Category Archives: Modern Composition
A Heligator Trio: Dura, Kurva Choir, Dylan Golden Aycock
We love a good cause, and even more we love a good cause connected to good music. Heligator Records has begun to release a series of EPs from varied artists, all to support a Swaziland refugee library. The cause is
A Heligator Trio: Dura, Kurva Choir, Dylan Golden Aycock
We love a good cause, and even more we love a good cause connected to good music. Heligator Records has begun to release a series of EPs from varied artists, all to support a Swaziland refugee library. The cause is
Anne Guthrie ~ Codiaeum Variegatum
Codiaeum Variegatum is a toxic, tropical plant species, which inspired the name of Anne Guthrie’s debut full-length album. Field recordings are a huge part of this recording, from wind and water to birds and bees. Guthrie is happy to join
Anne Guthrie ~ Codiaeum Variegatum
Codiaeum Variegatum is a toxic, tropical plant species, which inspired the name of Anne Guthrie’s debut full-length album. Field recordings are a huge part of this recording, from wind and water to birds and bees. Guthrie is happy to join
The Changing Faces of MW Ensemble
Over the last five years, New York’s MW Ensemble has ventured from field recording to modern composition to abstract experimentalism, at times combining the three or releasing concurrent projects of competing timbre. A vast discography belies the fact that some releases are
The Changing Faces of MW Ensemble
Over the last five years, New York’s MW Ensemble has ventured from field recording to modern composition to abstract experimentalism, at times combining the three or releasing concurrent projects of competing timbre. A vast discography belies the fact that some releases are
Otto A Totland ~ Pinô
As half of Deaf Center, Otto A Totland is known for producing dark ambience, suffused with a modern compositional bent. Solo album Pinô is an entirely different beast. In fact, one would be hard-pressed to call it a beast; it’s a dust mode, a
Otto A Totland ~ Pinô
As half of Deaf Center, Otto A Totland is known for producing dark ambience, suffused with a modern compositional bent. Solo album Pinô is an entirely different beast. In fact, one would be hard-pressed to call it a beast; it’s a dust mode, a
Lubomyr Melnyk ~ Windmills
Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk calls his work “continuous music”, and it’s easy to see why: with so many notes in such short spaces, one hears a flow into chords that borders on drone. It’s entirely possible that Windmills contains more single notes than any
Lubomyr Melnyk ~ Windmills
Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk calls his work “continuous music”, and it’s easy to see why: with so many notes in such short spaces, one hears a flow into chords that borders on drone. It’s entirely possible that Windmills contains more single notes than any
Origamibiro ~ Collection
In advance of Origamibiro‘s latest album, Denovali has released Shakkei, Shakkei Remixed and Cracked Mirrors and Stopped Clocks as a lovely three-disc box set. We celebrate by republishing the original Shakkei review, representing the band’s best work to date. Everything is musical. The claim has
Origamibiro ~ Collection
In advance of Origamibiro‘s latest album, Denovali has released Shakkei, Shakkei Remixed and Cracked Mirrors and Stopped Clocks as a lovely three-disc box set. We celebrate by republishing the original Shakkei review, representing the band’s best work to date. Everything is musical. The claim has
subzar ~ pico
“Today you took a walk …” The album begins with a conversation about a path ~ how far the path goes, how far one has traveled and how far one wants to go. Chatty birds comment from nearby trees, perhaps
subzar ~ pico
“Today you took a walk …” The album begins with a conversation about a path ~ how far the path goes, how far one has traveled and how far one wants to go. Chatty birds comment from nearby trees, perhaps
clade ~ vietnamese piano
If Brightness Outshine Heavens So Prepared was an enthralling yet disconcerting verge into dense, dark dronescapes. clade‘s newest offering channels the detached soporific intrigue of Harold Budd. In this set of untitled pieces, the artist surrounds the quavers of the upright piano with intriguingly
clade ~ vietnamese piano
If Brightness Outshine Heavens So Prepared was an enthralling yet disconcerting verge into dense, dark dronescapes. clade‘s newest offering channels the detached soporific intrigue of Harold Budd. In this set of untitled pieces, the artist surrounds the quavers of the upright piano with intriguingly
a closer listen 