Results for "cinematic"

Curtis Roush

Born: October 16, 1954

CURTIS ROUSH

COMPOSER · MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST · BERKLEE 1980 · AUCKLAND, NZ

DEBUT ALBUM · OUTSIDE THE IN-BOX · 10 JUNE 2026 For thirty-three years, Curtis Roush sat in the dark.

Not literally — though the rooms weren't far off. The editing suites of Hollywood, fluorescent-free zones humming with playback decks and console lights, where music editors ensure that composers' visions reach the screen exactly as intended — every cue spotted, synced, and shaped into scenes. A Few Good Men. Starship Troopers. X-Men. The Hunger Games. More than a hundred feature films, thousands of hours of someone else's music run through his hands and his ears. Roush was one of the best in the business. And all the while, quietly, he was writing his own.

Nils Berg

Born: October 9, 1977

There is a particular quality to the music Nils Berg makes — something that feels simultaneously ancient and restless, rooted and searching. It is a quality that places him in a long line of Scandinavian artists who have found a way to distill the Nordic landscape and temperament into sound: the lyrical economy of Jan Johansson, the melancholy warmth of Lars Gullin, the way Grieg could make a simple folk melody feel like it carried the weight of an entire geography.

Berg, a saxophonist, bass clarinetist and composer based in Stockholm, works in the space where jazz meets that broader Nordic sensibility — music that breathes slowly, that favors atmosphere and silence as much as notes, and that treats emotion as something to be approached with patience rather than force. Dubbed "the Fellini of Swedish jazz" by Dagens Nyheter and described as "mysterious and irresistible" by Rolling Stone, he has spent two decades building a body of work that is genuinely hard to categorize, and all the more compelling for it.

Glam Sam And His Combo

Active since: 2008

Glam Sam and his Combo is the brain child of Mats Samuelsson, a Stockholm-based journalist, writer and music lover.

Back in the days he got involved in a promising indie jazz-pop duo in Sweden, but after a couple of fine demos the dudes quit the game and returned to university.

Suddenly, too many years later, Mr Samuelsson stepped out as Glam Sam, formed his Combo and started a musical adventure based on pure joy. Only one thing was settled: the music should be, must be and will be: Groovy!

During a year of inspirational fun, the debut album evolved and got filled with all the things Glam Sam loves about music: the jazz, the disco, the funk and the soul, the grooves and the coolness as well as fun samples and top vocals. The bubbling jazzy and funky rhythm section is accompanied with swaying pianos, rhodes, groovy guitars and organs, playful horns and, yeah, some vibraphones as well.

Greenhouse Ensemble

James McClure

South African trumpet player and composer James McClure presents his deeply personal Debut Album on Molk Records (27 February 2026). He is a powerful emerging voice within Amsterdam’s experimental music community, known for his mesmerising sound, patience and sensibility. This is a bold and introspective work that invites deep listening. It is rooted in emotion, free improvisation and progressive thought with traces of heritage, while the album is held together by a recurring lullaby written in response to violence and global unrest. It is a call for change, reflection and healing that feels ever more relevant and increasingly urgent. 

Negative Press Project

In an era when there’s no respite from bad news, when it’s difficult to tell the difference between headlines in the Onion and the New York Times, Negative Press Project comes bearing the best of tidings. After a fruitful hiatus following 2023’s The Victorious Sessions (recorded in 2019), the chamber jazz ensemble led by pianist/composer Ruthie Dineen and bassist/composer Andrew Lion is back with the first volume of its most ambitious undertaking yet, Cycles I, an exquisitely orchestrated work featuring the innovative string ensemble Friction Quartet and released by Envelopmental Music. 

Konrad Ciesielski

Polymorphic Orkestra

Active since: 2012

Polymorphic Orkestra is an electro acoustic art music ensemble that produces improvised music using a mix of traditional instruments, media technology, audio FX and pre-recorded audio stem data. Although our music is free in form, we are not overtly atonal. Our music is rhythmic and melodic and constructed during performance requiring a great deal of inter-ensemble focus and musical awareness. Each performance is a journey with no set pieces or tunes as such. Generally, our performances are one long set with no breaks.

The ensemble members are:

• Ed Goyer - Vibraphone, Mallet Kat, Percussion
• Ed Rodrigues - Drums Drum triggers, iPad, Percussion
• Lee McIver - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Laptop, FX, Audio data.

Andrea Longato

Born: November 6, 1983

Andrea Longato is an established guitarist, composer, and producer whose career spans a wide range of musical genres and outlets. With over a decade of experience as a bandleader, Andrea has showcased his original music at countless venues and festivals across Europe and the US. His original music draws inspiration from notable instrumentalists such as Bill Frisell, Wayne Krantz, and Daniel Lanois, embodying a cross-genre aesthetic that is both contemplative and vibrant.

Andrea recently formed an exciting new trio with renowned musicians Rob Heath (Jim Campilongo, Justin Townes Earle) and Bryan Percivall (Verité, Britney Spears), performing his own compositions alongside unique renditions of pop and rock classics. His live performances are celebrated for their eclectic blend of influences and styles, all anchored by a commitment to improvisation and exploration that is quintessentially jazz. Andrea’s debut full-length album, “Thinking Heart,” is scheduled for release in January 2025.

Franz von Chossy

Franz von Chossy (Munich, 1979) graduated “Summa Cum Laude” from theAmsterdam conservatory in 2006. He also studied at the Manhattan School ofMusic with amongst others Kenny Barron, Garry Dial, Dave Liebman andKenny Werner. In addition, while living in New New York, Franz studied filmcomposition with Edward Green.

His music covers a broad musical spectrum that includes classical as well asmodern elements but always with respect to the jazz tradition. Within hisdetailed arrangements there is always a strong melody from which everythingarises. Yet there is enough space for each individual musician to wander...This combination makes the music organic and easily accessible for thelistener without being shallow. Moods swing from subdued to exciting. It isemotional music, which sings, narrates and creates strong images.