Urban Eden * Lauren Doss
Urban Eden are succesfully building gardens from concrete *** Lauren Doss captures the kinesthetic energy from dancing with her voice.
DreamScenes – July 2020
DreamScenes for July 2020: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”
Max Richter – Voices / Sleep App
Max Richter’s incredibly well timed album on the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights *** The app version of his Sleep project helps you sleep, meditate or focus …
Tomáš Šenkyřík * Wu Cloud * Kamila Govorçin
Tomáš Šenkyřík’s Fond is the second release in Slowcraft’s Lifeline series *** Wu Cloud moved to Sumatra and recorded an atmospheric lo-fi set of exotic ambient *** Kamila Govorçin explores textural sonic, meditative landscapes.
MNO * Michael Begg & Clodagh Simonds
Exploring the Marimba as a source for ambient music with MNO *** Michael Begg returns to the music of satellites in the company of Clodagh Simonds.
Stephen O’Malley * Black Glass Ensemble * Michael Vallera
Stephen O’Malley’s ‘Géante 4’ composed for Stuart Dempster and performed by Eye Music *** Black Glass Ensemble explores the power of the B Minor chord together with 104 friends *** Michael Vallera creates soundscapes where the sound cannot be traced back to his guitar.
Longform Editions
A (belated!) introduction to the Longform Editions label/collective. Their June 2020 editions present works by Carmen Villain, Celer, Chihei Hatakeyama and Michael Vincent Waller.
Alva Noto * Madeleine Cocolas
Alva Noto returns after a five year hiatus with volume 4 of his Xerrox pentalogy *** Madeleine Cocolas explores the complex emotions she felt when returning home to Ithaca.