New month – new selection. The April DreamScenes selection welcomes a new spring with a variation that properly fits the month of the year!
Featuring tracks by J.Peter Schwalm, Bionulor, Fovea Hex, Biosphere, Tobias Freund & Valentina Berthelor, Djivan Gasparyan/Machinefabriek, Antonymes, Jakob Lindhagen, Guy Gelem, Quiet Noise, Chris Abrahams and Mark Lyken.
Today is “Piano Day”, a perfect day for this overview of some recent releases on 1631 Recordings – a new label run by David Wenngren (Library Tapes) and Mattias Nilsson (Kning Disk).
In the first months of 2016, they’ve unleashed an incredible amount of releases featuring new material as well as a bunch of re-releases.
And there’s no sign this will stop soon!
A new bunch to check out: great music from Jason van Wyk, Stefano Guzzetti, Iggy Pop-Tarwater-Alva Noto, Inside the Baxter Building and Alex Lucas + Olan Mill
Music crossing the borders of experimentalism:
the unclassifiable beauty of Fovea Hex, Michael Begg and J. Peter Schwalm.
Music that can best be stored under ‘unclassifiable’:
‘Settlers’ by Western Skies Motel, Andrew Tuttle’s ‘Fantasy League’, ‘Above’ by Star Pillow and the soundtrack from ‘Skörheten’ by Jakob Lindhagen.
Saffronkeira presents his work in various collaborations, Orson Hentschel feeds the tape with estranged sound material.
A return to roots as well as a bright look into the future: Guy Gelem returns to his homeland roots, while Denzel & Huhn define a fresh new Krautrock direction.
Music from all corners of the world: releases by Chihey Hatakeyama & Ken Ikeda, The Volume Settings Folder, Travelsunnysamsara and Forrest Fang
Tuxedomoon and CWNN‘s surprising re-work for a (documentary about) Blue Velvet, Melancholic Romance from Goldmund, Escapism from Library Tapes, and unclassifiable ambient works by Frans Friederich.
More great music: from Jonathan Kawchuk, who previously worked with Ben Frost and Nico Muhly, six guitar pieces from Stijn Hüwels, another six pieces ‘to travel with the soul’ by Frédéric Oberland and Thomas Ragsdale‘s tribute to a legendary crossword puzzle creator.
