I've noticed that with this sort of style they pretty much always use an instrumental palette of piano and/or string instruments. There must be some exceptions though. Are there any people out there doing this type of thing with woodwind or brass instruments?
― mirostones, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 23:34 (seven years ago) link
Good question
― calstars, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 00:23 (seven years ago) link
Colin Stetson? Lots of sax and suchlike. His version of Gorecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, 'Sorrow', is one of my favourite albums from 2016
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 02:44 (seven years ago) link
The new Gavin Bryars album on ECM, The Fifth Century, is a choir and sax quartet thing. Very lovely it is too.
― heaven parker (anagram), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 08:56 (seven years ago) link
New Jacaszek coming up on Ghostly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpAlyO5855s
― djh, Friday, 27 January 2017 16:14 (seven years ago) link
New Ian Hawgood:
https://homenormal.bandcamp.com/album/love-retained
― djh, Monday, 30 January 2017 20:26 (seven years ago) link
Just ordered the Resina album ...
https://soundcloud.com/fatcatrecords/sets/resina-resina-cd13-23
and looking forward to the Olivier Alary compilation.
― djh, Monday, 13 February 2017 21:45 (seven years ago) link
Haven't yet played this but my Sunday evening now seems sorted:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08fry9l?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_6_music&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=radio_and_music
― djh, Sunday, 19 February 2017 17:05 (seven years ago) link
^ Actually it wasn't that good.
Anyway:
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/09/519048493/first-listen-jacaszek-kwiaty
― djh, Thursday, 9 March 2017 22:08 (seven years ago) link
Anyone rate the new Hauschka? I've not heard it yet but think I might have reached the point where I don't need anymore Hauschka ...
― djh, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 18:55 (seven years ago) link
It was all right but I don't remember much about it.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 19:07 (seven years ago) link
I'm at that point too, djh. Same with Peter Broderick tbh. I thought it would happen with Max Richter, but he continues to amaze me.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 20:28 (seven years ago) link
Sunday night drunkenness. The last Douglas Dare album is hitting the spot though I've felt ambivalent about it at points. It doesn't really have much to do with "classical you buy from Boomkat" aside from being on Erased Tapes, mind.
― djh, Sunday, 20 August 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
new Peter Broderick / Peter Liversige Late Junction session here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05d78x0
(think the download is uk only, but non-britishers should be able to stream)
― koogs, Friday, 25 August 2017 11:48 (six years ago) link
Ólafur Arnalds' Island Songs, the movie: tomorrow on iTunes (except for North America: soon)
Island Songs, the film. Out FRIDAY on @iTunes!(US date coming soon) pic.twitter.com/S1amATRvAn— Ólafur Arnalds (@OlafurArnalds) September 13, 2017
― StanM, Thursday, 14 September 2017 18:33 (six years ago) link
It pains me a bit but one of my favourite albums of the year is being sold for a quid *for the CD* on Bandcamp:
I've checked and it isn't a mistake.
― djh, Monday, 23 October 2017 19:42 (six years ago) link
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/168476-otto-a-totland-the-lost
― djh, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 20:17 (six years ago) link
I loved his previous one
― Dinsdale, Sunday, 26 November 2017 19:01 (six years ago) link
http://olafurarnalds.com/tour-dates/ touring with strings again
― StanM, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:56 (six years ago) link
This includes some good stuff, much of which is "the classical music you buy from Boomkat":
https://banbantonton.com/2017/12/31/2017-dave-howell-130701/
Particularly enjoying this:
https://vanessaamara-poshisolation.bandcamp.com/
Not yet made my way through this (posting so I can find it later):
https://stationarytravels.wordpress.com/2017/12/31/2017-in-review-journeys-in-modern-experimental-classical/
― djh, Monday, 1 January 2018 15:25 (six years ago) link
That all looks promising, will investigate: cheers
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 23:01 (six years ago) link
Since Vanessa Amara was mentioned above, she has a new record next month again on Posh Isolation and you can hear a beautiful track off it on her bandcamp:
https://vanessaamara-poshisolation.bandcamp.com/album/manos
Also enjoying this Swoop and Cross record on Time Released Soundhttps://timereleasedsound.bandcamp.com/album/stories-of-disintegration
― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 14:00 (six years ago) link
the keyboard player from super furry animals composed something. it's pretty good imo...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIbS4ekCNmY
https://www.discogs.com/Cian-Ciaran-Rhys-a-Meinir/release/11266106
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 15:42 (six years ago) link
Sure there are a lot of Reich-isms, but this Anenon record is beautiful, very pleasant listening. Really nice textures (all that breath sound on the saxophone) and room sound. https://anenon.bandcamp.com/album/tongue
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 16 February 2018 19:39 (six years ago) link
thanks for the Anenon, sounds good
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 17 February 2018 08:00 (six years ago) link
New ólafur Arnalds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAhO5eegMfY
― StanM, Saturday, 7 April 2018 15:06 (six years ago) link
there's a new BBC Radio 3 show that covers this stuff:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b02sl2
"Elizabeth Alker with music by an exciting new generation of unclassified composers and performers, breaking free of the constraints of practice rooms and concert halls."
