Alva Noto * Snorri Hallgrímsson
A new (and award-winning) soundtrack by Alva Noto, and intense melancholy from Snorri Hallgrímsson.
A new (and award-winning) soundtrack by Alva Noto, and intense melancholy from Snorri Hallgrímsson.
Between is a collective around Taylor Deupree and Stephen Vitiello — William St. Hugh creates a dark soundtrack inspired by the making of the atom bomb.
Orchestral, post-classical music that strays off the beaten track: albums by mastroKristo, William Ryan Fritch and Glåsbird .
Two ‘modern classical’ album that take melancholy to a different level: ‘Landbrot I’ by Snorri Hallgrímsson and ‘Midnight Intervals’ by Glowworm (Kevin Scott Davis).
Michel Banabila does what he has wanted to do for a long time: releasing an ‘orchestral’ album merging an acoustic ensemble with samples and electronics.
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Mzungu sheds a different light of the four seasons, while Bionulor recycles fragments of Alexander Scriabin.
Post-classical music from Clarice Jensen (for cello and electronics) and Joana Gama & Luís Fernandes (for piano, electronics and orchestra).
The Pitch & Splitter Orchestra demonstrate how a ‘frozen orchestra’ might sound.
Number 4 in the continuing series of Christina Vantzou‘s solo (or better: collaboration) albums, and more ‘beauty in stillness’ by Gray Acres (Andrew and Michael Tasselmeyer)
“Paths” is the follow-up to Olan Mill‘s debut release “Pine” (released in 2010 on the Serein label).
Their second release (now on Facture) continues to explore their “unashamedly romantic music”, with a well-merged blend of violin, pipe organ and processed guitar.
Olan Mill‘s sound is somewhat comparable to the sound of the Stars of the Lid and A Winged Victory for the Sullen and will definitely appeal to the same audience.