Kevin Press
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Lighting and projection designer Melissa Joakim will present “a synthesis of electronic sound and light” at The Music Gallery in Toronto on June 11. She is putting together a show featuring hardware-generated electronic music, designed to trigger the light show. Joakim is a member of the post-punk band Processor and ambient act No Colour Blue.…
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My soon-to-be 17-year-old daughter believes the world is ending. More precisely, she is deeply pessimistic about our ability to save the planet from climate catastrophe and wonders out loud what state it will be in by the time she’s my age. I doubt that her fears are unique. Truly, how could a teenager not draw…
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The DC Jazz Festival Artist in Residence Orrin Evans is planning a tribute to Sweden’s E.S.T. trio and the late Esbjorn Svensson. It’ll be featured at next month’s 16th Annual Nordic Jazz Festival in Washington. The event is a presentation of The DC Jazz Festival and the Nordic Embassies to the United States. Three concerts…
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Contemporary music from around the world.
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Vienna’s General Magic – a duo featuring Andi Pieper and Ramon Bauer – is back with a new seven-track EP called Softbop. It lands May 25 via generate and test, the farmersmanual “publishing hub for decentralised, incremental and opportunistic audio projects.” Tina Frank’s gorgeous video for “Burn” is up on Vimeo.
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Five new faves: Barnett + Coloccia – Third Wilderness (SIGE Records) Kranemann + Pharmakustik – Electric Fluxus (Verlag System) Linus + Økland/Van Heertum/Zach – light as never (Aspen Edities) Lucy Liyou – Welfare/Practice (American Dreams) LXV – things that may not be connected (Warm Winters Ltd.) And from the archives: Jean D.L. and Karen Willems…
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