6 episodes, first one was last sunday at 23:30 but available (everywhere?) via iplayer radio
― koogs, Thursday, 12 April 2018 08:48 (six years ago) link
Cool, thanks!
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 13 April 2018 00:35 (six years ago) link
http://fluidaudio.bigcartel.com/product/moss-covered-technology-and-his-many-seas
― djh, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 20:33 (six years ago) link
Female artist spotlight on last Sunday's episode of Unclassified
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09zmvmw
― koogs, Friday, 27 April 2018 11:49 (six years ago) link
perhaps relevant:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b1pgkm
Sunday midnightNightingalesSlow Radio
A magical late night listening experience - six musicians go into the Sussex woods to play nocturnal music with the nightingales, who gather there to sing at night each Spring. The soloists taking turns to respond musically to the nightingales are Clive Bell (Japanese bamboo flute); Laura Moody (cello and vocal); Sam Amidon, (violin and vocal), John Baily (rubab) with Veronica Doubleday (frame drum and vocal) ,and Sam Lee (vocal & harmonium). The entire programme takes place in the woods, recorded on one night in April. Verity Sharp presents, leading the listener into the wild nocturnal environment and describing the atmosphere, and folk singer and outdoorsman Sam Lee will explain the migratory behaviour of the birds, the character of their songs, and the habitats that they favour for singing.
This is a Slow Radio experience, immersing the listener in the remarkable and magical experience of the nocturnal songs of nightingales. They are rarely to be heard in England today, but this programme will lead your ears into one of the woods where they still migrate every Spring, to sing through the night.
And who knows what other sounds may be captured on the night - a fox bark, an owl hoot, frogs calling, the wind in the branches...
― koogs, Thursday, 3 May 2018 16:05 (six years ago) link
ólafur Arnalds was brilliant in Brussels last Sunday. The first part of his All Strings Attached tour is nearly over now, here's 75 minutes of the Berlin show on German radio (will be online for a couple more days) : https://www.radioeins.de/programm/index.htm/psdoc=!content!rbb!rad!programm!sendungen!sendungen!154!1805!180517_eins_sch_ne_t_ne_38153.html
― StanM, Friday, 18 May 2018 15:45 (six years ago) link
From 130701:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=69&v=R1IvMex1geQ
― djh, Monday, 16 July 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpO_8tk6yNQ
― StanM, Saturday, 28 July 2018 06:43 (five years ago) link
How's the new Olafur Arnalds album?
― djh, Thursday, 30 August 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/djfryer/sets/andrew-wasylyk-the-paralian-01022019-athens-of-the-north
― djh, Thursday, 31 January 2019 22:36 (five years ago) link
Anyone heard this?
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/174651-gideon-wolf-replicas
― djh, Sunday, 17 February 2019 22:56 (five years ago) link
I've just ordered the cd, will report back.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 19 February 2019 10:05 (five years ago) link
re: arnalds - I like his previous work better but still going to see the tour again next Sunday
― StanM, Tuesday, 19 February 2019 12:39 (five years ago) link
What did you think Le Bateau Ivre?
― djh, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 21:02 (five years ago) link
I got it in the mail yesterday so only played it through one time, but it's gorgeous. Delicate, fragile piano/violin music mostly, very melancholic, at times droney w/ strings. Music instilled with a sense of swelling unease and quiet mourning. There's little that makes me happier :)
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 28 February 2019 13:38 (five years ago) link
Ha! It has sold out since yesterday ... I've had a bit of a poor run on Fluid Audio releases where I've liked the Soundcloud link but then less so the album (though clearly the physical objects are constructed with fuck of a lot of love).
― djh, Thursday, 28 February 2019 23:26 (five years ago) link
I can hook you up if you like (send me an ilxmail)
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 4 March 2019 09:49 (five years ago) link
(my ilxmail doesn't work, apparently, if you give me an email addy i'll be in touch)
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 4 March 2019 09:51 (five years ago) link
Does using my ilxor webmail work as a way of making contact?
― djh, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 21:39 (five years ago) link
Only one way to find out, sent you a message
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 23:10 (five years ago) link
Weird. Nearly missed my bus stop after becoming engrossed in the last Bing & Ruth album on my MP3 player, today.
― djh, Wednesday, 27 March 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
New Crash Ensemble album coming soon, this Nico Muhly piece is beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee4Kidn4aCc
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 22:07 (five years ago) link
Very beautiful indeed, thanks for linking!
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 6 June 2019 18:35 (five years ago) link
I’ve been listening through my various favorite albums of the years of the 2010s and I’m reminded that this was my very favorite album of 2014: Rebekka Karijord, Music for Film and Theatre.
https://open.spotify.com/album/1ov6TyW9dXfGU6RZTCFOxO?si=-Qxw3dzyTNy3AlFj7Yoqrw
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Sunday, 23 June 2019 17:13 (four years ago) link