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  • Machinefabriek and Hugo Dijkstal Win International Sound & Film Music Festival Award

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    Composer Rutger Zuydervelt (a.k.a. Machinefabriek) and sound designer Hugo Dijkstal have won best documentary score in this year’s International Sound & Film Music Festival in Croatia. Their work for Berg, directed by Joke Olthaar tied for the top position with Love Martinsen’s work with Maria Loohufvud on Calendar Girls. “I’m amazed by how beautiful Hugo…

  • Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell Announce Deluxe Edition of Burn

    Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell will release a deluxe edition of their 2021 LP Burn next month. The original disc took almost six years to complete. The new package includes original demos from 2015. The duo has also announced a series of live performances of the recording in Portugal. There are seven dates:

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto Tribute Due Out Dec. 2

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    David Sylvian, Alva Noto, The Cinematic Orchestra and Fennesz are among the artists featured on a double-album collection of Ryuichi Sakamoto reworks. A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto: To the Moon and Back is out on Milan Records Dec. 2. Thundercat’s take on “Thousand Knives” is the first track to drop. The full track list includes…

  • Iannis Xenakis to be Celebrated at Berlin Atonal Festival

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    Puce Mary, Lee Gamble, Florian Hecker and JJJJJerome are among the artists scheduled to celebrate the 100th anniversary of legendary composer Iannis Xenakis’ birth. X100 runs Nov. 18-20 at Kraftwerk Berlin. The event will feature “Xenakis’ works alongside new commissions, installation-based presentations, world premieres and special live performances from some of the most innovative artists…

  • Pharoah Sanders Has Passed

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    Avant-garde legend Pharoah Sanders has passed in Los Angeles, according to his record label Luaka Bop. He was 81. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1940, Sanders given name was Farrell. It was Sun Ra that gave him the nickname Pharoah, when the two began working together in the 1960s. Sanders joined John Coltrane’s band…

  • Marvin Tate Box Set Drops Nov. 4

    American Dreams Records will reissue the first three albums by Marvin Tate’s D-Settlement on Nov. 4. For the first time, Partly Cloudy, The Minstrel Show and American Icons will be available in a four-album, three-CD package. The albums were originally released between 1997 and 2003. The collection is available for preorder on bandcamp.