Kevin Press
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Andrew Spackman has made music under multiple names, including his own. In addition to his recent contribution to the Mortality Tables series, he has a new 20-track LP out as The Dark Jazz Project.
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Genre: Experimental Ambient Label: Somewherecold Records Recorded live in one take, John the Silent has combined field recordings, drones, melodies and traditional Ukrainian religious themes, fed into an analog mixer with out-of-date iPads. Rather than capture the current state of things, John set out to portray the country’s “pre-war normalcy, the moment of crisis and…
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Genre: Experimental Ambient Label: Abstand Moscow-born Andrey Guryanov has produced an album for the ages. He has taken recorded performances of the Soviet Union’s anthem, which changed multiple times over the course of that country’s existence, produced a collection of pieces from the pause between the tuning chord at the start of each piece and…
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Sophia Oscillations is the second LP from Detroit duo Mission to the Sun. Christopher Samuels performs synthesizers, samples and rhythmic programming. He’s joined by vocalist Kirill Slavin. The work combines a late 1980s industrial aesthetic with a contemporary sensibility. And yes, the kitchen sink is included. The full LP drops July 14 on Felte Records.
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Contemporary music from everywhere.
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Genre: New Classical Theme: “… concepts of mortality and vitality as they entwine with humankind’s relationship to water.” Label: Backward Music Montreal harpist Sarah Pagé says the story of her new LP Voda began in 2014, when she was invited to work with Russian/Ukrainian choreographer Nika Stein on a dance piece. Pagé returned to that…
The Moderns 