Category: Electro-Acoustic

Leo Chadburn – Primordial Pieces (self-released)   Composer and synthesizer performer Leo Chadburn uses very little in the way of material, but it is employed to craft expansive compositions. On…

Laura Lentz Prismatic/Plasmonic EP Music for flute and electronics Laura Lentz, flutes; Sean William Calhoun, electronics Blue on Blue Records   Laura Lentz’s Prismatic/Plasmonic EP consists of three works, each…

Splinter Reeds – Dark Currents (Cantaloupe)   Splinter Reeds, the West Coast’s first wind quintet, has distinguished themselves as advocates for living composers. Dark Currents, their latest recording for Cantaloupe,…

  Kyle Bruckmann of rivers New Focus Recordings   Oboist, composer, and electronic musician Kyle Bruckmann is a dedicated advocate for contemporary concert music. One of the founding members of…

Skjálfti  Páll Ragnar Pálsson and Eðvarð Egilsson Sono Luminus SLE-70031   Today, where the list of practitioners frequently overlap, how does film music translate to concert music adaptation? On the…

Steve Lehman and Orchestre National de Jazz Ex Machina Pi Recordings   Saxophonist Steve Lehman not only has chops as a jazz musician, he is a trained composer with a…

Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023) Sequenza 21 is saddened to learn of Kaija Saariaho’s passing at the age of 70. The cause was cancer. Despite the toll taken by the disease, she…

  Panorama – Olivia de Prato (New Focus)   Violinist Olivia de Prato has established herself as a staunch advocate of new music. In addition to her work with Mivos…

Hearing Landscapes Hearing Icescapes Lei Liang New Focus Recordings   From 2012-2022, composer Lei Liang did a residency at the Qualcomm Institute at UC San Diego, where he is a…

No Cosmos -You iii Everything Else (Lighter than Air) Montreal-based trumpeter  Scott Bevins has played in the band Busty and the Bass and collaborated with Pierre Kwenders and the collective…