John Luther Adams * Philip Blackburn
From Arctic Dreams to reverberating cisterns of Istanbul: music from John Luther Adams and Philip Blackburn.
From Arctic Dreams to reverberating cisterns of Istanbul: music from John Luther Adams and Philip Blackburn.
Zimoun explores the mindful sounds of Various Vibrating Materials *** Ensemble Musikfabrik presents Simon Martin’s Musique D’Art.
Various Compilations: three collections of ambient electronics and another two ‘from the blurred edges of (modern) classical music’.
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.
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.
Daniel Menche explores the human voice and so does Mamiffer, who also release their new album. The Abyss Within Us is an Italian Duo with a new album released on the Astral Industries label
Two ‘modern classical’ album that take melancholy to a different level: ‘Landbrot I’ by Snorri Hallgrímsson and ‘Midnight Intervals’ by Glowworm (Kevin Scott Davis).
Three different albums that are still connected: releases by Silent Vigils, James Murray & Mike Lazarev, and Ian Hawgood.
Redefining post-classical music: Gyda Valtysdottir, Galya Bisengalieva and Lukas Lauermann.