Posts Tagged: gianmarco del re

Tegh & Adel Poursamadi ~ Bayal بیل

Gholam-Hossein Sa’edi’s The Mourners of Bayal (1964) remains one of the defining works of modern Iranian literature. Across eight interconnected stories set in the fictional village of Bayal, Sa’edi explores poverty, famine, superstition, grief and death through a world where

Tegh & Adel Poursamadi ~ Bayal بیل

Gholam-Hossein Sa’edi’s The Mourners of Bayal (1964) remains one of the defining works of modern Iranian literature. Across eight interconnected stories set in the fictional village of Bayal, Sa’edi explores poverty, famine, superstition, grief and death through a world where

Tasgeelat Al-Husni – تسجيلات الحُسني ~ Shell and Core – عَ العَضم

Shell and Core takes its title from the unfinished concrete structures that have become fixtures of the Syrian landscape, and Tasgeelat Al-Husni تسجيلات الحُسني uses that image of arrested construction as a way of looking at lives left incomplete. Much

Tasgeelat Al-Husni – تسجيلات الحُسني ~ Shell and Core – عَ العَضم

Shell and Core takes its title from the unfinished concrete structures that have become fixtures of the Syrian landscape, and Tasgeelat Al-Husni تسجيلات الحُسني uses that image of arrested construction as a way of looking at lives left incomplete. Much

TAKAAT ~ Is Noise, Vol. 3

By the third instalment of their Is Noise series, TAKAAT [pronounced tuh-cot and meaning “noise” in the Tuareg language Tamashek] have moved further from the raw collision of Tuareg guitar and punk that initially defined the project. The trio has

TAKAAT ~ Is Noise, Vol. 3

By the third instalment of their Is Noise series, TAKAAT [pronounced tuh-cot and meaning “noise” in the Tuareg language Tamashek] have moved further from the raw collision of Tuareg guitar and punk that initially defined the project. The trio has

Giorgi Koberidze ~ Crude Walnut Taste

Listening to Crude Walnut Taste, it is tempting to focus on Giorgi Koberidze‘s compositional rigour: the electroacoustic transformations, the dialogue with Western classical forms, the microscopic attention paid to the behaviour of sound. Those elements are certainly there, but they

Giorgi Koberidze ~ Crude Walnut Taste

Listening to Crude Walnut Taste, it is tempting to focus on Giorgi Koberidze‘s compositional rigour: the electroacoustic transformations, the dialogue with Western classical forms, the microscopic attention paid to the behaviour of sound. Those elements are certainly there, but they

Yara Mekawei and Amir Rezk ~ 33

33 takes the traditional age of Christ at his death as the axis of a twelve-part electroacoustic cycle concerned with creation, incarnation, suffering, death and renewal. Yara Mekawei and Amir Rezk draw on biblical passages, Coptic Orthodox liturgy and Arabic

Yara Mekawei and Amir Rezk ~ 33

33 takes the traditional age of Christ at his death as the axis of a twelve-part electroacoustic cycle concerned with creation, incarnation, suffering, death and renewal. Yara Mekawei and Amir Rezk draw on biblical passages, Coptic Orthodox liturgy and Arabic

Toni Geitani ~ Wahj

Across its seventeen tracks, Wahj brings together electronics, industrial textures, processed strings, Arabic vocal traditions and fractured rhythms in combinations that keep changing shape. Individual elements remain recognisable without settling into familiar forms, while images of voice, disappearance, radiance and

Toni Geitani ~ Wahj

Across its seventeen tracks, Wahj brings together electronics, industrial textures, processed strings, Arabic vocal traditions and fractured rhythms in combinations that keep changing shape. Individual elements remain recognisable without settling into familiar forms, while images of voice, disappearance, radiance and

Tony Njoku ~ A World of Bodies on Fire

Tony Njoku‘s recent work has moved between open-ended instrumental composition and song. A WORLD OF BODIES ON FIRE continues this movement in a more intimate setting. Across four pieces, piano, synthesisers and space provide the foundations of the music. The

Tony Njoku ~ A World of Bodies on Fire

Tony Njoku‘s recent work has moved between open-ended instrumental composition and song. A WORLD OF BODIES ON FIRE continues this movement in a more intimate setting. Across four pieces, piano, synthesisers and space provide the foundations of the music. The

al niente ~ S/T

In musical notation, al niente means “to nothing”: a gradual fading until sound disappears. The title suits this debut by Beatrice Miniaci, Cosimo Fiaschi, Gabriele Pagliano and Luca Venitucci, a quartet whose music is shaped by subtraction. Three collective improvisations

al niente ~ S/T

In musical notation, al niente means “to nothing”: a gradual fading until sound disappears. The title suits this debut by Beatrice Miniaci, Cosimo Fiaschi, Gabriele Pagliano and Luca Venitucci, a quartet whose music is shaped by subtraction. Three collective improvisations