This is not exactly your average enjoyable ‘contemporary neo-classical’ music, and it definitely isn’t ‘romantic’ either.
Though there are quiet parts, most of the piece is quite unnerving.
It is not an ‘easy’ Requiem to listen to. And it shouldn’t be, of course, because it seems there’s not gonna be a happy ending to this story soon.
“The greatest fear that I have….. is that nothing will change.”
Edward Snowden
Four hours of sleep music from Moby, sonic structures from Micromelancolíe & Strom Noir, and drone pieces for acoustic guitar & electronics by Emilio Romanelli
Tiny Portraits of an Old Writer, Music and Buildings (and Music), and the everyday lifecycle of Eat, Drink, Shop, Relax…
(Shortlist featuring new releases by Quiet Noise, Tiny Portraits, Bionulor and Lucy)
Edgar Varèse defined music as ‘organized sound’…
This shortlist presents some fine examples of ‘organized sound’: the final chapter of Multicast Dynamics’ four-part series, audio/visual experiments from Tobias Freund & Valentina Berthelon, urban dreamscapes from Mario Gronnert and CommonSen5E, and, to conclude, a work by Richard Eigner that may best demonstrate why Varèse’s definition is a good one.
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.
Zauberberg is a fascinating ambient symphony by Kassel Jaeger, Stephan Mathieu and Akira Rabelais, inspired by Thomas Mann’s book and Debussy’s music.
Stephan Mathieu also mastered Kevin Verwijmeren’s new album, ‘Those Glorious Heights’.
Also: Tobias Hellkvist’s full length album Vesterhavet, and an EP-trilogy from Tomoro Nozaki.
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.
