Norwegian trumpet player Arve Henriksen is a fascinating and multi-faceted musician who initially studied formal jazz. But since the 1990s, he has moved away from traditional formations to explore different approaches to sound and improvisation. A founding member of avant-garde trio Supersilent, the trumpet player has been ... [Continue Reading]
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Max Richter: Shadow journal
The Blue Notebooks "Shadow journal" was originally released in The Blue Notebooks (2004), the second solo album by German born British composer Max Richter. While classically trained, the musician is also influenced by Rock and Electronic music or by modern minimalists such as Philip Glass, Steve Reich or Arvo Pärt. Max ... [Continue Reading]
Dhafer Youssef: Les ondes orientales
Time Out provides an excellent introduction to Dhafer Youssef: "...the Tunisian vocalist and oud virtuoso juxtaposes the ancient, mystical, hypnotic music of Islamic Sufism with the textures of electric jazz." While Dhafer Youssef's electronic side is more evident in older recordings like Divine Shadows (2006) or Digital ... [Continue Reading]
Antony and the Johnsons feat. Björk: Flétta
This exquisite collaborative track comes from Antony and the Johnsons' 2010 recording Swanlights. The track was originally composed in 2006 during the recording sessions for Björk's album Volta which includes two duets with Antony Hegarty. In "Flétta", Antony and Björk sing to actual Icelandic words and interweave vocal lines ... [Continue Reading]
Gerry Diver: Music for tape loop
Multi-instrumentalist Gerry Diver based the Speech Project on several interviews of Irish musicians and singers such as Shane MacGowan, Christy Moore, Damian Dempsey, Martin Hayes and Danny Meehan. It also features archival recordings of Galway accordion player Joe Cooley. The various musical pitches of the musicians’ ... [Continue Reading]