Kevin Press
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You may remember Scott Gray from a September blog post about his solo project The World Next Door. The musician, author, label runner and heaven-only-knows-what-else is releasing a new two-hour-plus album from Lunar Lemur, a character with a rather murky backstory, Dec. 31. Here’s how Gray tells it: “Lunar Lemur [is] a person (?) I…
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With a title like Pattern Recognition, you might expect Chris Videll’s new Tag Cloud disc to be built predominantly on looped synth tracks. In fact, the album embraces a more traditional approach to electronic music composition. Paired with his use of kit electronics and analogue synthesizers, the result pays homage to some of the genre’s…
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dopeman – Sunrise – 1:10 to 6:30 Rui P. Andrade – Violet-Red – 4:27 to 10:18 omrr – Eloquent – 7:44 to 12:25 Slit in Slot – Accrete – 10:55 to 17:26 Sven Laux – I Wish I Could Sleep – 16:29 to 23:29 Pepo Galan – Old Testament (feat. David Cordero) – 22:15 to…
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Vancouver-based Lee Nicholson has joined forces with the terrific Greek label Sound In Silence. His second LP under the name Test Card is a polished downtempo effort that, despite its complexity, demonstrates a wonderfully light touch. Nicholson’s sophistication is hard earned. In the 1990s, he fronted an English indie band called Formula One. Subsequent projects…
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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…
