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Tag: stringed instruments

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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10/06/2023 Ed Pinsent

The Former Things are Passed Away

We haven’t heard Jozef Van Wissem since his 2008 album A Priori for the American Incunabulum label, which is perhaps

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21/05/2023 Ed Pinsent

Formic Structures

To be honest I’ve always found the music and personality of Jon Rose a bit daunting – he comes across

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30/04/2023 Paul Khimasia Morgan

Non-Standard Constructions

Jon RoseState Of PlayUK ReR Megacorp JR08 2 x CD (2021) Not only a sound artist, but an instrument builder

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29/04/2023 Ed Pinsent

Heart In Fist

Excellent set of contemporary instrumental music by the Arcomusical ensemble, led by the player and composer Geoffrey Beyer, on their

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28/04/2023 nausika

Canti di guerra, di lavoro e d​‘​amore: an unusual and individual compilation of women’s folk songs from northern Italy

Silvia Tarozzi and Deborah Walker, Canti di guerra, di lavoro e d​‘​amore, United States, Unseen Worlds, UW045 CD (2022) Coming

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02/04/2023 Ed Pinsent

The Cool and Ethereal Nordic Light

From Denmark, the Crush String Collective with their Aeriform (BARKHAUSEN RECORDINGS BHR003LP) record. Three cellos, two violas and two violins

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18/03/2023 Ed Pinsent

Open to Interpretation

New composition here from Hannes Lingens on Edition Wandelweiser….Music For Strings (EWR 2101) is performed by Félicie Bazelaire and the

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