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Brother Ah - Divine Music (3 Album Set)
Carlos Cipa - Sculptures
Otto A Totland - The Lost
DICTAPHONE - APR 70
Martin Kohlstedt - Strom
Mike Lazarev - Dislodged
Anouar Brahem, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Django Bates - Blue Maqams
AEHAM AHMAD meet EDGAR KNECHT - Keys to friendship
Michel Banabila, Eric Vloeimans, Mehmet Polat - New Land
Hiromi & Edmar Castañeda - Live in Montreal
BachSpace – Halperin, Abelin, Kolczynski
Björn Meyer - Provenance
Max Richter - TABOO
STEFANO BATTAGLIA - PELAGOS
Calle Rasmusson - ONE
Marina Baranova
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- Hypersuites Reloaded
 Marina Baranova |
 Marina Baranova - Hypersuites Reloaded Marina Baranova - Hypersuites ReloadedReleased: August 26, 2017 Label: Berlin Classics. Genre: Baroque, Piano Music The pianist and composer Marina Baranova released her album “Hypersuites” on the Berlin Classics label in August 2016. “My Hypersuites are acoustic remixes of Baroque masters,” the artist explains. For this project she chose compositions by four Baroque composers – Couperin, J.S. Bach, Rameau and Handel – and combined individual pieces by them into four new suites. Then Baranova adapted, improvised and arranged the Baroque music forms in new guise within those suites. This was all in the spirit of Baroque music, whose composers frequently remodelled their works 300 years ago in order to suit different occasions by adding variations and new cadenzas. The result of this approach is a new Gesamtkunstwerk, a modern “mixed tape”: Hypersuites. Baroque music for the 21st century. Marina Baranova recorded the project on a modern Steinway grand in Berlin’s Teldex Studio and invited a special guest to join her on “Hypersuites”: composer and pianist Hauschka created a remix of Rameau’s La Poule. The result was a piece of music in which Baroque and electronic music reflect one another. |
Hidden Orchestra - Dawn Chorus
 Hidden Orchestra |
Hidden Orchestra - Dawn Chorus Hidden Orchestra - Dawn Chorus Hidden Orchestra - Dawn ChorusRealised: June 16, 2017 Label: Tru Thoughts On Hidden Orchestra's eagerly anticipated third album, producer and composer Joe Acheson conjures an intricate yet expansive world of sound, built around a collection of birdsong and other field recordings captured over many years in diverse locations around the UK and abroad. Rich in detail and character, these snapshots intertwine with bass, drums, percussion and eclectic instruments - including piano, electro-harp, zither, Turkish mey and cello - for an emotive and transporting listen that Acheson describes as “a kind of personal audio diary, time capsule or memoir”. |
Dale Cooper Quartet & the Dictaphones - Astrild Astrild
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Dale Cooper Quartet & the Dictaphones - Astrild Astrild Dale Cooper Quartet & the Dictaphones - Astrild Astrild Dale Cooper Quartet & the Dictaphones - Astrild Astrild Released: Juny, 2017 Label: Denovali Records The Dale Cooper Quartet & The Dictaphones are returning with their 4th album called "Astrild Astrild". Like all of the previous albums, the band recorded the seven pieces at home in Britanny during several sessions between 2013 and 2016. The characteristics of this full-length are classic drone soundscapes mixed with deep tone saxophone parts that became the band's trademark since the release of their debut album in 2006. Slowly paced, the new tracks are following the Quartet's basic structure and classical sound. Apart from that the new full length conceals more live takes including guitars, bass and Rhodes keys and even piano sounds are haunting for the first time at the end of 'Ocho Acenteur'. With these new elements the songs of "Astrild Astrild" are pushed further into a large tunnel of deafening rhythmic parts and field ambiant textures... The new album "Astrild Astrild" is a glimpse of the present live sound of the Dale Cooper Quartet: 50's crooners singers, noisy guitars, atmospheric electronic and hypnotic jazz. All of these elements painted in monochrome black. |
Manos Milonakis - Festen
 Manos Milonakis |
Manos Milonakis - Festen Manos Milonakis - Festen Manos Milonakis - Festen Realised: May 26, 2017 Label: Moderna Records All music composed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Manos Milonakis All instruments performed by Manos Milonakis except: Violin: Christina Georgeli, Viktor Orri Árnason Viola: Viktor Orri Árnason Cello: Thodoris Papadimitriou, Sebastian Selke Guitar: George Papadopoulos |
Arve Henriksen - Towards Language
 Arve Henriksen |
