Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson Reykjavík, Iceland
In his search for a music with neither grids nor straight lines, Icelandic composer Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson incorporates digital dynamic screen scores or animated notation to express his inability to adapt to the convenient society. His interest in Icelandic folksong has fueled his belief in life without barlines or equal distances and no-grid approach to music. ... more
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300 Improvisations for Digital Electronics
by Travis Johns
300 tracks on this album. Awesome stuff. What can I say. Travis also makes amazing gadgets and other things.
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Stórval
by Charles Ross & Ensemble Stelkur
Charles Ross is a Scottish composer living in Eastern Iceland who for a number of years has run his own ensemble Stelkur. He's in a league all of his own.
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supported by 15 fans who also own “Dreki 3. Tölt”
“With Julius, he was based in repetition, but here was a spirit of openness and improvisation. His scores, if they were written out that way, were often like jazz scores. He loved multiplying instruments – four pianos, ten cellos – so there was a real feeling of the presence of the instrument, not just using an instrument in some kind of equation, as a means to an end.” ~ Mary Jane Leach Enough said.
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Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy
by Wild Up
supported by 13 fans who also own “Dreki 3. Tölt”
Brilliant second part to what is shaping up to be an essential retrospective series. 'Buddha (Field)' is THE ONE.
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Moments Remixes
by Michael Vincent Waller
There’s a quiet beauty to this remix album of compositions by Michael Vincent Waller, with contributions from JLin, Prefuse 73, & more.
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A beautiful and unique record of compositions for the viola de gamba, a Renaissance instrument most popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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