"The Double have been steadily building a name for themselves on both sides of the pond with their brand of edgy, textured atmospheric rock bringing to mind The Walkmen, Secret Machines and Radiohead. Their track here, 'Hot Air', drives forward with a colorful pop ...
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recorded in mondoro & highfields, zimbabwe
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"lontano" is Ichinose's second album following his impressive debut album "The Machieneries of Joy - Yorokobi no Kikai" (2002, current/ directed by Yoshihiro Hanno). chinose smartly packed two different approaches - one is structured by classical strings based on ...
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"Ulrich Böttcher: percussion, electronics. Uwe Buhrdorf: clarinet, electronics. Ulrich Phillipp: bass, electronics. Since 1994 Maxwells Daemon has been playing improvised music with electro-acoustic instruments. The trio works beneath the surface of cleanly structured ...
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"Serge Baghdassarians: guitar & mixing desk. Boris Baltschun: sampler. Alessandro Bosetti: soprano saxophone. Michel Doneda: soprano & sopranino saxophones. Recorded at Ausland / Berlin in March 2004.Strom can be considered as a seminal benchmark of the strategies ...
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"Recorded April 6 & September 4, 1997 at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre at the University of Guelph, Ontario. The performances were part of an exhibition of sculptural work by Reinhard Reitzenstein. The exhibition was in two parts, a sound installation entitled Klang ...
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"Rosenberg's compositions are as thorny and challenging as their titles ("Shrrr", "Sdppd", "Sttm"...) - his scores leave much room for improvisation, but also present fiendish problems of ensemble coordination, which are brilliantly handled by the Skronktet West. It's ...
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"She can scrape and stridulate as required, but her cello playing also grants due place to clarity of line and sweetness of tone. Both aspects of Lee's musical character inform her compositions and their performance by an entirely sympathetic sextet." (The Wire) Peggy ...
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"Rake-Star nails the Ra mantra-approach with their huge sound. The band is heavy on the bottom end and the reeds suggest floating in a zone removed from earth's gravitational pull. Even though the listener can't see the dancer, this live recording is reminiscent of a ...
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"Gathering brings together the most exceptional music and video art of Toronto duo Smash and Teeny, created live in performance, studio and site-specific outdoor locations in Canada, the U.S. and England between 2001-2003. In this double-CD debut of Smash and Teeny, ...
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