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Dinah Washington & Max Richter: This bitter earth/ On the nature of daylight

May 27, 2013 By guillaume

Shutter Island OST (2010)

"This bitter earth/On the nature of daylight" is the song that concludes Martin Scorsese’s 2010 psychological thriller Shutter Island.  None of the music for the film’s soundtrack was actually composed for the film but it was (expertly) curated by musician and long-time collaborator Robbie Robertson, whom Martin Scorsese ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Modern Classical, OST Tagged With: cinema, Dinah Washington, Max Richter, remix, songwriting

Danger Mouse: Encore

May 14, 2013 By guillaume

The Grey Album

The Grey Album I had forgotten about The Grey Album but was reminded of it while watching the excellent TED talk on combinatorial creativity by Kirby Ferguson (of Everything is a Remix fame). The Grey Album (2004) is a very clever mash up of The Beatles’ White Album (1968) and Jay-Z’s Black Album (2003) by Brian Burton (aka ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary Tagged With: Danger Mouse, rap, remix, sampling

Jeanne Balibar & Rodolphe Burger: Le tour du monde

April 30, 2013 By guillaume

Jeanne Balibar Paramour

Jeanne Balibar is a French stage actress who has also featured in over 40 art house and independent films by directors such as Jacques Rivette, Olivier Assayas or Arnaud Desplechin since the beginning of the 1990s. A chance meeting with musician and singer Rodolphe Burger in 1999 sparked the start of a fruitful musical ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary Tagged With: indie, Jeanne Balibar, Rodolphe Burger, songwriting

Marcin Wasilewski Trio: Night train to you

April 26, 2013 By guillaume

Marcin Wasilewski Trio Faithful

Marcin Wasilewski is a Polish jazz pianist and composer who formed his trio in the early 1990s with Slawomir Kurkiewicz (double bass) and Michal Miskiewicz (drums). With each member still under the age of 40, the trio already boasts an impressive CV, having worked and recorded with Polish trumpet player Tomasz Stańko and French ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Jazz Tagged With: Marcin Wasilewski Trio, trio

Neil Cowley Trio: Slims

April 18, 2013 By guillaume

Neil Cowley Trio

London-born pianist and composer Neil Cowley formed his eponymous trio in 2006. The traditional trio formation of piano, drums (Evan Jenkins) and double bass (Rex Horan) hints of course at jazz music, but strong pop, rock and dance music influences are also very much in evidence. Neil Cowley composes catchy melodies built ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Jazz Tagged With: Neil Cowley Trio, trio

Max Richter: Vivaldi recomposed

April 9, 2013 By guillaume

Max Richter Recomposed

From a statistical point of view, Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" probably belongs to the top ten most popular pieces of classical music recorded and played (sometimes even overplayed) on classical music radio stations. Not daunted by its overwhelming popularity, neoclassical composer Max Richter set to revisit Antonio Vivaldi's ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Classical, Contemporary, Modern Classical Tagged With: baroque, Max Richter

Erik Truffaz & Murcof: Al mediodia

April 3, 2013 By guillaume

Erik Truffaz

Erik Truffaz Ever since his appearance on the contemporary jazz scene in the early 1990s, and all the more since Dawn (1998), his breakthrough recording for the Blue Note label, Swiss born Erik Truffaz has never ceased to explore new sounds with various formations, experimenting and fusing his music with rock, hip-hop, ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Jazz Tagged With: ambient, electronic, Erik Truffaz, Murcof, trumpet

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