Kevin Press
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The fortepiano is most often associated with a period running from the late 18th to early 19th centuries. Technically, it’s a term used to refer to any early piano, but common usage ties it to greats like Mozart and Beethoven. Safe to say then that Italian composer Fabio Fornaroli’s decision to entitle his new six-piece…
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The secularization of Christmas music produced some of the best, most evocative popular music of the last century. The genre’s longevity is not simply the result of radio and television programming, the songs we hear all around us at this time of year deserve their place in the mainstream. Those remarkable pop songs had a…
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This November cassette/digital download release from solo artist NGC 4414 will absorb you and your surroundings like an audio black hole. The deeper you go into these seven tracks, the more ominous your world will grow. No matter if you’re on a park bench enjoying the sunshine or hunkered down in a windowless basement. This…
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Greece’s Vasilis Angelopoulos has a rich, dark ambient five-track cassette release for us called My Body, Your Temple. Recording under the name Conjecture, this tape will resonate well beyond the genre he’s best known for. Works like this tend toward the dramatic, which is fine provided the composer steers clear of melodrama. Angelopoulos has things…
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1921 – In my veins – 1:17 to 4:05 Test Card – I feel So Adrone – 3:41 to 11:08 Tag Cloud – My Own Mountain – 9:52 to 16:57 Forest Management – Cold Air Contingent – 15:52 to 28:40 .CrK – #!!!!@{[€]………………………..–º«…………… – 23:05 to 26:31 Iskwé – Healers – 27:08 to 30:01 Aaron…
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Artists have long sought to break down the barriers between themselves and those who enjoy their music. While some view that separation as fundamental to their method (or simply their ego), for others the desire to bridge that gap is always there. This summer, the team at Naviar Records presented an event dedicated to “exploring…
