From Sonomu:
Daisuke Miyatani, Diario (Ahorenfelder)
Ahornfelder is a vibrant young label based in Leipzig and dedicated to exploring the interstices between post-rock, quiet acoustics, idiosyncratic jazz and field recordings. So far, only delicate and unobtrustive ambient-cum-field recordings have reached this reviewer´s ears, almost always to his… [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 09:23, 16 Apr 2007Sebastian Meissner, Ran Slavin & Eran Sachs, Into the Void (Sub Rosa)
Sebastian Meissner is of mixed Polish-German ancestry. Thus during the Second World War, in his own words, “One part was fighting for Nazi Germany, the other part persecuted by the Nazis”. As a man and an artist, he grew to need to know what happened to the survivors of the Holocaust. His visits to… [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 09:19, 16 Apr 2007Richard Amp, Moi Non Plus (All is Number)
Moi Non Plus opens with a short fanfare, a great cascade of grand piano being irritated by crackle and interference, creating the necessary quiet to appreciate the subtle keyboard tickling which follows. Despite trading under the monickers AMP and AMP Studio for many years (as well as aiding and… [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 07:40, 16 Apr 2007Frank London´s Klezmer Brass Allstars, Carnival Conspiracy (Piranha)
If John Zorn is the idea man, publicist and organizer of the new Jewish music(s), then trumpeter Frank London is its heart, soul and yiddische kop (just listen to what he has to say, for instance, in the documentary “Sabbath in Paradise”). He is well-versed in Jewish theology and mysticism,… [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 07:33, 16 Apr 2007Mathias Delplanque, Ma Chambre Quande Je N´y Pas [Montréal] (Mondes Elliptiques)
This high-concept album twinkles, glitters and hisses its way over three-quarters of an hour. It is the handy CD version of an audio installation created for Montreal´s Studio Cormier almost two and a half years ago, recording and challenging the idea of “silence” in four spaces around the city… [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 07:19, 16 Apr 2007Various Artists, Jewface (Reboot Stereophonic)
Josh Kun is a critic and author who, seemingly as a labour of love, founded the Reboot Stereophonic label, a non-profit proposition dedicated to combing through the attics and second-hand stores of America in search of forgotten music on wax cylinders and 78 rpm discs. Jewface, they claim, is the… [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 07:58, 12 Apr 2007
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