An album i’ve kept returning to in recent weeks is Albumin, the latest collaboration from Jim O’Rourke and Jos Smolders. There are various reasons for that, but perhaps the primary one is its gripping spontaneity. The cover artwork is a telling analogue: a large red environment (clearly evoking the title), …
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20 years ago, during an especially fervent time of musical discoveries, i encountered a musical project, and creative identity, that beguiled me in an entirely unique way. i’ve often wondered who’s behind the nom de guerre At Jennie Richie – Discogs (un)helpfully describes them as “the culmination of Happiness and …
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Almost everything i’ve explored hitherto from the 2026 ISCM World New Music Days has been music submitted by sections and individuals to be considered for the festival. But one of the great advantages of WNMD – and there are many – is the way it provides an opportunity for the …
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The spectre of Romanian artist Constantin Brâncuși was brought to bear on this year’s World New Music Days in Bucharest, which took as its title, ‘Columna Infinita’. Title, not theme, and the invocation of Brâncuși’s famous sculpture therefore acted more as inference than reference point. Nonetheless, both the phrase and …
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There’s usually a fairly clear correlation for me between the duration of an album and the amount of listening required before i feel i’ve begun to make sense of it. Not quite so simple as ‘short albums = shorter time, long albums = longer’, though that’s perhaps basically true. But …
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