microtonal – The Sound Projector

13/11/2021 Ed Pinsent

The Quiet Whirlpool

Microtub here with Sonic Drift (SOFA MUSIC SOFA586), their fifth album since they first appeared on this Norwegian label in

16/03/2021 Ed Pinsent

A Natural Surface

We’ve heard a fair bit from Martin Taxt, the Norwegian tuba man, over recent years – including for instance his

22/12/2020 Stuart Marshall

Elemental Studies

Heavy Metal Lemur + Reinhold Freidl Alloy NORWAY SOFA MUSIC SOFA581 CD (2020) This collaboration between German pianist Reinhold Friedl

10/12/2020 Ed Pinsent

The Tokyo Squeeze

Kalle Moberg is a young accordion player from Norway, and on his debut album The Tokyo Sessions Volume 1: Unheard-of

13/09/2020 Ed Pinsent

Mutual Choice

Another strong set of music from Norway’s Sofa Music label, and the welcome (for me) return of Ensemble neoN, one

30/12/2017 Stuart Marshall

Sleepwalker’s Woman

Crack Norwegian violin & double bass duo Vilde&Inga have been dealing intricate, counterpointed improvisations like a croupier deals cards since

02/06/2014 Chris Trowell

Radical Vocabulary

Sergio Merce Microtonal Saxophone FRANCE POTLATCH P114 CD (2013) From prepared piano to rewired guitar pick-ups, in western avant garde

16/05/2013 nausika

Maniacal Meditations: extreme death metal invades microtonal realms

Last Sacrament, Maniacal Meditations, Microtonal Records, cassette MR003 (2011) In my immediate previous review (Jute Gyte’s “Discontinuities”), I mentioned that

30/06/2006 Ed Pinsent

All Clouds are Clocks: The music of György Ligeti RIP (TSP radio show 30/06/06)

György Ligeti, extract from Le Grand Macabre GERMANY WERGO WER 60085 LP (1980) ‘Continuum’ for harpsichord (1968) ‘Ramifications’ for 12