Modern Composition

Toronto's Idée Fixe Records Launches Sister Label with the Brodie West Quintet, High Alpine Hut Network
PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2022
Toronto's Idée Fixe Records has announced the formation of sister label Ansible Editions, a new home for "loosely defined jazz adjacent wor...
Colin Stetson Used Hog Grunt Recordings In His 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' Score
PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2022
Colin Stetson's latest film score comes into the world with the arrival of David Blue Garcia's Texas Chainsaw Massacre on Netflix February...
Ouri Details New Project 'BT002: Self Hypnosis Tape'
PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2022
Ouri has unveiled details of a new project. The Montreal-based multi-instrumentalist and producer will share BT002: Self Hypnosis Tape on F...
U.S. Girls, Weather Station Drummer Evan J Cartwright Announces Debut Album 'bit by bit'
PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2022
You might not know Evan J Cartwright's name yet, but you've almost certainly heard him before — the Toronto-based musician is best-known as...
Metallica's Kirk Hammett Announces Debut Solo EP 'Portals'
PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2022
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has shared details of a debut solo EP. The axeman will deliver Portals on April 23 in digital and physical...
Jean-Michel Blais Crafts Lush, Life-Affirming Compositions on 'aubades'
PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2022
For Jean-Michel Blais, aubades is a rebirth. From its opening notes, its whisks listeners away. On the new album from the esteemed post-cla...
Ryuichi Sakamoto Is Selling Sheet Music to Fight a "Flood of Independent Transcriptions or Arranged Versions"
PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2022
Even the most ardent listeners of Ryuichi Sakamoto make mistakes when it comes to transcribing music from his past performances — an issue...
Jean-Michel Blais Shares "mumures" Ahead of New Album
PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2021
Jean-Michel Blais has announced a new album with the arrival of single "murmures." The Montreal-based musician's latest, which he calls a t...