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Eleanor Hovda – The Eleanor Hovda Collection
Eleanor Hovda (1940-2009) was a fairly obscure American composer of post-minimal, early spectral works that spanned in time from the 1960s through the 2000s. After studying under such luminaries as Karlheinz Stockhausen and…
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Philip Blackburn – Ghostly Psalms
Philip Blackburn is a British-born, St. Paul, Minnesota-based composer who has been active since the 1980s, when he earned degrees at the Universities of Cambridge and Iowa. Best known as the director of…
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Dancers of Ubud
In May and June 2010, I visited the island of Bali in Indonesia for 17 days, mostly the cultural center of Ubud, where I went to amazing art museums, galleries, shops and restaurants…
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Jody Redhage – of Minutiae and Memory
Jody Redhage has been described as New York City’s singing cellist, which obviously means she sings and plays cello. Personally, I’d rather listen to her be quiet, choke her cello and force it…
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MC Maguire – Nothing Left to Destroy
First there was MC Escher, then came MC Donalds (better known as Mickey D’s), followed by MC Hammer. Now, MC Maguire takes his rightful place upon the world (sound) stage. Like his previous…
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Benjamin Broening – Recombinant Nocturnes
Lately, I’ve ben jammin’ with Benjamin. Well, not actually jammin’, but more like spelunking with his CD, Recombinant Nocturnes, which sends me floating through the middle of the night on a pissed mist…
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Peter Ivan Edwards – Object Lessons
Peter Ivan Edwards, also known as PIE, is an American-born composer and baker now based in Singapore. (I had no idea there was an avant-garde classical scene down there!) His first collection of…
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Arcane Candy’s 2011 Favorite Releases
(In alphabetical order by artist name.) New Releases • Boris – Attention Please CD (Sargent House) • Alice Cooper – Old School 1964-1974 DVD + 4-CD + LP + 7” + book box…
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Keeril Makan – Target
Although you’ve probably never heard of Keeril Makan, and his CD Target may not be available at Target, that shouldn’t stop you from seeking it out, buying a copy and letting it float…
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Prism Quartet – Dedication
Dedication is an apt title for a CD full of pieces by a myriad of composers dedicated to the Prism Quartet for their 20th anniversary in 2004. I was surprised as punch that…
