Three items received from New Focus Recordings in New York. Trois Hommages (FCR214) is an excellent set of challenging piano
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Warmth Leaves Us
Laura Cole is a long-standing player with Martin Archer groups, including Deep Tide Quartet and Engine Room Favourites, and the
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Two records featuring piano players based in the German-speaking parts of the world, but as different in their approach as,
Continue readingIgitur Carbon Copies: a pleasant and serene if slightly sinister and tense tapestry of found sound recordings
Reinier van Houdt, Igitur Carbon Copies, Switzerland, Hallow Ground, vinyl HG1807 (2018) Based on an apparently unfinished work of Gothic
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We have to hand it to Scott Foust, who persists with his musical projects while at the same time lamenting
Continue readingKirikyogen: early doom metal collaboration with a surprising amount of variety and flexibility
Kuni Kawachi & Flower Travellin’ Band, Kirikyogen, United Kingdom, London Records, vinyl LP SKK(L) 3003 (1970) For a band that
Continue readingNouvelle Aventure: travelling through sound archives from decades ago rejuvenates old friends and treasures
Hanno Leichtmann, Nouvelle Aventure, Germany, Karlrecords, KR 049 LP / digital (2018) Electronician Hanno Leichtmann takes us on a 16-piece
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Sam Fendrich is a composer born in Siberia who has made his home in London. After hearing the impressive Blue
Continue readingOne Two Three Four Five: a marriage of piano and electronics made in heaven
Bart van Dongen & Richard van Kruysdijk, One Two Three Four Five, Opa Loka Records, CD digipak (2018) Pianist Bart
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Julian Skar Exhaust / Renew NORWAY AURORA ACD5094 CD (2018) We first noted Norwegian composer Julian Skar when his apparitional
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