Simon McCorry / Anthéne * Dave Nelson
Food for thought: Simon McCorry’s solo album and his collaboration with Anthéne ***
Meditative calm in Dave Nelson’s Act of Vanishing.
Category: other-music
Various Various
Various Compilations: three collections of ambient electronics and another two ‘from the blurred edges of (modern) classical music’.
Josu Mämmi * Ian Nyquist * Coniglio/Guzzetti
On a stunning debut album, Josu Mämmi takes ‘Nordic crossover’ to a new level *** Dublin’s Ian Nyquist paints sonic pictures of Winter landscapes on a new edition in the Laaps series *** Piano/Guitar dialogues performed by Enrico Coniglio and Stefano Guzzetti.
K. Leimer * Marc Barreca * Gregory Taylor
Three releases on the Palace Of Lights label: K. Leimer, Marc Barreca and Gregory Taylor.
Robert Moran * Henrik Meierkord
Robert Moran decomposes Wagner’s Parsifal using a 12-second reverb as an instrument *** Henrik Meierkord plays his meditative ambient cello to turn life’s burden into much-needed peace.
Snorri Hallgrímsson * Glowworm
Two ‘modern classical’ album that take melancholy to a different level: ‘Landbrot I’ by Snorri Hallgrímsson and ‘Midnight Intervals’ by Glowworm (Kevin Scott Davis).
DreamScenes – December 2020
“How to Disappear…” – DreamScenes for December 2020.
(Warning: the last 15 minutes of this edition are more intense than usual compared to previous editions).
Chris Abrahams * John Luther Adams * Michael Begg / Black Glass Ensemble
Acoustic piano, contemporary classical and expressions of ‘Solastalgia’: works by Chris Abrahams, John Luther Adams, Michael Begg and the Black Glass Ensemble.