Q2 Music Featured Album
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Kjartan Sveinsson's 'Der Klang der Offenbarung des Göttlichen'
Throughout his debut solo album, Kjartan Sveinsson - former Sigur Rós keyboardist - envelops the listener in the quiet majesty of ravishing string and vocal textures. Listen all week. Jan 9, 2017
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Janus Trio's 'Book of Memory'
The flute/viola/harp trio known as Janus has emerged with a second full-length, Book of Memory, and it is a charmer. Listen all week. Jan 2, 2017
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Yarn/Wire's 'Currents Vol. 4'
Comprised of two percussionists and two keyboardists, Yarn/Wire is releasing a "Currents" album each year to give voice to the theatrical and the exploratory. Listen to volume 4 today. Dec 26, 2016
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Julius Eastman's 'Femenine'
Reviving the works of composer Julius Eastman – among those whom history have all but forgotten – feels especially important at this point in time. Listen to his epic "Femenine." Dec 19, 2016
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The Delicious Wit of Composer David Rakowski
David Rakowski's latest music for piano and orchestra with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project displays an earnest loveliness, an eerie, novel beauty, and a serious wit. Listen all week. Dec 5, 2016
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Listen: 12 All-Star Electronic Musicians Remix Michael Gordon's 'Timber'
Mantra Percussion pairs its live recording of Michael Gordon's breakthrough "Timber" at the 2014 Bang on a Can Marathon with a dozen new remixes by all-star electronic musicians. Nov 28, 2016
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Pianist Vicky Chow Cultivates Vast Arsenal of Sound in 'A O R T A'
"A O R T A," the latest solo album by Bang on a Can pianist Vicky Chow, features music by six composers with whom Chow has enjoyed longstanding collaborative relationships. Nov 22, 2016
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The Living Earth Show Pushes New Music in Flamboyant New Direction
On "Dance Music," San Francisco's hard-rocking guitar/drum duo The Living Earth Show show once again that they're not afraid to take virtuosity and irreverence to refreshing extremes. Nov 14, 2016
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Dawn of Midi's Qasim Naqvi Goes Deep with 'Chronology'
The minimalist construction of 'Chronology', the new electronic music album from Dawn of Midi's Qasim Naqvi, carries bated breath like being at the bottom of the ocean. Listen all week. Nov 7, 2016
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Carolina Eyck's Theremin Mines New Expressive Possibilities
Carolina Eyck’s "Fantasias for Theremin and String Quartet" embraces the instrument’s eerie ability to embody the human voice and its seemingly interstellar range. Listen all week. Oct 31, 2016