Kevin Press

  • This week’s favourites: Léa Boudreau – Limaçon (empreintes DIGITALes) Machinefabriek with Monika Bugajny – Recytle (Independent) Pat Thomas, Chris Sharkey, Luke Reddin-Williams – Know: Delirium Atom Paths (577 Records) Zeen Parkins – LACE (Chaikin Records) String Noise Sounds – String Noise Sounds (Infrequent Seams) Plus one from way back: Furtherset – To Alter and Affect (-OUS)

  • Louis Jucker & Le Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain has announced a Sept. 15 release date for its latest, entitled Suitcase Suite. The LP, to be released on Hummus Records, will feature seven tracks recorded with “homemade suitcase instruments” that Jucker built. The project began as a commission from Le Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain in 2019. Jucker accepted,…

  • Monika Bugajny’s new recording with Machinefabriek is among the best we’ve heard so far this year. It pairs her interpretations of classical works with electronic sounds by Rutger Zuydervelt. The project marks a new phase in the classically trained clarinetist’s career. When did you first pick up the clarinet, and why did you choose that…

  • Contemporary music from everywhere. PASCAL COMELADE / LEE RANALDO / RAMON PRATS  – Femme Fatale 0.00  John Dikeman, Pat Thomas, John Edwards, Steve Noble – Comment! 4.19  João Orecchia & Sicker Man – blue empathy 12.32  ugne&maria – better 18.04  Anne-James Chaton, Andy Moor & Yannis Kyriakides – Garniture 23.15  Francesco Aroni Vigone – Inverno…

  • Colin Stetson – All Aboard 0.00  Michael Kurek – Symphony No. 2 – Tales from the Realm of Faerie – IV 4.19  Flore Laurentienne – Navigation IV 16.42  Gerry Bryant – Wellenklange (Voice of the Waves) 20.04  Ken Walicki – Kelebrek 28.30  The ARK Trio – Simplicity 40.24  Refree – Lo que esconden 56.35  Elizabeth…

  • This week’s picks: Chris Dreier & Tim Löhde – MK/CT (Fang Bomb) GAŁGAŁ – Ich schwöre ich hab Angst (Abstand) Jérôme Noetinger & Anthony Pateras – 15 Coruscations (Penultimate Press) Tom Schneider – Isotopes (Macro) Karen Willems – KAAP MIJ (W.E.R.F. Records) Plus one from the archives: Sonae – Summer (laaps)