Skjálfti on Sono Luminus (Recording review)
Skjálfti Páll Ragnar Pálsson and Eðvarð Egilsson Sono Luminus SLE-70031 Today, where the list of practitioners frequently overlap, how does film music translate to concert music adaptation? On the…
Skjálfti Páll Ragnar Pálsson and Eðvarð Egilsson Sono Luminus SLE-70031 Today, where the list of practitioners frequently overlap, how does film music translate to concert music adaptation? On the…
Steve Lehman and Orchestre National de Jazz Ex Machina Pi Recordings Saxophonist Steve Lehman not only has chops as a jazz musician, he is a trained composer with a…
Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023) Sequenza 21 is saddened to learn of Kaija Saariaho’s passing at the age of 70. The cause was cancer. Despite the toll taken by the disease, she…
Panorama – Olivia de Prato (New Focus) Violinist Olivia de Prato has established herself as a staunch advocate of new music. In addition to her work with Mivos…
Hearing Landscapes Hearing Icescapes Lei Liang New Focus Recordings From 2012-2022, composer Lei Liang did a residency at the Qualcomm Institute at UC San Diego, where he is a…
No Cosmos -You iii Everything Else (Lighter than Air) Montreal-based trumpeter Scott Bevins has played in the band Busty and the Bass and collaborated with Pierre Kwenders and the collective…
Chamber Music from Hell Chris Opperman Chris Opperman, Synclavier, piano Kurt Morgan, programming, electric bass Mike Keneally, electric guitar Ryan Brown, drum set Jason Camelio, trombone Brianna Tagliaferro, cello …
Radical Romantics Fever Ray Mute It has been nearly six years since Plunge, Karin Dreijer’s last album under the moniker Fever Ray. Equally well known for their band The…
Steve Reich: The String Quartets Mivos Quartet Deutsche Grammophon Steve Reich wrote his three string quartets for the Kronos Quartet, who have premiered, recorded (for Nonesuch), and continued to…
Andrew Mcintosh Little Jimmy Yarn/Wire Kairos Composer and sound recordist Andrew Mcintosh has worked with Yarn/Wire, a quartet of two pianos and two percussionists, for over a decade, and this…