Modern Composition

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...

Ryuichi Sakamoto

BTTB

PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2018

There is beauty in silence, in resonance and in dissonant cacophony, and on BTTB, Ryuichi Sakamoto beautifully illustrates the power of all...

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...