https://banahaffarreleases.bandcamp.com/album/intimaa Experimental ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ released May 19, 2023 This is not the type of music you can listen to passively or appreciate in the background. A lot of people might miss out on what’s happening here because it needs to focused on like a complicated novel but also meditated on because it’s seriousContinue reading “intimaa’ إنتماء by Bana Haffar”
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Work of Progress & Etudes by J.Lynch
https://difficultartandmusic.bandcamp.com/album/work-of-progress-etudes Genre: Experimental Rating: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 4/5 stars released February 15, 2023 Works of Progress and Etudes is made up of very purposeful compositions that remind me of the early works of Schoenberg. There are many composers I could compare this to and it might seem like a later electronic composer would makeContinue reading “Work of Progress & Etudes by J.Lynch”
Canon Chops by David Curington
https://difficultartandmusic.bandcamp.com/album/canon-chops Genre: Contemporary Rating: Very Highly Recommended released February 15, 2023 Canon Chops starts with a tape manipulation musique concrete electroacoustic reinterpretation of Schumann and Chopin. The style is somewhat reminiscent of Vladimir Ussachevsky but, in my opinion, it’s more rewarding to listen to because it’s not just deconstructed but it’s also reconstructed. It buildsContinue reading “Canon Chops by David Curington”
Éliane Radigue: Occam Delta XV by Quatuor Bozzini
https://collectionqb.bandcamp.com/album/liane-radigue-occam-delta-xv Genre: Contemporary Classical Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ plus (world heritage level) released January 24, 2023 This is such an important release that it’s really important to me to do it justice when writing about it. Now that Radigue has reached her nineties I’m starting to feel a reverence for her similar to how I felt aboutContinue reading “Éliane Radigue: Occam Delta XV by Quatuor Bozzini”
Stefano Gervasoni: Gramigna Divertimento Ensemble
Genre: Contemporary Rating: 5/5 stars Release Date: 13th May 2022 Gervasoni is an Italian composer who studied under Brian Ferneyhough and György Ligeti back in the 1990’s. Ferneyhough is the top dog of the New Complexity movement which takes more is more to probably the most extreme heights it has ever reached. If you’ve neverContinue reading “Stefano Gervasoni: Gramigna Divertimento Ensemble”
Greaser in the Ghost Home by Das Synthetische Mischgewebe
https://tribetapes.bandcamp.com/album/greaser-in-the-ghost-home Genre: Electroacoustic Rating: Recommended released November 18, 2022 At this point electroacoustic music pretty much boils down to one thing: Are the sounds interesting enough to hold your attention? Or even more simply: Does it sound cool? Yes and yes. I’m long time fan of the genre. Every since I discovered Wednesday nights onContinue reading “Greaser in the Ghost Home by Das Synthetische Mischgewebe”
A Thousand Butterflies by Aftab Darvishi
https://aftabdarvishi.bandcamp.com/album/a-thousand-butterflies Genre: Classical Rating: Very highly recommended Released in 2022 Davishi’s debut includes five beautifully haunting lyrical compositions. Her style is restrained and confident, feeling no need to lean too heavily into one tradition or another. The music feels to be uniquely hers and very honest. I believe this music expresses exactly what she wantedContinue reading “A Thousand Butterflies by Aftab Darvishi”
Call and Response by Stefan Goldmann
https://ashinternational.bandcamp.com/album/call-and-response Genre: Experimental Rating: Highly Recommended As the title hints at Call and Response is the artistic expression of reverberation. If the machines have any sentience perhaps they feel like slaves and chain gang workers from the past. Musically this also calls on more modern traditions. A 2022 release like this with this sound isn’tContinue reading “Call and Response by Stefan Goldmann”
Starlight And Still Air by Starlight Assembly
https://starlightassembly.bandcamp.com/album/starlight-and-still-air Genre: Art Pop Rating: 🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌 released on bandcamp October 22, 2021 Other reviews and hype: https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/starlight-assembly-starlight-and-still-air-cd/BNSD.062CD.html https://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2021/10/starlight-assembly-starlight-and-still-air/ https://lineamasondixon.it/en/2021/10/27/starlight-assembly-2/ The vocal arrangements sort of remind me what can be heard in contemporary opera compositions. And unfortunately I typically find that style annoying, soulless, and simply poorly done. But there’s always room for me to learnContinue reading “Starlight And Still Air by Starlight Assembly”
January 7, 2022 by Kenneth Kirschner
https://kennethkirschner.bandcamp.com/album/january-7-2022 Genre: Contemporary Rating: 5/5 ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Kirschner captures the style of composition of the mid twentieth century two or three degrees out from Schoenberg perfectly. The slow unfolding of notes crawling around diminished scales into to the nether of atonality never to find resolution piano style is delicately plated. He’s fantastic atContinue reading “January 7, 2022 by Kenneth Kirschner”
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