The artistry of Midori Hirano lives in the resonance between sonic and visual worlds. Over her distinguished career the Berlin-based, Kyoto-born composer, pianist, and synthesist has crafted a distinctive voice straddling the spheres of classical music and harmonies ...
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THRILL643 | THRILL JOCKEY
"The songs on Touch, the first new Tortoise music in nine years, are dramas without words. They're elaborately appointed and carefully mixed to enhance a familiar feeling - a distinctly cinematic uneasiness. Close your eyes and you might see cars swerving around unlit ...
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IARC0099 | INTERNATIONAL ANTHEM
"Heart's Ease is a glorious reminder that Shirley Collins is still in a class of her own, both as a folk singer with a distinctive no-nonsense style that is all her own, and as an innovator. And she certainly doesn't intend this album to be her last. "I have such a huge ...
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WIGCD454 | DOMINO RECORDS
10 years aniv. repress "Few years ago, an idea germinated while reading The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann. An idea not driven by the narrativity of the book, but by the traces and the aura invoked in it. That was it: an audible auratic journey trough the memories of a ...
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SP068 | SHELTER PRESS
"Vespers (1969) acoustic orientation by means of echolocation, for players with hand-held echolocation devices. Chambers (1968) moving large and small resonant environments [new version recorded 2002]. North American Time Capsule (1967) for voices and vocoder. ...
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80604-2 | NEW WORLD RECORDS
"Hören ist nie neutral. Es ist immer an Körper gebunden, an Situationen, an Machtverhältnisse und Erinnerungen. Es entscheidet sich im Moment des Hörens, wer aufmerksam sein darf, wer gehört wird - und wer überhört bleibt. Die Texte in diesem Heft nähern sich ...
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