Category Archives: Modern Composition
Spring Music Preview 2019 ~ Modern Composition
The weather is warming up, and so is the release slate! We’re about to cover nearly 250 albums in the next five days. Consider this your shopping list for spring! We’ll eventually review one out of eight, but we’re happy
Spring Music Preview 2019 ~ Modern Composition
The weather is warming up, and so is the release slate! We’re about to cover nearly 250 albums in the next five days. Consider this your shopping list for spring! We’ll eventually review one out of eight, but we’re happy
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
a closer listen 