Category Archives: Modern Composition

Vieo Abiungo ~ The Dregs

The name Vieo Abiungo may sound familiar, while the specific memory may be elusive; the last time William Ryan Fritch released an album under this moniker, we were only three months old!  Since then, he’s become the flagship artist for the ever-reliable Lost

Vieo Abiungo ~ The Dregs

The name Vieo Abiungo may sound familiar, while the specific memory may be elusive; the last time William Ryan Fritch released an album under this moniker, we were only three months old!  Since then, he’s become the flagship artist for the ever-reliable Lost

Daniel Thorne ~ Lines of Sight

Solo piano records are a dime a dozen, albums made entirely of cello are hardly rare, and even drum-only sets have featured on our pages. Experts of their chosen voice like to stretch it beyond convention and even recognition. Learning

Daniel Thorne ~ Lines of Sight

Solo piano records are a dime a dozen, albums made entirely of cello are hardly rare, and even drum-only sets have featured on our pages. Experts of their chosen voice like to stretch it beyond convention and even recognition. Learning

Bernard Rands ~ Chains Like the Sea

We love a unified thematic release.  Chains Like the Sea places its planets in alignment.  Robert Henry Harrison‘s cover art is the entry point.  This oil painting, Dylan Thomas Boathouse, is angular yet measured, a taming of wave and architecture, a fluid representation

Bernard Rands ~ Chains Like the Sea

We love a unified thematic release.  Chains Like the Sea places its planets in alignment.  Robert Henry Harrison‘s cover art is the entry point.  This oil painting, Dylan Thomas Boathouse, is angular yet measured, a taming of wave and architecture, a fluid representation

Žibuoklė Martinaitytė ~ In Search of Lost Beauty …

The latest work from New York-based Lithuanian composer Žibuoklė Martinaitytė is a gorgeous, slowly-building suite that invites listeners to lose track of time.  The tracks range from a minute to a quarter hour, but the transitions are virtually invisible: segues

Žibuoklė Martinaitytė ~ In Search of Lost Beauty …

The latest work from New York-based Lithuanian composer Žibuoklė Martinaitytė is a gorgeous, slowly-building suite that invites listeners to lose track of time.  The tracks range from a minute to a quarter hour, but the transitions are virtually invisible: segues

Blair Coron ~ On the Nature of Things

Blair Coron‘s full-length debut refuses to stay in the background.  A trio of dynamic shifts make the listener sit up and take notice.  The first is that the opening track is first softer, then louder than one might expect.  The

Blair Coron ~ On the Nature of Things

Blair Coron‘s full-length debut refuses to stay in the background.  A trio of dynamic shifts make the listener sit up and take notice.  The first is that the opening track is first softer, then louder than one might expect.  The

*Press A* ~ Frostpunk

The power of Frostpunk, by Piotr Musiał, resides in the able mix of late-romantic and modernist styles, reflecting, in a way, the game’s portrayal of the irruption of catastrophic natural disaster upon what was supposed to be an implacable history

*Press A* ~ Frostpunk

The power of Frostpunk, by Piotr Musiał, resides in the able mix of late-romantic and modernist styles, reflecting, in a way, the game’s portrayal of the irruption of catastrophic natural disaster upon what was supposed to be an implacable history

Last Days ~ Fragments

If you’ve ever made a mixtape or playlist, you’ve likely encountered the same problems as Graham Richardson (Last Days).  Sometimes there are too many tracks to shove into a small space.  Sometimes a track you love doesn’t match the timbre

Last Days ~ Fragments

If you’ve ever made a mixtape or playlist, you’ve likely encountered the same problems as Graham Richardson (Last Days).  Sometimes there are too many tracks to shove into a small space.  Sometimes a track you love doesn’t match the timbre

*Press A* ~ Even More 2018 Leftovers

These are soundtracks released late into 2018 that are also quite worthy of a few listens, so we hope you enjoy! Monomoon ~ The Colonists The Colonists plays quite well with the thin line that divides ambient soundtracks from more

*Press A* ~ Even More 2018 Leftovers

These are soundtracks released late into 2018 that are also quite worthy of a few listens, so we hope you enjoy! Monomoon ~ The Colonists The Colonists plays quite well with the thin line that divides ambient soundtracks from more