In the last decades, many fascinating Iranian composers have been representing, with remarkable abilities, the modern traditions of Persian classical music such as: Salar Aghili, Kayhan Kalhor, Peyman Yazdanian, Hossein Alizadeh, Alireza Ghorbani, Negin Zomorodi, Dastan Ensemble, Alireza Mortazavi, Ahmadreza Nouri, Golfam Khayam or Mona Matbou Riahi (whose releases are usually distributed by Hermes Records, a ECM-inspired label that has many worthy gems ranging from Jazz to Classical or a ... read more
An interesting collaboration between Acid Mothers Temple members, French composer Richard Pinhas, and members of Peru's The Mad's and El Polen, creating an improvised psychedelic world with tinges of Andean folk and noise space rock.
A complex collection of sound poetry/collage, field recordings, compositions playing with language, noise, breath, and sound, which create an unnerving experience once its context is understood.
Through these tools, Peruvian artist and composer, Sergio Zevallos, uses a form of political sound fragmentation as a confronting response to his country's violence, racial and sexual discrimination, and nationalism.
I recommend you to read the text in the link below, in which Zevallos himself ... read more
Honoring its name, British violist performs a microtonal piece on a hundred layers of strings, creating a hypnotic polyphonic composition reminiscent of insects.
14th-century bishop Ledrede was a controversial figure who accused Alice Kyteler of witchcraft and listed nightmarish charges against her, which ended up in the burning of her servant Petronilla de Meath, making her the first person burned at the stake. Ledrede, despite his deeds, also wrote beautiful poetry which was collected in the medieval manuscript, The Red Book of Ossory.
With this alluring background, the innovative Irish ensemble Anakronos (which features the voice of Catriona ... read more
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