“Veus”, by Marc Melià Sobrevias. The Spanish keyboardist, composer and producer Marc Melià Sobrevias, based in Brussels for more than ten years – where he was part of Lonely Drifter Karen, the band of the Austrian Tanja Frinta -, has just released his second solo album, Veus, on the French…

«Flatland/Spaceland», by Joe Harvey-Whyte. Joe Harvey-Whyte, known mainly for his work as a backing musician for artists such as Billy Bragg, The Magic Numbers or Tony Visconti, has just released on all digital platforms the Ep Flatland/Spaceland with which he debuts on the London label None More Records. Performer of dobro…

“A estranha beleza da vida”, by Rodrigo Leão.   On 8 and 9 October, Portuguese composer Rodrigo Leao premiered live at the Teatro Circo in Braga the compositions of A extranha beleza da vida, which is released today on all digital platforms. The album features special collaborations with Canadian Michelle…

«Inner Synmphonies», de H. Rani y D. Czocher. Amigas desde su adolescencia, cuando coincidieron en el conservatorio Feliks Nowowiejski de la ciudad polaca de Gdansk, la pianista Hania Rani y la violonchelista Dobrawa Czocher emprendieron trayectorias profesionales distintas, aunque coincidieron en 2015, reelaborando en clave clásica las canciones del álbum…

“Gurdjieff / De Hartmann”, by Jeroen van Veen. The Dutch pianist Jeroen Van Veen, known for his specialisation in the performance of minimalist music – he has published the Minimal Piano Collection with almost thirty hours of music, on as many CDs – has just released on the Brillant Classics label…

“Vertigo” by C. Bertrand, best album of 2020. The jury of the German Record Critics’ Awards (PdSK) has announced the winners for 2020. In the category of contemporary music, the best recording of last year was Vertigo by Christophe Bertrand, a three-CD box set of more than three and a half…

«Koto Concerto», by Dai Fujikura. Today, Wednesday 29 September, the fifth album by Japanese-American koto (the thirteen-stringed chordophone instrument considered Japan’s “national instrument”) player Leo Konno has been released on all platforms. The four-track, 43-minute album includes the first recording of Dai Fujikura’s Koto Concerto, which Leo himself premiered on…

“Oversoul”, by Nil Ciuró. Spanish composer Nil Ciuró (Barcelona, 1986) usually works as a composer of soundtracks for TV series and TV commercials, but he had already released a couple of albums on the Swedish label 1631 Recordings: Futuralgia (2016) and Inwards (2019), in which he fuses neoclassical and electronic…

“Sweet Land”, by Du Yun and Raven Chacon. Sweet Land, recently voted by the Music Critics Association of North America as the winner of their annual award for Best New Opera, was released today, Friday 24 September, on all digital platforms. The opera, which has been released on record by…

“Patina”, by Peter Gregson. The British cellist Peter Gregson (Edinburgh, 1987) is one of the most sought-after instrumentalists to perform pieces by contemporary composers, from Steve Reich to Jóhann Jóhannsson , but he is also a renowned creator of soundtracks for television series (Bridgeton, The New Pope) and films (the…

“Gold Dust”, by Jóhann Jóhannssonn. Yesterday Gold Dust, a twenty-three minute mini-album featuring six previously unreleased tracks by the late Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, was released on digital platforms. The album was actually released on 11 August by Redbird Music, the management agency handling his legacy. There are many rumours…

“Hey What”, by Low. The aim of this website is not only to report news from the current international contemporary music scene, with special attention to the minimalist and post-minimalist currents. The aim is broader and aspires to include everything that deserves to be known because it is avant-garde and…