Kevin Press
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Today marks the completion of The Moderns Library Recommendations project. Issued Mondays to Thursdays throughout this year, I hope the series introduced you to great music you hadn’t otherwise come across, or brought back fond memories for you. I’ve created a Spotify playlist based on the recommendations. It’s not complete. Artists continue to boycott the…
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Released: 2020 Label: Editions Mego Genre: Contemporary Nairobi-based sound artist Joseph Kamaru combines field recordings and synth drones to produce deeply peaceful, contemplative work – this new LP is a stand-out success. The Moderns
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Abdullah Miniawy, Amy Brandon, Bruno Duplant, Circo Alto, civic hall, Connor D’Netto, emma margetson, Germaine Liu, Gwennaëlle Roulleau, Hanno Leichtmann, kronos quartet, leslie ting, Li Daiguo, Liang Yiyuan, Martin Tétreault, masaya ozaki, Matt Smith, Moss Kissing, offthesky, Peter Herbert, Project Vainiolla, reinhold friedl, Sara Miyamoto, Sarah Hennies, Sun Ra, taylor deupree, Terry Riley, The Humble Bee, the moderns, valerio tricoli, Wolfgang Mitterer, Yvette Ofa AgapowSpotify Apple iHeart Amazon Some of this year’s favourites:
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24 Favourites From 2024
Abdullah Miniawy, adaa, ali balighi, Amina Claudine Myers, øjeRum, Bruno Duplant, circa alto, civic hall, claire rousay, Connor D’Netto, david fennessy, emma margetson, Germaine Liu, Gwennaëlle Roulleau, Hanno Leichtmann, henrik meierkord, joy guidry, Knivtid, kory reeder, leslie ting, masaya ozaki, Matt Smith, Moss Kissing, offthesky, Peter Herbert, Project Vainiolla, reinhold friedl, taylor deupree, The Humble Bee, the moderns, valerio tricoli, Wadada Leo Smith, Wolfgang Mitterer, Yvette Ofa AgapowThank you to everyone who shared music with us in 2024. Twenty-four favourites, in alphabetical order.
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Released: 2020 Label: Dronarivm Genre: Contemporary Porya Hatami’s Kani was a four-track EP released in 2013; it’s repackaged here with four new remixes and one “interpretation” by Arovane, Darren McClure, Tomotsugu Nakamura, Purl and Sven Laux: the work absolutely shimmers. The Moderns
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Released: 2017 Label: Compunctio Genre: Contemporary The secularization of Christmas music produced some of the best, most evocative popular music of the last century. The genre’s longevity is not simply the result of radio and television programming, the songs we hear all around us at this time of year deserve their place in the mainstream. Those…
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