kevin press
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Released: 2017 Label: Auris Apothecary Genre: Contemporary There is palpable tension throughout this 20-movement cycle that makes a passive, or even casual listen virtually impossible. Stabat Mater is among the most challenging releases you have heard this year. And it’s magnificent. Exclaim!
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Released: 2021 Label: What Are We Records Genre: Contemporary Elusion is sometimes harsh in its approach, claustrophobic and unfriendly but without anger. Sadness can also have no basis or reason. We will recognize a bit of this adulterated air that we feel in the most tormented passages of Johann Johannsson ‘s records or A Winged Victory For The Sullen. On…
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Will Long and his late wife Danielle Baquet founded Celer in 2005, while living in California. Long continued to develop the project after her passing in 2009, and has made a new life for himself in Tokyo. He is admired around the world, for both his artistry and outsized work ethic. The Celer catalogue contains…
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Released: 2019 Label: Moderna Records Genre: New Classical This new effort by Reykjavik composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Snorri Hallgrímsson is breathtaking. Every one of these ten pieces is a highlight, and each lyric is warmer than the last. It is sad, romantic and exquisitely produced. Orbit combines gentle piano with lush strings, distorted beats and Hallgrímsson’s achingly beautiful…
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