Posts Tagged: Richard Allen

Hania Rani ~ Non Fiction

How does music communicate across the ages, and what can it teach about fragility, conflict, resistance and peace?  In composing Non Fiction, a symphony presented by the 45-member Manchester Collective, conducted by Hugh Tieppo-Brunt with appearances from Jack Wylie and Valentina

Hania Rani ~ Non Fiction

How does music communicate across the ages, and what can it teach about fragility, conflict, resistance and peace?  In composing Non Fiction, a symphony presented by the 45-member Manchester Collective, conducted by Hugh Tieppo-Brunt with appearances from Jack Wylie and Valentina

Copenhagen Clarinet Choir & Anders Lauge Meldgaard ~ Jeux d’eau

A fine year of collaboration continues for Anders Lauge Meldgaard, who this spring released a set with Halvcirkel, last week appeared on an LP with Valby Vokalgruppe and now shares billing on the new release from Copenhagen Clarinet Choir. The name

Copenhagen Clarinet Choir & Anders Lauge Meldgaard ~ Jeux d’eau

A fine year of collaboration continues for Anders Lauge Meldgaard, who this spring released a set with Halvcirkel, last week appeared on an LP with Valby Vokalgruppe and now shares billing on the new release from Copenhagen Clarinet Choir. The name

Ensemble 0 ~ L’Incroyable Femme Des Neiges

Sébastien Betbeder’s comedy-drama L’Incroyable Femme Des Neige (The Incredible Snow Woman) looks like a lot of fun based on the trailer, but don’t judge the film score by the trailer music.  What Ensemble 0 (Sylvain Chauveau, Stéphane Garin & Joël Mérah)

Ensemble 0 ~ L’Incroyable Femme Des Neiges

Sébastien Betbeder’s comedy-drama L’Incroyable Femme Des Neige (The Incredible Snow Woman) looks like a lot of fun based on the trailer, but don’t judge the film score by the trailer music.  What Ensemble 0 (Sylvain Chauveau, Stéphane Garin & Joël Mérah)

Valby Vokalgruppe ~ Solids for Voices

A lot of fun can be had with the original instrument, the human voice.  One need not include lyrics, simply a sense of exploration, a willingness to reach past the boundaries of conversation, perhaps a bit of harmony and rhythm.

Valby Vokalgruppe ~ Solids for Voices

A lot of fun can be had with the original instrument, the human voice.  One need not include lyrics, simply a sense of exploration, a willingness to reach past the boundaries of conversation, perhaps a bit of harmony and rhythm.

Manja Ristić ~ Into Your Eyes

Over the course of the year, Manja Ristić has been releasing a triptych of intertwined albums, starting with Purpurna vresišta on wabi-sabi tapes, followed by Sargassum aeterna on Rakem Records and ending with Into Your Eyes on LINE.  The first addresses “the trauma imprinted

Manja Ristić ~ Into Your Eyes

Over the course of the year, Manja Ristić has been releasing a triptych of intertwined albums, starting with Purpurna vresišta on wabi-sabi tapes, followed by Sargassum aeterna on Rakem Records and ending with Into Your Eyes on LINE.  The first addresses “the trauma imprinted

Debit ~ Desaceleradas

Cumbia rebajada was born by accident in the 1990s, when Monterrey DJ Gabriel Dueñez’s turntable overheated at a party and began to play cumbria music at half-speed.  Instead of clearing the floor, the strange new music rejuvenated those in attendance;

Debit ~ Desaceleradas

Cumbia rebajada was born by accident in the 1990s, when Monterrey DJ Gabriel Dueñez’s turntable overheated at a party and began to play cumbria music at half-speed.  Instead of clearing the floor, the strange new music rejuvenated those in attendance;

PRAED Orchestra! ~ The Dictionary of Lost Meanings

For nearly two decades, Lebanese experimental musicians and composers Raed Yassin and Paed Conca have been developing a thrilling hybrid of Arabic working-class popular music and psych-adjacent free jazz as PRAED, fusing their love of Egyptian shaabi with fried electronics,

PRAED Orchestra! ~ The Dictionary of Lost Meanings

For nearly two decades, Lebanese experimental musicians and composers Raed Yassin and Paed Conca have been developing a thrilling hybrid of Arabic working-class popular music and psych-adjacent free jazz as PRAED, fusing their love of Egyptian shaabi with fried electronics,

Various Artists ~ Total Spook Mixtape

Every year, we look for the perfect release to review on Halloween, and this year’s choice is particularly fitting.  If you’re hosting a haunted house tonight, or entertaining trick or treaters, we recommend this as your soundtrack.  Total Spook Mixtape is

Various Artists ~ Total Spook Mixtape

Every year, we look for the perfect release to review on Halloween, and this year’s choice is particularly fitting.  If you’re hosting a haunted house tonight, or entertaining trick or treaters, we recommend this as your soundtrack.  Total Spook Mixtape is