modern-composition
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Hauschka A Different Forest Published Feb 19, 2019Institutional respectability appears to have found, captured and enshrined Volker Bertelmann, aka Hauschka. Well into the second decade of h...
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Various Artists Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990 Published Feb 12, 2019Without question, we live in a reissue age. From eccentric soul to spiritual jazz and Italian library, Afrobeat, abstract minimalism and far...
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Yann Tiersen All Published Feb 12, 2019There was something insular about Yann Tiersen's ninth album, 2016's EUSA. Sharing its name with the Breton word for Ushant, the French isla...
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Kid Koala Music To Draw To: Io Published Feb 11, 2019Far out amongst the moons of Jupiter and ancient Greek myth, Kid Koala is looking at star maps as he sets the course for a cosmic drift with...
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James Holden A Cambodian Spring Published Feb 11, 2019Filmed over six years, from 2009 to 2015, Irish director Chris Kelly's observational documentary A Cambodian Spring tracks a community livin...
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David Behrman On the Other Ocean Published Feb 06, 2019This is a remarkably contemporary sounding work for something released in 1978. David Behrman's groundbreaking research into interactive, co...
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Yamila Iras Fajro Published Jan 31, 2019Yamila's debut, Iras Fajro, fills a space between electronic and analogue, and elegantly displays the craft and technique that's been poured...
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News
Portishead's Beth Gibbons Reveals New Album with Polish Orchestra Published Jan 30, 2019Portishead's Beth Gibbons is at last returning with a new release. The singer has announced an upcoming album with the Polish National Radio...
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Richard Einhorn The Prowler Published Jan 28, 2019While many reissue labels have become content with playing it safe with the tried and true, Waxwork Records has took some big chances over t...
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Orphan Ann The Practice of Surrender Published Jan 25, 2019This debut from duo Sofia Al Rammal Sturdza and Anja Enerud aims high with electronic drones, samples and a dramatic mix of chants, screams...
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Streams
Ryuichi Sakamoto Shares New "energy flow" Video Published Jan 10, 2019Ryuichi Sakamoto has recently been celebrating the 20th anniversary of his stunning 1998 solo piano album BTTB. And with the delayed release...