Composer William Basinski's 2017 album A Shadow in Time contains two pieces, one of which
(For David Robert Jones) was commissioned by Los Angeles gallery Volume shortly after the early-2016 death of David Bowie. As with The Disintegration Loops, the ...
In 2016, after a decade-long silence, pianist and composer Nik Bärtsch resurrected his groundbreaking Mobile
unit for Continuum. Awase sees the musician reconvening Ronin -- the band that drew the attention of ECM's Manfred Eicher and released four stellar albums ...
Signing to Koch Records' classical subsidiary Linus in 2005, Toronto-based chamber music experimentalists Quartetto Gelato
reissued several older albums as well as the comprehensive career overview Favorite Flavors: Best of Quartetto Gelato. Gathering tracks from all stages of the quartet's ...
The Claudia Quintet always keep one guessing. From drone pieces to quiet sound explorations, from
passionate interplay to ensembles that seem lighter than air, this group has always had its own musical identity. Ted Reichman's accordion adds a lot to ...
On first glance, this is a head scratcher: a greatest-hits record from one of jazz's
most provocative envelope pushers as a composer, soloist, and bandleader. This is an arguably chosen best-of from Thirsty Ear, the label Matthew Shipp has recorded ...
Is there a better way to hear where a jazz musician is in his development
than aurally examining the various places he's visited? For pianist/composer Matthew Shipp, the answer is no. On I've Been to Many Places, he does exactly ...
Meredith Monk's Songs of Ascension is made up of 21 relatively short movements for ensembles
of voices or instruments or combinations of both, in groupings as straightforward as a string quartet and as complex as the mix of 12 virtuoso ...