For percussionist Greg Stuart, music has been something of a less-then-easy journey. He has focal dystonia, a neurological condition that
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Liquid Sunshine
Nice piece of voice-with-electronics improvisation by Sun Dog, the team of ErikM and Isabelle Duthoit. Col Des Tempètes (CRONICA ELECTRONICA
Continue readingKvad: an epic minimalist dronescape work, heavenly and powerful, mysterious and inscrutable
Erik Levander, Kvad, Germany, Supple 9, SUP008 CD (2023) A chance visit to a cathedral more than twenty years ago,
Continue readingThe Blue Denim Deals without the Arms
Canadian composer Monica Pearce here with her Textile Fantasies (CENTREDISCS CMCCD 30322) – she sometimes does opera, but this album
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Contemporary classical album from Bekah Simms, composer from Newfoundland and based I think in Glasgow and/or Toronto just now. Her
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Toronto musician Nick Storring with his solo record Music From Wéi (ORANGE MILK RECORDS OM161), produced entirely using pianos (and
Continue readingDeep Blue from Red
Excellent cello record from Portuguese player Marina Hasselberg – 10 concise cuts on Red (REDSHIFT RECORDS TK495), some solo works
Continue readingThe Four Corners of the World
Another excellent piece by Gudmundur Steinn Gunnarsson, the Icelandic composer who is quietly forging his own distinctive musical identity with
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On Wasp Honey (DISCUS MUSIC DISCUS 138CD), Martin Archer and friends present an array of different approaches – playing compositions,
Continue readingThe Three Bells Puzzle
Three new items from the Swiss label insub.records. Le Secret (Bells) (insub.rec.cd22) turns out to be the second avant-garde record
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