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Album Review

Blackmantis: Devil's Flower

Read "Devil's Flower" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

Might there be a better time to sit down and listen to an album whose title evokes poet Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal, has track titles such as “Lament" and “Dead Leaf" and a PR pitch that talks about the “darker electronic side" of its composer's music, and comes with sleeve art redolent of a dystopian near-future? You might think so. But actually, April 2020 is as good a time as any, because far from being a bummer, Devil's ...

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Album Review

Keith Tippett: From Granite to Wind

Read "From Granite to Wind" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

From Granite to Wind, registrata nel gennaio 2011, è una suite senza interruzioni che dura quarantasette minuti. Il titolo stesso sembra alludere a un percorso sonoro che da forme granitiche, ruvide e compatte, giunge all'eterea inconsistenza del vento, articolandosi al suo interno in passaggi obbligati, temi incisivi, sviluppi improvvisativi, momenti di transizione, fasi toniche ed altre di distensione. L'interpretazione viene affidata a un ottetto di fidi collaboratori, ma a volte l'orchestrazione e l'impatto sono quelli di una big band, anche ...

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Devil's Flower

GhostLocust Records
2020

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From Granite to Wind

Ogun Recordings
2012

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UltraSound - North...

Toco Records
1996

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