Rigor Mortiss are a four-piece of players, sometimes joined by vocalist Hans Seved Akesson on these eight studio tracks recorded
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Hendes Bregneøjne: an inner world of nostalgia within repetitive looping piano minimalism
øjeRum, Hendes Bregneøjne, Russia, Perfect Aesthetics, AEST-040 limited edition cassette (2019) Yes, on one level this is mournful minimalist piano-loop
Continue readingHealth and Safety (self-titled): a debut of surprisingly dark and powerful ambient melancholy
Health & Safety, self-titled, Denmark, Posh Isolation, PI-181 limited edition cassette (2017) Awww – such a woeful expression on that
Continue readingThe Big Adventure: a trip that’s anything but big or adventurous
Disen Gage, The Big Adventure, Russia, [addicted label] / NoNames666, CD cat #733 (2019) Celebrating 20 years making mostly instrumental
Continue readingLike All Mornings: bleak and desolate piano minimalism
Vanessa Amara, Like All Mornings, Denmark, Posh Isolation, PI 189 double cassette set (2017) It may not be an album
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You wait years for an album of obscure early Christmas Carols reinterpreted in an avant-garde context, and then two come
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Karla Borecky has a new solo piano record The Still Life (RECITAL FORTY NINE), her second such after 2014’s Still
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Last heard Erik Griswold with his 2015 album Pain Avoidance Machine, made with a prepared piano and the African thumb
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Three items received from New Focus Recordings in New York. Trois Hommages (FCR214) is an excellent set of challenging piano
Continue readingWarmth 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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