Album of the month

Bill Laswell & Fanu: "Lodge" CD Feature/ Bill Laswell & Fanu: "Lodge"
Reverses the usual responsibility assignment: Pushing the limits of at least three genres further north.
Amidst a media landscape which rarely flexes more than its eyebrow muscles unless there is a clearly, easily and widely marketable story, scene or scandal attached to a record, an ...

Latest Experimental CD features

Vital Weekly 626 Vital Weekly 626 2008-05-09
Frans de Waard presents the experimental releases of the week.
CD Feature/ Erik Satie & Mike Svoboda: "Phonométrie" Erik Satie & Mike Svoboda: "Phonométrie" 2008-05-09
Gradually isolates certain aspects of Satie’s pieces: Chanson-style pieces and avantgardistic experiments.
CD Feature/ Clinic: "Do It!" Clinic: "Do It!" 2008-05-09
Brilliant drabness: New depths of dissonance.
CD Feature/ Parallel Worlds: "Obsessive Surrealism" Parallel Worlds: "Obsessive Surrealism" 2008-05-07
Veils its influences underneath a cloak of minimalism: A novel rather than a collection of short stories.

Latest Classical CD features

CD Feature/ Ying Quartet: "Dim Sum" Ying Quartet: "Dim Sum" 2008-05-06
A musical handshake: Bridging the gap between traditional Chinese music and the Avantgarde.
CD Feature/ Warren Mailley Smith: "Silhouettes" Warren Mailley Smith: "Silhouettes" 2008-04-26
A self-assured stance: Soft call-and-response dialogues.
CD Feature/ Mike Oldfield: "Music of the Spheres" Mike Oldfield: "Music of the Spheres" 2008-04-16
Not trying to be a classical composer: Mike Oldfield has rediscovered his calling and his true talents.
CD Feature/ Kateryna Titova: "Rachmaninov" Kateryna Titova: "Rachmaninov" 2008-04-08
The pain is cyclical: A personal portrait of the composer played by the hands of a young and aspiring instrumentalist.

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Life is too short to be wasting your time, so Tine has made it her task to fill it to the brim with activity. Last year, her solo career took ...
Interview with Brendan Pollard Interview with Brendan Pollard 2008-04-21
Recording music must be something of a blessing and a curse to Brendan Pollard. While there is hardly anthing better to him than entering the studio to spend some time ...
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To outsiders, the consistency of Frans de Waard's work is stunning. To himself, it is the logical consequence of doing what he likes best: Exploring sounds, playing around with ideas, ...
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French duo Maninkari stormed onto the scene last Summer with an EP consisting of two lengthy tracks and two excuisite remixes by Robin Rimbaud and Justin Broadrick. Among all "high ...

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