Even those of us dedicated to a musical life were surprised by the extent to which it sustained us this year. Long days of restricted travel and companionship demanded that we turn inward. And so what home sounded like had a lot to do with what it felt like. What we felt like. The music … Continue reading 2020 Favourites
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Mars Williams - The Heavenly Home Bashing Of The Bells 0.00 Simeon Davis Group - Sing We Now Of Christmas 7.55 Feline & Strange - Keinachten (Nolidays) 15.59 M.Nomized - Santa Factory 19.29 The Flaming Lips - A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn't So) 25.05 Lucio Capece & Werner Dafeldecker - Iteration 31.31 Andrew Sherwell - Above Below 01 51.33 Linus … Continue reading The Moderns ep. 137
Sound Art Mixtape 6
JOYFULTALK - New Biology 0.00 Judith Hamann - Days Collapse Days 27.29 Simon Whetham - 08 36 38.33 Machinecode - Hollow Moon 45.26 Luca Formentini - MoMA New York - A Dialogue with Itself 50.58 more eaze & claire rousay - she's literally fine 56.39 Ted Byrnes - No 1.05.26 Private Mountain - Dark Political Stratum 1.09.06 Kevin Press The Moderns, vols. … Continue reading Sound Art Mixtape 6
Discussions: Whettman Chelmets
Whettman Chelmets describes his latest The Poor. The Reign as a "a prelude and as a punctuation mark for the relentless year in which they were recorded." Sourced from a number of recording sessions, Chelmets has pulled together an ambient album that has remarkable range. The customary drones are all there, but so too are … Continue reading Discussions: Whettman Chelmets
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Eraldo Bernocchi & Hoshiko Yamane - Dance Zero 0.00 Rivet - Ney Non 4.04 Lawrence Le Doux - Petal 7.19 Ljudvägg - Mekanik 11.48 Karen Willems - Terre Sol (A Side) 14.00 Macie Stewart & Lia Kohl - PERFECT (EVERY TIME) 27.52 Snow Palms - Evening Rain Gardens 32.15 Langham Research Centre - Quanta / Signal / Noise Version 3 34.58 Øyvind Brandtsegg … Continue reading The Moderns ep. 136
Ambient mixtape 6
Tutti Harp - Patch #1 (nic i nikt) 0.00 Yasu Ether - Merrily Swimming 8.31 Pepo Galán & Sita Ostheimer - Magnolia 20.34 Tim Linghaus - Ghost 24.03 Daniel Menche - The Soaring 27.00 Ty Citerman - Gebet 1.27.42 Kevin Press The Moderns, vols. 1-3 – available exclusively from Amazon
Discussions: Marquis Hill
By the time Chicago-born trumpeter Marquis Hill earned top billing at the 2014 Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition, he was already known internationally as an important young jazz player. With each new project, it becomes increasingly clear that the 33-year-old has a great deal to offer both jazz purists and those with a broader … Continue reading Discussions: Marquis Hill
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Whettman Chelmets - Break in Fluidity 0.00 Polaroid Notes - And Morning Comes 2.50 The Inventors of Aircraft - Always Isn't Forever 6.00 Mamiffer - Mettapatterning for Constellation II 8.23 Phicus - Co 26.58 qualchan. - onto something new 32.03 Phirnis - 2003 33.40 Lustmord + Nicolas Horvath - The Fall IV 35.08 The Touchables - II 42.37 JAKOBY - Rhune 57.33 Drexler - Ghosts … Continue reading The Moderns ep. 135
Discussions: Jane Siberry
Avant-pop fans have long admired Toronto's Jane Siberry for her lush songwriting and crystalline vocals. The self-taught pianist went on to study music theory before launching a career that has inspired free spirits around the world. Recently, she's been offering her back catalogue on a pay-what-you-choose basis – alongside new material – on her magic-the-dog.com. … Continue reading Discussions: Jane Siberry
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S8JFOU - I miss being a kid 0.00Jetzmann - Uniek 2.25 Ian William Craig & Daniel Lentz - Poire 6.12 Adrian Corker - You can't be There 10.05 Man From Sol - Aliens of our Own Making 10.55 Rachel Palmer - Aureate 14.46 Luis Pestana - Sangra 20.25 Toàn - Flocon 24.03 Max Cooper - Swarm 31.56 Nadia Khan - Rain Again (Lawrence … Continue reading The Moderns ep. 134
