Modern Composition

Saloli

The Deep End

PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2018

The context for this auspicious, wandering debut that Portland, OR-based composer Mary Sutton dreamed up under the name Saloli stems from a...

Vessel

Queen of Golden Dogs

PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2018

In case you're unclear on what exactly influenced the latest LP from Sebastian Gainsborough (aka Vessel), the first 20 seconds of Queen of...

Yoshinori Hayashi

Ambivalence

PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2018

There is a natural connection between electronic music produced for dance floors and for concert halls. Because the former is so beat-centr...

Alexandra Stréliski Discusses Her Oscar Night Breakthrough and Attacks the Ivory Tower of Classical Music on 'Inscape'

PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2018

Over 43 million people tuned in to the 86th Academy Awards on March 2, 2014, but Alexandra Stréliski's viewing experience was surely unique...

Alexandra Stréliski

Inscape

PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2018

There's always been a cinematic quality to Alexandra Stréliski's music, honed from years working in advertising as a composer. In the eight...

Saturn's Daughter

Fibonacci Forever

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2018

Fibonacci Forever is a cross-Canada trek that incorporates the glorious sounds of this majestic country within its diffusive, amorphous mis...

Less Bells

Solifuge

PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2018

Long-time contributor to the likes of Eels and Brian Jonestown Massacre, accomplished orchestrator Julie Carpenter makes the most of her de...

Sarah Davachi Takes Us to Church on 'Gave In Rest'

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2018

It's a hot August night in Toronto, and Sarah Davachi is perched behind a table of hardware electronics at the Baby G. With one hand on an...