#4797 New Releases, Sept. 2023
It’s the most wonderful time of the month, with the newest sounds to reach our ears, including new releases by Pulitzer Prize-nominated composer Jlin; sax player, composer, and storyteller Matana Roberts; and Cuban pianist-composer Roberto Fonseca. Plus, there's new work by Mexico City-based experimental quartet Amore Muere, and Afro-Futurism from Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids.
Hear music by Gary, Indiana’s Jlin, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated composer who worked with Chicago’s Third Coast Percussion Ensemble on “Perspective’. Listen to two portions of the mini album which showcase the compelling way she expresses links between dance musics and futurist Afro-American electronics, (Boomkat). There’s also new work by Mexico City-based experimental quartet Amor Muere (“love dies”), a collaboration between Guatemalan-born cellist and composer Mabe Fratti, vocalist Camille Mandoki, sound designer Concepcion Huerta and violinist Gibrana Cervantes. Each has pursued a sound world that isn’t defined by genres like contemporary classical, electronic/sound art, rock, or metal – though they do draw on all of those styles (Schaefer).
Then, listen to the sparkling Afro-Futuristic cosmic journey, “‘Nice It Up’.” From the legendary jazz and world music ensemble Idris Ackamoor ☥ The Pyramids, led by the San Francisco-based sax player, composer Idris Ackamoor. Also, there’s new music by Cuban pianist and composer Roberto Fonseca, which is a tribute to the lively melodies that once echoed through the Cuban airwaves in the 1930s. Plus, listen to some of the latest chapter of Coin Coin from sax player, ccomposer, and storyteller Matana Roberts, and more. - Caryn Havlik
Program #4797 New Releases, Sept. 2023 (First aired Sept. 29, 2023)
ARTIST: Roberto Fonesca
WORK: Yanim [:56]
RECORDING: La Gran Diversion
SOURCE: Wagram Music
INFO: https://robertofonseca.lnk.to/lagrandiversion
ARTIST: LANZ & Kris Allen
WORK: Panenka [3:24]
RECORDING: Ballard
SOURCE: Brassland
INFO: brassland.org/releases/ballard-with-kris-allen
ARTIST: Amore Muere
WORK: LA [5:13]
RECORDING: A time to love, a time to die
SOURCE: Scrawl
INFO: scrawlworld.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Christopher Tignor
WORK: Any Way to Reach You [8:56]
RECORDING: The Art of Surrender
SOURCE: Western Vinyl
INFO: https://westernvinyl.com/shop/wv251
ARTIST: Roberto Fonesca
WORK: Yanim [4:06]
RECORDING: La Gran Diversion
SOURCE: Wagram Music
INFO: https://robertofonseca.lnk.to/lagrandiversion
ARTIST: Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids
WORK: Nice It Up [7:34]
RECORDING: Afro Futuristic Dreams
SOURCE: Strut Records
INFO: idrisackamoor.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Matana Roberts
WORK: unbeknownst [4:43]
RECORDING: Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the garden...
SOURCE: Constellation
INFO: matana-roberts.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Jlin, Third Coast Percussion
WORK: Dissonance [2:42]
RECORDING: Perspective
SOURCE: Planet Mu
INFO: jlin.bandcamp.com/album/perspective
ARTIST: Matthew Shipp
WORK: Essence of Silence [2:36]
RECORDING: The Intrinsic Nature Of Shipp
SOURCE: Mahakala Music
INFO: mahakalamusic.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Jlin, Third Coast Percussion
WORK: Duality [1:24]
RECORDING: Perspective
SOURCE: Planet Mu
INFO: jlin.bandcamp.com/album/perspective
