#4531, New Releases, August 2021
It's the most wonderful time of the month - the showcasing of some of the finest new music to come to into the ole' inboxes. There’s new music by German keyboardist, composer, and producer Max Richter, by Oslo/Berlin-based sax player Bendik Giske, and from the NY-based experimental chamber ensemble 9 Horses.
Acoustic experimental chamber group 9 Horses is mandolin player Joe Brent, violinist Sara Caswell, and bassist Andrew Ryan. On their latest, Omegah, the New York-based trio has birthed tunes with acoustic and electric textures that draw from classical, jazz, folk, bluegrass, and pop, all largely improvised. Listen to the album’s centerpiece, “Max Richter's Dreams.” Then, from the German composer Max Richter, hear music from Exiles, some re-imaginings of tracks composed by Richter for a Virginia Woolf-inspired ballet.
Then, listen to music by Norwegian saxophonist, composer and artist Bendik Giske, off of his record, Cracks. On it, he combines extended techniques (circular breathing) and sometimes invasive microphone placement (in his throat!) that result in enveloping saxophone-sourced sound sculptures that might owe much to techno and queer culture, along with a bit of Jon Hassell fourth world ideas.
There’s also music from Italian jazz pianist and keyboardist Rossano Baldini, who writes for film and television, and also plays Bercandeon – an accordion-like instrument. However, in 2021, he took on the moniker HUMANBEING for his project as an electronic composer making synthetic soundscapes. Hear one of those, called “Blood.” Plus, music from a collaboration between classical Indian legend, composer and sitarist Shujaat Husain Khan and Iranian vocalist Katayoun Goudarzi, This Pale, which combines Iranian/Persian and Indian classical music traditions. And more.
Program #4531, New Releases, August 2021 (First Aired 8/31/2021)
ARTIST: 9 Horses
WORK: Max Richter's Dreams [1:00]
RECORDING: omegah
SOURCE: Adhyâropa Records
INFO: adhyaropa.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Baltic Sea Philharmonic; Kristjan Jarvi, cond.
WORK: Flowers of Herself [8:26]
RECORDING: Max Richter: Exiles
SOURCE: Deutsche Grammophon
INFO: deutschegrammophon.com
ARTIST: 9 Horses
WORK: Max Richter's Dreams [15:12]
RECORDING: omegah
SOURCE: Adhyâropa Records
INFO: adhyaropa.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes
WORK: THEEM PROTOTYPE [4:15]
RECORDING: Music for Saxofone and Bass Guitar - More Songs
SOURCE: Leaving Records
INFO: samgendelsamwilkes.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: HUMANBEING
WORK: Blood [5:09]
RECORDING: HUMANBEING
SOURCE: Rare Noise Records
INFO: humanbeeeing.com
ARTIST: Bendik Giske
WORK: Void [4:27]
RECORDING: Cracks
SOURCE: Smalltown Supersound
INFO: bendikgiske.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Shujaat Husain Khan, Katayoun Goudarzi, Shaho Andalibi, & Shariq Mustafa
WORK: ONE [5:26]
RECORDING: This Pale
SOURCE: Lycopod Records
INFO: Due out Oct. 1, 2021
ARTIST: Marisa Anderson and William Tyler
WORK: News About Heaven [3:56]
RECORDING: Lost Futures
SOURCE: Thrill Jockey
INFO: marisaanderson.bandcamp.com | williamtyler.bandcamp.com
