Articles by Scott A. Gray

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  Less Bells

  Solifuge

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2018

  Long-time contributor to the likes of Eels and Brian Jonestown Massacre, accomplished orchestrator Julie Carpenter makes the most of her de...

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  Dmitry Evgrafov

  Return

  PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2018

  To decompress after the grand statement of last year's excellent Comprehension of Light, Russian composer Dmitry Evgrafov is back with an i...

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  Joep Beving

  Conatus

  PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2018

  While preparing his upcoming third LP, Dutch pianist Joep Beving reached out to some of his favourite musicians about reworking select piec...

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  Bekah Simms

  Impurity Chains

  PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2018

  With her brilliant debut, Bekah Simms immediately positions herself at the vanguard of contemporary composers. The six wildly eclectic piec...

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  Miss Information

  Sequence

  PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2018

  Those dismayed by the split of trip-hop godmothers Cibo Matto should find themselves happily sated by Miho Hatori's new recording moniker....

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  Ultrafog

  How Those Fires Burned That Are No Longer

  PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2018

  Hunting down information on Japanese ambient electronic artist Ultrafog isn't easy. Luckily, all we really need to know is what Kouhei Fuku...

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  Masayoshi Fujita

  Book of Life

  PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2018

  Book of Life follows Masayoshi Fujita's celebrated collaboration with experimental electronic composer Jan Jelenik, 2016's Schaum. It's the...

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  Wax Mannequin

  Have A New Name

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2018

  Underappreciated Canadian legend-in-the-making Wax Mannequin has found beautiful cohesion between his quirky avant-pop past and his burgeon...