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Nicky Schrire: Permission to Be Yourself
by Seton Hawkins
To follow the recordings of Cape Town-based vocalist and composer Nicky Schrire is to watch an artist evolve right in front of your eyes. With her 2012 debut Freedom Flight, Schrire demonstrated a supple soprano vocal technique and a knack for intelligent arrangements of unusual repertoire choices. Following it up the next year with ...
Radioactive Landscapes EP
By Brian Adler
Label: Circavision Productions
Released: 2017
Track listing: Gowanus 40; Watertown 34; Nuearth 49.
Brian Adler: Radioactive Landscapes EP
by Troy Dostert
As was evident on his previous EP releases from 2016, Binary and Mysteries of the Deep, percussionist Brian Adler enjoys working with conceptual frameworks for his compositions. On Binary, he explored the possible interactions between human-and computer-based creativity, and on Mysteries he drew thematic inspiration from the world of Eastern spirituality. These investigations allowed him to ...
Binary & Mysteries of the Deep
By Brian Adler
Label: Circavision Productions
Released: 2016
Track listing: (Binary): Drone; Binary I. Am I a robot or an ape?!; Binary II. Be!; Binary III. I
am. / U R; Binary IV. Or a zombie?; (Mysteries of the Deep): Mantra; Windy Path;
Pulses; Rudram.
Percussionist/Composer Brian Adler Fuses Eastern Philosophy, Digital Technology, And Improvisation
NEWS RELEASE from Circavision Productions Percussionist/Composer Brian Adler Fuses Eastern Philosophy, Digital Technology, and Improvisation New Trio and Quintet EPs Convey a Prismatic Vision With two new EPs, percussionist/composer Brian Adler offers listeners beautiful and arrestingly original music via two formations of his newest project: Shankar. On Binary, he performs with the trio, featuring pianist Santiago ...
Brian (Shankar) Adler: Binary & Mysteries of the Deep
by Troy Dostert
For those seeking a bit of metaphysical speculation with their jazz, one could benefit from giving these two new EPs from drummer Brian (Shankar) Adler a careful listen. A thoughtful, creative percussionist, Adler is eager to explore the big questions in his music, and his use of complex rhythmic structures and instrumentation from other traditions (particularly ...
Mysteries Of The Deep and Binary from Brian (Shankar) Adler
by Dan McClenaghan
The compact disc probably won't disappear anytime soon, but the importance of the physical product is on the wane in the music world. Drummer Brian (Shankar) Adler works the digital download only" mode of operation in his music-making sojourn, with two marvelous, mysterious, free-flowing EP sets, Mysteries of the Deep and Binary. Brian Shankar ...
Sunny Kim and Ben Monder: The Shining Sea: Live at Olympus Hall
by Dave Wayne
People who know me know that I am not particularly interested in jazz vocals or straight-up renditions of jazz standards. One of my hobbies is playing the drums, and I am also not really motivated to listen to music without drums or some sort of percussion. So, I put off reviewing The Shining Sea: Live at ...
Danny Fox Trio: Wide Eyed
by Dave Wayne
So many jazz piano trios, so little time! With Wide Eyed, the Danny Fox Trio proves very definitively that they are worthy of your attention. Fox' wickedly humorous, tightly-conceived, multi- stylistic compositions and his trio's remarkably sensitive interplay are completely attention-grabbing. One listen was enough to make me a believer. Like a lot of the more ...