Modern Composition

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  Ingar Zach

  floating layer cake

  PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2019

  Full of exciting sonic revelations, the pair of lengthy compositions on Norwegian percussionist and composer Ingar Zach's floating layer ca...

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  Justin Wright

  Music for Staying Warm

  PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2019

  Music for Staying Warm is an antidote to anticipatory anxiety. The debut LP from Montreal composer and cellist Justin Wright — who has work...

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  Joep Beving

  Henosis

  PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2019

  Dutch composer Joep Beving began work on what would become a trilogy of albums in relative obscurity. As much to his surprise as everyone e...

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  Dustin Laurenzi

  Snaketime: The Music of Moondog

  PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2019

  Musician and composer Moondog (born Louis Thomas Hardin, Jr.) held court on 6th Avenue in New York City between the late 1940s and early '7...

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  Beth Gibbons and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

  Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs)

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2019

  Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 3 took 15 years to become a hit. After premiering in 1977, a 1992 recording gave the then-living composer an...

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  Terence Blanchard

  BlacKkKlansman

  PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2019

  With BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee effectively crafted himself a cultural moment, as the film not only nabbed some serious critical praise but...

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  Flying Hórses

  Reverie

  PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2019

  Composer Jade Bergeron is on record as saying Reverie, her sophomore album under the Flying Hórses banner, is a "heartbreak record." Yet it...

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  Kilchhofer Anklin

  Moto Perpetuo

  PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2019

  There is a common thread that runs through much of the music released on Marionette. Precise, minimalistic percussive blips and general ele...