Articles by Kevin Press

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  Fennesz

  Agora

  PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2019

  Ambient recordings are seldom referred to as powerful. Impactful, sure, perhaps even emotional, but more often than not, what makes the gen...

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  John Coltrane

  Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings

  PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2019

  Reissue packages featuring jazz greats like John Coltrane are, if nothing else, an opportunity to celebrate some of the 20th century's genu...

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  The Cinematic Orchestra

  To Believe

  PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2019

  It will surprise virtually no one that the latest from the Cinematic Orchestra is a drop-dead gorgeous slice of lush, soulful electronic po...

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  Angel-Ho

  Death Becomes Her

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2019

  The first 20 seconds of Angel-Ho's "debut proper," as she describes it, sound nothing like the hip-hop beats so pervasive in today's popula...

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  RY X

  Unfurl

  PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2019

  Australian singer-songwriter Ry Cuming has led something of a charmed professional existence. Since landing a Jive Records deal for his 201...

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  Various Artists

  LNOE 100

  PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2019

  DJ Sasha's Last Night On Earth enterprise has been a solid purveyor of beats since its launch in 2011. The label, podcast and regular party...

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  Mark de Clive-Lowe

  Heritage

  PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2019

  For those who recognize Mark de Clive-Lowe's name from this or that compilation disc, his new straight-up jazz effort is the most pleasant...

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  Finlay Shakespeare

  Domestic Economy

  PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2019

  What to make of an album, released in the dead of winter 2019, that sounds like a collection of 1983 club bangers? What to make of a vocali...