Experimental
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Richard Chartier produces extraordinary music and sound art under his own name, and as Pinkcourtesyphone. He and I talked about his latest drone recording stase hivernale, the creative process and his “new, contemporary and formative electronic/avant garde/experimental/unusual music” radio show. For me, this is a perfect example of the dual nature of drone works. It…
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MAGAMultumult is a combination of moody alien’s MAGAM and Romania’s multumult collectives. They’re collaborating on an improvisational concert tomorrow, available free via Bandcamp. The show was recorded in a 14th century church back in 2018. A live album of the recording drops Apr. 7 on Thirsty Leaves Music.
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Edmonton composer Noel Fanaeian produces music under the name hundredmillionthousand. In support of his latest album Attention Span, he has released a video for the track “Eleven” featuring an improvisational dance piece performed by Tara Hodgson. “I used the sounds of the most intimate and emotional human moments and computerized them into indistinguishable sounds and…
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We may already have heard the best album of 2023. Iceland-born Bára Gísladóttir is a composer and double bassist who calls Copenhagen home now. She produces solo works, and collaborates with Skúli Sverrisson and the Elja Ensemble. Gísladóttir also performs with the Copenhagen Philharmonic and other orchestras. SILVA is a 57-plus-minute force of nature. A…
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The Cold Spring label has announced plans to reissue a 40-year-old live recording of Psychic TV in Reykjavik, Iceland. Those Who Do Not lands Feb. 23. The full show is presented in its original sequence, and features recordings of the pagan marriage ceremony of Genesis and Paula P-Orridge. The recording reflects the Psychic TV project…
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Promising “new ways to present and talk about organized sound, and creative solutions to artistic questions and endeavours,” The smallest functional unit collective has released the second edition of its publication of experimental and graphic music scores, Graphème. The Berlin collective includes Ute Wassermann, Tony Buck, Mazen Kerbaj, Magda Mayas and Racha Gharbieh. Twelve compositions are featured. This second edition…
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