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Monthly Recommendations: May 2019

by Dæv Tremblay

Car Made of Glass – Every Song Is a Good Song (Montgomery Street)

California’s Car Made of Glass is a peculiar thing indeed. Though it started as a sort of emoviolence, grindcore, and noise blend and made plenty of split releases in that style, it reached a crossroads on their debut, Foreign Graffiti. Even though, it seems, the band’s experimental and noise demographics seemed to wax while the rest dwindled as time passed, there is a juncture, a breaking point, that was reached on that album. Some tracks are purely of the former, and some of the latter, and some,

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Weekly Release Dump

by Dæv Tremblay

Friday, 24 May

Alexi Tuomarila Trio – Sphere (jazz fusion)

Helsinki, Finland
On Edition

Capyac – Baby Make Money [EP] (R&B, funk)

Austin, Texas

Chalice Dungeon – Chalice Dungeon (blackened death metal)

Layton, Utah

Christian Meaas Svendsen with Nakama and Rinzai Zen Center Oslo – New Rituals [3-disc] (world fusion)

Oslo, Norway
On Nakama

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Circé – Circé (free jazz, jazz fusion)

Tours, France

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Kamancello – II: Voyage

by Matt Matheson

Comprising Canadian cellist Raphael Weinroth-Browne and Iranian kamanche player Shahriyar Jamshidi, Kamancello is the fruit of collaborative improvisation, with the dynamic skill sets of each player bouncing off each other in unique and enchanting ways. Weinroth-Browne has, in a sense, the more challenging job of delicately balancing low-end rhythmic richness with melodic lead performance and harmonization; Jamshidi, with all his talents, is restricted to the higher range of his kamanche (think Persian violin) and thus contributes almost exclusively higher leads and harmonies. The duo juggles their three modes (kamanche leading, cello leading, dual harmony leads) with precision and aplomb. Coming … Read more

Christian Meaas Svendsen, Linda May Han Oh, Gotanda, Moon Letters, Milton Man Gogh, and John Zorn

by Dæv Tremblay

Christian Meaas Svendsen with Nakama and Rinzai Zen Center Oslo – New Rituals (Nakama)

New Rituals is a huge offering. First, it’s a triple-disc album clocking in at almost two hours long. Deuzio, it reiterates the same compositions on the three discs, but the first one is for ensemble and choir, the second one for ensemble alone, and the third one for solo bass. Tertio, its source material is ten ancient Zen Buddhist sutra chants. The aforementioned ensemble is made of two violins, piano, drum, and bass, which lends a peculiar sound halfway between contemporary classical and traditional … Read more

Weekly Release Dump

by Dæv Tremblay

Friday, 17 May

André Carvalho – The Garden of Earthly Delights (jazz fusion, modern jazz)

New York, New York
On Outside In Music

Artificial Language – Now We Sleep (progressive metalcore)

California

Beat Movement – Silent Rain (experimental electro, jazz fusion)

Berlin, Germany
On Jazz-O-Tech

Big Big Train – Grand Tour (progressive rock)

UK

Car Made of Glass – Every Song Is a Good Song (avant-garde)

Fortuna, California
On Montgomery Street

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