We recently noted Australian player Judith Hamann in March 2021 with her excellent Music For Cello and Humming CD –
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Tag: acoustic
Fiori Chiari, Fiori Oscuri: a mix of sunny worlds of children’s dreams and an introspective solo piano melody
Alvin Curran, Fiori Chiari, Fiori Oscuri, Australia, Black Truffle, BT078 vinyl LP (reissue) (2021) First issued in 1978 on the
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Lastenkerääjä: leading listeners down a rabbit hole of dark and grim folk
Akkajee, Lastenkerääjä, Finland, self-released, AKKACD-002 (2021) In Finnish, “lastenkerääjä,” means “child collector”, referring to a child’s mind in which the
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Arbre V: bleak and wintry ambient raw black metal with orchestral ambitions
Arbre, V, France, Distant Voices, DV060 limited edition cassette (2021) French black metal act Arbre – in English, “Tree” –
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Natural Juices
Excellent set of live music from the trio of Christiane Bopp, Jean-Marc Foussat and Emmanuelle Parrenin on their Nature Still
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Sompas-Naga: a mesmeric black metal / Thai folk music fusion
Lotus of Darkness, Sompas-Naga, Colombia, Namtaru Records, NR008 CD (2021) Here comes very melodic black metal folk music with distinctly
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Eminence: a dense, intricate and manic blast through European / French Fin-de-Siecle culture
Passéisme, Eminence, France, Antiq Records, CD / vinyl LP (2021) Ha! Like many others I was taken in by Passéisme’s
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Sylvan Thinking
Norwegian string duo Vilde&Inga here with How Forests Think (SOFA MUSIC SOFA584), their follow up to Silfr which they released
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Dancing Days
The Dancer on the Hill (ARCHITECTS OF HARMONIC ROOMS & RECORDS AOHRAR02) is the latest LP from Steffen Basho-Junghans, the
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Sand Won’t Save You
Summer of Seventeen with their self-titled record (KR081) on Karl Records…this appears to be an American “supergroup” of avant-gardish players,
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