Kevin Press

  • Last spring, I asked Kronos Quartet founder David Harrington if the group had plans for its upcoming 50th anniversary. “We haven’t really thought about it yet,” he told me. In fairness, the landmark is still five years away for the classical music rock stars. Meantime, a new 21-disc retrospective celebrating The Art Ensemble of Chicago’s…

  • K-Conjog – What Begin Began 0.05 Pharoah Chromium – Une photographie a deux dimensions… 4.52 Tobias – Inaudible 10.26 Styrofoam – Love Restores Almost Everything 16.06 Alan Gleeson – Zone 3 18.50 Markus Mehr – Voyage 35.15 Bonnie Baxter – Vivid 40.13 Star of Heaven – Track 4 47.13 Russ Johnson – Fjord 52.23 LAFIDKI…

  • This stunning new disc from London duo Amp comes with a back story that is equal parts long and involved. If you’ve never heard a thing produced by members Richard Amp and Karine Charff, this is a good time to check in. They’ve produced a gorgeous ambient album that harmonizes delicate electronics and vocals. It…

  • Discrepant premiers a new “sister beat label” this week, with a fascinating instrumental effort from Palestinian producer/DJ Muqata’a. “SOUK Records aims to bring beats from every corner of the world,” according to the release materials. “It is more than a dance music label. Our focus is on the strains of dance/beat music being created in…

  • Jeff Mills – Solid Sleep 0.00 Brecon – Scarp (Om Unit Remix) 1.15 Waajeed – I Ain’t Safe ft. Ideeyah 4.27 Pearl Vision – Clair Obscur 8.55 Sepehr – Velvet Dream 15.40 Lockertmatik – Stuff #2 21.15 Demian Licht & Eomac – VV Cephei 26.30 Outpositive – Binary Zero 28.28 Photons – Playing with Fire…

  • Endless Melancholy – Her Fragrant Beauty 0.05 Adam Basanta – Flora & Fauna 1.52 Anne Lovett – Psyche Piano 7.54 Ian William Craig – Some Absolute Means 12.37 Martin Ptak – Merging 17.05 Matt Ulery – Ida – The Passage of Time Can Be Relentless and Unforgiving 24.31 Russ Johnson – Transition (Johnson) 26.49 LTO…