#4961, New Releases Dec. 2024

Niloufar Shiri, composer and kemancheh player

Hear new music December of 2024 from the duet of flutists Shabaka and André 3000; pianist Adam Tendler's commissioning project, 'Inheritances', and a new choral album from Voces8.

Listen to new music from the duo of sound designers and composers More Eaze and Claire Rousay, known for their extensive use of found sound and hyper pop escapades, created their own elaborate sound world of acoustic instrumentalists for their forthcoming record, no floor, due in March of 2025. Then, there’s also music for the sound art duet of California-based Iranian kamancheh player, composer, and improviser Niloufar Shiri and L.A. based multi-woodwind performer, composer and improviser Isaac Otto.  Hear a new duet from flutists Shabaka and André 3000 along with a new single from Shabaka’s latest release, the EP called Possession.

Hear West African superstar Angélique Kidjo and Derrick Hodge and their studio version of  “Jerusalema” – a song from the South African producer Master KG that became an international symbol of hope during the pandemic. Plus, listen to new music from the Grammy-nominated choral ensemble Voces8, and their latest nocturnal collection of  reflective and transcendent works. Hear a work by German composer Max Richter, arranged for their eight voices. There’s also music from pianist Adam Tendler's commissioning project, 'Inheritances', set in motion when he received an envelope of cash in a parking lot… - Caryn Havlik

Program #4961, New Releases Dec. 2024 (First aired 1/03/2025)

ARTIST: Voces8
WORK: Max Richter: On the Nature of Daylight [1:00]
RECORDING: Nightfall
SOURCE: Decca
INFO: https://voces8.lnk.to/Nightfall

ARTIST: Angélique Kidjo, Derrick Hodge 
WORK: Jerusalema [5:27]
RECORDING: Jerusalema
SOURCE: Label Parlophone / Warner Music France
INFO: https://AngeliqueKidjo1.lnk. to/jerusalema

ARTIST: Voces8
WORK: Max Richter: On the Nature of Daylight [6:36]
RECORDING: Nightfall
SOURCE: Decca
INFO: https://voces8.lnk.to/Nightfall

ARTIST: Spencer Zahn, Vancil Cooper, Nicole McCabe
Zach Tenorio

WORK: Short Drive Home (Live at Altamira Sound) [4:35]
RECORDING: Statues Live
SOURCE/INFO: https://spencerzahn.bandcamp.com/album/statues-live

ARTIST: Adam Tendler
WORK: inti figgis-vizueta: hushing [4:56]
RECORDING: Inheritances
SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records
INFO: https://adamtendler.bandcamp.com/album/inheritances

ARTIST: more eaze & claire rousay
WORK: limelight, illegally [6:38]
RECORDING: no floor
SOURCE: Thrill Jockey, Due out Mar. 21, 2025
INFO: https://clairerousay.bandcamp.com/track/limelight-illegally | 
https://moreeaze.bandcamp.com/track/limelight-illegally

ARTIST: Shabaka, feat. André 3000
WORK: To the Moon [7:46]
RECORDING: Possession
SOURCE: Impulse!
INFO: https://shabaka.lnk.to/Possession

ARTIST:  Niloufar Shiri and Isaac Otto
WORK: Xerodromes I [8:00]
RECORDING: Oshi
SOURCE: Infrequent Seams/ K7!
INFO: https://infrequentseams.bandcamp.com/album/oshi-2