Her album Aralkum was one of the modern composition highlights from last year. This remix album adds an electronic sheen to her violin pieces.
From The Mouth Of The Sun – Light Caught The Edges
Warm strings, field recordings, drone-y backdrops, some piano, some saxophone – in many ways a textbook example of borderline uplifting/melancholy modern classical.
Really intrigued by this, his usual stock in trade is spacey techno a la Dozzy, Nobu etc but this is features a lot more field recording and acoustic instrumentation. It’s also come out on the excellent Incienso, which put out DJ Python’s album last year.
“Longform Editions seeks out singular, extended music pieces that offer a focussed point of listening. Many artists have used the platform to explore an idea or a theme to create an immersive music experience. Editions of four different pieces from four different artists are released every two months through Bandcamp and typical streaming services, as well as via the Longform Editions website.”
This new edition features Yvette Janine Jackson’s Test Flight No. 1, an “etude for a series of compositions themed around commercial space tourism”.
Hmm how to describe Field Music. Indie Art Rock? With their latest releases they’ve been giving me Talking Heads, Beach Boys and latter day Beatles vibes… I dunno
"Lo-fi mash-ups of saccharine-sweet vocals and jungle and drum’n’bass beats, " a TikTok sensation apparently, counts Grimes and Charlie XCX amongst her fans. Sounds like the real deal to me so far.
Pokey LaFarge - In The Blossom Of Their Shade
Upbeat pop record covering a lot of classic American beach and lounge music styles.
Joy Crookes - Skin
Bangladeshi-Irish South Londonder’s honey - voiced neo-soul.