Sound Impression: Inner Symphonies by Hania Rani & Dobrawa Czocher

Inner Symphonies is a contemporary classical record sparked by the rekindling of a friendship between two talented artists whose paths diverged after a period making music together during their teen years. Hania Rani is a pianist and composer with two widely acclaimed solo albums and a collection of songs written for screen and stage to…

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VIDEO PREMIERE: Repitition by Sven Helbig

Sven Helbig is a German composer, producer and arranger with a body of work that spans many genres and geographies. He has composed orchestral and choral works for the stage, performed live electronic music in ensemble settings, and collaborated with a breathtakingly diverse array of prominent artists ranging from classical and jazz to industrial-metal, hip-hop,…

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ALBUM PREMIERE: I Have Absolutely Nothing to Say, so Listen by Maciej Sadowski

Maciej Sadowski is a double bass player, composer and session musician with experience across a wide swath of genres with a special emphasis and passion for jazz. As a performer he has appeared with various ensembles on stages across Poland and Europe and participated in a number of international projects. As a composer, Sadowski works…

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Sound Impression: Not Here by Marek Kamiński

While readers and listeners by and large look forward to all the album lists that fill up our social timelines from December to January, it seems musicians increasingly take a dimmer view of them. It is understandable. Any list, no matter how thoughtfully curated or diverse, is by definition exclusionary. Many argue compellingly that art…

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Premiere: “Whispers” from Impermanence by Ian Hawgood

Ian Hawgood‘s name is absolutely inseparable from the contemporary ambient & experimental music scene. His Home Normal label, which just marked its tenth anniversary, is one of the first and still one of the best of its kind. He is also a tireless and kind supporter of other musicians in this space and has had…

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Will Samson – Lua [12k]

Will Samson has always had a penchant for incorporating delicate textural layers and achingly beautiful strings into his fine spun brand of pop music – just consider Ground Luminosity (2015) or Balance (2012) – but when a recent facial injury sustained while relocating from the UK to Portugal forced him to temporarily put singing aside, he decided to extemporize with tape…

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Olga Wojciechowska – Maps and Mazes [Time Released Sound]

The latest bespoke artisinal release from our friends at Time Released Sound features Polish composer Olga Wojciechowska who plays acoustic and electric violin as well as collaborates in a variety of projects with choreographers, DJs, musicians and producers. Maps and Mazes is a collection of eleven pieces originally written for various international theater/dance and film productions coalesced into…

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Valiska – Repetitions [Bow Bottom Records]

Repetitions is an album by Calgary based experimental musician Krzysztof Sujata, who records under the name Valiska. The album began as a series of looping piano improvisations and developed to explore the concept of repetition in terms of both music and composition. The inspiration was drawn largely from the impressions and memories of a trip…

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Pleq & Giulio Aldinucci – The Prelude To [Long Story Recording Company]

Collaboration borne of two artists sparking each other’s creativity is at the heart of The Prelude To, a new album by Pleq (Bartosz Dziadosz) and Giulio Aldinucci shortly to be released by The Long Story Recording Company based in Perth, Australia. It all began when a demo of Aldinucci’s work was submitted to Pleq’s Dronarivm label, leading to the development of the…

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