It's the most wonderful time of the month - the (spooky) showcasing of new releases! On this New Sounds program, listen to the pick of the piles, the cream of the crop. Listen for music by Empyrean Atlas, Ensemble et al, Brass Menažeri without Mr. Lif, Turkish clarinet master Cüneyt Sepetçi, Emily Pinkerton & NOW Ensemble, and Swedish-Finnish trio Folk’Avant.
Listen to new music from percussion group Ensemble et al, a Brooklyn-based band who make instrumental music with vibraphone, keyboards, drums, and percussion. With roots as a new-music chamber ensemble, on its latest, The Slow Reveal, the group combines elements of rock, modal jazz, electronica, contemporary classical, and experimental music, and adds special sauce from producer/engineer John McEntire. Hear “Ellipsis” from Ensemble et al. Then, hear music drawing on minimalism & West African music from Empyrean Atlas, who on their latest, Poly Rush, believe that “polyrhythms are the answer, except when simple, unison guitar lines will do.”
There’s also music from Italian guitarist Pino Forastiere, along with the kantele, violin and vocals of Swedish-Finnish trio Folk’Avant. Listen to the latest from NOW Ensemble in collaboration with singer/banjoist Emily Pinkerton. On the record, Rounder Songs, traditional songs and lyrics from Appalachia were re-composed for Pinkerton to sing and play banjo with NOW Ensemble in an old-timey Americana meets post-minimalist classical music song cycle.
Then, hear clarinet-led music in a Malian song, “Kenedougou Foly” arranged for the Anat Cohen Tentet. Listen also to the virtuoso clarinetist Cüneyt Sepetçi in Turkish wedding and party music from his latest, Bulgar Gaydasi out on L.M. Dupli-cation (a label run by Jeremy Barnes of Neutral Milk Hotel, Beirut, and A Hawk and a Hacksaw.) Plus, Balkan brass party music by Brass Menažeri from their intriguing and wonderful collaborative record with the rapper Mr. Lif. This tune, “Doppio Macchiato” contains plenty of caffeine, but it's one of the instrumentals (no Mr. Lif) from their record, Resilient. Music by This Will Destroy You for the new Los Angeles restaurant experience Vespertine rounds out the show.
PROGRAM #4041, New Releases, October 2017 (First Aired: 10/31/2017)
ARTIST: Ensemble et al
WORK: Ellipsis, excerpt [1:00]
RECORDING: The Slow Reveal
SOURCE: Imaginator Records | Due out November 17, 2017
INFO: imaginatorrecords.com
ARTIST: Pino Forastiere
WORK: Capo Cinque [5:17]
RECORDING:Village Life
SOURCE/INFO: pinoforastiere.com
ARTIST: Folk'Avant
WORK: Infall (Epiphany) [3:19]
RECORDING: Gryningsland
SOURCE: Nordic Notes (Broken Silence)
INFO: Available at Amazon.com
ARTIST: Emily Pinkerton & Patrick Burke, NOW Ensemble
WORK: Red Rocking Chair [5:30]
RECORDING: Rounder Songs
SOURCE: New Amsterdam 092
INFO: nowensemble.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Ensemble et al
WORK: Ellipsis [3:00]
RECORDING: The Slow Reveal
SOURCE: Imaginator Records | Due out November 17, 2017
INFO: imaginatorrecords.com
ARTIST: Empyrean Atlas
WORK: Poly Rush [3:49]
RECORDING: Poly Rush
SOURCE/INFO: empyreanatlas.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Anat Cohen Tentet
WORK: Kenedougou Foly [5:40]
RECORDING: Happy Song
SOURCE: Anzic Records
INFO: anzicstore.com
ARTIST: Brass Menažeri
WORK: Doppio Macchiato [4:08]
RECORDING: Resilient
SOURCE/INFO: mrlifbrassmenazeri.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Cüneyt Sepetçi
WORK: Agir Roman
RECORDING: Bulgar Gaydasi
SOURCE: Living Music Duplication LM 016
INFO: lmduplication.com
ARTIST: This Will Destroy You
WORK: Kitchen [6:31]
RECORDING: Kitchen
SOURCE: Magic Bullet Records
INFO: magicbulletrecords.bandcamp.com