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Released: 2018 Label: Erased Tapes Genre: New Classical Melnyk is often described as the world’s fastest pianist. He’s recorded an astounding 19-plus notes per second, simultaneously with both hands. This is misleading though; it suggests a degree of aggression that is entirely absent from his work. Instead, this tightly packed, continuous approach to the piano produces waves…
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Released: 2019 Label: Störung Genre: Contemporary The 5th Apple is more than just a first recording. It’s a fully realized, 53-minute artistic mission statement. The Moderns
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Released: 1986 Label: Some Bizarre Genre: Industrial Number 30 on the Best Albums of 1986. (One better than James Brown for heaven’s sake.) NME
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Released: 2018 Label: FatCat Records Genre: Contemporary Thresholder is his first release in 18 months, but its story stretches further back than that. The album is a multi-dimensional puzzle of electronics, distortion and found sounds, some of which were recorded during his work on 2014’s A Turn of Breath and 2016’s Centres. Amidst this dense fog of noise is a set…
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Ali Balighi is a Tehran-born composer, sound designer and sound engineer. He is at Texas Tech University currently, studying for a Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition. His new LP lands May 3 on Noise à Noise. It’s entitled Qaf Mount Ballet. Tell us about the new album. It comprises 18 distinct movements. Drawing inspiration…
