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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Tag: stringed instruments
Shadoww: a fun ride through rich and radiant trippy ambient electronics experimentation
Agathe Max, Shadoww, United Kingdom, self-released, limited edition cassette (2023) Active in the experimental / improv music scene since 2006
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Does Spring Hide Its Joy: a triptych of dronescape works of surprising richness and complexity
Kali Malone (featuring Stephen O’Malley & Lucy Railton), Does Spring Hide Its Joy, Ideologic Organ, SOMA 050, 3 x vinyl
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Playon Crayon: free jazz improvisation with a light and playful touch
Elsa Bergman, Playon Crayon, Sweden, Bergman Inspelningar, BI004 CD (2023) On days when you need relaxing music with a light
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Works for the Ever Present Orchestra Vol. II: two soundscape works that demand your attention to their every quiver and flutter
Alvin Lucier, Works for the Ever Present Orchestra Vol. II, Australia, Black Truffle Records, BT109 vinyl LP (2023) A follow-up
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Waillee Waillee: a wondrous work of spaced-out psychedelic folk and neo-mediaeval experimentation
Dorothy Carter, Waillee Waillee, United States, Palto Flats, PF012 CD / vinyl LP (December 2023 reissue) / Germany, Putojefe Records,
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Nighturns: a compilation of minimalist experimental music drawing on African folk influences and field recordings of rituals
Un Caddie Renversé dans l’Herbe, Nighturns, Germany, Cellule 75, CELL-10 CD (2022) With a name like Caddie Renversé dans l’Herbe
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Trees in the Community
Excellent string work on the album Tús (NEW FOCUS RECORDINGS FCR327), a collection of recent compositions by the Irish-American composer
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Flow: traditional Korean stringed instrument and electronics in a live performance
KEDA, Flow, Parenthèses Records, PREC 18 CD (2022) From nearly opposite sides of the world come two musicians to form
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l’A Neuve: violin-percussion duo creating a highly textured if austere music
Anouck Genthon & David Meier, l’A Neuve, Switzerland, Wide Ear Records, WER068 limited edition CD (2022) Both Anouck Genthon and
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