September is a month for celebrating industriousness. In the northern hemisphere, summer is drawing to a close. Our children have returned to school and workplaces buzz with preparations for another year-end. French composer Jean-Philippe Gross is making more than his share of contributions to all of this. He has produced two new albums, and launched … Continue reading Jean-Philippe Gross – Curling and Reflex
Clarice Jensen – Drone Studies
Brooklyn’s Clarice Jensen has established an international reputation as an accomplished cellist, composer and collaborator. Her resume includes recordings and performances with a long list of heavyweights: Jóhann Jóhannsson, Max Richter and Blonde Redhead among them. She’s also artistic director of the American Contemporary Music Ensemble. Drone Studies is her second solo release. As the … Continue reading Clarice Jensen – Drone Studies
BADD PRESS is now The Moderns
So that BADD PRESS is better aligned with The Moderns radio program, its content will be migrated to this new blog in September. New submissions are welcome at modernslove@gmail.com.
The Moderns ep. 69
Cyanching - Fermentation 0.00 A Journey of Giraffes - Miles of Paper Lanterns 5.26 Boding - Forsvundet 7.43 KCIN, Marina Elderton & Alice Jane Turner - Untitled 12.42 Alex Keegan, Sam Parkin & Francine Perry - Untitled 14.35 Maya Beiser - ah dolente partita 19.33 Ophir Ilzetzki - Emma Carmel 24.09 Todd Anderson-Kunert - It … Continue reading The Moderns ep. 69
The Touchables – The Noise Is Rest
Norway’s Guro Skumsnes Moe and Ole-Henrik Moe describe their new disc as their “first attempt to explore the musical possibilities in rather extreme registers.” It is certainly extreme, but rarely in the conventional loud-and-fast mode. Instead, The Noise Is Rest features more restful extremes than noisy ones. At various times, the disc sounds like a … Continue reading The Touchables – The Noise Is Rest
Maya Beiser – delugEON
The reports from Brazil of acre after acre of Amazon Rainforest burning to the ground, perhaps intentionally, have lent a different kind of urgency to the arguments surrounding the state of our environment. It is estimated that higher than 20 per cent of the planet’s oxygen comes from this part of the Amazon. Those of … Continue reading Maya Beiser – delugEON
The Moderns ep. 68
Ma Li - Musrara 17 Longer version 0.00 Chris Child + Micah Frank - Debris Of The Days 9.00 Darren Harper - Wooded 12.44 Austin Rockman-wire and leaf 22.50 Sophia Saze - Hope 26.49 Feldermelder - Tall Rise 28.03 Gudrun Gut - Musik (Paul Frick Remix) 50.19 Parias Ensemble - Anxious Winding 1.00.40 Sfyria Trio … Continue reading The Moderns ep. 68