Arve Henriksen - Towards Language Arve Henriksen - Towards Language Released: May 05, 2017 Label: Rune Grammofon, RCD2192 Arve Henriksen is a major representative of a golden generation of Norwegian jazz musicians. This is his ninth solo album (eight on Rune Grammofon and one on ECM), he has also released a dozen albums as a founder member of Supersilent and appears on well over a hundred records by artists like David Sylvian, Jon Balke, Trygve Seim, Imogen Heap, Arild Andersen and many more. With "Towards Language" trumpeter Arve Henriksen is back with his trusted long time musical partners Jan Bang and Erik Honoré. Arve first collaborated with the pair on the much loved and highly praised "Chiaroscuro" (2004), Arve´s second album, and later on "Cartography" (ECM 2008) and "Places Of Worship" (2013). Also an important part of the line-up is Eivind Aarset, the ECM associated guitarist extraordinaire. Arve Henriksen - Hibernal (Album Towards Language, 2017) |
Dock In Absolute - Dock In Absolute
 Dock In Absolute |
Dock In Absolute - Dock In Absolute Dock In Absolute - Dock In Absolute Released: May 2017 Jean-Philippe Koch - piano David Kintziger - electric bass Michel Meis - percussion Trailer: Dock In Absolute / Trailer Dock In Absolute is made up of 3 professionnal musicians having studied at the Berklee College of Music Boston, Codarts University of Arts Rotterdam, Hochschule für Musik Saarbrücken, including Michel Meis (percussion), David Kintziger (double bass) and Jean-Philippe Koch (piano and composition). With a shared love of jazz, they combine different styles of progressive Jazz, classical and rock, playing the pianist’s own compositions and co-created their unique jazz style in 2012. |
Edouard Ferlet - Think Bach Op.2
 Édouard Ferlet |
Edouard Ferlet - Think Bach Op.2 Edouard Ferlet - Think Bach Op.2 Released: April 28, 2017 Label: Mélisse Music Edouard Ferlet: piano, compositions (d'après Jean-Sébastien Bach) Edouard Ferlet live Think Bach Op.2 à l'Espace Sorano 13/01/2018 |
Joep Beving - Prehension
 Joep Beving |
Joep Beving - Prehension Joep Beving - Prehension Released: April 07, 2017 Label: Deutsche Grammophon "I call it 'simple music for complex emotions'. The world is a hectic place right now and I feel a deep urge to reconnect on a basic human level with people in general. Music as our universal language has the power to unite." Dutch composer and musician Joep Beving is a towering figure in the streaming world – and in real life too, thanks to his two-metre frame (nearly 6'10), wild hair and flowing beard. Joep’s delicate melodies instantly struck a chord with listeners when tracks from the album first appeared on streaming music playlists alongside the likes of Max Richter, Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm. His first DG album 'Prehension' displays introspective, melancholy, filmic and uplifting characteristics – presented in a simple, warm acoustic atmosphere which will help soothe the soul. Joep Beving - Prehension. A Film. |
Hélène Grimaud - “Perspectives”
 Hélène Grimaud |
Hélène Grimaud - “Perspectives” Hélène Grimaud - “Perspectives” Released: April 07, 2017 Label: Deutsche Grammophon The word ‘perspective’ has a Latin root that means ‘to look through’. It is a word that readily applies to Hélène Grimaud’s way of making music and conceiving programs. She never plays a piece simply for the sake of playing it. She ‘looks through’ a composition, scrutinizing its components, its implications, its ambiguities, its position within that particular composer’s output, its commonalities with other like-minded works, and its tactile, spiritual and emotional resonances. For Grimaud, this collection is a retrospective offering new perspectives through a very personal choice of repertoire which creates enlightening new echoes between works. From Bach to Rachmaninov, Mozart to Chopin, Grimaud’s own selection of highlights from her albums reflects her artistic journey through the piano’s most famous solo and concerto repertoire in a series of interpretations that never fail to offer new perspectives on even the most familiar music – released April 7th! |
KEITH JARRETT - THE SURVIVORS' SUITE
 KEITH JARRETT |
 KEITH JARRETT - THE SURVIVORS' SUITE KEITH JARRETT - THE SURVIVORS' SUITE KEITH JARRETT - THE SURVIVORS' SUITEReleased: April 4, 2017 Label: ECM Records, ECM 1085 The Survivors’ Suite, recorded in 1976, is the crowning achievement of Keith Jarrett’s “American Quartet” with Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian, and one of the all-time enduring masterpieces in the ECM catalogue. Melody Maker: “The Survivors’ Suite is a brilliantly organized and full-blooded work which provides the perfect setting for all four talents. This is a very complete record. It creates its own universe and explores it thoroughly, leaving the listener awed and satisfied... Keith Jarrett – The Survivors' Suite (Reissued on 180g Vinyl) | ECM Records |
