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Cosmo Sheldrake: The Much Much How How and I

April 30, 2019 By guillaume

Cosmo Sheldrake - The Much Much How How and I (2018)

Come along catch a Heffalump, Sit with me on a muddy clump, We’ll sing a song of days gone by […] We’ll dance and sing till sundown, And feast with abandon, We’ll sleep when the morning comes, And we’ll rise by the sound of the birdsongs. Come Along Based in London, Cosmo Sheldrake is a young composer, ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk Tagged With: Cosmo Sheldrake, indie, orchestra, sampling, songwriting

Sudan Archives/Sink

November 16, 2018 By guillaume

Sudan Archives EP (2017)

My strings propagate Through space and time Here and there At the same time Sudan Archives - Nont for Sale In October 2016, nearly a year prior to her first commercial release, Sudan Archives posted Queen Kunta on YouTube, a cover of Kendrick Lamar’s “King Kunta”. The video clip sees the singer sitting in front of a loop ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary Tagged With: electro, fusion, indie, sampling, songwriting, Sudan Archives, violin

Seán Mac Erlaine: Music for Empty Ears

November 7, 2018 By guillaume

Seán Mac Erlaine - Music for Empty Ears (2018) - Artwork © Distinctive Repetition

Seán Mac Erlaine is a Dublin-based reed player, composer and electronic musician who has released two solo albums to date, Long after the Music is Gone (2012) and A Slender Song (2014), both on the Ergodos record label. He is also a master improviser who thrives on eclectic and multi-disciplinary collaborations. Over the years, ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Ireland, Jazz Tagged With: ambient, clarinet, electro, sampling, saxophone, Seán Mac Erlaine, songwriting

Peter Broderick: All Together Again

April 30, 2018 By guillaume

Peter-Broderick-All-Together Again (2017)

Somewhat like the public letter-writers of the past, American artistic polymath Peter Broderick has adopted a similar role lately as a “public” musician, in addition to his creative work as a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and composer. “Ever since I started releasing records in 2007”, notes the musician, “people have ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Modern Classical Tagged With: ambient, electro, keyboard, Peter Broderick, sampling, songwriting, violin

Elskavon: Skylight

March 14, 2018 By guillaume

Elskavon - Skylight (2018)

"Elska" means love. "Von" means hope. Love and hope. Two things every single person longs for and needs, and yet two things much too lacking in our world. A professional musician composing for film, TV and web, Minneapolis-based Chris Bartels also runs his own hybrid record label/production house Anthem Falls Music as an ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary Tagged With: ambient, electro, Elskavon, sampling

Hidden Orchestra: Wingbeats EP

March 28, 2017 By guillaume

Hidden Orchestra - Wingbeats (2016) - Original artwork © Norman Ackroyd

As years go by and as the collective embark on different projects, the term “Hidden Orchestra” keeps taking on a multitude of new meanings. Originally a reference to the fact that orchestras playing for silent films in theatres were hidden from view, every band’s releases also commonly “feature a wide variety of guest musicians ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Modern Classical Tagged With: ambient, electro, Hidden Orchestra, sampling

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

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