kevin press
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Five new faves: Federico Balducci & fourthousandblackbirds – Succulent Succubus (Difficult Art & Music) John Blum Quartet feat. Marshall Allen – Deep Space (Astral Spirits) David Curington – Composer REACTS / After These Messages (Difficult Art & Music) Drew Mulholland & Garden Gate – Night Blooming Flowers (Subexotic Records) Yui Onodera – 1982 (Room40)
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Released: 2018 Label: World Galaxy Records Genre: Jazz Behind Tim Conley’s (a.k.a. MAST) leadership, Thelonious Sphere Monk offers up aggressively modern interpretations of Monk’s music. Major works like “Epistrophy,” “‘Round Midnight” and “Straight No Chaser” are here. So too are compositions you may be less familiar with. All About Jazz
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Released: 2018 Label: Room40 Genre: Contemporary I hear voices, strings and synths, at least. The sum of all these parts is dense and surprisingly emotional. Skeen has struck a chord that – if you give in to it – will transport you. The Moderns
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Released: 2018 Label: King Deluxe Genre: Jazz The Netherlands sampler extraordinaire has produced a killer electronic jazz album. In the process, he has transformed his source material. Among the album’s many highlights, “Cage Flight” is entirely made up of John Cage samples. Don’t come looking for a mashup of 20th century minimalism though — Lucinate turns…
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Released: 2018 Label: empreintes DIGITALes Genre: Contemporary These powerful, sometimes disturbing recordings all date back to the mid-1990s. Thematically and artistically, each has maintained extraordinary relevance. The Moderns
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The Moderns ep. 328
Amy Brandon, Andrew Lisle, Aruan Ortiz, Brueder Selke, Chuck Johnson, Deron Johnson, dirk serries, Eugene Chadbourne, Evan Chapman, Giraffe, ivo perelman, Jessica Ackerley, Joane Hétu, kevin press, Larry Goldings, Lina Bahn, Liz Ames, Matthew Burtner, Melinda Sullivan, Paolo Griffin, Ramon Lopez, RG Rough, Richard Pinhas, Rodrigo Amado, Stephen C. Page, the moderns, waqwaq kingdomBrueder Selke – Zima 0.00 Amy Brandon – Simulacra 4.26 Jessica Ackerley – Nature Morte: Time is Fleeting 16.47 Chuck Johnson – Teleos 22.17 Matthew Burtner – Auroras 30.51 Giraffe – ATOM IX 37.14 Richard Pinhas & RG Rough – End of the Line – Part 1 45.37 Lina Bahn – Axolotl 1.05.28 Stephen C.…