Tigran Hamasyan - "An Ancient Observer"
 Tigran Hamasyan |
Tigran Hamasyan - "An Ancient Observer" Tigran Hamasyan - "An Ancient Observer" Tigran Hamasyan - "An Ancient Observer" Released: March 31,.2017 Label: Nonesuch Records. An Ancient Observer is the follow-up to Hamasyan's label debut, Mockroot, of which the Guardian said, "A phenomenal piano player, an irrepressible entertainer, a promising experimenter with hi-tech gizmology and a creative world-music composer. Mockroot plays vivaciously to all those strengths." The musician says of his new solo recording, which features ten new compositions: "These songs are musical observations about the world we live in now, and the weight of history we carry with us." Video: AN_ANCIENT_OBSERVER |
HAUSCHKA - What If
 HAUSCHKA |
HAUSCHKA - What If HAUSCHKA - What If HAUSCHKA - What If Released: March 31, 2017 Label: Temporary Residence Limited What If is the Volker Bertelmann's eighth full-length. In addition to his usual prepared piano, Bertelmann used a Roland Jupiter 4 synth and an Eventide H3000 Haronizer for this record, which imagines where the world will be 30 years from now. He also programmed automated player pianos—AKA pianolas—"exploiting the speed at which they could play," according to the press release, "manipulating the resulting sounds, and building layers to emphasise a composition’s metre." Hauschka Live at Funkhaus Berlin Hauschka performing „Nature Fights Back“ from his album „What IF“ live at Funkhaus Berlin 04.04.2017. |
Kjetil Husebø - Piano Transformed
 Kjetil Husebø |
Kjetil Husebø - Piano Transformed Kjetil Husebø - Piano Transformed Kjetil Husebø - Piano Transformed Released: March 17, 2017 Label: Optical Substance Productions On the new album Piano Transformed (2017) Kjetil Huseboe returns with his musical venture of combining acoustic and electronic elements. This time Kjetil explores another musical territory than his last album Steps (2015), which was an all-acoustic piano album. In contrast, the music on Piano Transformed is composed and performed with an intense musical symbiosis of acoustic grand piano and live sampling / electronics. Hence, Kjetil creates an instrument in which acoustics and technology is closely unified. |
Mario Batkovic - Mario Batkovic
 Mario Batkovic |
Mario Batkovic - Mario Batkovic Mario Batkovic - Mario Batkovic Mario Batkovic - Mario Batkovic Released: March 17, 2017 Label: INVADA RECORDS Mario Batkovic is a Swiss virtuoso solo accordion player born in Bosnia. His playing can be challenging and experimental, yet it maintains a masterfully beautiful quality. He scratches every nuance out of the instrument, integrating scratches and clicks into the arrangements and making a feature of the kind of tonal scars and birthmarks which are usually eradicated from recordings and live performances. |
Tarkovsky Quartet — Nuit blanche
 Tarkovsky Quartet |
François Couturier, Tarkovsky Quartet - Nuit blanche François Couturier, Tarkovsky Quartet - Nuit blanche François Couturier, Tarkovsky Quartet - Nuit blanche Released: 2017 Label: ECM Records, ECM2524 François Couturier: piano; Anja Lechner: violoncello; Jean-Marc Larché: soprano saxophone; Jean-Louis Matinier: accordion; Ingmar Bergman once said of Andrey Tarkovsky, “He moves with such naturalness in the room of dreams,” and the French-German quartet named after the great Russian filmmaker has developed an associative dream-language of its own. For leader and pianist François Couturier the “silence and slowness of Tarkovsky” are closely related to an “ECM aesthetic” further developed on the group’s third album Nuit blanche, produced by Manfred Eicher in Lugano in April 2016. Here pieces variously composed by François Couturier, or created in the moment by Couturier, cellist Anja Lecher, saxophonist Jean-Marc Larché and accordionist Jean-Louis Matinier, explore the texture of dreams and memory and continue to make oblique reference to Tarkovsky. Tarkovsky Quartet - Nuit blanche |
BLAER - Out Of Silence
 BLAER |
BLAER - Out Of Silence BLAER - Out Of Silence BLAER - Out Of Silence Released: February 17, 2017 Label: Morpheus Records Maja Nydegger: Piano Nils Fischer: Altsax, Bass Clarinet Claudio von Arx: Tenorsax Simon Iten: Bass Emanuel Künzi: Drums All Compositions by Maja Nydegger |
The Necks - Unfold
 The Necks |
The Necks - Unfold The Necks - Unfold The Necks - Unfold Released: February 17, 2017 Label: Ideologic Organ Ideologic Organ is proud to present the brand-new recordings from The Necks, the legendary Australian trio who excel in bypassing musical cliche whilst exploring and extending the practices embedded within improvisation, jazz, post rock, ambient, minimal, and textural, ‘sound based’ music. |
