Tag Archives: Colin Edwin

FRACTAL SEXTET – Fractal Sextet

September 28, 2022

Alchemy 2022 Bending the boundaries of hexagonal logic, international ensemble find fresh colors in familiar shapes and add lines to previously unseen forms. When Stephan Thelen’s arrived on the scene in 2019, the Swiss composer seemed to have discovered an … Continue reading →

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BURNT BELIEF – Mutual Isolation

November 8, 2021

Alchemy 2021 Post-rock transfer of imaginary reality to the here and now turns into breathtaking emotional landscape. There was no sense of closure when arrived in 2016 as a final chapter of a project that Jon Durant and Colin Edwin … Continue reading →

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ETERNAL RETURN – Once Only

April 5, 2021

NewDog 2021 A momentary confluence of instrumental suspense that suggests momentous consequences. There’s a multilayered meaning to the title of this ensemble’s debut: the five musicians behind ER may have gathered for the first time to pool their talents here, … Continue reading →

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JON DURANT & ROBERT JÜRJENDAL – Across The Evening

October 14, 2020

Alchemy 2020 Between Boston and Riisipere, two kindred spirits and their coterie embark on a penumbral trip with a one-way ticket stuck to guitar cases. American Jon Durant and Estonian Robert Jürjendal have been admiring each other’s oeuvre for quite … Continue reading →

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O.R.k. – Ramagehead

April 3, 2019

Kscope 2019 Art-rock über-ensemble seek for serenity in temporal squall yet fail to find a pot of gold. “Ramagehead” is where imagination can run rampant, picturing a tree crown with individual branches entwined to form a rounded figure and to … Continue reading →

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