Tresor 31: Techno, Berlin und die große Freiheit will feature more than 150 acts in July and August. Attendees can choose from a packed schedule featuring 20 club nights, eight concerts and an exhibition on "the past three decades of musical evolution, social change and development of not only Berlin but the international music scene." Berlin's … Continue reading Tresor Announces Two-Month Long Festival
Friday Five: May 27, 2022
This week's favourites: 4T Thieves - Futures End (Rednetic) HAAi - Baby, We're Ascending (Mute)Fani Konstantinidou - Bacterial Dance (Decaying Spheres) Various Artists - Spring Snow (Mirae Arts) Wanderwelle - Black Clouds Above the Bows (Important Records) Plus one from the archives: Dans les arbres - Volatil (Independent)
Taylor Deupree – Harbor
Taylor Deupree, surely one of today's preeminent sound artists, will introduce his 14th solo recording on June 5. Harbor comes to us via laaps records in France. By virtue of collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian, Stephan Mathieu, Stephen Vitiello, Marcus Fischer and Tetsu Inoue (among many others), Deupree can be counted among a small … Continue reading Taylor Deupree – Harbor
The Music Gallery announces M. Joakim Show
Lighting and projection designer Melissa Joakim will present "a synthesis of electronic sound and light" at The Music Gallery in Toronto on June 11. She is putting together a show featuring hardware-generated electronic music, designed to trigger the light show. Joakim is a member of the post-punk band Processor and ambient act No Colour Blue. … Continue reading The Music Gallery announces M. Joakim Show
Wanderwelle – Black Clouds Above the Bows
My soon-to-be 17-year-old daughter believes the world is ending. More precisely, she is deeply pessimistic about our ability to save the planet from climate catastrophe and wonders out loud what state it will be in by the time she's my age. I doubt that her fears are unique. Truly, how could a teenager not draw … Continue reading Wanderwelle – Black Clouds Above the Bows
16th Annual Nordic Jazz Festival goes June 17-22 in Washington
The DC Jazz Festival Artist in Residence Orrin Evans is planning a tribute to Sweden's E.S.T. trio and the late Esbjorn Svensson. It'll be featured at next month's 16th Annual Nordic Jazz Festival in Washington. The event is a presentation of The DC Jazz Festival and the Nordic Embassies to the United States. Three concerts … Continue reading 16th Annual Nordic Jazz Festival goes June 17-22 in Washington
The Moderns ep. 211
Contemporary music from around the world. Peter Coccoma - begin 0.00 Adam Badí Donoval - Today I Woke Up Earlier Than Usual 2.57 Christian Reiner / Martin Siewert - Erstens 11.57 An Laurence - Artificial Light 13.52 Test Card - Every Mile Is Two In Winter 17.10 JARR - The One Who Was Pale As Milk 21.07 Cognition Delay - No … Continue reading The Moderns ep. 211
Must See: General Magic Video for “Burn”
Vienna's General Magic - a duo featuring Andi Pieper and Ramon Bauer - is back with a new seven-track EP called Softbop. It lands May 25 via generate and test, the farmersmanual "publishing hub for decentralised, incremental and opportunistic audio projects." Tina Frank's gorgeous video for "Burn" is up on Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/tinafrank/burn
Friday Five: May 20, 2022
Five new faves: Barnett + Coloccia - Third Wilderness (SIGE Records) Kranemann + Pharmakustik - Electric Fluxus (Verlag System) Linus + Økland/Van Heertum/Zach - light as never (Aspen Edities) Lucy Liyou - Welfare/Practice (American Dreams) LXV - things that may not be connected (Warm Winters Ltd.) And from the archives: Jean D.L. and Karen Willems … Continue reading Friday Five: May 20, 2022
Jazz Mixtape 22
Ebi Soda feat. Yazz Ahmed - Chandler 0.00 Alex “Apolo” Ayala - Bozales 3.31 Farzin Farhadi Trio - Ascent 9.05 Calvin Johnson Jr. - Treme 14.28 Kalí Rodriguez-Peña - Thinking Of The Universe 20.39 Moonchild - Take Two 28.51 Yaniv Taubenhouse - Once Upon A Time - Chapter One 32.26 Rebecca Vasmant - Broken Biscuits 38.02 The Glass Canyon Ensemble - For Rose … Continue reading Jazz Mixtape 22
The Moderns 