“People say to me I should make music for movies. I’m happy that’s what people think, because hopefully that means they listen carefully, and imagine […]
Tag: Modern Classical
Björk :: Vulnicura (One Little Indian)
Through sheer bloody determination to push through, Björk has, possibly, maybe, crafted her finest hour as a composer & producer, and the most vital album […]
Divine Profanity :: In Paradisum Interview and Mix
An unstable middle ground has been carved out by these Frenchmen. 4/4 patterns exist, but these can easily dissolve into broken or eradicated beat. Melodies […]
Loren Dent :: Anthropology Vols. 2 & 3 (Infraction)
Anthropology Vols. 2 & 3 has about it a melancholic cast, more rainy-day Autumnal evening than sun-dappled Aestival afternoon. A review of Anthropology Vol. 1 (2009) prompted this […]
Danny Clay :: Archive (Eilean Rec.)
Swallowed whole, Archive is comfort in resignation, commiseration in loss, a low-key celebration of ephemerality. I wonder if folklorists or musicologists, or perhaps it takes a […]
Carlos Cipa :: All Your Life You Walk (Denovali)
With elegant ebb and flow maneuvers, Cipa slides effortlessly through contemplative, wistful, uplifting and hopeful districts while maintaining a dreamy cinematic glow. It was an […]
Pjusk / Sleep Orchestra :: Drowning in the Sky (Dronarivm)
Together, Pjusk and Sleep Orchestra evoke a chilly and endless, empty silence, broken only by wind whipping up new snow on the pack ice and the […]
Poppy Ackroyd + Lumen :: Escapement Visualised (Denovali)
“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly […]