Contemporary music from around the world. The Humble Seaman - The Anthem Of Quiet 0.00 My carbon life - Breath In 5.11 Quiet Clapping - MV Alta 9.39 Bob Bellerue - The Longest Year 31.24 Wieslaw Rentowski - Wayang for Solo Violin (2009) 43.59 Jóhann Jóhannsson - How’s That 53.17 Anushka Chkheidze, Hayk Karoyi - Light Breaking 58.55 Wóma - Three Drones … Continue reading The Moderns ep. 172
The Humble Seaman – 120 5×5
Craig Tattersall and Bill Seaman describe their new project as “a structured collaboration.” Over a three-week schedule, each worked separately on five pieces of music. One per day, Monday to Friday. They agreed to limit each piece to five minutes, and no more than five parts. After a weekend’s rest, they sent one another their … Continue reading The Humble Seaman – 120 5×5
Friday Five: Aug. 20, 2021
Five new releases you need to know: Bob Bellerue – Radioactive Desire (Elevator Bath)Anushka Chkheidze, Eto Gelashvili, Hayk Karoyi, Lillevan, Robert Lippok - Glacier Music II (Establishment Records)Donald Edwards - The Color of US Suite (Criss Cross Jazz)Francesco Fusaro - Treatise (19'40")Gordon Grdina & Jim Black - Martian Kitties (Astral Spirits) Plus one, from The Moderns archive: … Continue reading Friday Five: Aug. 20, 2021
Alt mixtape 6
Clever Girls - Come Clean 0.00 Magnet Animals - Believe 4.13 Wonders of the Yukon - Rachel (And All The Goofs And The Stars) 9.01 The Empty Page - When the Cloud Explodes 13.09 Lilith Ai - Warrior Queen 16.21 Minor Moon - So Quiet 19.33 Michael Feuerstack - I Used to be a Singer 23.45 Tyler Holmes - To Accept 26.29 Insolate … Continue reading Alt mixtape 6
The Moderns ep. 171
Contemporary music from around the world. Minua - Final Service 0.00 Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Ole Morten Vågan - Plastic Wave 5.05 Mankwe Ndosi and Body MemOri - Wide Ending Beginning 17.01 Lucy Railton & Kit Downes - Folding In 24.16 Marie Wilhelmine Anders - Along the Blue 30.59 Jana Rush - 3 35.37 Sally … Continue reading The Moderns ep. 171
Friday Five: Aug. 13, 2021
Five new releases you need to know: body / negative - Fragments Remixed (Track Number Records)Celer - In Light Of Blues (Room40)Sally Decker - In The Tender Dream (NNA Tapes)Mankwe Ndosi & Body MemOri - Felt /not said (Auspice NOW)Viktor Timofeev - Palace of Peace and Reconciliation (lo bit landscapes) Plus one, from The Moderns archive: … Continue reading Friday Five: Aug. 13, 2021
Alt mixtape 5
Silas J. Dirge - Hang Me HIgh 0.00 35MM - Red Sunset 2.19 Sara Bug - Rosebank 8.21 The Hengles - No Time for Tea 11.06 Porterfield - Always 14.06 Barra Brown - Wasted Time (feat. Alexander Mackenzie) 18.55 Blaney - Faith in Nature 20.35 Psymon Spine - Confusion 24.15 Longsight - I’m Talking to You 27.49 Joe Lewandowski - Storm Eyes 31.01 The Wonders … Continue reading Alt mixtape 5
Discussions: Aija Alsina
Latvian composer and pianist Aija Alsina has delivered a deeply touching follow-up to her 2017 debut Domum. Recorded at home on an upright piano, Alsina employed the instrument’s felt mode. When its third pedal is pressed, strips of felt land between the hammers and strings. The softening effect is ideally suited to her very personal … Continue reading Discussions: Aija Alsina
The Moderns ep. 170
Contemporary music from around the world. Acef Stripe - Image 8 - A Farewell 0.00 Martyna Basta - Speaking Of Explosive 2.30 Geoastra - 7odedc 5.59 Moritz von Oswald Trio - Chapter 10 14.23 NTsKi - H S K 23.11 Wolfgang Mitterer - tempt 27.48 Lauge, Perry Frank - Clearing 30.13 Sunken Cathedral - Around Gudde Ridge 37.29 Bålsam - Dream Lake 48.41 City … Continue reading The Moderns ep. 170
Friday Five: Aug. 6, 2022
Five new releases you need to know: Aija Alsina - Creation (Independent)Mat Maneri, Kalle Moberg & Ingebrigt Håker Flaten - Wordless Voices (Kamo Records)Moritz von Oswald Trio - Dissent (Modern Recordings)Sunken Cathedral - Sounds for Walking in Circles (Full Spectrum)Various Artists - Realismo Mágico (piano and coffee records) Plus one, from The Moderns archive: Various … Continue reading Friday Five: Aug. 6, 2022
