Source: Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review. Miniature Symphonies, Contemporary Examples by Milhaud, Mason, Benton, Nakatani, Scott, The Lowell Chamber Orchestra, Orlando Cela Monica Pearce, Textile Fantasies James Romig, The Complexity of Distance, Mike Scheidt, Solo Electric Guitar Claire Bryant, Whole Heart, New Music for Cello and Cello with Violin, Viola Like …
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The electric guitar is an iconic instrument, especially in blues and rock music. But the vast majority of guitar recordings rely on the same handful of elements in the form of scales and chord progressions. Where electric guitar breaks new ground is when it is used to create sounds that …
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Stretch 23rd September 2022Urban Winery, Napier, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Marking a return to the stage in full band format, Stretch and his talented cohort brought the fizz to the Urban Winery, in the first of two exclusive gigs in hometown Hawkes Bay – …
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Let me start off by saying that if anyone wants to delve into a great stealth explainer on the general theories and concepts of Pierre Schaeffer, then electronic music / sound artist Robert Worby’s website might be your golden ticket. I say “stealth” because the knowledge he drops is done …
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Grab the popcorn, dim the lights and catch up with Puscifer’s cast of characters in two upcoming concert films: “Parole Violator: A Puscifer Concert Film featuring Conditions of my Parole” and “V is for Versatlie: A Puscifer Concert Film featuring music from the V is for… era”. Puscifertv.com presentsPUSCIFER DOUBLE …
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Cristiano Bocci covers a lot of ground on this new release – from drone to ambient jazz to pieces driven by post-techno synthetic percussion. Bocci plays electric and acoustic basses, guitars, synths, and electronics. Guesting on various tracks are numerous horn and reed performers, a pianist, and a vocalist. Where …
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Laneway Festival is BACK in January with a blockbuster line-up! An all-star cast will take the stage at Albert Park, featuring the world’s pre-eminent sibling indie-rock band, the internet’s favourite superstar story-teller, the fastest-rising electronic act in the world and many, many more. “It’s an absolute dream to return with …
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Source: the L U M I N O U S label. Sloth Racket – Organising SpaceThe fifth studio album by Sloth Racket is here! Organising Space is available to pre-order from today, and released on 7th October. Sloth Racket live datesYou can catch the Sloths out and about next month, …
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Darren Pickering Small Worlds – Volume One(Rattle) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. This is the debut album from one of Jazz’s most sort after sidemen. He’s a jazz pianist, composer, educator, modular synthesist and session musician. He’s the man for innovation and creative extensions to the genre. On this new album …
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La meccanica degli oggetti(Soundtrack to “UNDICI” by Dario Panzeri) SIDE A “La meccanica degli oggetti”(The mechanics of objects): the personal acknowledgement of how helpless we are against the emotional connection between cause and effect. SIDE B “Due collisoni” (Two collisions): NYC – September 11th 2001, first collision (08:46), second collision …
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