Category Archives: Modern Composition
SOLI Chamber Ensemble ~ Portraits
For all the advances in technology, all the ideas that have been thrown music’s way, the compositional techniques, the twelve note technique and the never ending one note drone, the drum machine, the synth and the DAW’s, classical music will
SOLI Chamber Ensemble ~ Portraits
For all the advances in technology, all the ideas that have been thrown music’s way, the compositional techniques, the twelve note technique and the never ending one note drone, the drum machine, the synth and the DAW’s, classical music will
Anna Thorvaldsdottir ~ Aerial
Rhízōma was one of the first albums we ever reviewed, back in early 2012. Our little site has grown a lot since then, and so has Anna Thorvaldsdottir, whose newest album fulfills the promise shown on the former work. Now on Deutsche
Anna Thorvaldsdottir ~ Aerial
Rhízōma was one of the first albums we ever reviewed, back in early 2012. Our little site has grown a lot since then, and so has Anna Thorvaldsdottir, whose newest album fulfills the promise shown on the former work. Now on Deutsche
Jóhann Jóhannsson ~ The Theory of Everything OST
Jóhann Jóhannsson‘s soundtrack work has picked up speed and stature in the past few years, and The Theory of Everything is his highest-profile release to date, arriving on the heels of last year’s Prisoners. Our readers first came to know Jóhannsson as the composer
Jóhann Jóhannsson ~ The Theory of Everything OST
Jóhann Jóhannsson‘s soundtrack work has picked up speed and stature in the past few years, and The Theory of Everything is his highest-profile release to date, arriving on the heels of last year’s Prisoners. Our readers first came to know Jóhannsson as the composer
Aaron Martin ~ Comet’s Coma
After a flurry of solo activity in the late 00’s, Aaron Martin released a number of excellent collaborations, including Day Has Ended with Christoph Berg and the album/duo named From the Mouth of the Sun with Dag Rosenqvist. Comet’s Coma is his first all-new solo
Aaron Martin ~ Comet’s Coma
After a flurry of solo activity in the late 00’s, Aaron Martin released a number of excellent collaborations, including Day Has Ended with Christoph Berg and the album/duo named From the Mouth of the Sun with Dag Rosenqvist. Comet’s Coma is his first all-new solo
A Denovali Trio: Poppy Ackroyd, Carlos Cipa, Dale Cooper Quartet & the Dictaphones + Witxes
Three albums in three weeks from Denovali, a very active November! The new slate includes piano-based albums from Poppy Ackroyd and Carlos Cipa, and a split work from Dale Cooper Quartet & the Dictaphones + Witxes, each reworking the other’s music. Pianist/violinist Poppy Ackroyd is
A Denovali Trio: Poppy Ackroyd, Carlos Cipa, Dale Cooper Quartet & the Dictaphones + Witxes
Three albums in three weeks from Denovali, a very active November! The new slate includes piano-based albums from Poppy Ackroyd and Carlos Cipa, and a split work from Dale Cooper Quartet & the Dictaphones + Witxes, each reworking the other’s music. Pianist/violinist Poppy Ackroyd is
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
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