Modern Composition

As He Completes His Trilogy, A Deep Dive Into How Chilly Gonzales's 'Solo Piano' Conquered the World

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2018

Speaking over the phone from Cologne, Germany, Chilly Gonzales cuts through the small talk with a cleaver of a question about the place he...

Jeremy Dutcher

Up Here, Sudbury ON, August 18

PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2018

Despite walking out to a mostly empty room, by the time Jeremy Dutcher reached the archival duet at the bottom of set opener "Mehicinut," t...

Various

Centennial

PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2018

First off, credit where it's due. Vermont's NNA Tapes is celebrating both its tenth anniversary and 100th release with this monster compila...

bod

Limpid Fear

PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2018

Nicholas Zhu's Chinese heritage shines brightly on this remarkable new recording, but it isn't central to its success. Limpid Fear is an in...

Piero Umiliani

Al Cinema Con Piero Umiliani

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2018

If Piero Umiliani proved anything during his long and prolific career, it's that he was one of the greatest musical shapeshifters the world...

Ashan

Far Drift Afield

PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2018

Ashan is one of the many musical masks worn by Inner Islands label head Sean Conrad, whose oeuvre takes many forms, but is closely aligned...

Masayoshi Fujita

Book of Life

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2018

Book of Life follows Masayoshi Fujita's celebrated collaboration with experimental electronic composer Jan Jelenik, 2016's Schaum. It's the...

Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch

Époques

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2018

It's been almost three years since Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch's last recording. Her debut, Like Water Through the Sand, was considered a ma...