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Hidden Orchestra: Archipelago

September 11, 2015 By guillaume

Hidden Orchestra - Archipelago (2012)

Traditional jazz drummers are usually only given a few bars to shine, and consequently these short solos are bursting with brilliant ideas and glimpses of pure rhythmic feel. I began to isolate and reprogram fragments of these rhythmic gems […] read the cover notes to Hidden Orchestra’s first record [amazon text=Night ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk, Jazz Tagged With: ambient, drums, electro, Hidden Orchestra, post-rock, sampling

The White Birch: The Weight of Spring

July 1, 2015 By guillaume

The White Birch - The Weight of Spring (2015)

Fronted by singer, songwriter and composer Ola Fløttum, The White Birch are another shining example of the exceptional vitality of the Norwegian music scene, all genres included. Born as a quartet in 1996, The White Birch have crafted over the years an expansive soundscape of slow motion, intimate and melancholic songs, ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk Tagged With: post-rock, songwriting, The White Birch

Erik Satie et les Nouveaux Jeunes Version 2

May 27, 2015 By guillaume

Erik Satie et les Nouveaux Jeunes Version 2 (2015)

Modern classical composer Max Richter’s introduction to “Erik Sleeping”, his “recomposition” of Erik Satie’s “Gnossienne n°1” for the newly released Erik Satie & les Nouveaux Jeunes - Version 2 on Arbouse Recordings (2015) perhaps epitomises best the overall spirit of the project: I learnt to perform the score backwards and ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Classical, Contemporary, Modern Classical Tagged With: ambient, cello, electro, Erik Satie, piano, post-rock, sampling, violin

Mogwai: Hungry face

December 17, 2013 By guillaume

Mogwai - Les Revenants (2013)

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 ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, OST Tagged With: Mogwai, post-rock

Steindór Andersen & Sigur Rós: Á ferð til breiðafjarðar vorið 1922

September 2, 2013 By guillaume

Sigur Rós - Heima (2007)

In 2007, Icelandic band Sigur Rós released Heima, a full length feature capturing a series of  free and impromptu concerts filmed across “the furthest flung corners of their homeland” in 2006. Superbly shot in several breath-taking locations by Canadian film director, animator and long-time fan of the band Dean DeBlois, the ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary Tagged With: cinema, post-rock, Sigur Rós, songwriting

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