Modern Composition

Hiroki Tanaka Builds an Intricate Garden of Memory on 'Kaigo Kioku Kyoku'

PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2020

Kathleen Goring's favourite place is her garden. This is important in understanding the sound of Kaigo Kioku Kyoku, the debut album by her...

Joshua Van Tassel Fully Embraces His Classical Tendencies on 'Dance Music Volume II: More Songs for Slow Motion'

PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2020

Dance Music Volume II: More Songs for Slow Motion is a stylistic and visionary expansion on 2014's Dance Music: Songs for Slow Motion. As w...

Former Yamantaka // Sonic Titan Guitarist Hiroki Tanaka Announces Debut Album 'Kaigo Kioku Kyoku'

PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2020

Toronto-based musician and composer Hiroki Tanaka may have been known for his heavy riffage from his time as Yamantaka // Sonic Titan's lea...

Mary Lattimore Returns with New Album 'Silver Ladders'

PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2020

Mary Lattimore has shared details of a new solo album. The Los Angeles-based harpist will release Silver Ladders on October 9 through Ghost...

Thievery Corporation

Symphonik

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2020

In 2017, Eric Hilton and Rob Garza — Thievery Corporation's founding members — performed alongside a 22-piece orchestra at the John F. Kenn...

Nick Storring

My Magic Dreams Have Lost Their Spell

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2020

Nick Storring pours himself into his music. In the literal sense, his compositions are realized by layering his own playing of a plethora o...

Jon Hassell

Vernal Equinox

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2020

While the trumpet is often synonymous with some of the greatest jazz of all time, Jon Hassell's trumpet has forged a different path, toward...

JOYFULTALK

A Separation of Being

PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2020

Having previously brandished dark and moody trance meditations, Nova Scotian composer and visual artist Jay Crocker has hatched something f...