Playstow - Live at Bimhuis
 Playstow |
Plaistow – Live at Bimhuis Plaistow – Live at Bimhuis Plaistow – Live at Bimhuis Released:February 7th, 2017 Label: DYFL/Plaistow Johann Bourquenez, piano Vincent Ruiz, doublebass Cyril Bondi, drums All compositions by Plaistow, from album "Titan" recorded live at Bimhuis, Amsterdam, March 27th, 2016, by Jurre Wieman, courtesy of Bimhuis Radio & Good Music Company. |
MAX RICHTER - Three Worlds: music from Woolf Works
 Max Richter |
Max Richter - Three Worlds: music from Woolf Workss Max Richter - Three Worlds: music from Woolf Workss Released: January 27, 2017 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Mit seinem neuen Album beweist Max Richter eindrucksvoll, wie nahe seine Musik an fundamentale Emotionen des Menschen heranrückt. "Three Worlds: music from Woolf Works" spürt dem Erzählwerk der britischen Schriftstellerin Virginia Woolf nach. Das Album vereint Musik, die der Avantgarde-Komponist zu Wayne McGregors gefeierter Ballett-Produktion Woolf Works am Royal Opera House London beigesteuert hat. Max Richter lässt die Dichterin selbst zu Wort kommen. |
Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret, Julian Sartorius - "Danse"
 Colin Vallon Trio |
Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret, Julian Sartorius - "Danse" Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret, Julian Sartorius - "Danse" Released: January 2017 Label: ECM Records, ECM2517 Colin Vallon: piano, Patrice Moret: double bass, Julian Sartorius: drums The Colin Vallon Trio has found its own space in the crowded world of the piano trio by quietly challenging its conventions. On its third ECM album Vallon again leads the group not with virtuosic solo display but by patient outlining of melody and establishing of frameworks in which layered group improvising can take place. With this group, gentle but insistent rhythms can trigger seismic musical events. Although Vallon (recently nominated for the Swiss Music Prize) is the author of nine of the pieces here, the band members share equal responsibilities for the music’s unfolding. The gravitational pull of Patrice Moret’s bass and the intense detail supplied by Julian Sartorius’s drums and cymbals are crucial to the success of Vallon’s artistic concept and the range of emotions the music can convey. Danse is issued in both CD and LP editions. |
THE EYE OF TIME - MYTH I : A LAST DANCE FOR THE THINGS WE LOVE
 THE EYE OF TIME |
THE EYE OF TIME - MYTH I : A LAST DANCE FOR THE THINGS WE LOVE THE EYE OF TIME - MYTH I : A LAST DANCE FOR THE THINGS WE LOVE THE EYE OF TIME - MYTH I : A LAST DANCE FOR THE THINGS WE LOVE Released: 2017 Label: Denovali Records THE EYE OF TIME is the solo-project of French musician Marc Euvrie. Euvrie's musical development is deeply connected with the French DIY punk and hardcore scene, though he has been classically trained as well. MYTH is a word with ambiguous meanings in the dictionary, but all these lead to the same conclusion. The Eye of Time's MYTH trilogy is about the path that humanity took over the ages and about how we could tell this epic story. We could decide to see things on the bright side, or to a have a more dramatical (in the literal sense) look on it. Like if one species is looking at another, and in a different era. MYTH is a feedback to the tragical events of our time, to what people have to endure nowadays in order to survive, as well as the refugees travels, and the resistance against capitalism that is growing all over the world. MYTH is also a particular way to see things, to take sides with history. When we talk about ancient political activists and revolutionaries, resistances to the established order, we make the choice to transform it into a myth, a history full of heroes. But the past is the present. And our present will be the past again. It is on us to take action in order to avoid our inevitable end. Marc Euvrie recorded “MYTH I : A last dance for the things we love" completely on his own. Being away from home, dealing with family issues, his music served him as deep introspection about himself and the world. An introspection impregnated with minimalistic moments, where piano and cello write the story of loneliness and calm. At the same time evolving dramaturgies emerge, driven by rumbling beats, accompanied by both grim and hopeful melodies; just to be aware that irrationality gives birth to our myths and that myths, in turn, affect our very own existence. |
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