Les Revenants (The returned) is an eight-episode TV series which was originally broadcast on French channel Canal+ in November/December 2012 and then aired on Channel 4 in June/July 2013. Set in a contemporary French suburb, the series revisits the zombie theme but without the usual gore and horror associated with it. Deceased …
Sufjan Stevens: The BQE
Best known for his banjo and guitar-based songs inspired by Americana and Appalachian music, his multi-instrumental concept albums or his fondness for Christmas songs, the incredibly talented and original indie folk singer songwriter Sufjan Stevens released in 2009 a highly ambitious score of modern classical …
Nils Frahm: Says
Including new compositions as well as revisiting and reworking songs from his previous recordings The Bells and Felt, Berlin-based modern classical pianist and composer Nils Frahm has just released Spaces, his first live album on the Erased Tapes record label. But unlike a traditional live album recorded over one night, …
Nils Frahm: La/Unter
Nils Frahm is a German pianist born in Hamburg and now based in Berlin. More than a classically trained musician and a modern classical composer, Nils Frahm is also a sound sculptor who thrives when experimenting with old instruments and working with analogue recording material. Over the years, the musician has been using …
Ensemble Ériu: Jurna
“Ensemble” is a great word choice: it conveys the idea of a group of musicians playing in the field of either classical, contemporary or jazz music, while in the Irish context, composer Seán Ó Riada’s band Ceoltóirí Chualann introduced the idea of ensemble playing in traditional Irish music in the early 1960s. The music of …
Tamikrest: Tisnant an Chatma
A lot of the music coming from contemporary Malian bands and singers today has this compelling and hypnotic flow that invariably captures the listener’s attention, and the music of young Tuareg band Tamikrest is no exception. Formed in 2006 and influenced by the traditional Malian “desert blues” style, Tamikrest also integrate a …