Tag Archives: Jon Durant

STEPHAN THELEN – Fractal Guitar 4

May 11, 2026

MoonJune 2026 Swiss architect of sonic alliances and his aural liaisons unleash emotionality and synthesize wondrous possibilities out of the ether. Spinning a kaleidoscope can be addictive, because the endless randomness of combinations its elements fall into feels entertaining, albeit … Continue reading →

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JON DURANT, COLIN EDWIN, CHRIS MAITLAND – The Baldock Transmission

October 4, 2025

Alchemy 2025 Broadcast from the intersection of PORCUPINE TREE and BURNT BELIEF, alien messages find a groovy angle to get their point across. The English town of Baldock has quite a history of sending and receiving signals – in the … Continue reading →

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JON DURANT – Momentarily

March 29, 2024

Alchemy 2024 To seize the day and get away with it: Boston sculptor of soul-gripping ambience embraces temporal fragilit. This album’s title is filled with significance – “momentarily” meaning “for a short time” and “soon” – that reflects emotional pregnancy … Continue reading →

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STEPHAN THELEN – Fractal Guitar 3

February 9, 2023

MoonJune 2022 Another sound-bending journey towards infinite discovery of fantastic forms concealed in a sea of ordered noise. It’s about time Stephan Thelen’s coterie started fretting about his sanity because, having designed the “fractal guitar” technique, the Swiss arist opened … Continue reading →

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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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