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Reviews

Reviews You May Have Missed – April 2024

Last month we published a number of original reviews of some very interesting music. Check out the list below.

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Performances

Upcoming Ensemble Dal Niente Performances 

Source: Ensemble Dal Niente.

Dal Niente Spring Fundraiser
Saturday, May 4, 2024
8:00 PM 11:00 PM
Join Dal Niente for our spring fundraiser, featuring an evening of food, drinks, music, silent auction, and camaraderie with the artists, staff and board of your favorite new music ensemble. Musical performances will include Toru Takemitsu’s gorgeous Rain Spell for flute, clarinet, harp, piano, and vibraphone, along with solo works by Andile Khumalo and Anthony R. Green, and a brand new work for improvising game players by the ensemble’s own Constance Volk.

There are New Suns
Saturday, May 11, 2024
7:00 PM 9:00 PM
There are new suns is a co-curated program of interdisciplinary and experimental performance works highlighting the edges of access, disability, and race. This is the third shared program between Dal Niente and other Chicago artists. This program is curated by Alejandro Acierto and Jose Luis Benavides, and features works by Yun Lee, Jay Afrisando, Ana Garcia Jácome, Carolyn Chen, and Ariella Granados, with performances by Ariella Granados and Dal Niente members Alejandro Acierto, Zachary Good, and Mabel Kwan.

Dal Niente Presents: Emma Hospelhorn, Flute
Sunday, June 9, 2024
6:00 PM 7:00 PM
Ensemble Dal Niente presents flutist Emma Hospelhorn along with fellow ensemble members Caitlin Edwards (violin) and Juan Horie (cello) in the gorgeous catacombs space of the Epiphany Center for the Arts. The program features the world premiere of a new work by Igor Santos for flute and violin, along with music by Hilda Paredes, Marcos Balter, Katinka Kleijn, and more.

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Reviews

Musique Machine Reviews

Source: Musique Machine.

Vidna Obmana – Crossing The Trail

Harmony Of Struggle – Brutal Aesthetics

The Man Who Drove The Hearse – The Lethal Temple IX: “The Yellow Sign”

Dosis Letalis – Walled In Emotions

Ayjay Nils – Microdosing EP

Marco Baldini/Apartment House – Maniera

Soma – Me Dais Mucho Asco

Koobaatoo Asparagus – Onna-musha

Magda – And Suddenly, Just Like That, Everything You Cheri

Andrea Taeggi – Nattdett

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Podcasts

Another Place Show, April 29, 2024

Source: 90.9fm WDCB.

Chicago journalist and jazz aficionado Andy Pierce hosts “Another Place” Sundays at midnight. The show explores creative music, jazz and the avant-garde, and delves into the longer, more complex compositions and improvisations in jazz.

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Artist Profile

Luke Stewart Profiled

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Reviews

Santa Sangre Reviews

Source: Santa Sangre.

DATA VOID – STRATEGIES OF DISSENT
[reviewed by: Peter Marks] Somehow those spiteful, sorrowed, angry, cruel and vindictive feelings manage to slyly bubble up within each one of these tracks. That connection which flows throughout every […]

MOODY ALIEN – T
[reviewed by: Peter Marks] This is a double album? Why oh why is it then that I’m playing such a remarkable record repeatedly, never expecting these tracks to end so […]

FRACTAL – OVERLOAD
[reviewed by: Peter Marks] Fractals, perspectives, melodies and get this: addiction. I’m moving my way through all of his releases – four down- without a single moment devolving into distractions […]

THE SORCERERS – I TOO AM A STRANGER
[reviewed by: Peter Marks] These musicians absolutely describe the name of this act perfectly. With their third album it feels as though they’ve harnessed (coaxed?)even more instruments; listen as the […]

BLACK NAIL CABARET – CHRYSANTHEMUM
[reviewed by: Peter Marks] They’ve gone beyond just creating songs, BNC these days release stories and aren’t they magnificent. It’s not just pop -as they’re continually described- they have those […]

ATTRITION – THE BLACK MARIA
[reviewed by: Peter Marks] This entity continues to polish and define their work with such subtle nods towards and behind the eras that somehow every composition flows through one’s ears […]

TRIODE – NULLVECTOR

[reviewed by: Peter Marks] This album comes in not only two styles but also with an EP; this is an extended release and gives the listener a chance to discover […]

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Reviews

The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, April 2024 

Source: Bandcamp Daily.

Each month, writer, musician, and DJ Ted Davis wanders through the dreamlike outskirts of Bandcamp. Embracing a fluid, forward-thinking approach to ambient, anything deemed worthy of the genre tag is considered fair game for this column. As early spring gloom begins to give way to warmth, here are records that toy with arthouse cinema, seasick illbient, glassy harping, and more.

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Releases

New Releases from Clean Feed Records

Source: Clean Feed Records.

TE TI’AMĀ
Christelle Séry | Jérôme Descamps
Christelle Séry electric Guitar | Jérôme Descamps trombon

NEW YORK CITY (5CD BOX)
CD1 Miha Gantar Trio | Ultima
Miha Gantar piano | Eric McPherson drums | John Hébert double bass
CD2 Miha Gantar Quintet | Transitions
Miha Gantar piano | Doori Na violin | Sarah Thomas violin | Amy Huimei Tan viola | Irène Han cello
CD3 Miha Gantar Duo | Sanctuary
Zoh Amba tenor saxophone | Miha Gantar piano
CD4 Miha Gantar Trio – Angels
Miha Gantar piano | Kweku Sumbry drums and hand percussion | Jeremy Dutton drums
CD5 Miha Gantar Solo – Towards Purity
Miha Gantar piano

LOVELY MUSIC
Simon Nabatov Quartet feat. Ralph Alessi
Ralph Alessi trumpet | Sebastian Gille saxophones | Simon Nabatov piano | David Helm bass | Leif Berger drums

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AMN Reviews

AMN Reviews: Ratti – Theta [Barly Records BD 1794]

Theta is the debut album of Ratti, a Bolognese ensemble which at the time of recording consisted of Roberto DiBlasio (alto and soprano saxophones and drums), Antonio Ciaramella (guitar and electronics), and Giulio Izzo (double bass). Since Theta was recorded the three were joined by drummer Simone Vincenzini.

Theta is an interesting mixture of composed and improvised music, with the emphasis falling on the side of composition. For a trio, Ratti gets a full sound; DiBlasio, Ciaramella, and Izzo make the most of the instrumental resources at their disposal with intricate arrangements that see melodic lines and supporting roles passed seamlessly around from hand to hand. Consequently, the music is propelled as much by shifts in instrumental color as it is by melodic or harmonic progressions.

A typical track is built around a core of a handful of melodic themes arranged for all three in unison or in harmony, followed by solos over elementary structures. The music itself contains elements of jazz, classical and rock blended in a way that mostly defies generic pigeonholing. Cremisi, which finds DiBlasio on drums, is a loose-jointed rock jam; Achab is a short, through-composed piece; Memories is a contrapuntal work that incorporates a quasi-minimalist pulse; Canto notturno, the closing piece, enters into experimental electronic territory. The playing is economical but tight, with DiBlasio, Ciaramella, and Izzo working together to forge a truly collective sound.

Daniel Barbiero

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General

RIP Sawako Kato 

Source: The Wire.

Nagoya born artist Sawako passed away in March, after a short illness. She preferred the term sound sculptor, and her work spanned electronic and computer music, field recording, performance and installation.