Kevin Press
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Nhung Nguyen has assembled a collection of Vietnamese avant-garde artists to document her country’s remarkable music scene. But unlike a lot of compilations focused on a particular geography, Emergence is less a travel showcase than it is a polished and enjoyable 67 minutes of new music. The 10 artists showcased here are at various stages…
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The 24-piece Splitter Orchester has teamed up with The Pitch for its third disc. Frozen Orchestra is one single work that runs exactly 60 minutes. Described in its notes as “a very slowly moving field of harmonic relationships consisting of so-called pitch sets, which are augmented by noise sets,” it features a titanic, haunting performance.…
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It’s not often we’re treated to a pairing of two such accomplished, internationally admired musicians. Peter Brötzmann has a back catalogue that’s bigger than most people’s record collection – he’s a part of well over 100 titles. Besides a long list of solo discs, he’s recorded with Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, Krzysztof Penderecki, Bill Laswell,…
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Kiasmos & Högni – Zebra – 0:32 to 4:16 Bradley Sean Alexander – Movement – 3:46 to 11:54 Oberlin – Cotton Wool – 11:25 to 15:55 Dirk Serries / Colin Webster – Pilasters – 14:46 to 16:55 Sonae – Soul Eater – 16:53 to 22:45 The Album Leaf – House of the Rising Sun (Feat.…
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That title is a reference to T.S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, a celebrated poem that remains a source of debate more than a century after its publication. Prufrock is a middle-aged man with something important to say. But he is hesitant. Much of the poem is open to interpretation. Is Prufrock…
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Matthew Swiezynski’s stark new disc is a collaborative project that features contributions from Tarrl Lightowler, Johannes D’église, Arthur de Eriomém “plus other artists on invisible birds.” That last reference is to the terrific 10-year-old New York City label behind this release and Adrian Dziewanski’s hypnotic The Trail Looks Back. Both titles are co-released with The…
