Sustrato 2 releases “Un atractivo convencional”
“Un atractivo convencional” by Sustrato 2. “Un atractivo convencional” (A conventional attraction) is the new Sustrato 2 album released by Six Ensemble. It is a recent improvisation session mastered at Dixit Studios in Tenerife on December 8. The result is five elegant and unconventional pieces by Tony Peña, electric guitar…
“Old Friends New Friends”, by Nils Frahm
«Old Friends New Friends», de Nils Frahm. Hoy se ha publicado en todas las plataformas Old Friends New Friends, el nuevo doble álbum de Nils Frahm que reúne 23 temas de piano, casi todos ellos inéditos, grabados entre 2009 y 2021 y publicados a través de Leiter, el sello propiedad…
Jorge Grundman Isla
“Piano & Cello Concertos”, by Jorge Grundman. The Spanish composer Jorge Grundman (Madrid, 1961) has just released Piano & Cello Concertos, an album published by Sony Classical España which brings together three world first recordings of his works Piano Concerto in E minor “The Toughest Decision of God”, the Concerto…
Joan Valent
«Pan de limón con semillas…», de Joan Valent. Last spring, the Spanish pianist and composer Joan Valent finished recording the soundtrack for Pan de limón con semillas de amapola [Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake], the new film by Benito Zambrano, premiered last month at the SEMINCI in Valladolid, and based…
Hackedepicciotto
“The Silver Threshold”, by hackedepicciotto. The Berlin duo hackedepicciotto is a married couple formed by Alexander Hacke (Berlin, 1965) – also known as Alexander von Borsig, bassist of Einstürzende Neubauten for 39 years – and the American artist and filmmaker Danielle de Picciotto (Tacoma, 1965) – co-founder of the famous…
Aquello que revienta
“El pus és el producte II” by Aquello que revienta. Monserrat Palacios (voice and teapots), Miquel Àngel Marín (clarinet, voice, objects), Chema Pastor (percussion) and J. G. Entonado (A.K.A. Arín Dodó: tapes, trombone and voice) meet in the ensemble “Aquello que revienta” and publish on the Spanish label La Tatucera…
IbonRG & Enrike Hurtado
“oMOrruMU baMAt”, by IbonRG & Kike Hurtado. Ibon Rodríguez García and Enrike Hurtado joined forces in 2019 to pay live tribute to the poet, writer and musician Joxean Artz. The result of the collaboration satisfied them both and they decided to extend it and in July 2020 they began recording…
Attacca Quartet
«Of All Joys», by Attacca Quartet. Of All Joys, the album by the Brooklyn-based quartet Attaca Quartet that combines contemporary minimalist and renaissance pieces, was released today on all digital platforms. Released by Sony Classical, the album opens and closes with works by Arvo Pärt, Summa and Fratres, respectively, and…
Madame Nielsen
“Verdensfrelserinderne”, by Madame Nielsen. Madame Nielsen is the current alias of Danish actor/actress, performance artist, singer and author Claus Beck-Nielsen (Aalborg, 1963), who stopped using his real name in 2001. Last May, in the Danish city of Aarhus, s/he premiered his/her new musical theatre show, Verdensfrelserinden (“The Saviour of the…
Niño de Elche
“La exclusión”, by Niño de Elche. La exclusión [The exclusion], the new album by Niño de Elche is an album/performance divided into four acts, each of which lasts about twenty minutes, but it is not a flamenco album: it is an hour and twenty of what is understood to be…
Robert Ashley
“eL/Aficionado”, by Robert Ashley. Seven years ago on March 3, American composer Robert Ashley (Ann Arbor, 1930-New York, 2014) passed away in Manhattan, and since then his work has been periodically revisited and his innovative operas revived. Roulette Intermedium, a Brooklyn-based space dedicated to avant-garde music and performing arts, opened…
Halvcirkel
“Fragment 94”, by Halvcirkel. Halvcirkel, the Danish string quartet, today releases Fragment 94, a 35-minute piece composed by fellow Dane Anders Lauge Melgaard (Aalborg, 1980) in 2018 expressly for the quartet currently consisting of Mika Persdotter, Pernille Kristiansen, Bettina Marie Ezaki and Nicole Hogstrand. The work, premiered in February 2019…