Posts Tagged: Library Tapes
The 25 Best Summer Albums of All Time
The keenly observant reader of A Closer Listen will have noticed that we tend to focus on one season above the rest. Our Best Winter Albums of All Time features are among the most viewed in our history, so we
The 25 Best Summer Albums of All Time
The keenly observant reader of A Closer Listen will have noticed that we tend to focus on one season above the rest. Our Best Winter Albums of All Time features are among the most viewed in our history, so we
Library Tapes ~ The Quiet City
Here’s another perfect pandemic production, whether conceived during lockdown or not. (We suspect that it was.) Library Tapes (David Wenngren) has gathered a small supergroup comprised of Olivia Belli, Julia Kent, Akira Kosemura, Hoshiko Yamane and Michael A. Muller. But before
Library Tapes ~ The Quiet City
Here’s another perfect pandemic production, whether conceived during lockdown or not. (We suspect that it was.) Library Tapes (David Wenngren) has gathered a small supergroup comprised of Olivia Belli, Julia Kent, Akira Kosemura, Hoshiko Yamane and Michael A. Muller. But before
Library Tapes ~ Patterns (Repeat)
Sensitivity and sadness are often known to link hands, but it’s usually not done out of love, less a public display of affection and more like a necessary, binding union. Sensitivity doesn’t always equal an automatic brand of sadness, but
Library Tapes ~ Patterns (Repeat)
Sensitivity and sadness are often known to link hands, but it’s usually not done out of love, less a public display of affection and more like a necessary, binding union. Sensitivity doesn’t always equal an automatic brand of sadness, but
Library Tapes ~ Europe, She Loves
Love, sex, dancing, drugs, unemployment and the immigration crisis ~ all of these are found in the trailer for the film Europe, She Loves. That’s a lot for a movie to handle, and a challenge for the people who score it.
Library Tapes ~ Europe, She Loves
Love, sex, dancing, drugs, unemployment and the immigration crisis ~ all of these are found in the trailer for the film Europe, She Loves. That’s a lot for a movie to handle, and a challenge for the people who score it.
Library Tapes ~ Escapism
The album and its individual tracks may be short, but the emotional heft is huge. Escapism is melancholic and moving, powerfully sad. If one were to experience more of it, one might melt. The combination of David Wenngren (piano and celeste)
Library Tapes ~ Escapism
The album and its individual tracks may be short, but the emotional heft is huge. Escapism is melancholic and moving, powerfully sad. If one were to experience more of it, one might melt. The combination of David Wenngren (piano and celeste)
Library Tapes/David Wenngren ~ Sketches, Outtakes & Rarities/Les Revenants
The trajectory of David Wenngren’s career as Library Tapes has been a gradual process of coloring in a grayscale, of unearthing a scratched and faded black and white photograph and penciling in shades and hues as time goes on. The
Library Tapes/David Wenngren ~ Sketches, Outtakes & Rarities/Les Revenants
The trajectory of David Wenngren’s career as Library Tapes has been a gradual process of coloring in a grayscale, of unearthing a scratched and faded black and white photograph and penciling in shades and hues as time goes on. The
ACL 2012: Top Ten Modern Composition
The Modern Composition genre is the heir to the Classical: music composed for piano, brass, strings or orchestra. One might expect to encounter these artists in churches and other resonant spaces designed for full musical palettes and rich timbral shades.
ACL 2012: Top Ten Modern Composition
The Modern Composition genre is the heir to the Classical: music composed for piano, brass, strings or orchestra. One might expect to encounter these artists in churches and other resonant spaces designed for full musical palettes and rich timbral shades.
Library Tapes ~ Sun Peeking Through
Most readers of A Closer Listen are probably already familiar with Library Tapes or David Wenngren, the man behind the moniker, due to his involvement in various compilations, collaborations and maintaining a pretty steady flow of new music since the
Library Tapes ~ Sun Peeking Through
Most readers of A Closer Listen are probably already familiar with Library Tapes or David Wenngren, the man behind the moniker, due to his involvement in various compilations, collaborations and maintaining a pretty steady flow of new music since the
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