Kevin Press
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As often as we celebrate the do-it-yourself approach to contemporary music, it’s clear that those who’ve committed themselves to formal training bring something powerful to whichever genre they choose to focus on. Midori Hirano grew up in Kyoto, Japan studying piano. She didn’t study composition to any great extent, but as her craft evolved Hirano…
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This week’s picks:
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Released: 2021 Label: Fluid Audio Genre: Contemporary The starting point of this release is in the extra tracks that are included in the download – a set of cover versions of well-known standards like Julie With…, Wild Is The Wind, Perfect Day, One For My Baby (And One More For The Road), Suspicious Minds, Wichita Lineman, Somewhere, You Keep Me…
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Released: 2024 Label: Shimmering Moods Genre: Jazz New Daniel Carter & Stefan Christoff duo on @ShimmeringM? Yes! Foxy Digitalis
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Released: 2022 Label: Thanatosis Genre: Contemporary Night Will Fade and Fall Apart is a large piece by Swedish composer and musician Magnus Granberg. It was commissioned by Thanatosis produktion in December 2020 and was written for the newly formed Tya Ensemble the following year. Night Will Fade and Fall Apart is conceived as an ensemble piece where…
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Released: 2021 Label: Whitelabrecs Genre: Contemporary The score collects 19 vignettes and sound postcards (accumulating to over an hour of playtime) to augment the visuals with organic ambiance, field recordings, and echoes of classical music (as if played through a hi-fi victrola). There is a flavor of Mediterranean essence, wafting through the music the way the ocean…
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