Category Archives: Modern Composition
Michel Banabila & Oene van Geel ~ Music for viola and electronics
The title may be bland, but the music is not. Music for viola and electronics is music for barren trees and weakening temperatures, shuttered doors and deserted streets. Its elegant beauty arrives just in time to score the starkest segment of
Michel Banabila & Oene van Geel ~ Music for viola and electronics
The title may be bland, but the music is not. Music for viola and electronics is music for barren trees and weakening temperatures, shuttered doors and deserted streets. Its elegant beauty arrives just in time to score the starkest segment of
Luke Howard ~ Two & One
After entering ACL’s Top Ten Modern Composition releases for 2013 with his debut LP, Luke Howard returns to find high levels of excitement and expectation awaiting. Although the Melbourne-based composer’s follow-up does not disappoint, it also seems to attempt a
Luke Howard ~ Two & One
After entering ACL’s Top Ten Modern Composition releases for 2013 with his debut LP, Luke Howard returns to find high levels of excitement and expectation awaiting. Although the Melbourne-based composer’s follow-up does not disappoint, it also seems to attempt a
Erik Friedlander ~ Nothing On Earth Soundtrack
How best to score a film about a photographer in Greenland? The potential pitfalls are numerous. One needs to translate the wide open spaces and sparse topography without seeming dull or chilly; and to portray the dazzling allure of the
Erik Friedlander ~ Nothing On Earth Soundtrack
How best to score a film about a photographer in Greenland? The potential pitfalls are numerous. One needs to translate the wide open spaces and sparse topography without seeming dull or chilly; and to portray the dazzling allure of the
Nikita Bondarev ~ Siberian Loner
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been watching the warm weather slowly slip away. But in Siberia, November’s daily mean is -6 Celsius (21 F). It’s already cold there. Winter is not something that’s coming. And so, this cassette from
Nikita Bondarev ~ Siberian Loner
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been watching the warm weather slowly slip away. But in Siberia, November’s daily mean is -6 Celsius (21 F). It’s already cold there. Winter is not something that’s coming. And so, this cassette from
William Ryan Fritch ~ Heavy / Empty
Any disappointment at the news that the elaborately packaged Revisionist album has been pushed back to 2015 is tempered by the appearance of two new EPs from William Ryan Fritch. While they are available separately, they are closely related to each other and also
William Ryan Fritch ~ Heavy / Empty
Any disappointment at the news that the elaborately packaged Revisionist album has been pushed back to 2015 is tempered by the appearance of two new EPs from William Ryan Fritch. While they are available separately, they are closely related to each other and also
Nick Storring ~ Gardens
There is an immersive, musical element to every garden, even if your visit is momentary. After all, they too, are reliant on a sense of composition, of making an expression emerge from a re-ordering of natural components. Everything in them
Nick Storring ~ Gardens
There is an immersive, musical element to every garden, even if your visit is momentary. After all, they too, are reliant on a sense of composition, of making an expression emerge from a re-ordering of natural components. Everything in them
Del Sol Quartet ~ Sculthorpe
This is didjeridu music for people who don’t prefer didjeridu music ~ I should know, because I’m one of them. On this set, San Francisco’s Del Sol Quartet, accompanied by Stephen Kent, brings the work of Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe to
Del Sol Quartet ~ Sculthorpe
This is didjeridu music for people who don’t prefer didjeridu music ~ I should know, because I’m one of them. On this set, San Francisco’s Del Sol Quartet, accompanied by Stephen Kent, brings the work of Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe to
A Backward Music Trio
This season, the Backward Music label is trying something new: releasing music every few weeks in different formats. The latest trio includes a slice of pink vinyl, a digital download and a download with zine. Upon seeing the logo of
A Backward Music Trio
This season, the Backward Music label is trying something new: releasing music every few weeks in different formats. The latest trio includes a slice of pink vinyl, a digital download and a download with zine. Upon seeing the logo of
a closer listen 