Kevin Press
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We may already have heard the best album of 2023. Iceland-born Bára Gísladóttir is a composer and double bassist who calls Copenhagen home now. She produces solo works, and collaborates with Skúli Sverrisson and the Elja Ensemble. Gísladóttir also performs with the Copenhagen Philharmonic and other orchestras. SILVA is a 57-plus-minute force of nature. A…
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Esc.rec. has introduced its Pick & Mix series. DJs have been invited to put together a set of favourites from the label, which will be made available on Bandcamp as a name-your-price download. “The downside of having a large label catalogue is that older releases tend to disappear from the public eye,” writes the label’s…
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Alex of Fields We Found will launch a new label on Feb. 15 called Quiet Details. The Humble Bee’s lichen cloak on a white stone is the imprint’s first release. “Craig’s a huge inspiration and this album could be my favourite of his yet,” says Alex. Each of the label’s releases will focus on the…
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Contemporary music from everywhere.
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Olga Vechtomova is a Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo. She is conducting research on natural language processing and AI for music. She also makes music under the name Every Constant is Obsolete. She has been working on a tool to help composers incorporate past recordings into new works –…
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This week’s favourites: Plus one from the archives:
