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Lumor: Flock of Birds

Read "Flock of Birds" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Lumor's vocalist, Mirjam Hassig, describes the trio as a “Swiss jazz and ambient band," which goes some way, but not all the way, to summing up the group and the music to be heard on its debut album, Flock of Birds. Yes, it is a jazz trio, the line-up completed by leader and composer Manuel Sidler on guitar and Flo Hufschmid on drums. Yes, much of the music can be described as ambient, in the sense of being calm, restful ...

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Album Review

Aye! Mirjam Hassig: Coralland

Read "Coralland" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Coralland is the debut album from Ayé! Mirjam Hässig, a quartet led by the young Swiss vocalist and composer Mirjam Hässig. An intense, atmospheric and often haunting recording, it combines original music with original lyrics or with lyrics drawn from classic poetry. The quartet's instrumental mix is unusual: electronic effects, harp and ukulele join a more traditional bass and drums rhythm section to give the music a distinctive sound that is well-matched to Hässig's emotive vocals. Hässig wrote ...


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