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Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra: Promises

July 23, 2021 By guillaume

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises (2021)

“On March 26, we will share with you a new composition by Sam Sheperd […]”. Briefly introduced at the beginning of March 2021 by a short 4mn voiced-over presentation featuring black & white stills, namechecking the musicians and the recording locations, the “Promises” project quietly emerged on the contemporary music scene ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Jazz, Modern Classical Tagged With: ambient, electronic, Floating Points, London Symphony Orchestra, Pharoah Sanders, saxophone, voice

Altin Gün: Gece / Yol

July 7, 2021 By guillaume

Altin Gün - Yol (2021)

Formed in 2016, based in Amsterdam and comprised of Ben Rider on guitars, Jasper Verhulst on electric bass, Daniel Smienk on drums and Gino Groenveld on percussions, Altin Gün is a Dutch/Turkish folk-rock band fronted by two vocalists (and keyboard players), namely Merve Daşdemir and Erdinç Ecevit. Instead of performing covers, ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk Tagged With: Altin Gün, bass, drums, guitar, saz, songwriting

Wooden Elephant: Landscapes, Knives & Glue

June 25, 2021 By guillaume

Wooden Elephant - Landscapes, Knives & Glue - Radiohead's Kid A Recycled (2021)

As classical musicians, we just never get to play this repertoire, and we think it’s some of the best music ever written. Aoife Ní Bhriain Working as a session viola player with the London Contemporary Orchestra while touring Jonny Greenwood’s string music and recording Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool, Scottish violist Ian ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Classical, Contemporary Tagged With: cello, double bass, post-rock, quintet, viola, violin, Wooden Elephant

Mischa Blanos: City Jungle

June 3, 2021 By guillaume

Mischa Blanos - City Jungle (2021)

Born in Bucharest, Mischa Blanos is a young classically-trained pianist and an electronic musician. Renouncing very early on an expected career path of solo concert recitals, the pianist embraced an alternative trajectory integrating experimentation and improvisation with electronic music performance. Encouraged perhaps by the ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Modern Classical Tagged With: electronic, Mischa Blanos, piano

Fanfán Tulipán: Genius Noci

May 21, 2021 By guillaume

Fanfán Tulipán - Genius Noci (2020)

Borrowing its name from the French film FanFan la Tulipe, the 1952 swashbuckling comedy set in the late 1750s featuring Gérard Philippe, Fanfán Tulipán is a young Czech band formed in 2009 and based in Prague. Blending jazz with funk, the chanson tradition and film music, the band features Štěpán Zbytovský on flute and bass ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Jazz Tagged With: bass, drums, Fanfán Tulipán, flute, melodica

Nahawa Doumbia: Kanawa

May 6, 2021 By guillaume

Nahawa Doumbia - Kanawa (2021)

With a professional career spanning over 40 years, singer Nahawa Doumbia is one of the prominent performers of the south Malian Wassoulou style of music. A passionate advocate for peace, justice and women’s rights in her own country, the singer has also long been the voice of the Malian community living abroad and especially in ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk Tagged With: Nahawa Doumbia, ngoni, songwriting

William Susman: Collision Point/A Quiet Madness

April 15, 2021 By guillaume

William Susman – A Quiet Madness (2021)

Born in Chicago and based in Palo Alto, California, William Susman is an American composer and pianist whose work encompasses orchestral, chamber, vocal and soundtrack music informed by western classical, jazz, African and Latin American traditions as well as contemporary minimalism. Constantly toying with instrumental ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Modern Classical Tagged With: ensemble, piano, William Susman

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