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Album Review: Iván Muela –‘Ether’: a subtle and sublime merging of neo-classical and experimental music.

Writing a review of pianist/composer Iván Muela’s latest album ‘Ether’ feels almost like a redundant endeavour. Here is a recording likely to affect the listener differently each time they tune…

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New Track: Multi-media originals Quayola/Seta preview their evocative debut album ‘Transient’

Sound and vision, vision and sound, acclaimed media artist Quayola is a visualiser who works with convergence and endless flow, breaking down boundaries, exploring possibilities and creating experiences. Having collaborated…

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Album review: Portico Quartet – ‘Terrain’: a truly reflective journey

PORTICO QUARTET have always been a vibe. Since their formation, in my opinion they’re one of the few instrumental jazz-psyechedelic-electronic bands to live up to that musical blend, and furthermore,…

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ALBUM REVIEW: A Lily – ‘Sleep Through The Storm’: bewitching tronica to guard us from where we’re at

Sleep Through The Storm is eight tracks of beautiful, bewitching, cyclical and warm electronic minimalism, intended to guard us from 2020

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TRACK: A Lily – ‘Slept Through The Storm’: complex minimalism for a dark time

JAMES VELLA is, like the rest of us, concerned with the horrifically dark period we’re living through right now: the anxiety, the mental privations. The storm. We all need to…

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TRACK: A Lily – ‘Endless Jasmine’: bewitching minimalism laments troubled times

A LILY, the harmonious experimental project of artist James Vella (save, of course, his 2011, Japan-only dive towards a wonky pure pop form, Thunder Ate The Iron Tree) is set…

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