Ambient
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Radical is not a word you’ve read a great deal on this blog. The term has been so often applied – and misapplied – to music that it’s been rendered virtually meaningless. But if there is a music genre that can still fairly be described with the r-word, it is minimalism. Put another way, the…
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The thing that will strike you first about this marvelous disc from That Faint Light is the seamless combination of electronics and more conventional instruments on each of the 12 tracks. Together, Guido Lusetti and Adrian Lane have produced a brilliant, gentle album of advanced new classical works. Except that the two aren’t together. Physically…
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It is unlikely that ambient music producer Lee Yi set out to record the soundtrack of the winter that is about to set in. Given that the prodigious artist calls Málaga, Spain home, snow drifts and ice storms probably aren’t a big concern. That being said, Yi does have the great outdoors on his mind.…
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Manny Marko – Shinji – 0:13 to 4:07 Francesco Covarino – oliva #106 – 3:40 to 5:43 Valiska – Across a City, Across a Country – 5:12 to 15:52 That Faint Light – Scintilla – 15:40 to 20:15 PS – Reverie Unlock – 20:07 to 23:43 Gamardah Fungus – Landscape Painted By Fear – 23:35…
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Previous blog posts have included descriptions of certain noise pieces as more or less musical. What I’m getting at there is the ability of some composers to turn unconventional sound sources into music that can be appreciated by more than just committed noise fans. This is not to say that these pieces are easy to…
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Baseball superhero Yogi Berra claimed to have originated the expression “the future ain’t what it used to be.” While it may be true that he put his own unique spin on the line, the saying does in fact predate him. According to quoteinvestigator.com, a version of the line “was published in 1937 in a journal…
The Moderns 