2016 has been a relatively quiet year for the Kleefstra Brothers – nucleus of many different projects of ambient improv and Frisian poetry.
Until recently when suddenly three albums by Kleefstra / Bakker / Kleefstra were released almost simultaneously, as well as theTsjinlûd multimedia project celebrating the Frisian culture in words, pictures, drawings and music.
Killing Ghosts with James Murray, Observing the Continental Ruins with Multicast Dynamics, and Pjusk inviting some friends for Syklus.
Drifting into experimental territories that will raise your adrenaline level: with Joshua Sabin, Christian Bouchard and Blessed Initiative (Yair Elazar Glotman).
Michel Banabila and Maarten Vos perform the soundtrack for Conny Janssen’s dance production “Home”….
Banabila also released a (vinyl) compilation called “Sound Years” (and gives away three download codes to commenters on this post!)
More piano textures from Bruno Sanfilippo * Dense, atmospheric melancholy from Daniel W.J. MacKenzie (aka Ekca Liena) * and José Silva’s music to browse your photo collection by.
Andrea Belfi’s music for the second IIkki book/CD release * An ‘Intimate Haze’ from Tsone * Organic collaborative sounds of Arovane and Porya Hatami
Catching up with Marconi Union, Steve Hauschildt and Orchestramaxfieldparrish.
Music for the last days of Winter……
The february DreamScenes edition may feel darker than usual.
Possibly due to the dark winter days or, who knows, the general darkness of current times.
But don’t worry: there’s a sweet surprise at the end. So keep listening!
