Swiss experimentalists Cyril Bondi and d’incise continue their work with the Insub Meta Orchestra to propose questions about contemporary music,
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Breathing Room
Martin Taxt Second Room NORWAY SOFA MUSIC SOFA588 CD (2022) Here is a dynamic album of minimal drone music that
Continue readingAha: tape deck compositions still sound fresh after nearly 40 years
Anne Gillis, Aha, Belgium, La Scie Dorée, limited edition vinyl LP (2024) Nearly 40 years after its first release, French
Continue readingELP: a collection of five soundscapes questioning conventional notions of music for dance
Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo, ELP, Italy, Dissipatio, diss015 CD (2023) “ELP” is a collection of pieces composed and performed by Turin-based
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On CD August-September (SPECTRAL HOUSE sh008), the American minimal player Bill Thompson combines his electronics set-up with the prepared contrabass
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Four new items from the art label Sublime Retreat in Wroclaw Poland, operated by Taras Opanasuik. Three of them feature
Continue readingKvad: an epic minimalist dronescape work, heavenly and powerful, mysterious and inscrutable
Erik Levander, Kvad, Germany, Supple 9, SUP008 CD (2023) A chance visit to a cathedral more than twenty years ago,
Continue readingThe Clear Distance: a contemplative work of quiet minimal improvisation
Bill Seaman & Stephen Vitiello, The Clear Distance, Australia, Room40, RM 4201 CD (2023) As a media artist, academic and
Continue readingCarry Them With Us: Scottish Gaelic folklore given new life by smallpipes and saxophone duo
Brìghde Chaimbeul, Carry Them With Us, Germany, Glitterbeat, GB 139 CD / vinyl LP (2023) Albums of instrumental music centred
Continue readingTropic of Capricorn: notions of what is natural and what is not shown to be based on assumption and stereotyping
Lawrence English / Werner Dafeldecker, Tropic of Capricorn, Switzerland, Hallow Ground, HG2301 limited edition vinyl LP (2023) Both prolific artists
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