Modern Composition

Thomas Fehlmann

1929 - Das Jahr Babylon

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2018

Following an album he conceived as a companion to the director's 2009 marathon documentary program 24h Berlin, 2010's Gute Luft, 1929 - Das...

Canadian Composers Like Jeremy Dutcher, Chilly Gonzales and Jean-Michel Blais Broke Free in 2018

PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2018

Boundaries feel increasingly obsolete, yet more profoundly real than ever, and as such, the year's most forward-thinking music came from co...

Lubomyr Melnyk

Fallen Trees

PUBLISHED Dec 10, 2018

Lubomyr Melnyk continues to produce exquisitely beautiful new classical work, earning an audience for his "continuous music" technique that...

Various

Pop Ambient 2019

PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2018

Kompakt's Pop Ambient series returns with its 19th iteration of a compilation they've delivered every year since 2001. The 13-track package...

Loscil

Submers

PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2018

This has been a landmark juncture for the Kranky label. To celebrate its 25th year, a series of shows featuring several acts that span the...

Emanuele Errante

The Evanescence of a Thousand Colors

PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2018

There is a level of sophistication in Emanuele Errante's work that rewards attentive listeners with optimism. The Italian composer gives us...

Jeremy Dutcher

M For Montreal, Montreal QC, November 15

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018

Jeremy Dutcher introduced himself in Wolastoqey, with words spoken by fewer than 100 people. The beauty of language — that it tells us "eve...

Ingrid Laubrock

Contemporary Chaos Practices

PUBLISHED Nov 14, 2018

Known primarily as a jazz saxophonist, Ingrid Laubrock has delivered a pair of new classical works on a sparkling new disc called Contempor...