Carry Them With Us: Scottish Gaelic folklore given new life by smallpipes and...
Brìghde Chaimbeul, Carry Them With Us, Germany, Glitterbeat, GB 139 CD / vinyl LP (2023) Albums of instrumental music centred around one or two instruments are a dime a dozen these days but the very...
View ArticleThe Clear Distance: a contemplative work of quiet minimal improvisation
Bill Seaman & Stephen Vitiello, The Clear Distance, Australia, Room40, RM 4201 CD (2023) As a media artist, academic and researcher, Bill Seaman has produced a considerable corpus of work,...
View ArticleKvad: an epic minimalist dronescape work, heavenly and powerful, mysterious...
Erik Levander, Kvad, Germany, Supple 9, SUP008 CD (2023) A chance visit to a cathedral more than twenty years ago, to enjoy the peace and quiet and to admire the building’s architecture, and ending up...
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Four new times from the art label Sublime Retreat in Wroclaw Poland, operated by Taras Opanasuik. Three of them feature the work of Bruno Duplant, that French minimalist composer who is a regular name...
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On CD August-September (SPECTRAL HOUSE sh008), the American minimal player Bill Thompson combines his electronics set-up with the prepared contrabass of Brent Fariss. We’ve been kept up to date with...
View ArticleELP: a collection of five soundscapes questioning conventional notions of...
Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo, ELP, Italy, Dissipatio, diss015 CD (2023) “ELP” is a collection of pieces composed and performed by Turin-based experimental musician Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo for a series...
View ArticleAha: tape deck compositions still sound fresh after nearly 40 years
Anne Gillis, Aha, Belgium, La Scie Dorée, limited edition vinyl LP (2024) Nearly 40 years after its first release, French composer / performer Anne Gillis’s album “Aha” is being reissued on vinyl...
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Martin Taxt Second Room NORWAY SOFA MUSIC SOFA588 CD (2022) Here is a dynamic album of minimal drone music that uses the composer’s self-imposed limitations to excellent effect. Conceptually, we are...
View ArticleEnhanced Rock Weathering
Swiss experimentalists Cyril Bondi and d’incise continue their work with the Insub Meta Orchestra to propose questions about contemporary music, orchestras, minimalism, and advance their own take on...
View ArticleViva in Pace: expressing frustration, anger and despair at the world’s...
Roel Meelkop, Viva in Pace, Portugal, Crónica Electronica, Crónica 201 CD (2023) Roel Meelkop’s career as a sound artist stretches back some 40 years since he started the post-industrial project THU20...
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