Nick Pynn Buffalo Orbison UK OSCAR RECORDS OSC 003 CD (2018) Now that accompanying sleeve art is so evocative of
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A Good Temperament
Violinist Chris Prosser sent us a copy of Mistune For Violin & Tanpura (RONGOTAI RECORDS RRCD-1) from his home in
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Okkyung Lee Cheol-Kkot-Sae (Steel. Flower. Bird) USA TZADIK RECORDS 4023 CD (2018) Since moving her worldly goods to New York
Continue readingPhilos: traditional Korean instruments used in innovative ways to address issues of modern life
Park Jiha, Philos, tak:til / Glitterbeat, GB077 LP vinyl 12″ ( for release June 2019) Originally released as a digital
Continue readingScattered Memories: a meditation on modern Iran combining traditional and modern musics
Saba Alizadeh, Scattered Memories, Germany, Karlrecords, LP / digital album KR060 (2019) A current musical trend across the globe is
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Very good album of frozen drones by Maze & Lindholm called Where The Wolf Has Been Seen (AURORA BOREALIS RECORDINGS
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Very good cello album by Maja Bugge, a Norwegian player who recorded No Exit (DISCUS MUSIC DISCUS 74CD) in concert
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Audrey Chen last appeared on the Rough Tongue LP as one half of Beam Splitter. Here she is with a
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French genius Bertrand Denzler often appears in an improvising context, but he has great compositional skills too, and the latter
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Iterations & Environments (rhizome.s #23) is a new release on the French label Rhizome.s, a showcase for contemporary minimalism and
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