‘Seigla’ is an Icelandic word indicating perseverance, resilience, tenacity. It’s also the title of a festival created, curated and directed by pianist Erna Vala Arnardóttir, that for the last 6 years has taken place in Reykjavík’s flagship concert hall, Harpa. More than most festivals i attend, the aspect of curation …
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It seems entirely appropriate that my relationship with ITERAE. the latest album from collaborators Joseph Branciforte and Jozef Dumoulin, is one that i’ve circled around and repeated numerous times. My first contact resulted in quizzical curiosity, with subsequent listens proving ever more beguiling. Furthermore, ITERAE provides both a complete 8-track …
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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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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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