Kevin Press
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Released: 2020 Label: Room40 Genre: Contemporary Australian master percussionist Eugene Ughetti teams up with composers Anthony Pateras, Liza Lim, Robin Fox and others to create a series of deeply textured and intensely executed solo percussion works. Exploding out the ideas of his chosen instruments, Ughetti’s work is relentless in its search for new articulations and extended…
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Released: 1992 Label: Nonesuch Genre: New Classical “After the sessions, I thought: ‘This is better than I anticipated,’” [Robert] Hurwitz recalls. “‘I think it could be a success; we might even sell 25,000 copies.’” That the album went on to sell 40 times that number was way beyond the dreams of anyone involved. The then new…
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Released: 2017 Label: Editions Mego Genre: Contemporary There isn’t a single sound on Simon Fisher Turner’s extraordinary Giraffe that doesn’t trigger either a crisp mental image or a chill down your spine. It is a sophisticated, thoroughly engaging listen. Exclaim!
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Released: 2018 Label: Room40 Genre: Contemporary Warm, relaxed and tranquil. This 2 ½ hour epic collection of ambient soundscapes deserves to be received as a major release. Several years in the works, the album’s 10 pieces were inspired by “site-specific performance situations” according to the album’s notes. “These include a durational performance in Los Angeles at…
The Moderns 