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Sarah Hennies, Richard Valitutto: SOVT
by John Eyles
Composer and percussionist Sarah Hennies was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1979. She started playing drums when she was nine years old; in her teens she played drums with local college punk rock bands. She attended the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign before receiving a Master's degree from University of California, San Diego. After graduating from UC ...
Two Contrasting Albums on Another Timbre?
by John Eyles
On the surface, the latest batch of releases from the Another Timbre label looks pretty much as expected, with each sleeve having the label's usual front cover format of a monochrome photograph of a landscape or work of art beneath which is printed the composer's name beneath which the album title beneath which the performers' names. ...
Lisa Barkas: Cinq Ponts
by John Eyles
Released by INSUB on September 26th, 2024, as a cassette or Bandcamp download, it is a relief to welcome Cinq Ponts as it is the label's first release since Jürg Frey's impressive Circular music (Ext.no1-no2-Ext.no2) was released by the label on September 1st, 2023. Cinq Ponts comprises three tracks with a total playing time of just ...
Circular Music Ext. no. 1 / no. 2 / Ext. no. 2.
By Jürg Frey
Label: Insub
Released: 2023
Track listing: Extended Circular Music No. 1; Circular Music No. 2; Extended Circular Music No. 2.
Jürg Frey: String Trio
by John Eyles
2023 was always going to be a landmark year for the esteemed Swiss clarinetist and composer Jürg Frey. His 70th birthday was in May and, to celebrate it, the renowned Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival allocated three slots to Frey's music on the festival's second Saturday. In addition, String Trio became the third Frei album released in ...
Jürg Frey: Circular Music Ext. no. 1 / no. 2 / Ext. no. 2.
by John Eyles
On May 15th 2023, Swiss clarinetist, composer and Wandelweiser member Jürg Frey reached the age of seventy. From February 14th to 16th 2023, the tracks which comprise this album had been recorded at Rue des Fabriques, Brussels; they are all Frey compositions which were adapted by the eight players performing them. On the album sleeve, no ...
Jürg Frey: Borderland Melodies
by John Eyles
Borderland Melodies is welcome for several reasons. Firstly, it is numbered “at200," indicating it is the landmark two-hundredth album issued by Another Timbre since its debut in the autumn 2007. As the label's hundredth album was released in 2016, it seems its rate of releasing albums is increasing (maybe a side effect of Covid?) Secondly, like ...
Jürg Frey, Reinier van Houdt: Lieues d’Ombres
by John Eyles
Anyone familiar with the Elsewhere label (or Edition Wandelweiser or Another Timbre...) will have frequently encountered Swiss composer and clarinetist Jürg Frey. In addition, those who regularly listen to Elsewhere will have heard much of Dutch pianist Reinier van Houdt. Between them, Frey and van Houdt have now appeared on six of Elsewhere's twenty-three albums to ...
Germaine Sijstermans: Betula
by John Eyles
Given that past albums on the Elsewhere label have already featured such Wandelweiser favourites as Dante Boon, Jürg Frey, Anastassis Philippakopoulos, Michael Pisaro-Liu, Stefan Thut and Guy Vandromme, it was no surprise when the label released Betula, the debut album from Dutch composer and clarinetist Germaine Sijstermans. Her track “M" had already appeared on the album ...
