Articles by Glen Hall
The International Nothing
In Doubt We Trust
PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2018
Haunting minimalism is a specialty of Berlin-based psycho-acoustic clarinet duo the International Nothing. But on In Doubt We Trust, Michae...
Matana Roberts
Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Growing out of her childhood interest in spirits and "what they leave behind," saxophonist/composer/vocalist Matana Roberts has fashioned C...
Matana Roberts
Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Growing out of her childhood interest in spirits and "what they leave behind," saxophonist/composer/vocalist Matana Roberts has fashioned C...
Chrysakis / Kobi / Skjødt / Sőrés
Carved Water
PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2016
The process of composing music, generally, is autocratic: "This is what I want; play these notes." But the burgeoning free improvisation sc...
The International Nothing (… and something)
The Power of Negative Thinking
PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2016
The psychoacoustic clarinet duo of Michael Theike and Kai Fagaschinski have been co-creating music of breadth and depth since 2000. Their r...
Quinsin Nachoff
Flux
PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2016
Tenor saxophonist/composer Quinsin Nachoff always pushes the envelope. Whether it's writing for sax and string quartet, contemporary ensemb...
Iannis Xenakis
La Légende d'Eer
PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2016
It's hard to overestimate the musical and cultural influence of visionary Greek-born composer, engineer, architect and theoretician Iannis...
Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey
Buoyancy
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2016
Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and drummer Tom Rainey have a great deal of shared music-making history. Both are stalwarts of the Brooklyn sce...
