Kevin Press
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Released: 2011 (originally released 1984-1991) Label: 4AD Genre: Alternative This Mortal Coil, the subject of a new comprehensive box set, was in the public eye an encapsulation of 4AD’s sound and style spread out over three albums and associated singles and one-offs. And though founder Ivo Watts-Russell didn’t want This Mortal Coil to be seen as…
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Released: 2021 Label: Independent Genre: Electroacoustic Tifold af Fri Form og Fælles Motiv revolves around the sounds of a new, self-built synthesizer depicted on the cover, the clock wheel sequencer, mounted on a stand with a crank handle and a series of small metal points attached to the wheel’s body. As the wheel is rotated, magnets…
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Released: 2002/2003 Label: Temporary Residence Ltd. Genre: Minimalism It wasn’t until the summer of 2001 that Basinski stumbled into the work that brought him out of obscurity. He had decided to start transferring the loops he’d made in the early eighties to CDs, for posterity. Some of the tapes were in terrible shape, and as…
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Released: 2015 Label: Brainfeeder Genre: Jazz What The Epic does come to sound like, over the course of its significant running time, is a generational intervention – an educational tool that widens the definition of styles that fall under “jazz classicism.” With his writing for string sections and chorus, Washington even flirts with that most dreaded of…
The Moderns 