Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson’s début Englabörn was originally recorded and released in 2001 as the soundtrack to a theatre play by Hávar Sigurjónsson. Written for a string quartet, keyboard, percussion and electronics, Englabörn is a quiet and soul stirring piece of work which launched the composer’s international career ... [Continue Reading]
Chris Gall & Bernhard Schimpelsberger: Myriad
Chris Gall & Bernhard Schimpelsberger is a jazz piano and percussion duo formed in 2016. Piano and drums duos are extremely rare, especially in the realm of jazz where the formation will always be considered a double bass-short of the classic trio. But the absence of an official bass is more than adequately compensated here ... [Continue Reading]
Murcof x Vanessa Wagner: Statea
From Rennes in Brittany, Vanessa Wagner is a classically trained pianist who has recorded the piano repertoire of Franz Shubert, Robert Shuman, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Claude Debussy, Alexander Scriabin, Maurice Ravel among others as well as the music of contemporary French composer Pascal Dusapin. Born in Tijuana, Mexico and now ... [Continue Reading]
esbjörn svensson trio: live
Being in the moment while it happens - Esbjörn Svensson Active between 1993 and 2008, Esbjörn Svensson Trio aka e.s.t. was a trailblazing Swedish jazz trio comprised of Dan Berglund on double bass, Esbjörn Svensson on piano and Magnus Öström on drums. Rejuvenating the image of the classic piano-dominated jazz trio and putting ... [Continue Reading]
Shida Shahabi: Homes / Shifts
Based in Stockholm, Shida Shahabi is a pianist and composer born to Iranian parents who fled the Iraq war in the 1980s to settle in Sweden. Written over the course of a year while moving from one apartment to another, Shida Shahabi’s intimate début solo piano record [amazon text=Homes&asin=B07F9G2JSR] was released on 19 ... [Continue Reading]
Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi: There is no Other
From the beginning of our musical partnership we have been struck with the commonality of the human experience through music; how instruments, modes and the very functions of songs and tunes are universal from culture to culture. In 2017, singer songwriter, banjo and fiddle player Rhiannon Giddens released Freedom Highway, an ... [Continue Reading]
