Journeys in Sound & Music
Jimmy LaValle has been making music as either the sole or lead member of The Album Leaf for a long time. The founding of the project goes back to the late 90’s when LaValle played in a variety of California post-genre bands and began developing the distinctive blend of synths, electronics, and Rhodes piano that…
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Deepriver is a recently formed intercontinental project from Jason van Wyk, based in Cape Town, and Joni Ljungqvist, based in Stockholm. With Volume One set for release next month on n5MD, the two musicians open a new chapter in a long history of collaboration dating back over a decade. The project, which Van Wyk subtly…
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Since her impressive DIY album debut Brus in 2017, multi-talented artist Sofia Nystrand has enchanted listeners with the music of Vargkvint, her solo music project which draws its inspiration from the oceans, forests and folklore of her native Sweden. 2019 saw the release of her concept album Hav, a record steeped in the folklore, language,…
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This edition of A Modern Classical Sunday covers an assortment of new EPs, singles, and compilations that I have been enjoying on my recent listening journeys and that I think many of you will as well. Featuring: A Winged Victory for the Sullen, ABBOTT feat. Canea Quartett, Anna Phoebe reworked by Slow Meadow, Francesca Guccione,…
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It was the fall of 2021 when Spanish composer Pepo Galán and Australian dream pop vocalist/musician Karen Vogt (now based in Paris) unveiled their first album as GALÁN / VOGT. The Sweet Wait is a mesmeric weave of dark ambient, dream pop, shoegaze, slowcore, experimental, drone and neo-classical music equally indebted to the potency of…
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As one of the UK’s foremost electronic composers and producers, Bob Holroyd has been making music over a period of four decades. His work has covered a broad spectrum from cult club classics and DJ’ing festivals to soundtrack work for major film & TV productions and a variety of music libraries. Holroyd’s solo projects have also…
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Already well established with over a prolific decade of composing, producing, and performing music behind him, Robot Koch recently introduced yet another dimension to his creative sphere in the form of Foam and Sand, an ambient project which grew out of his experimentations with tape loops in his Los Angeles studio during the early days…
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In this field journal edition, I am happy to share some wonderful new sounds that have caught my ear by way foraging through a wave of new & upcoming releases featuring music by AVAWAVES, Foam and Sand, GoGo Penguin, Hanakiv, Julia Gjertsen & Juha Mäki-Patola, Mammal Hands, Onur Tarçın, and Steve Gunn & David Moore.
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Minihi is the London-based duo of Zands Duggan and Louise Anna Duggan who have carved out their own creative space where modern classical music intersects with the world of groove and electronics. The name comes from an ancient Breton French word meaning sanctuary, a reference to a remote island reef near Louise’s birthplace of Jersey.…
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Stationary Travels 