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Tag: prepared instruments

16/08/2019 Ed Pinsent

Heavy Load

Paul Winstanley sent us CDRs from New Zealand many years ago, released around 2002-2003 on the Eden Gully label –

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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

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31/08/2018 Ed Pinsent

Mr Universe

Impressive solo record from Ghost Flute & Dice, a soubriquet which conceals the Danish composer Mikkel Almholt…he’s doing it mostly

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29/04/2018 Ed Pinsent

Piano In The Dark

Quite nice solo piano record by Project Vainiolla, who is Kalle Vainio from Finland; Nocturnal (PVAI03) is his third solo

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23/06/2016 Gunter Heidegger

Black and White Myth

Ingrid Schmoliner [Dwarves Suite] GERMANY CORVO RECORDS CORE 007 LP (2014) Surprises abounded on my first listening of this cold

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30/08/2015 Ed Pinsent

Presque Noir

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

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05/08/2015 Ed Pinsent

The Sky Trembles

Michel Chion Musiques Concrètes 1970-71 FRANCE BROCOLI 016 CD (2014) Great to have a collection by Michel Chion, one of

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18/02/2015 Steve Pescott

Card Tricks

Music for Hard Times City of Cardboard USA PUBLIC EYESORE 128 CD (2014) Listening to City of Cardboard by Music

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20/11/2014 nausika

Distance and Decay: long sound tapestries investigating the unreliability of memory

Grisha Shakhnes, Distance and Decay, Organised Music from Thessaloniki, CD t24 (2014) Working with cassette tapes and various basic recording

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07/11/2014 nausika

Ground of Being: quiet and intense works of found sound and prepared instrumentation

Annea Lockwood, Ground of Being, Recital, CD R7 (2014) I believe that for an artist with a long career, Annea

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