stringed instruments – The Sound Projector

18/11/2022 nausika

Albat Alawi Op.99: 20th-century Arab classical orchestral music meets DIY invention

El Khat, Albat Alawi Op.99, Germany, Glitterbeat Records, GBCD 121 (2022) Led by Eyal el Wahab, a self-taught Israeli musician

12/09/2022 nausika

The Gleam: a stark and minimal presentation on human responses to and interactions with light

Park Jiha, The Gleam, tak:til / Glitterbeat, GB119 CD / vinyl ( 2022) As its title suggests, “The Gleam” revolves

05/04/2022 nausika

The Moon’s Reflection: reflecting a labour of love and musical evolution over the years

Frostskadet, The Moon’s Reflection, Poland, Wolfspell Records, Spell 155 CD / cassette (2021) Reading a little about this album on

08/02/2022 nausika

Eldorado: an album of people’s hopes and dreams for a better world

Catherine Graindorge, Eldorado, Germany, Glitterbeat (Tak:til), GB113 CD / vinyl LP (2021) Here is a very lovely and emotionally moving

01/12/2021 nausika

similar and different: two traditional Korean zithers in a conversation of comparison and contrast

dal:um, similar & different, Germany, Glitterbeat (Tak:til), GBCD112 (2021) A duo founded in Seoul in 2018 by Ha Suyean and

22/11/2021 Steve Pescott

Chatterboxing

Holland Hopson Tell a Gossip U.S.A. TAPE DRIFT RECORDS TD 111 C.D. (2021) None too dissimilar from our previous entrant

21/09/2021 Ed Pinsent

Combination Key

Three superb modern compositional works by George Lewis on his The Recombinant Trilogy (NEW FOCUS RECORDINGS FCR284)…Lewis is an important

24/08/2021 Ed Pinsent

Outlining and Mapping

Twenty Fingers Duo with their CD Performa (MUSIC INFORMATION CENTRE LITHUANIA MICLCD109) are making their debut as a duo and

15/08/2021 nausika

Lastenkerääjä: leading listeners down a rabbit hole of dark and grim folk

Akkajee, Lastenkerääjä, Finland, self-released, AKKACD-002 (2021) In Finnish, “lastenkerääjä,” means “child collector”, referring to a child’s mind in which the

21/07/2021 nausika

First Man in the Moon: a wondrous work of guitar drone, double cello rumble and space ambient electronics

Norman Westberg & Jacek Mazurkiewicz, First Man in the Moon, Switzerland, Hallow Ground, vinyl LP (2021) I really wasn’t sure