Kevin Press
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I’ve received a ton of really strong techno and other like-minded music recently. It all deserves airtime. Here’s the first in a periodic series of live DJ mixes. Pleases let me know what you think. DSM – Birds in Mind – 0.00 Manfredas – Pink Industry (V Mix) – 4.14 Sebastian Vogt & Theus Mago…
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The box set can be a tricky business. Generally produced by obsessives for the similarly afflicted, classical music collections are particularly notorious for digging too deep in an effort to document the under-appreciated. Not so with this lovely new collection from Sweden’s 1631 Recordings. The label has earned an international reputation for issuing quality releases.…
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David Harrington founded Kronos Quartet in 1973, at a time when family obligations made the formation of a new music ensemble a risky venture. To hear him describe those days almost 45 years later, it would seem he had no choice. When you think back to the early days, did you lay out goals for…
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Kronos Quartet is in Toronto tonight to open the 21C Music Festival with the world premiere of Jherek Bischoff’s “Strange.” Founding member David Harrington and I sat down to talk about repertoire decisions, John Cage and more. What goes into the decision to perform or record a piece? That’s the question I think about every…
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There is a moment, 32 seconds into the fourth track of Daisuke Miyatani’s exquisitely produced Diario, at which his gently strummed guitar fuses with a quiet burst of electronic noise. That combination is at the heart of what makes this 2007 recording such a pleasure. Miyatani weaves guitar and electronics together seamlessly, producing a uniquely…
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Carla Bozulich – Let It Roll – 0:00 Rachel Grimes – The Doctor Arrives – 9:08 Christopher Coe – Cliff Face – 12:33 Stuart Chalmers – Beyond the Light – 21:21 Chihei Hatakeyama – blue reminder II – 26:37 SUN SPEAK – Nocture No. 4 – 38:16 Kink Gong – Wo – 43:59 Bit Bops…
