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04/09/2019 nausika

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

29/08/2019 nausika

Health 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

09/08/2019 nausika

The 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

27/07/2019 nausika

Like 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

30/06/2019 Ed Pinsent

Gdy Sie Chrystus Rodzi

You wait years for an album of obscure early Christmas Carols reinterpreted in an avant-garde context, and then two come

16/06/2019 Ed Pinsent

Search for the Lost Paintings

Karla Borecky has a new solo piano record The Still Life (RECITAL FORTY NINE), her second such after 2014’s Still

11/05/2019 Ed Pinsent

The Blossoming Piano

Last heard Erik Griswold with his 2015 album Pain Avoidance Machine, made with a prepared piano and the African thumb

14/04/2019 Ed Pinsent

The Chair of Tribute

Three items received from New Focus Recordings in New York. Trois Hommages (FCR214) is an excellent set of challenging piano

13/04/2019 Ed Pinsent

Warmth Leaves Us

Laura Cole is a long-standing player with Martin Archer groups, including Deep Tide Quartet and Engine Room Favourites, and the

01/04/2019 Ian Sherred

Die Alte Johanna

Two records featuring piano players based in the German-speaking parts of the world, but as different in their approach as,