over a distant field recording of the hum of everyday life. It is an unassuming entrance to an album that slowly yet insistently

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Tiago Sousa ~ Samsara

The teaching of samsara, or “continuous flow”, is that a spiritual cycle of birth, death and rebirth haunts all of creation.  A beautiful 2012 documentary of the same name loosely translates the concept to cinema, albeit with heavy moral implications.

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Tiago Sousa ~ Samsara

The teaching of samsara, or “continuous flow”, is that a spiritual cycle of birth, death and rebirth haunts all of creation.  A beautiful 2012 documentary of the same name loosely translates the concept to cinema, albeit with heavy moral implications.

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Deison/Galan ~ Cayendo

Italy’s Deison has been recording for decades, and is still experimenting with new ideas.  He’s never settled into a single mode of recording or focused on a single genre.  This creative restlessness has worked to his advantage.  Cayendo doesn’t sound like any of

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Deison/Galan ~ Cayendo

Italy’s Deison has been recording for decades, and is still experimenting with new ideas.  He’s never settled into a single mode of recording or focused on a single genre.  This creative restlessness has worked to his advantage.  Cayendo doesn’t sound like any of

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BJM Mario Bajardi ~ Glass Orchestra

After a decade of composing, teaching, and even launching a television show, Palermo’s BJM Mario Bajardi broke through in a big way last year with the internet sensation, “The Sound of Wine”.  The video (shown below) racked up a quarter million hits

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BJM Mario Bajardi ~ Glass Orchestra

After a decade of composing, teaching, and even launching a television show, Palermo’s BJM Mario Bajardi broke through in a big way last year with the internet sensation, “The Sound of Wine”.  The video (shown below) racked up a quarter million hits

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Fabrizio Paterlini ~ Now

2012′s Autumn Stories made our Top Ten Modern Composition list, and since then, pianist Fabrizio Paterlini has gotten better.  That album possessed a sparse beauty; this one bursts with an array of colors. Paterlini has taken some chances on Now, adding more strings and percussion and

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Fabrizio Paterlini ~ Now

2012′s Autumn Stories made our Top Ten Modern Composition list, and since then, pianist Fabrizio Paterlini has gotten better.  That album possessed a sparse beauty; this one bursts with an array of colors. Paterlini has taken some chances on Now, adding more strings and percussion and

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Piano Interrupted ~ Two by Four

When a label picks up a recent record for re-release, it’s helpful to add bonuses.  Denovali goes all out with this version of Two by Four, initially released on Days of Being Wild, by nearly doubling the length.  The vinyl /

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Piano Interrupted ~ Two by Four

When a label picks up a recent record for re-release, it’s helpful to add bonuses.  Denovali goes all out with this version of Two by Four, initially released on Days of Being Wild, by nearly doubling the length.  The vinyl /

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Bruno Bavota ~ La casa sulla Luna

Every once in a while, we come across something that is exactly as it appears, and all the better for it.  Bruno Bavota‘s album La casa sulla Luna (The house on the Moon) looks like a cheerful, romantic piano disc, and that’s

Bruno Bavota

Bruno Bavota ~ La casa sulla Luna

Every once in a while, we come across something that is exactly as it appears, and all the better for it.  Bruno Bavota‘s album La casa sulla Luna (The house on the Moon) looks like a cheerful, romantic piano disc, and that’s