Kevin Press
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Radical is not a word you’ve read a great deal on this blog. The term has been so often applied – and misapplied – to music that it’s been rendered virtually meaningless. But if there is a music genre that can still fairly be described with the r-word, it is minimalism. Put another way, the…
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If you’re a fan of electronic and ambient music, and have been thinking about exploring the new classical genre, Jakob Lindhagen’s latest is the perfect entry point. The Stockholm-based composer and multi-instrumentalist has released a drop-dead gorgeous recording that is both innovative and eminently accessible. Paces is recorded primarily for piano and string trio. And…
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con_cetta – Fine – 0:30 to 6:02 yellow6 – First Day #1 – 5:00 to 19:57 Snakepiss & Harvey Day – Part A The World – 19:07 to 33:39 Marc Kate – Inorganic – 32:12 to 36:22 Truck Stop Rent Boy – The Grinder V3 – 36:00 to 42:40 Form a Log – This Is…
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Historians will write about hip hop music with a primary focus on its lyrical content and social influence. Rightly so. The impact of the genre runs deep and worldwide. It continues to inform pop music styles and youth culture to an extent few imagined back in the 1970s. But as penetrating as that influence has…
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Pharaoh Sanders fans will recognize Dwight Trible’s name for his association with the great avant-gardist. So too will Kamasi Washington followers, who heard Trible’s contribution to The Epic in 2015. Safe to say that Gondwana Records founder Matthew Halsall is among those admirers. His press office announced the signing of Trible by describing him as…
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The thing that will strike you first about this marvelous disc from That Faint Light is the seamless combination of electronics and more conventional instruments on each of the 12 tracks. Together, Guido Lusetti and Adrian Lane have produced a brilliant, gentle album of advanced new classical works. Except that the two aren’t together. Physically…
