August 2015 – The Sound Projector

The Lady with the Krar (Ethiopiques 16): a glimpse into one individual’s place and frustration with society

Asnaqetch Werqu, Ethiopiques 16: The Lady with the Krar, Buda Musique, CD 822652 (2004) On the cover of this album and

Parallel Tracks (S.C.A.P. Records Vol. 1) is an unassuming and modest record of quite pleasant electronic and electro-acoustic meanderings by

Janvs, Nigredo, Avantgarde Music, CD AV 224 (2014) My interest was piqued when I heard that Janvs had re-recorded an

AION, Verses of Perdition, Goathorned Productions, CD GOAT018 (2014) “Verses of Perdition” is the debut release for this Swiss trio and

French drummer Philippe Foch has devoted a lot of time to learning to play the tablas, from attending workshops in

English player Chris Cole used to be a member of Movietone, who in the later 1990s and early 2000s scored

The cassette tape Wir Triumphieren: Bergedorfs Kinderbandszene 1981-1986 (ALARM AT013) purports to be a compilation of early, unheard and unreleased

Scarlet (HELEN SCARSDALE AGENCY HMS030) is a most excellent cassette in which Jim Haynes, up to now widely perceived as

We seem to have been passing through a small rash of “high energy” records lately, including the Norwegian power trio

Unusual and very good album called Xenon & Argon (GAFFER RECORDS GR053) of acoustic chamber music by a quartet called