Kevin Press

  • Hilde Marie Holsen – Eskolaite 0.00 Toshimaru Nakamura – NIMB 53 6.59 Claudio F Baroni – Perpetuo Motum (dedicated to Quartetto Prometeo) 15.17 Wolfgang Mitterer – Beethoven – Intermezzo 24.53 Machinefabriek – Not Last 27.55 Jon Rose & Chris Abrahams – Peggy 5 31.32 AMMAR 808 – Degdega (feat. Sofiane Saidi) 44.27 Bardo Todol –…

  • Hilde Marie Holsen released the follow-up to her well-received debut Ask this week. Lazuli, which features trumpet and electronics, includes four pieces, all of which are named after a mineral used in coloured paint. The connection between music and colour has long been touted as something that sets certain musicians apart. Synesthesia is a neurological…

  • This sparse, contemplative recording is described as a summary of two recent Fabio Perletta works: Genkai and Ichinen. It also marks the end of a series of pieces developed in collaboration with Haruo Okada focused, according to the album’s notes “on notions of presence, limitation, contemplation, patience and humility.” You need not be familiar with…

  • Great news from our friends at Radio Regent today. They’ve agreed to expand The Moderns from two hours to three, starting this Sunday. The decision means the show will now air from 9 am to 12 noon ET. That’s 1-4 pm GMT. Two reasons. First, we continue to receive more great music from around the…

  • Jon Rose and Chris Abrahams have been circling one another for decades. Four to be exact. They’ve worked together on a variety of projects, but never as a duo. That alone makes this recording an exciting proposition for fans of new classical music. Rose is a violinist who pushes the instrument well outside its conventional…

  • My new friend TJ Norris and I have prepared a pair of reviews of Machinefabriek’s new work Engel. Norris hosts the excellent Toneshift.net blog out of Ft. Worth, Texas. We’re posting both reviews on both blogs. Please check out his work. TJ’s Take The record (due August 15th) consists of nine reasonably short tracks, and…