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Terry Riley: Keyboard Studies
by John Eyles
For some devotees of Terry Riley and John Tilbury the initial reaction to this album may be one of concern for the well-being of the two protagonists, Riley the composer and Tilbury the keyboardist, friends since the late '60s. After all, the sum of their ages exceeds one-hundred-and-seventy-something, and the music here is full-on throughout the ...
Espen Eriksen Trio featuring Andy Sheppard: In The Mountains
by John Eyles
Formed in 2007, with personnel which has remained unchanged since, the Espen Eriksen Trio released its first Rune Grammofon album, You Had Me At Goodbye, in 2010. Since then, they have regularly released albums on the label, the most recent being End of Summer (2020). Prior to the current release, their only album which did not ...
MC3: Sounds of the City
by John Eyles
MC3 is the abbreviated name of the Matt Clark Trio, the current line-up of which is Clark on guitar, Charlotte Keeffe on trumpet or flugelhorn and James Edmunds on drums. A 2021 incarnation comprised Clark on guitar plus Julian Nicholas on saxophone and Darren Beckett on drums, while a self-produced 2020 MC3 album, North Of No ...
Two new composers on Another Timbre
by John Eyles
As previously noted, Another Timbre's releases cover a broad spectrum, from world-renowned composers and players, through those who are upwardly mobile, to those making their debut on the label. In addition, although the label is firmly established in Sheffield, England, it continues to cast its net far and wide in search of interesting, innovative and exploratory ...
Mark Ellestad: Discreet Angel
by John Eyles
The three Mark Ellestad compositions that comprise this album are dated as having been written in 1988, 1990 and 1994. The Canadian composer says that there were many factors which led to the pieces becoming somewhat hidden for a couple of decades, adding that by the end of the 1990s, he put ...
Gayle Young: As Trees Grow
by John Eyles
Born in St Catharines, Ontario, in 1950, Gayle Young has had an abundance of eclectic music-related roles during her career. In addition to her being a composer and performer, these have included designing and building new musical instruments, sound sculpting and installations, journalism (she wrote for Musicworks from 1978 and was its managing editor-in-chief from 1987 ...
The Clarinet Trio: Transformations and Further Passages
by John Eyles
A clarinet trio is a chamber trio comprising a clarinet, a bowed string instrument such as a violin, viola or cello, and a piano; the phrase can also refer to a composition written for such a trio. However, away from such matters, The Clarinet Trio is the name of a three-clarinet group which first recorded together ...
Alvear / Bondi: Latidométrica / Definite body, at sea
by John Eyles
This album is the third in a series of three releases which are part of a project by the duo Alvear / Bondi whose members are Chilean guitarist Cristian Alvear and Swiss percussionist Cyril Bondi. Across the three albums, the pair interpreted and recorded six new compositions which they commissioned, three by Chilean and three by ...
Michel Doneda: Path Under
by John Eyles
Artist Cécile Picquot's micro-label releases limited editions of fifteen copies of improvised music, each of them housed in a unique numbered cardboard cover hand-painted and signed by Picquot. Although such items go like hot cakes and are hard to find, the musicians have access to more plainly dressed copies. Path Under is French saxophonist Michel Doneda's ...
The International Nothing: Just None of Those Things
by John Eyles
Hey, another four years have passed so it must be time for a new album from The International Nothing! Sure enough, here it is, bang on time. Just None of Those Things is the fifth album by the Berlin-based clarinet duo of Kai Fagaschinski and Michael Thieke; the first, Mainstream (Ftarri, 2006), was the only one ...
