Entries from October 2016
Nils Petter MolvA|r: Buoyancy
More than thirty years ago, Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter MolvA|r had left his mark as an exceptional improviser with his ECM Records debut on Masquarelo’s Bande A Part (1985). Those beginnings–in the company of Nordic jazz legends–led MolvA|r to an ongoing process of nurturing his musical sens… [ read more ]
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Steve Reich: Steve Reich: The ECM Recordings
Steve Reich Steve Reich: The ECM Recordings e: ECM Records 2016 Celebrated as one of the most significant contemporary American composer-musicians of the late 20th century, Steve Reich successfully dismantled the cemented bedrock of Western Music and rebuilt it in surprisingly innovative… [ read more ]
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Various Artists: Various Artists: Yugoslavian Space Program
Science Fiction has always been a captivating genre be it literature, visual arts or in films. It’s the art of imagining a possible future or many of them, creating dystopian or utopian scenarios, mapping the unknown extraterrestrial terrain, reflecting fears of annihilation but always deploying tec… [ read more ]
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Miha Kralj: Yugoslavian Space Program
Science Fiction has always been a captivating genre be it literature, visual arts or in films. It’s the art of imagining a possible future or many of them, creating dystopian or utopian scenarios, mapping the unknown extraterrestrial terrain, reflecting fears of annihilation but always deploying tec…
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The Blues Against Youth: Apprentice
Somewhere, in a hushed place between Vicksburg and Yazoo City, an old riverboat must be chugging under the sun, clumsily pushing its cargo on the cloudy waters of that forgotten river, leading memories firmly astray. The old, Mighty Mississippi is just a few miles down, its stream running parallel t… [ read more ]
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Dawg Yawp: Dawg Yawp
Drawing equally upon threads common to m: Mumford and Sons , late period Beatles, acid-blues pioneer Little Axe, world music-era m: Paul Simon , and the good Lord only knows what else, the Cincinnati duo of m: Dawg Yawp has produced one of those little gems of an albu… [ read more ]
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Gilles Peterson: The BBC Sessions Vol. 1
To this day Gilles Peterson transcends more eclecticism than most music broadcasters on air, and perhaps the only genre continuously omitted from his shows is classical music. Peterson owns Brownswood Records, produces Worldwide Awards, and recently launched his radio station Worldwide FM, which was…
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