Results for "Asaf Sirkis"
Asaf Sirkis

Born:
Born in 1969 in Petah-Tikva, Israel, Asaf later moved to the town of Rehovot, where he spent his teens and early twenties. This was an influential move for Asaf, as it was here amongst the diverse cultural influences he found in Rehovot that Asaf began to show an interest in music and rhythm. In Rehovot he lived amongst people from North Africa, east and central Europe, and the Middle East. Living in Shaarayim, the Yemenite neighbourhood in Rehovot, Asaf was particularly drawn to Yemenite culture, music, and rhythms. At the age of 12 Asaf began drum lessons, while also having a strong interest in playing electric bass
ReFocus

By Tim Garland
Label: Edition Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: I'm Late, I'm Late; Maternal; Thorn In The Evening; Dream State; Past Light; Night Flight; The Autumn Gate; Jezeppi.
Nothing is Sacred

Label: MoonJune Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Nothing is Sacred (Dice II); The Occult (Dice I); Bubble Bubble Bubble Bath (Wink); Solve et Coagula (Ghost I); Bubble Bubble Bubble Song (Sighs).
Truce

Label: MoonJune Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Truce; Swoonage; Bogeyman; Be Still My Brazen Heart; Power Series; Let Me Touch Your Batman; Gossamer Things.
The Truce

Label: MoonJune Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Truce; Swoonage; Bogeyman; Be Still My Brazen Heart; Power Series; Let Me Touch Your Batman; Gossamer Things.
Two Chevrons Apart

Label: Basho Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Beethoven & Schubert: friends?; Two Chevrons Apart; Just Another Week; Dead End Date; Cemetery Symmetry; Sweet
Nothings; Elegiac; Parisian Episode VII.
Hari Ketiga

Label: MoonJune Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: CD 1: Act IThe Earth/La terra; Act IIThe Man/L'uomo; Act 3The Event Horizon/
l'orizzonte deagli
aventi; CD 2: Act IVThe Loneliness of the Universe/La solitudine dell 'universo; Act VYou'll
Never Be
Alone/Non sarai mai solo; Act VIThe Fact Is Done/Il fatto e finito; Act VIIThe Perpetual
Motion/Moto
perpetuo; Act VIII; The Deal/L 'acordo; Act IXThe Memory of Things/ La memoria delle cose.
Mark Sullivan's Best Releases of 2020

by Mark Sullivan
Despite the circumstances, this was a high volume year for album releases, rich in both quantity and quality. Mine is not a ranked listing, but more or less in reverse chronological order. Since I wrote fewer album reviews than average, for the first time I have included several releases that I did not review myself.
Dwiki Dharmawan: Hari Ketiga

by Dan McClenaghan
Hari Ketiga is presented as a logbook of a voyage from the Earth to the moon, and beyond, to contact with music from distant planetary systemsa sprawling outer space improv opera as dense and difficult to fathom as Frank Herbert's first three Dune novels, or Samuel Delany's Dhalgren. It began simply enough: Leonardo Pavkovic ...
Tim Garland Launches His Winter Encounters Series

This December, Tim Garland launches his “Winter Encounters”—a series of unique trio performances, beautifully filmed and streamed from Oak Gable Studios. Each 45-minute set features a unique collaboration of world-class musicians followed by a live Q&A session with the artists, starting with Kit Downes & Norma Winstone on December 6th. Over the last 30 years, British ...