Album of the month

The Smith Quartet: "Philip Glass - Complete String Quartets"

New insights, fresh inspiration: The quartets are free to be celebrated and cursed again.

Most contemporary composers would of course sell a kidney, their soul or anything else they'd remotely consider dispensable for a discography the size of Philip Glass'. And yet, alternative interpretations ...

Latest Experimental CD features

:papercutz: "Ultravioleta Remixes" 2008-10-13

Similar to the experimental excursions of 70s Rock: An attractive and ambitious work in its own right.

Vital Weekly 647 2008-10-10

Frans de Waard presents the experimental releases of the week.

Vestigial: "Translucent Communion" 2008-10-09

Discreet and unforced: Like a ghost train speeding up in the mist.

Chemical Brothers: "Brotherhood" 2008-10-08

Spare Chemical Tom and Ed: Big, loud, uplifting and stupid at the same time.

Latest Classical CD features

Christiane Klonz: "Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Shostakovich" 2008-10-10

Always in full control: Klonz is a powerful actor in many different roles.

Luis Orias Diz: "Acrílicos en la Sonrisa" & "Kammermusik" 2008-09-09 comments

A soloist, team player, accompanyist, and sound sculptor: Classical Guitar visions for the 21st century.

The Smith Quartet: "Philip Glass - Complete String Quartets" 2008-09-06 comments

New insights, fresh inspiration: The quartets are free to be celebrated and cursed again.

Simone Dinnerstein: "The Berlin Concert" 2008-09-01 comments

Such tiny spaces: A testing ground for Dinnerstein's versatility and volubility as an artist.

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Latest Interviews

Michael Lipsey/ Talujon Percussion Ensemble 2008-10-01

Many contemporary music groups pride themselves on the faithfulness of their individual members. The Talujon Percussion Ensemble, however, has always drawn its strength from the musical infidelities and creative affairs ...

Petar Jankovic 2008-09-22

"I would say the relationship with my Guitar is the same as a samurai feels about his sword", Petar Jankovic says and he means it. Hardly a day goes by ...

Transitional 2008-09-12

If you forget about the demands of the market for a second, success has everything to do with focus and integrity: Knowing what you want to do and doing it ...

Ewa Kupiec 2008-09-12

It is usually not much fun compiling a sizeable discography for an interview. With Ewa Kupiec, this process of seemingly endless cutting and pasting, however, turns into a journey through ...

Cem Güney 2008-09-03

Cem Güney is the first to admit that Turkey still has a long way to go in terms of radically progressive music and Sound Art. Admittedly, there are hotspots, clearly ...

Friedrich Gauwerky 2008-09-03

Friedrich Gauwerky doesn't mind genre definitions, as long as they reveal something about the essence of the music contained within them: "I know only real music (i.e. music which is ...

Interview with Birchville Cat Motel 2008-08-19 comments

“Aren’t ALL descriptive words for music hopelessly inadequate?” Campbell Kneale (aka Birchville Cat Motel) protests in this interview, when faced with the typical kind of simplistic journalistic terminology helplessly used ...