Kevin Press
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The Castel Sant’Angelo is revered by Roman Catholics around the world. Built on the bank of the Tiber River in Rome about 135 A.D., it was later the site of a key event in early Catholicism. Pope Gregory the Great, hoping to end a catastrophic plague by leading a procession in the area, reported a…
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Rex Kyed – Departures – 0:26 to 4:55 Philipp Rumsch – Epilogue – 4:12 to 11:57 J@K@L – Some Rows Exited – 11:41 to 19:24 Bloodkry – Nowhere – 18:49 to 24:30 Nanook of the North – Arfernat – 23:30 to 28:23 Muddersten – Private Pleasure 3 – 28:18 to 36:19 Carlo Giustini – L’albero…
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Known more recently as an improvisational jazz guitarist, Dirk Serries built an extensive catalogue of ambient recordings between 1984 and 2007. Recording under the name vidnaObmana (Serbian for optical illusion), Serries produced more than 50 releases. The list includes some two dozen solo efforts and collaborations with Klinik, PBK, Steve Roach and others. The inexhaustible…
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Poetry fans will recognize At The Still Point Of The Turning World from T. S. Eliot’s Burnt Norton. The first of his Four Quartets, the poem is about time and redemption. Eliot’s big idea was that getting our heads around the nature of time and the universe will draw us closer to God. By focusing…
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Having been found guilty on corruption charges, Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces an arrest warrant tonight. This after da Silva’s request that he not be jailed while he seeks an appeal was rejected. The 72-year-old – a still-popular leader who began his career on a factory shop floor – is battling…
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The notes for Adrian Dziewanski’s new album The Trail Loops Back make an insightful connection between the Vancouver musician/poet’s work and early ambient compositions. “Dziewanski utilizes environmental recordings, found sound and prepared instruments as pathways into deep-time sonic meditation. His music harkens to an exquisite stasis that was once the focus of western music’s ambient…
