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CD Review Chamber Music Contemporary Classical Experimental Music File Under? New York Recordings Review

Ghost Ensemble: We Who Walk Again (LP Review)

June 24, 2018 Christian Carey

We Who Walk Again Ghost Ensemble Indexical LP/Download Since 2012, New York’s Ghost Ensemble has pursued a deep listening ethos that incorporates a range of repertoire, both pieces by ensemble…

Concert review Contemporary Classical Experimental Music Just Intonation Los Angeles

Polytope Premiere at Automata

March 21, 2018 Paul Muller

The much-anticipated premiere of Daniel Corral’s new multimedia piece, Polytope, was staged in the snug spaces of Automata in the Los Angeles Chinatown district on March 18, 2018. Presented by…

Best of CD Review Composers Contemporary Classical Experimental Music File Under?

Verisimilitude Tyshawn Sorey Tyshawn Sorey, drums, percussion, composer; Cory Smythe, piano, toy piano, electronics; Chris Tordini, bass Pi Records PI70 Tyshawn Sorey has had quite a year of musical accomplishments.…

Best of CD Review Experimental Music File Under? Guitar Post Modern

Best Rock Recording 2017: Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s Luciferian Towers

December 29, 2017 Christian Carey

Godspeed You! Black Emperor Luciferian Towers Constellation CD/LP/DL Canadian instrumental post-rock leftist collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor brings something old and something new to the musical anti-fascist fray on Luciferian…

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Best Synth Pop Recording: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

December 29, 2017 Christian Carey

Have you heard Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s The Kid (Western Vinyl, 2017) yet? Inspired by the loss of a friend, it is an electroacoustic journey from childhood to the loss of…

Best of CD Review Contemporary Classical Drone Experimental Music File Under? Piano

Best Drone Recording 2017: Lee Plays Gibson

December 28, 2017 Christian Carey

Randy Gibson The Four Pillars Appearing from The Equal D under Resonating Apparitions of The Eternal Process in The Midwinter Starfield 16 VIII 10 (Kansas City) Andrew Lee, amplified piano…

Cello Concert review Contemporary Classical Experimental Music Los Angeles

David Mason, Daniel McNamara in Concert

November 20, 2017 Paul Muller

Searching for Serotonin, the west coast tour by cellist David Mason and sound projectionist Daniel McNamara, landed at the Ventura College Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, November 15, 2017. Four…

Composers Concert review Contemporary Classical Experimental Music Just Intonation Los Angeles Premieres

James Tenney World Premiere in Los Angeles

November 17, 2017 Paul Muller

On November 11, 2017, the Society for the Activation of Social Space Through Art and Sound (SASSAS) formally presented the world premiere of Changes: Sixty-Four Studies for Six Harps, by…

Concert review Contemporary Classical Experimental Music Los Angeles Women composers

The Ground Beneath Her Feet at the wulf

October 18, 2017 Paul Muller

On October 11, 2017 downtown Los Angeles was the venue for a new collaborative performance by Rachel Yezbick, Carole Kim and Eric Heep. Coaxial Arts, the new home of the…

Books Contemporary Classical Experimental Music File Under?

Required Reading: Experimental Music Since 1970

July 22, 2017 Christian Carey

Book Review: Experimental Music Since 1970 By Jennie Gottschalk Bloomsbury, 2016 284 pp. From the very beginning of Experimental Music Since 1970, author Jennie Gottschalk lets us know that her…