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cn Net Feature/ Wang Changcun: "The Klone Concerts" Net Feature/ Wang Changcun: "The Klone Concerts"
Nurtures the enigma: The missing link between the melodical sensitivity of Debussy and the hypnotic energy of Rave.
As access to information technology is rapidly becoming ubiquitous, everybody seems to have something to say. Afghan tribesmen are tweeting. Bolivian farmers are maintaining blogs. Millions of regular citizens from ...

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CD Feature/ The Black Dog: "Further Vexations" england The Black Dog: "Further Vexations" 2009-07-03
Two albums in one: A political message with a consoling and reconsiled ending.
Metal Visions International 6 global Metal Visions International 6 2009-07-01
A planet forged of steel: Exploring Metal releases from all around the world.
CD Feature/ Pablo Reche: "Conexión ep" ar Pablo Reche: "Conexión ep" 2009-07-01
By no means conciliatory or comforting: A remarkably controlled experiment.
Vital Weekly 683 + 684 global Vital Weekly 683 + 684 2009-07-01
Frans de Waard presents the experimental releases of the last two weeks.
CD Feature/ Tortoise: "Beacons of Ancestorship" us Tortoise: "Beacons of Ancestorship" 2009-06-30
Wipes the slate clean: Itching and twitching as men and machines battle over supremacy.
The Milk & Honey Band: "Dog Eared Moonlight" england The Milk & Honey Band: "Dog Eared Moonlight" 2009-06-30
Less jittery and more staidly British: Soft-spoken pop with a little waltz-time here, a bit of faraway slide guitar there.

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CD Feature/ Jerry Gerber: "Waves" us Jerry Gerber: "Waves" 2009-05-25 comments2
Embedding virtuosity in irresistibly catchy tracks: The virtual orchestra is at the verge of widespread acceptance.
Net Feature/ Wang Changcun: "The Klone Concerts" cnNet Feature/ Wang Changcun: "The Klone Concerts" 2009-05-03
Nurtures the enigma: The missing link between the melodical sensitivity of Debussy and the hypnotic energy of Rave.
DVD Feature/ Helene Grimaud: "Living with Wolves" frDVD Feature/ Helene Grimaud: "Living with Wolves" 2009-04-14
Not that contradictory any more: Neither an adaptation, rehash nor extension of Grimaud's best-selling novel.
CD Feature/ Patricia Kopatchinskaja & Fazil Say: "Beethoven/ Ravel/ Bartok/ Say" md Patricia Kopatchinskaja & Fazil Say: "Beethoven/ Ravel/ Bartok/ Say" 2009-03-19
The future belongs to her: Kopatchinskaja's tone has been shaped by generations of musicians and a continuum of composers.
CD Feature/ Rachel Barton Pine: "Beethoven & Clement Violin Concertos" us Rachel Barton Pine: "Beethoven & Clement Violin Concertos" 2009-02-12
Get your kicks: Musical figureskating.
CD Feature/ Floraleda Sacchi: "Minimal Harp" it Floraleda Sacchi: "Minimal Harp" 2009-01-27 comments1
Great for self-therapeutic purposes: A quality selection inspired by Zen rather than encyclopedic genre definitions.

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Nicolas Bernier & urban9: Sound Dimensions ca Nicolas Bernier & urban9: Sound Dimensions 2009-02-25 comments1
It is easy to see why two dynamic media, like music and film, should be able to complement each other. But what happens when the equation becomes asymmetrical and moving ...
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The year is still young but we are pretty positive that no acronym will beat the title of the collaborational release between two titans of the experimental scene in terms ...
Dirty Demos: Navigating Around Boxes england Dirty Demos: Navigating Around Boxes 2009-02-23
Given the name of his label, it might seem slightly ironic that Adam Baker isn't accepting any music submissions at the moment. On the other hand, "Dirty Demos" really has ...
Balmorhea: All is Wild, All is Silent, All is Full of Expectation us Balmorhea: All is Wild, All is Silent, All is Full of Expectation 2009-02-19
Rob Lowe and Michael Muller are content. In fact, they're very content. Early next month, their eagerly anticipated third full-length will be released by Western Vinyl and right now, the ...
Tamerlan: Hypnotizing the Crowd uz Tamerlan: Hypnotizing the Crowd 2009-02-18
According to Timur Iskandarov, the man behind the mask of Tamerlan, his project can be considered "a mixture between dark ambient, neoclassical, and experimental music". And indeed, his mediaevally tinged ...
Lasse-Marc Riek: Islands of Acoustic Victims de Lasse-Marc Riek: Islands of Acoustic Victims 2009-02-17
For a field recorder, the line between work and leisure is always a hard one to draw. German Phonographer and Sound Artist Lasse-Marc Riek had already visited the islands of ...
E. Ryan Goodman: Plain Moody Playing us E. Ryan Goodman: Plain Moody Playing 2009-02-16
At least over here, the coldest days of the year may already have passed. And still there are nights when you want to cuddle up on your sofa, light up ...

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Encounters of the Belgian kind: Eldorado be Encounters of the Belgian kind: Eldorado 2009-06-29
Odd places, strange stories with peculiar people – this sounds like the characteristics of Finnish movies, especially those by odd-life-expert Aki Kaurismäki. Lately also Belgian filmmakers have presented some very ...
A century's history in Germany: The Count and the Comrade de A century's history in Germany: The Count and the Comrade 2009-06-05
If one hears about a historical documentary film, dealing with a communist and a count who was a co-conspirator of the Stauffenberg-attentat and the 20th July-resistance, as a German, one ...
Andrea Juan's Antarctica Project ar Andrea Juan's Antarctica Project 2009-05-20
Andre Juan is a multimedia artist hailing from Argentina. Since 2004, she has dedicated a large part of her work to drawing attention to the plight of the antarctic continent. ...
Hotel Sahara: A ship might come de Hotel Sahara: A ship might come 2009-05-17
There is a little town in Mauritania, at the edge of the Sahara desert in Western Africa, at the seaside. This town, which Europeans hardly ever have heard about, is ...

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Christoph Denoth is achieving the impossible: His programs are conclusively covering all composers who have seminally contributed to the Classical Guitar repertoire over the past few centuries while somehow avoiding ...

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Live at Moerst Festival, Moers, Germany, May 29th 2009.

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