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CD Feature/ Al Margolis/If, Bwana: "An Innocent, Abroad" Random vowls and bewildering howls: Music with a strong installation character.

Al Margolis: New Music Ringtones! Al Margolis of Pogus Records has informed us that the digital availability of some of his label’s works on iTunes ...

Interview with Alex Shapiro POOF! ZAP! That's right, after Alex Shapiro left us with a big BANG! when we last talked to her, it ...

15 Questions to Noah Creshevsky Some composers want to share their understanding of the world in their work - others compose to understand certain aspects ...

Interview with Barry Schrader These are exciting times for Barry Schrader. As we speak, he is in the middle of putting the finishing touch ...

Rebecca Saunders: Joins forces with musikFabrik for "Stirrings Still" Rebecca Saunders and New Music ensemble musikFabrik (German for “Music Factory”) have released a CD containing new works by the ...

CD Feature/ Henry Brant & Charles Ives: "A Concord Symphony" Reconsiles Beethoven's Schicksals-theme: A fair chance of turning into the „Great American Symphony“.

CD Feature/ Asmus Tietchens: "h-Menge" Not the happy end Hollywood would have devised: A subtly active and subliminally dynamic album.

John Cage & Hans Otte: Orient meets Occident on Live Disc A musical meeting of two composers, seminally influential on the sound of the piano in the 20th century, is now ...

Carl Stone: Debut reissued, Guelaguetza in Austin American Electro-Acoustic composer Carl Stone has informed us about his busy schedule over the upcoming months. Plenty of good news ...

15 Questions to Richard Lainhart "I've performed more in the last two years than in all the previous 10", Richard Lainhart says, "And I expect ...

CD Feature/ Elsa Justel: "Mâts" Human voice as a template: Music driven by curiosity.

KRAAK Festival 2008: Avantgarde and Boogie meet at church After nine editions away from the big city lights, Belgium's internationally loved event for unconventional music, KRAAK, is moving to ...

Al Margolis & Denman Maroney: Interpretations at the Roulette table Sound artist and productive force of the NY underground Al Margolis and „Hyperpianist“ Denman Maroney are inviting the initiated and ...

Richard Lainhart: Pre-Eno Ambient piece rediscovered after 30 years Pioneering Synthesizer poet Richard Lainhart has made one of his early pieces, “White Night”, available on CD on the Ex ...