Posts Tagged: Richard Allen

Echo Collective ~ Echo Collective Plays Amnesiac

We’re aware that this album may split audiences.  Last year, some of our readers were appalled that we liked We Stood Like Kings’ new score for Koyaanisqatsi.  This adaptation is even more assertive: an all-instrumental version of Radiohead’s Amnesiac.  Echo Collective‘s version

Echo Collective ~ Echo Collective Plays Amnesiac

We’re aware that this album may split audiences.  Last year, some of our readers were appalled that we liked We Stood Like Kings’ new score for Koyaanisqatsi.  This adaptation is even more assertive: an all-instrumental version of Radiohead’s Amnesiac.  Echo Collective‘s version

Clarice Jensen ~ For this from that will be filled

Our long, slow goodbye to beloved composer Jóhann Jóhannsson continues with the unveiling of Clarice Jensen‘s debut album; opener “bc” was composed together.  As the artistic director of ACME (American Contemporary Music Ensemble), Jensen worked with Jóhannsson over the last decade of his

Clarice Jensen ~ For this from that will be filled

Our long, slow goodbye to beloved composer Jóhann Jóhannsson continues with the unveiling of Clarice Jensen‘s debut album; opener “bc” was composed together.  As the artistic director of ACME (American Contemporary Music Ensemble), Jensen worked with Jóhannsson over the last decade of his

Zinovia Arvanitidi ~ Ivory

Happy Piano Day!  Piano Day was launched by Nils Frahm in 2015 and takes place on the 88th day of the year.  Many global events now take place on this day, along with album releases.  The Kitchen label has been

Zinovia Arvanitidi ~ Ivory

Happy Piano Day!  Piano Day was launched by Nils Frahm in 2015 and takes place on the 88th day of the year.  Many global events now take place on this day, along with album releases.  The Kitchen label has been

John 3:16 ~ עשר

Few recording artists make it through their first decade, and even fewer remain relevant during that time.  One way to buck the trend is to have a distinctive niche and sound.  For John 3:16, this means a Scriptural basis, an apocalyptic

John 3:16 ~ עשר

Few recording artists make it through their first decade, and even fewer remain relevant during that time.  One way to buck the trend is to have a distinctive niche and sound.  For John 3:16, this means a Scriptural basis, an apocalyptic

Gianluca Favaron ~ Variations (Fragments of Evanescent Memories)

This isn’t the first time Gianluca Favaron has shared a fascination with fragments; the word also graced his 2014 EP Fragments and Flows.  The word offers an apt summation of his music: broken pieces salvaged and turned into art, like stained glass.  One

Gianluca Favaron ~ Variations (Fragments of Evanescent Memories)

This isn’t the first time Gianluca Favaron has shared a fascination with fragments; the word also graced his 2014 EP Fragments and Flows.  The word offers an apt summation of his music: broken pieces salvaged and turned into art, like stained glass.  One

Jóhann Jóhannsson ~ Englabörn & Variations

The music world continues to mourn the loss of Jóhann Jóhannsson, who just before his death was working on a remastered edition of his debut album, Englabörn.  The album, accompanied by a second disc of new takes and remixes, was meant to

Jóhann Jóhannsson ~ Englabörn & Variations

The music world continues to mourn the loss of Jóhann Jóhannsson, who just before his death was working on a remastered edition of his debut album, Englabörn.  The album, accompanied by a second disc of new takes and remixes, was meant to

The League of Assholes ~ IM PEACH The Sequel

Today ~ this very moment, at the time of publication ~ approximately a million American youth are marching in Washington and other locations around the country, protesting the inability of the United States President and Congress to protect their lives.

The League of Assholes ~ IM PEACH The Sequel

Today ~ this very moment, at the time of publication ~ approximately a million American youth are marching in Washington and other locations around the country, protesting the inability of the United States President and Congress to protect their lives.

Anne Guthrie ~ Brass Orchids

Brass Orchids is a dense and unusual album, whose outer darkness disguises an inner light.  On the surface, it’s a set filled with field recordings, drones and danger.  Below the surface is Anne Guthrie‘s ancestry, apparent in piano pieces from the artist’s

Anne Guthrie ~ Brass Orchids

Brass Orchids is a dense and unusual album, whose outer darkness disguises an inner light.  On the surface, it’s a set filled with field recordings, drones and danger.  Below the surface is Anne Guthrie‘s ancestry, apparent in piano pieces from the artist’s