Kevin Press
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Multi-instrumentalist Patrick Shiroishi says it was not always his intention to be a professional musician. This will surprise admirers overwhelmed by the quantity – and consistent high quality – of his output to date.
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Music industry veteran Richard Evans has penned a review of electronic pop’s heydey between 1979 and 1983. Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure founder Vice Clarke has written its foreward. From publishers Omnibus Press: “This definitive account explores how krautrock, disco, glam rock and punk inspired a new generation to rip up the rulebook and venture…
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Composer Rutger Zuydervelt (a.k.a. Machinefabriek) and sound designer Hugo Dijkstal have won best documentary score in this year’s International Sound & Film Music Festival in Croatia. Their work for Berg, directed by Joke Olthaar tied for the top position with Love Martinsen’s work with Maria Loohufvud on Calendar Girls. “I’m amazed by how beautiful Hugo…
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Contemporary music from everywhere.
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Biliana Voutchkova has released a video of her new solo work, entitled “Ruins Of Rules.” This is a revised version for violin, voice, field recordings and mini-speaker installation. Voutchkova says the piece is an exercise in freedom of expression. “The work has been created as a reflection of my wish to escape the boundaries between…
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This week’s favourites. Plus one from the wayback machine.
The Moderns 