Kevin Press
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David Sylvian, Alva Noto, The Cinematic Orchestra and Fennesz are among the artists featured on a double-album collection of Ryuichi Sakamoto reworks. A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto: To the Moon and Back is out on Milan Records Dec. 2. Thundercat’s take on “Thousand Knives” is the first track to drop. The full track list includes…
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Canada’s Kid Koala is a world-famous DJ, music producer, filmmaker, animator and more. He is touring a multimedia show, “a live graphic novel” in his words called Storyville Mosquito this fall. That opens Oct. 20 in Toronto. We talked about his record collection, composing and more. Visit kidkoala.com
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Contemporary music from everywhere.
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Five new faves: And one from the archives:
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Two works from the last decade by American composer Steve Reich have been recorded for the first time by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Susanna Mälkki. Runner/Music for Ensemble and Orchestra is out now via Nonesuch Records. A vinyl release is scheduled for Dec. 2. Runner is composed “for a large ensemble of winds,…
