Category Archives: Modern Composition
Jessica Moss ~ Entanglement
Constellation’s great season continues with the release of Jessica Moss‘ Entanglement, another stellar album from an artist whose solo work has now surpassed her collaborative work. Her fall tour has already begun and will continue through mid-December, as she unveils her video work
Jessica Moss ~ Entanglement
Constellation’s great season continues with the release of Jessica Moss‘ Entanglement, another stellar album from an artist whose solo work has now surpassed her collaborative work. Her fall tour has already begun and will continue through mid-December, as she unveils her video work
Rhian Sheehan ~ A Quiet Divide
More than a dozen guest stars perform on Rhian Sheehan‘s lush opus A Quiet Divide, which straddles multiple genres, from ambient to post-rock to modern composition. I’ve been a fan of the New Zealand composer ever since he offered a tiny music
Rhian Sheehan ~ A Quiet Divide
More than a dozen guest stars perform on Rhian Sheehan‘s lush opus A Quiet Divide, which straddles multiple genres, from ambient to post-rock to modern composition. I’ve been a fan of the New Zealand composer ever since he offered a tiny music
Various Artists ~ We Stayed The Path That Fell To Shadow
Lost Tribe Sound has been relatively quiet in 2018, but they’re about to return with a vengeance. The new subscription series We Stayed The Path That Fell To Shadow includes four LPs, four CDs and some digital perks as well as early
Various Artists ~ We Stayed The Path That Fell To Shadow
Lost Tribe Sound has been relatively quiet in 2018, but they’re about to return with a vengeance. The new subscription series We Stayed The Path That Fell To Shadow includes four LPs, four CDs and some digital perks as well as early
Klangriket ~ Tjärn
A chilling mist quickly dissipates, revealing a sweet surround. Often an EP carries a weight that its longer-format sibling cannot bear. Where an LP usually requires variety and/or a sense of development to hold attention, an EP can concisely state
Klangriket ~ Tjärn
A chilling mist quickly dissipates, revealing a sweet surround. Often an EP carries a weight that its longer-format sibling cannot bear. Where an LP usually requires variety and/or a sense of development to hold attention, an EP can concisely state
V/A ~ The Sea at the End of Her String (Exclusive Stream!)
Three female artists, one label, one record, one tour. The Sea at the End of Her String tour starts Thursday and is partnered with this limited vinyl EP, containing new music from Resina, Shida Shahabi and Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, all of whom
V/A ~ The Sea at the End of Her String (Exclusive Stream!)
Three female artists, one label, one record, one tour. The Sea at the End of Her String tour starts Thursday and is partnered with this limited vinyl EP, containing new music from Resina, Shida Shahabi and Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, all of whom
Maarja Nuut & Ruum ~ Muunduja
If Dead Can Dance were starting off today, they might sound a lot like Maarja Nuut & Ruum, an Estonian duo whose music is a hybrid of classicism and electronics. Muunduja is the first album they have recorded as a duo, following
Maarja Nuut & Ruum ~ Muunduja
If Dead Can Dance were starting off today, they might sound a lot like Maarja Nuut & Ruum, an Estonian duo whose music is a hybrid of classicism and electronics. Muunduja is the first album they have recorded as a duo, following
Ulises Conti ~ Los efimeros
The last time we encountered Ulises Conti was four years ago, with the release of a playful piano “sound alphabet” ~ one song for each letter, with a couple bonuses thrown in. On Los efimeros, he’s changed his style so drastically
Ulises Conti ~ Los efimeros
The last time we encountered Ulises Conti was four years ago, with the release of a playful piano “sound alphabet” ~ one song for each letter, with a couple bonuses thrown in. On Los efimeros, he’s changed his style so drastically
Drifting in Polar Seas
Toronto’s Polar Seas label returns this month with a pair of evocative albums, one ambient and one modern composition. Mathieu Lamontagne‘s Obsolescence Programmée is a soft meditation on disposable culture, while Mikael Lind‘s Strings and Clusters detaches and reassembles violin, viola and cello phrases until they
Drifting in Polar Seas
Toronto’s Polar Seas label returns this month with a pair of evocative albums, one ambient and one modern composition. Mathieu Lamontagne‘s Obsolescence Programmée is a soft meditation on disposable culture, while Mikael Lind‘s Strings and Clusters detaches and reassembles violin, viola and cello phrases until they
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