Fringo Chills * Rubbish Music
Fringo Chills is inspired by Norway’s landscape, fjords and Northern Lights *** Rubbish Music is not a reference to its musical content but to the source materials used to create this music.
Category: other-music
Baars-Jansen-Zuydervelt * protoU
A remarkable combination of hardanger fiddle, voice, guitar and sine waves – and a dreamy, sweeping voyage across light and dark.
Andrew Ostler * Daniel M. Karlsson
Two different perspectives to listening: choral (Arvo Pärt-like) ambient by Andrew Ostler, and Daniel M. Karlsson’s music for a (non-existing) large ensemble.
Philip Jeck (+) * Dominique Bassal
A monumental tribute to Philip Jeck featuring an impressive array of artists *** Dominique Bassal ‘crushes’ the electro-acoustic music scene.
Interesting New Concepts
Interesting new concepts: an album that changes over time, improvised live scores without knowing the movie beforehand, and a device playing ever changing sounds to enrich the sonic environment of your living room.
Marcus Fjellström * Trio Ramberget & Matti Bye
A sad but beautiful posthumous album from Marcus Fjellström *** Acoustic Ambient-Jazz from Trio Ramberget expanded to a quartet with Matti Bye.
Samuel Reinhard * Nestor
Slow down and relax with Samuel Reinhard’s music for piano and Shō *** Nestor’s music for ‘phantom’ glass instruments is presented in 432 ánd in 440 Hz.
Michel Banabila * Whettman Chelmets
Michel Banabila’s latest release is a showcase of the kind of music only he can create *** Whettman Chelmets describes his own music as ‘confrontational, uplifting, and silly’.
Christopher Cerrone * Laurent Pernice
The Beaufort Scale set to music by Christopher Cerrone in his work for female choir and electronics *** Laurent Pernice’s score for Anima Matrix’ performance of Sophocle’s Antigone.