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March 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Tyshawn Sorey: Pillars

Tyshawn Sorey  Pillars  Firehouse Records  Tyshawn Sorey is the type of multi-instrumentalist and all-around musical force (composer, arranger, conductor, sideman and leader) that it’s nearly impossible for us mere mortals to wrap our thinking-gear around it really. There he is behind the kit making strange, alluring shapes with an improv legend like Roscoe Mitchell or re-inventing post-bop yet again as part […]

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October 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Jóhann Jóhannsson: Orphée

Jóhann Jóhannsson Orphée Deutsche Grammophon Billed as Jóhannsson’s return to the studio for a solo album, his first in a half-dozen years, Orphée (loosely based on Ovid’s version of the myth of Orpheus) arrives on the back of extensive studio work, Jóhannsson now one of the go-to names for Hollywood movie soundtracks. Prior to his […]

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June 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Milos Karadaglic: Blackbird – The Beatles Album

Milos Karadaglic Blackbird: The Beatles Album Mercury Classics Wait! Wait! This is a contemporary classical guitar album covering The Beatles. But this is the work of Milos Karadaglic – most often referred to as simply Milos. And he can sure play. Though some of the treatments might be a bit watery, a bit John Williams-esque […]

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November 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

A Winged Victory For The Sullen: Atomos

A Winged Victory For The Sullen Atomos kranky/Erased Tapes Dance choreographer Wayne McGregor has unusually wonderful taste when it comes to picking music to work with and musicians to work for. Here he has commissioned A Winged Victory For The Sullen to score his latest dance project and the result is an album that stands […]

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July 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Kraken Quartet: Music For Kraken

The Kraken Quartet Music For Kraken (Independent/Bandcamp) Here’s a four-tracker that’s almost album-length, certainly album quality – but it might be best to consider it still an EP. At any rate you can name your price, all donations will pay the band back for the recordings/be channelled into future recordings. Ah, music for the right […]