Xylem Records: Building Community for Live Coding
The exploratory, collectivist ethos of the U.K. live-coding scene laid the groundwork for Xylem Records, an experimental electronic music netlabel founded by composer and computer scientist Dr [...]
Sound notes
The Apperceptive Musical Adventures of Taylor Brook
MICROTONAL DYSTOPIAS
Canadian composer Taylor Brook—whose music can strike an unusual balance between challenge and charm, sometimes with an astonishing delicacy—had been based since 2011 in New York [...]
Rocío Cano Valiño’s Okno wins first place in Musicworks' 2020 Electronic Music Composition Contest
Okno also wins the Marcelle Deschênes Prize in Electronic Music / Prix Marcelle-Deschênes pour la musique électronique
After following the enigmatic whooshes, dangling creaks, and scene-stealing clunks around the evocative sonic space of Okno, I was not surprised to learn that its composer, Rocío [...]
Features
SONIC TENDRILS
The Fall 2021 issue connects you to music artists of distinctive styles and from distant places with expertly crafted words and carefully chosen images. It is accompanied by a CD of deeply felt,[...]
For music artists Parker Mah and respectfulchild, creative expression is a form of resistance and counterpoint to the dominant culture of the Canadian urban centres where they live and work.
In many respects, the year 2020 was a time of reckoning for Asian Americans. Hot on the heels of the landmark Asian ensemble-[...]
A NEW PERFORMANCE AND RECORDING SERIES CONNECTS IMPROVISING MUSICIANS FROM DIFFERENT GENRES AND TIME ZONES.
Like many performing musicians, I considered leaving the music business in 2020. The confluence of loss of work due to the pandemic, exhaustion from years of gig-hustling, and the[...]
Frank Denyer Probes the Unconscious
FOLLOWING WONDER
In composer Frank Denyer’s dream, he is watching a small monkey that is inexplicably nestled in the flames inside a stove that closely resembles the one in Denyer’s kitchen. The[...]
Reviews
Akropolis Reed Quintet. Ghost Light / Quasar. De souffles et de machines III
New Focus Recordings (FCR292) / Collection QB (CQB2127)
Various Artists. Music for Violas, Bass Clarinets & Flutes.
Aural Terrains, TRRN 1545.