Marianna Maruyama / Hessel Veldman * Nate Wooley
Intimate spoken word poetry by Marianna Maruyama over dronescapes by Hessel Veldman *** A recurring dreamsong by Nate Wooley describing the life of a fictional character called Henry House.
Category: other-music
Matilde Meireles * Baldini, Dafeldecker, Strüver
Drones and hums of Belfast’s telecommunication boxes turned into electroacoustic compositions by Matilde Mereiles, and otherworldly film-noir-like music created by Dafeldecker, Baldini & Strüver.
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.
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.