Electronic
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Susan Records has kindly asked me to present the world premiere of Benjamin Louis Brody’s new work “Oscillations” this weekend. Please tune into The Moderns on radioregent.com Sunday at 8 pm (ET). That’s 12 midnight GMT. The piece features Brody on synthesizer, and trombone performances by Alaina Alster and Max Sholl. The players circle around…
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Bernd Kastner and Siegfried M. Syniuga are back on the Touch roster with their first new album for the label since the early 1990s. The Düsseldorf duo has announced its return with a growling, shrieking monster of an album. The Bird Was Stolen must be heard to be believed. And it really must be heard.…
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Rami Abadir reached out from Cairo a little while back to share two new releases he’s a part of. Both feature an approach to ambient electronic music that incorporate a range of sounds applied with a warm, gentle touch. Clattered Tell is a solo effort Abadir describes as “an anti-nostalgic work, attempting to deconstruct already…
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Laurent Peter’s second album under the Tresque moniker is a formidable, difficult, at times hypnotic recording that must be heard to be fully appreciated. There are beautiful moments, thoughtful moments and moments that will make your ears hurt. It is an album perhaps best appreciated when you’re tired, and most susceptible to his aggressive use…
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Earlier Jon Hassell recordings feature his distinctive trumpet style front and centre. It is what made him such a significant member of a small, extraordinary group of early ambient music composers made famous (in part) by their association with Brian Eno. Hassell’s horn was a thing apart though. Paired with rich percussion, those first few…
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It doesn’t get much more Canadian than Kingston, Ontario. Our former national capital gave birth to The Tragically Hip (and the greatly missed Gord Downie), Bryan Adams and hockey coach/commentator Don Cherry. Even our first prime minister, John A. Macdonald, called it home. Unlike major capitals like Toronto and Montreal, Kingston has remained true to…
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