Ongon – Solchi Rari: Volume Secondo
Ongon is a type of spirit in the shamanistic belief system of Mongolia, offering protection, guidance, and a means of communicating with the spirit world. It is a physical object, most commonly a carved...
Sonic Circuits 2014: A Festival of Experimental Music
Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, Silver Spring, Maryland USA
3-5 October 2014
http://dc-soniccircuits.org
by Daniel Barbiero
For fifteen years or so, the Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music has brought challenging sound and multimedia performances to the Washington DC...
Pay attention to Sofia Borges
In the artistic path of a musician there is a moment when it is possible to merge the discoveries made on the instrument (the so-called exploratory or experimental phase) with the improvisational approaches. The...
Impermances, reworkings and voices’ pandemonium
Some thoughts on three new CD of free improv:
-Ana Kravanja & Elisabeth Harnik: Vrtinci Minljivosti (Vortices of Impermanence), Creative Sources
-Cory Smythe: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Pyroclastic Records
-VocColours: 66, Tonkunkst Manufaktur
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Since last year, Slovenian...
Michael Pelzel: Gravity’s Rainbow
When we talk about the complexity of music, we often fear that it may express various kind of chaos or instability without being able to benefit from the sentiment portrayed by the music itself....
Kory Reeder & Apartment House – Homestead
Kory Reeder is an American composer-bassist whose music draws inspiration from the visual arts and political theory, and investigates ideas of objectivity and immediacy while exploring the social implications of musical interaction with pieces...
Biliana Voutchkova/Giorgos Varoutas – Little Sae
The word “sae” (冴え) in Japanese means clarity, crispness, lucidity, the feeling of winter air before dawn, or the sharp brightness that comes with something suddenly becoming clear. Berlin-based violinist, vocalist, and improviser Biliana...
Drank (Ingrid Schmoliner / Alexander Kranabetter – Breath in Definition
Austrian pianist Ingrid Schmoliner (who is also a vocalist and educator, known for her duo with master drummer Hamid Drake, and the sound-sculpting trio GRIFF with the Berlin-based percussionist Emilio Gordoa and bassist Adam...
Marta Gadaleta/Gianni Vancheri/Ettore Fioravanti – Fluet
Fluet presents a new Italian trio featuring guitarist-bass clarinetist-electronics player-composer Gianni Vancheri, vocal artist-lyricist-electronics player Marta Gadaleta, and the most experienced musician in this trio, drummer-percussionist Ettore Fioravanti (who has worked with Roberto Ottaviano,...
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Wien Modern 2026
Il tema del prossimo festival Wien Modern (la 39ª edizione) è incentrato sugli ecosistemi, esplorazione del mondo sonoro planetario che viene reso attraverso la...
