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Reinier van Houdt

Three Releases On Elsewhere

by John Eyles
May 19, 2023

As ever, the arrival of the three latest releases on Yuko Zama's Elsewhere label was welcome. This time, each of the albums comprised just one disc apiece in contrast to the label's last five releases which included three double-disc and two triple-disc albums, a total of twelve discs in five albums. In keeping with the label's ...

Lieues d’Ombres

Label: Elsewhere
Released: 2022
Track listing: La Présence, les silences (2013-2015); Sam Lazaro Bros (1984); Lieues d’ombres (2009/2014); Extended Circular Music 9 (2015); Three Piano Pieces (2017-2018):- Three Piano Pieces 1; Three Piano Pieces 2; Three Piano Pieces 3; Les tréfonds inexplorés des signes (24-35) (2007/2009):- Les tréfonds inexplorés des signes (24); Les tréfonds inexplorés des signes (25); Les tréfonds inexplorés des signes (26); Les tréfonds inexplorés des signes (27); Les tréfonds inexplorés des signes (28); Les tréfonds inexplorés des signes (29); Les tréfonds inexplorés des signes (30); Les tréfonds inexplorés des signes (31); Les tréfonds inexplorés des signes (32); Les tréfonds inexplorés des signes (33); Les tréfonds inexplorés des signes (34); Les tréfonds inexplorés des signes (35); Pianist, alone (2) (2010- 2012).

Jürg Frey, Reinier van Houdt: Lieues d’Ombres

by John Eyles
December 1, 2022

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 ...

New Reinier van Houdt on Elsewhere

by John Eyles
July 8, 2022

When is a double album not a double album? That question is raised by the latest pair of Elsewhere releases from the Rotterdam-based composer and pianist Reinier van Houdt. The two come in separate sleeves, have different, unconnected titles, different cover art and were recorded months apart, although they both feature van Houdt alone. The two ...

Quentin Tolimieri: Monochromes

by John Eyles
July 6, 2022

Ever since its first release, Blurred Music, in July 2018, the Elsewhere label has never been reluctant to release multi-disc albums when the music has merited them. Of the label's twenty-one albums to date, three have been double albums, and two triple albums--that first release and this one, Monochromes. Another characteristic of Elsewhere releases has been ...

Elsewhere Piano Series No. 2

by John Eyles
October 31, 2020

When Elsewhere released its three-album Piano Series No.1 in the summer of 2019, the All About Jazz review of it concluded as follows,"This Piano Series consists of three distinctively different recordings, any one of which would have attracted attention and plaudits in its own right. It is a measure of the quality of the series that ...