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Tag: stringed instruments

14/11/2023 nausika

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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10/11/2023 nausika

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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29/10/2023 nausika

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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24/09/2023 nausika

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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21/09/2023 Ed Pinsent

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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05/09/2023 nausika

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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30/07/2023 nausika

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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30/07/2023 nausika

Lueenas: a work of massive dramatic orchestral soundscapes

Lueenas, self-titled, Denmark, Barkhausen Recordings, BHR004 CD / vinyl LP (2022) Listening to this album, the first from Danish duo

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15/06/2023 nausika

Middle Eastern / North African and sub-Saharan West African musics come together in “Gnawa Music of Marrakesh: Night Spirit Masters”

Various Artists, Gnawa Music of Marrakesh: Night Spirit Masters, Germany, Zehra, zehra006 180 gram vinyl (reissued 2022) A very interesting

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15/06/2023 nausika

The Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab: homage to a major mid 20th-century Egyptian singer / composer filled with mystery and intrigue

Simon Shaheen, The Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Germany, Zehra, zehra008 vinyl LP (reissued 2022) This work of love and

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