Kevin Press
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Cyanching – Fermentation 0.00 A Journey of Giraffes – Miles of Paper Lanterns 5.26 Boding – Forsvundet 7.43 KCIN, Marina Elderton & Alice Jane Turner – Untitled 12.42 Alex Keegan, Sam Parkin & Francine Perry – Untitled 14.35 Maya Beiser – ah dolente partita 19.33 Ophir Ilzetzki – Emma Carmel 24.09 Todd Anderson-Kunert – It…
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Norway’s Guro Skumsnes Moe and Ole-Henrik Moe describe their new disc as their “first attempt to explore the musical possibilities in rather extreme registers.” It is certainly extreme, but rarely in the conventional loud-and-fast mode. Instead, The Noise Is Rest features more restful extremes than noisy ones. At various times, the disc sounds like a…
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The reports from Brazil of acre after acre of Amazon Rainforest burning to the ground, perhaps intentionally, have lent a different kind of urgency to the arguments surrounding the state of our environment. It is estimated that higher than 20 per cent of the planet’s oxygen comes from this part of the Amazon. Those of…
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Ma Li – Musrara 17 Longer version 0.00 Chris Child + Micah Frank – Debris Of The Days 9.00 Darren Harper – Wooded 12.44 Austin Rockman-wire and leaf 22.50 Sophia Saze – Hope 26.49 Feldermelder – Tall Rise 28.03 Gudrun Gut – Musik (Paul Frick Remix) 50.19 Parias Ensemble – Anxious Winding 1.00.40 Sfyria Trio…
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I received a note from Ludovica at Modern Matters, promoting a pair of new releases on the Nyege Nyege Tapes and Hakuna Kulala labels. I’ll return to both in a moment. First, I’d like to share something that’s been on my mind for some time. This (I hope) will explain why I often say no…
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Each highly regarded as individual players, Susan Alcorn, Joe McPhee and Ken Vandermark have thrown their lot in together for the first time on Invitation to a Dream. It is an understated beauty. The three are not complete strangers. Alcorn (on pedal steel guitar here) and McPhee (soprano saxophone and pocket trumpet) first played together…
