Electronic
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Germany’s Niklas Nähring is back with a new, well-timed EP called Winter. He’s delivered five lovely downtempo tracks with unexpected beats and charming spoken word additions. It’s good enough to be one of only a couple of December releases on my 100 favourites of 2018. The young electronic music producer first caught my attention with…
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The Best of 2018 – A to C is here. Ana Dall’ara-Majek – Nano-Cosmos Dalot & Sound Awakener – Little Things Sarah Davachi – Let Night Come On Bells End The Day Dopeman – Winter EP Emanuele Errante – The Evanescence Of A Thousand Colors Fred Everything – Long Way Home Fennesz – Station One…
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This weekend’s radio program will feature part one of a two-part review of the 100 best releases of 2018. BADD PRESS and The Moderns cross too many genres to make a ranking system meaningful. So in addition to the Dec. 23 and 30 shows, I’m going to post the full list alphabetically over the next…
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After kindly inviting me to premiere “Oscillations” last year, Benjamin Louis Brody is set to launch a video of the work shot with improvisational dance group The Lovelies. I’m pleased to present its premiere for you today. “I’ve been collaborating with The Lovelies now for about five years,” says Brody. “They are co-founded by five…
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This extraordinary new disc from Antonella EYE Porcelluzzi & Deaf Society stands out for both its severe modernism and warm embrace of historical figures Mina Loy and Saint Teresa of Avila. Porcelluzzi reads both authors over the course of the disc’s five parts, in addition to her own writing. She’s chosen two fascinating historical figures.…
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A pair of lengthy recordings land this month that illustrate two extremes of long-form composition. Listening to them side by side (or mixed together if you’re feeling adventurous) reminds us that beauty isn’t just in the eye of the beholder. Beauty is expressed. And everyone gets to decide what theirs looks and sounds like. Monty…
The Moderns 