Joachim Spieth * Robert Davies * Lull
Well-known artists ‘re-shape’ the music of Joachim Spieth; atmospheric opposites in the soundscapes by Robert Davies and Lull (Mick Harris).
Tag: reworks
Osland/Kelvin * Kazuya Nagaya
James Osland & Finn Kelvin explore the dark and unsettling place of dementia *** Kazuya Nagaya’s meditative 2018 album gets a rework from different artists (Murcof among them).
Max Richter; J. Peter Schwalm: Transformed & Recomposed
Throughout musical history, composers have always taken fragments of other composers’ work and used them to re-compose completely new compositions. Before “electricity”, their choice of instruments was ‘limited’ to that of the classical orchestra settings. And now time has passed, they all sound ‘classical’ to contemporary ears.
But when contemporary composers – especially from ‘rock’ or experimental field – reworks classical compositions, incorporating electronic media – hell breaks loose in purist camps on both sides.
At least, that’s how it used to be – some years ago. It seems things have changed a bit since we’re more accustomed to the culture of ‘sampling’.
:Papercutz – Do Outro Lado De Espelho
Well here’s for something completely different!
Usually, ambientblog is not the platform to promote portuguese electronic pop music – however adventurous it may be. But after releasing Lylac – adventurous electronic cut-up pop music featuring Melissa Veras on vocals, :papercutz main performer Bruno Miguel grew fond of the ambient genre (“much because of my love for movie soundtracks”) – and somehow managed to an impressive list of ambient music artists to rework the music on Lylac.
To get you interested: “Do Outro Lado De Espelho – Lylac Ambient Reworks” contains remixes by folks like Helios, Emanuele Errante, Simon Scott, Taylor Deupree, Autistici, Christopher Bisonnette, Jasper TX – and that’s not even everybody on the list!