Category Archives: Modern Composition
Spindle Ensemble ~ Inkling
This beautiful fried egg of an album has been sizzling for a couple years, with a double-sided single in 2019 followed by a third single in 2021. Now the butter has permeated the recording and the yolk is a gorgeous
Spindle Ensemble ~ Inkling
This beautiful fried egg of an album has been sizzling for a couple years, with a double-sided single in 2019 followed by a third single in 2021. Now the butter has permeated the recording and the yolk is a gorgeous
Rutger Zuydervelt / Hugo Dijkstal / Peter Hollo ~ BERG (Music for a film by Joke Olthaar)
Described as “an ode to the mountains,” director Joke Olthaar‘s BERG is an enchanting, patient film, shot in black and white to produce vistas of elegance. Such a film deserves a pristine score, and is graced with not one, but three: the one
Rutger Zuydervelt / Hugo Dijkstal / Peter Hollo ~ BERG (Music for a film by Joke Olthaar)
Described as “an ode to the mountains,” director Joke Olthaar‘s BERG is an enchanting, patient film, shot in black and white to produce vistas of elegance. Such a film deserves a pristine score, and is graced with not one, but three: the one
Jay Chakravorty ~ A Map With No Memory
A Map With No Memory dances gently across the genres of ambient, electronic, drone and modern composition. These flirtations reflect the genesis of the compositions, written to reflect the experience of falling in and out of love with people and places.
Jay Chakravorty ~ A Map With No Memory
A Map With No Memory dances gently across the genres of ambient, electronic, drone and modern composition. These flirtations reflect the genesis of the compositions, written to reflect the experience of falling in and out of love with people and places.
Nainita Desai ~ The Reason I Jump
The film release has been delayed to June 18, but we already have an exquisite sneak peak in the music of Nainita Desai. The Reason I Jump is an elegant study of autism, based on Naoki Higashida’s striking autobiography, written when
Nainita Desai ~ The Reason I Jump
The film release has been delayed to June 18, but we already have an exquisite sneak peak in the music of Nainita Desai. The Reason I Jump is an elegant study of autism, based on Naoki Higashida’s striking autobiography, written when
Nat Bartsch ~ Hope
One can never have too many albums about hope, especially albums as soothing and life affirming as Australian pianist Nat Bartsch‘s new release. While listening, one can feel one’s cares drifting away, to the point that one might ask if Bartsch
Nat Bartsch ~ Hope
One can never have too many albums about hope, especially albums as soothing and life affirming as Australian pianist Nat Bartsch‘s new release. While listening, one can feel one’s cares drifting away, to the point that one might ask if Bartsch
V/A ~ Stills 01
Here’s a unique idea: ask sound designers to look at works of art and imagine them as movie stills. Then ask the composers to score the subsequent scenes. A trio of artists from the String and Tins family selected works
V/A ~ Stills 01
Here’s a unique idea: ask sound designers to look at works of art and imagine them as movie stills. Then ask the composers to score the subsequent scenes. A trio of artists from the String and Tins family selected works
Christine Ott ~ Time To Die
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Roy Batty’s dying monologue in Blade Runner, written by David Webb Peoples, then revised and spoken by Rutger Hauer is one of the iconic speeches in cinema – it’s a moment that elevates
Christine Ott ~ Time To Die
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Roy Batty’s dying monologue in Blade Runner, written by David Webb Peoples, then revised and spoken by Rutger Hauer is one of the iconic speeches in cinema – it’s a moment that elevates
Bryce Dessner, Australian String Quartet, Sydney Dance Company ~ Impermanence / Disintegration
Impermanence/Disintegration is an album of its time, written in response to one disaster and recorded during another. In the wake of the 2019 Australian wildfires, the album was conceived as a meditation on the “fleeting transcience of life.” Bryce Dessner, the
Bryce Dessner, Australian String Quartet, Sydney Dance Company ~ Impermanence / Disintegration
Impermanence/Disintegration is an album of its time, written in response to one disaster and recorded during another. In the wake of the 2019 Australian wildfires, the album was conceived as a meditation on the “fleeting transcience of life.” Bryce Dessner, the
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