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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The Blossoming Piano
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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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
Continue readingSam’s Outer Space Blues Room
Sam Fendrich is a composer born in Siberia who has made his home in London. After hearing the impressive Blue
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