Sound Impression: Þjóðlög/Folk Songs by Hugar

By: Stationary Travels June 28, 2021 Discover, Reviews & Impressions, Sound Impressionsambient, Hugar, instrumental, Modern classical, musicLeave a Comment

Following their soundtrack to the documentary film The Vasulka Effect, Bergur Þórisson and Pétur Jónsson redirect the focus of their Hugar project back to its Nordic roots with a new EP that features instrumental renditions of songs curated from the Íslenzk thjóðlög, a volume of nearly 1,000 pages of music and historical commentary that is…

Video Premiere: Beginnings (Extended Live Version) by James Heather

By: Stationary Travels June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 England, Modern classical, Premieresinstrumental, Modern classical, music, pianoLeave a Comment

Recorded in a home built studio during the pandemic lockdown period, Modulations: EP2 is the first collection of original compositions in four years from London-based pianist & composer James Heather. The five songs on the EP map the arc of a journey of grief and recovery which started with the tragic loss of his father.…

A Sense of Place: Haunts by Grasscut

By: Stationary Travels June 20, 2021June 20, 2021 A Sense of Place, Discover, England, Modern classical, ScotlandGrasscut, Modern classical, music, Spoken WordLeave a Comment

In 2015, Brighton duo Grasscut released Everyone Was A Bird, an album author Robert Macfarlane tells us in his liner note essay was “born of footfall”. Its eight pieces explored places important to composer Andrew Phillips and writer/musician Marcus O’Dair from the north coast of Jersey or a fallow field in the South Downs of…

Video Premiere: Sol Novo by Olivia Belli

By: Stationary Travels June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 Discover, Italy, Modern classical, Premieresinstrumental, Modern classical, music, Olivia Belli, piano1 Comment

Living with her family in an old, remote farmhouse in the rural Marche region of Eastern Italy, nestled in between the Appenine Mountains and the Adriatic Sea, Olivia Belli takes inspiration from the natural world and the people surrounding her. Though she expresses that she cannot remember a time in her life without music and…

Through a Musical Lens: Sumida Colours by Wil Bolton

By: Stationary Travels June 16, 2021 Ambient, Discover, England, Field Recordings, Japan, Through a Musical Lensambient, electroacoustic, field recordings, instrumental, music, Wil Bolton2 Comments

London based artist & musician Wil Bolton truly is a global citizen, often weaving environmental sounds from places all around the world into his electroacoustic soundscapes. Previous albums have referenced locations ranging from close to home in Britain to continental cities like Vienna, and Budapest all the way to the Arabian Sea and points east.…

Premiere: “Branches” by Marigold Sun

By: Stationary Travels June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 Australia, Discover, Electronica, Modern classical, Premieres, USAelectroacoustic, instrumental, Marigold Sun, Modern classical, musicLeave a Comment

With a moniker that could not sound more perfect for an early summer release, Marigold Sun is the alias for a new solo project from Singaporean-Australian musician Eric Li Harrison which will see its debut later this month on Hush Hush Records. Leaving behind his home country of Australia, Eric recently relocated to New York…

Video Premiere: Paid Respects by BPMoore

By: Stationary Travels June 12, 2021June 12, 2021 Discover, Modern classical, PremieresBPMoore, electroacoustic, instrumental, Modern classical, music, piano3 Comments

Recording under the moniker of BPMoore, London-based composer & multi-instrumentalist Ben Moore will release his second full-length album this summer, an equally open-hearted follow up to the uplifting Komorebi (Rhodium Publishing, 2020). If I Don’t See You Again finds Moore once again responding with defiant positivity to weighty existential themes like isolation and loss with…

Premiere: Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres – Fall Fly Run (feat. Josh Semans)

By: Stationary Travels June 9, 2021June 10, 2021 Ambient, Discover, Electronica, Modern classical, Peru, Premieres, SpainAlexandra Hamilton-Ayres, ambient, electronica, instrumental, Modern classical, music, piano and coffee recordsLeave a Comment

Founded in 2016 by Peruvian musician Sergio Díaz De Rojas, the piano and coffee collaborative platform turns five this year and is celebrating with the very first compilation style release from its associated label which enters its fourth year. Realismo Mágico is a conceptual project featuring “unconventional works” by a dozen artists some of whom…