Based in Copenhagen, Bremer/McCoy is an instrumental duo comprised of Jonathan Bremer on double bass and Morten McCoy on keyboards and tape delay. Starting off as a reggae group when still at school, the Danish duo’s sound has gradually evolved since their début in 2013 into an exquisitely airy and soulful synthesis ... [Continue Reading]
Contemporary
Emile Mosseri: The Last Black Man in San Francisco
A hugely original feature film which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2019, The Last Black Man in San Francisco marked a series of firsts. Designed from an initial Kickstarter campaign and a subsequent short film, the production is American filmmaker Joe Talbot’s first full-length feature film. It stars ... [Continue Reading]
Web Web: Web Max
Web Web is a German jazz quartet based in Munich comprised of Roberto Di Gioia on piano and Fender Rhodes, Tony Lakatos on saxophone, Christian Von Kaphengst on bass and Peter Gall on drums. Since their début release in 2017, the band’s main modus operandi has been to channel the live energy and spontaneity of an independent ... [Continue Reading]
Nala Sinephro: Space 1.8
There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres - Pythagoras Nala Sinephro is a young harpist, keyboard player and composer from Belgium now based in London. Composed and recorded between 2018 and 2019 and released on 3 September 2021 last on Warp Records, Space 1.8 blends ... [Continue Reading]
Galya Bisengalieva: Aralkum
Born in Kazakhstan and based in London, Galya Bisengalieva is a classically-trained violinist, composer and electronic musician. As the current leader of the London Contemporary Orchestra, she has been involved in a series of high profile collaborations with musicians as diverse as Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich, Suzanne ... [Continue Reading]
Otto A Totland: Companion
Otto Andreas Totland is a Norwegian self-taught pianist and electronic musician also performing under the Nest moniker or as half of the Deaf Center electronic duo with Erik K Skodvin. Released on the excellent Berlin-based boutique label Sonic Pieces on 26 November 2021 last as a download, CD and limited Vinyl edition with ... [Continue Reading]
New Age Doom & Lee “Scratch” Perry’s Guide to the Universe
Opening to the crash of a gong whose cosmic vibrations metaphorically linger throughout the entire recording, Lee "Scratch" Perry's Guide to the Universe has the allure of a religious ceremony, a shamanic ritual calling on the spirits of the other world, a Rastafarian sermon dispensed by legendary Jamaican producer, visual ... [Continue Reading]