Awesome sextet by Hilary Purrington. I love the way this starts as ethereal and evolves to a more material sense. ‘Tourmaline’ (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano) https://on.soundcloud.com/7jvmrYJm3fstvwSjnT

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This is awesome. Especially as it moves into the second half. « Dreams: Connected » for Piano (2022) by Stefano Bulfon https://on.soundcloud.com/KKNjiORc89VVZvtjZf

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The term "Impressionism" was originally coined as a sarcastic insult by French art critic Louis Leroy in 1874. Reviewing the first independent exhibition of painters like Claude Monet, Leroy used the term to mock the works as unfinished, sloppy, and mere "impressions" rather than finished paintings. Composer Claude Debussy hated the term when used to describe his music. He viewed himself as a meticulous architect of sound, focusing on precision and "realities" rather than vague, blurry moods. He feared the label implied a lack of formal structure or technical rigor. "I’m trying to write something different, realities in a way; imbeciles call it 'impressionism' which is a term used as inappropriately as possible, particularly by art critics." - Claude Debussy 'La cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral)' https://youtu.be/cVMGwPDP-Yk?si=mkXEcZkWXIVzE89Q

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Current listening: ‘Hinterlands’ by David Bird “Shifting between microtonal shimmer, dense counterpoint, and immersive electronic textures, the album treats sound like a form of “sonic metallurgy”: metallic resonances, harmonic artifacts, and layered noise evoke processes of extraction, production, and decay. Hinterlands is an intermission between the past and future of technology; yet, we are unable to be present, too spent on excavating the lingering effects of industrial modernity. David Bird’s thrilling compositions are performed here by premiere contemporary ensembles lovemusic, Ben Roidl-Ward and Isidora Nojkovic, Grossman Ensemble and Mivos Quartet.” https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/hinterlands

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Interesting use of a string quartet. "soft, yet intense. like an insect colony." 'Inquiline' by Uri Kochavi https://youtu.be/qCgxbof2fCw?si=sQIKkxbECnOaNx0I

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‘Ashes’ by Carlo Costa Seven tracks of crispy percussive gestural stuff for a variety of instruments. It sounds like the album cover image here. https://dinzuartefacts.bandcamp.com/album/ashes

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Currently listening to percussionist, Michael Jones, perform works by three composers. https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-promise-of-escape

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Enjoying this piano trio (viola, cello, piano) composed by Klaus Lang. https://anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/album/geschrieben-in-wasser?t=5

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A short intense and gorgeous new orchestral piece by Núria Giménez Comas. “A haiku-like piece revolving around the concept of impetus—of *envol* (taking flight) or "lifting off"—as a renewing force. Powerful opening chords emerge from the reorchestration of a Guns N’ Roses fragment: vocals and electric guitar reimagined for chamber orchestra. Coupled with a constant sense of "escape" or volatility, the opening embodies that initial surge of momentum—a creative impulse, desire, or sudden joy. A more contemplative section—yet one possessing an internal rhythmic drive—sustains that initial impulse, revealing a more poetic facet where stones begin to resonate and chime.” https://on.soundcloud.com/OZ2l65ubbn9dxIzmjD

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Currently listening to this electroacoustic album: ‘Flowers Are Blooming In Antarctica’ by Italian composer and saxophonist Laura Agnusdei https://mapledeathrecords.bandcamp.com/album/flowers-are-blooming-in-antarctica

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Loving this album so far. Really cool extended techniques performed by Mivos Quartet. https://newworldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lei-liang-six-seasons "From under impenetrable ice, only the lone and disoriented Beluga whale’s distress call, pervading the cycle’s harrowingly sparse coda, compels all the more to render Liang’s dream of transformative unification a reality." — Marc Medwin "The Chukchi Sea, north of Alaska, is one of the most inaccessible places to humans on earth. Six seasons in the Arctic, according to the Inuit, are not demarcated by a fixed calendar, but by what we hear in the changing environment. Hydrophones were placed about 300 meters below the sea surface at a seafloor recording location 160 km north of Point Barrow. They capture the sound of sea ice, marine mammals, and the underwater environment throughout an entire year." — Lei Liang

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Enjoying this new album of vocal music by one of my favorite composers, Nico Muhly. Check out his write-up: https://nicomuhly.substack.com/p/album-no-resting-place

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'The Hand is an Ear' by Timothy McCormack, performed by JACK Quartet "The performer and their instrument form a single body. Attention is drawn to the positioning and proximity of the appendages of this body, as well as their effortful and glacial movements; the body in acute proprioceptive relation to itself. This body does not move through a space - it becomes the space; the body as the site of kinesthetic inscription. We hear the body in its sound, and the sound subsumes us."

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Absolutely loving Pat Metheny's new album 'Side-Eye III+'. I also appreciate that he vets young promising musicians for his new projects to help propel their careers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qef5Ui5qo6Q&list=OLAK5uy_lJ_s7Q-9bGQl_tXKzFZ_1C4jj33p6JtP0&index=2

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