Kevin Press
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Released: 2021 Label: What Are We Records Genre: Contemporary Elusion is sometimes harsh in its approach, claustrophobic and unfriendly but without anger. Sadness can also have no basis or reason. We will recognize a bit of this adulterated air that we feel in the most tormented passages of Johann Johannsson ‘s records or A Winged Victory For The Sullen. On…
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Will Long and his late wife Danielle Baquet founded Celer in 2005, while living in California. Long continued to develop the project after her passing in 2009, and has made a new life for himself in Tokyo. He is admired around the world, for both his artistry and outsized work ethic. The Celer catalogue contains…
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Released: 2019 Label: Moderna Records Genre: New Classical This new effort by Reykjavik composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Snorri Hallgrímsson is breathtaking. Every one of these ten pieces is a highlight, and each lyric is warmer than the last. It is sad, romantic and exquisitely produced. Orbit combines gentle piano with lush strings, distorted beats and Hallgrímsson’s achingly beautiful…
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Released: 2020 Label: Another Timbre Genre: Contemporary Hamann often favours the lower frequencies of her instrument and plays long, lingering notes which practically ooze introspection and melancholy, but are nonetheless moving and stunningly beautiful. While the pieces were not scored, they have obviously been constructed with care, purpose and attention to detail. The end results…
The Moderns 