Tag Archives: avant-garde

TIM HODGKINSON & YUMI HARA – Schema * Sukima

February 1, 2019

Bonobo’s Ark 2017 Triumph of unexpectedness from proponents of chamber music, where mental effort meets happenstance. As a senior lecturer at at University of East London, Dr. Yumi Hara Cawkwell knows the value of discipline, yet there’s a different aspect … Continue reading →

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DAVID CROSS & ANDREW BOOKER – Ends Meeting

January 31, 2019

Cherry Red 2018 Total abandon and mental effortlessness unite two masters of uneasy escapism and send them on journey into enigma. Never a second fiddle, ‘ violin was as defining and vital for KING CRIMSON as Andrew Booker’s electronic drums … Continue reading →

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KEVIN KASTNING – 30/36

December 18, 2018

Greydisc 2018 Ethereal if muscular, renown guitarist’s new acoustic trip results in punchy gratification. Following in the wake of Kevin Kastning’s music is akin to stepping behind the Pied Piper without knowing his destination, but it’s difficult not to think … Continue reading →

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XAVI REIJA – The Sound Of The Earth

December 14, 2018

MoonJune 2018 Fathoming terrestrial depths, Tarragonès polymath leads a stellar line-up out of our world and back again. “Abyss”: this track from 2016’s may amount to a summary of Xavi Reija’s approach to aural landscaping, but the Catalanian drummer has … Continue reading →

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VARIOUS ARTISTS – Tone Science Module No​.​1 Structure and Forces

November 16, 2018

Tone Science 2018 Rhapsody in blue, or poetry of modular synthesizers as a sampler of unique label’s stable of talent. As far as experimentalists go, Ian Boddy must be very unusual: to begin with, his avant-garde music, is always accessible … Continue reading →

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