Aromanticism cover

Moses says he's making 'future music' and 'moon-colony choirs'. Yeah that sounds about right. It also sounds like a Radiohead review ... and Aromanticism sounds a lot like Radiohead if they were somehow stripped of their indie rock roots. Aromanticism is a moody, orchestral pop record, full of lush strings, a few computer bleeps and a couple of soul-lifting falsetto moments.
(Bandcamp)

Centres cover

If Bon Iver and Tim Heckler spent a weekend locked away in a snowy cabin together with a bunch of music gear they’d probably come out with something like Centres. Good lord. That sounds like a Pitchfork review. [Jesus, I just checked Pitchfork to see how close I really was and this is straight from their review: “At times, it feels almost as if you could reduce Craig’s music to the still-complementary formula Fennesz / Tim Hecker + Vocals.”] Never mind any of that nonsense. Centres is a good, noisey, droning, down tempo album that’s growing on me with each listen. It feels a bit too safe at times. I keep thinking I’ve been (hear) before. And I have. But i kind of like this place.
(Bandcamp)

La Scala cover

I threw this on last night as we sat down for dinner. Halfway through we kind of just gave up on eating and fell into a trance. Keith Jarrett’s solo piano concerts are some of the most remarkable feats of improvisation ever recorded. The Koln Concert from ’74 is his most famous, but La Scala, recorded 20 years later in an 18th century Italian opera house, might just be his masterpiece. The first track is a single 45 minute improvisation that weaves together the lyrical worlds of jazz and classical with dissonant, indian-sounding drones. This is a musician reaching for something far beyond music - a state of grace where the music plays the musician and the musician dissolves into the instrument. On my desert island list.
(La Scala on YouTube)


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