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. Dialect – First Breath 0.00 Mia Zabelka – False Modesty 2.08 Ludwig A.F. – Marbles 6.00 Braulio Lam – f/22 11.30 Konjur Collective – Revolution Should Be Love Inspired 15.53 Eunhye Jeong – The Latitudinal Bands 23.41 Lori Goldston – Cold Air 31.18 Lawrence English – Approach V : First Encounter…
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Five new faves: Lori Goldston – High and Low (SofaBurn) Eunhye Jeong – End of Time / KM-53 Project, Vol. 1 (577 Records) Braulio Lam – Apertura (Dragon’s Eye Records) Chris Williams & Patrick Shiroishi – Sans Soleil II (Astral Spirits) Mia Zabelka | Henrik Meierkord | IcosTech – Aftershock Vol. 2 (Subcontinental Records) And…
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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,…
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London’s Café Oto will host the fourth edition of Naviar Records’ Haiku Fest series. The event combines electronic music and haiku poetry. This year’s lineup features Simon McCorry, Manja Ristić, Audio Obscura, Leon Clowes, Encym & George Crowley and Daniel Green. “Each performance will be introduced by haiku poems written and recited by members of…
