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Album Review

Ore,' led by bassist Pedro Ferreira, presents the conceptual work Matter Antimatter, which is a densely layered and challenging sonic experience that operates at the intersection of quantum physics and free-form excursions. This album is not merely a collection of tracks; it is an extended meditation on duality, stability and the volatile energy that shapes the universe's most fundamental structures. Ferreira, known for his rigorous approach to composition, maintains a disciplined framework throughout the program, yet the emotional ...

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Federico Calcagno Octet: Mundus Inversus

Read "Mundus Inversus" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
October 14, 2024

Nato da importanti e profonde ispirazioni extramusicali, costruito attorno a un ensemble multinazionale, basato su composizioni estremamente complesse e raffinate nelle quali si fondono in un orizzonte di ricerca la tradizione eurocolta e quella jazzistica, l'ultimo album del clarinettista Federico Calcagno è senza dubbio un lavoro di grande interesse. Calcagno vi guida un ottetto che amplia la formazione del suo precedente Liquid Identities (Aut Records, 2020) e che riunisce musicisti di differente provenienza nazionale: dalla Spagna il violoncellista ...

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Adrián Moncada: Inhabitable Imagination

Read "Inhabitable Imagination" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
July 22, 2021

Madrid-born, Amsterdam-based pianist Adrián Moncada's thrilling Inhabitable Imagination is a tour-de-force of a debut. The music consists of seven Moncada originals which draw inspiration from architecture. Thus it is taut, angular and has a creative momentum which does not slack. Moncada leads a sextet of other expat musicians all of whom share his creative vision, making this release even more engaging. Opening with the “The Bearable Heaviness of Being," a wordplay on Czech writer Milan Kundera's famous novel, ...