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Elaine Mitchener on Curating This Year’s Deep Time Festival

Elaine Mitchener speaks to Vanessa Ague about the influence of John Cage and Jean-Michel Basquiat on her curation for this year’s Deep Time Festival, her forthcoming world premiere there, and a wider lineup including Aidan O’Rourke, NikNak, Apartment House and more
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Leo Chadburn

The Primordial Pieces

An album of five blissful, quiet pieces that never stay still, for four violins and a piano
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Devin Maxwell

Timebending

Between coarse strings and nervous flutes, the Utah-based composer may be screwing with the whole space-time continuum
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Elori Saxl

Drifts and Surfaces

Commissioned by Third Coast Percussion, Tigue and the Guggenheim Museum, a suite of long electro-acoustic meditations explore the fragmented nature of time
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Charles Gayle, Milford Graves and William Parker

WEBO

A legendary live set from the summer of ‘91 is full of joy and fire, finds Vanessa Ague
Album of the Week

Dig Deep – And See Where It Leads: What Is Not Strange by Tashi Wada

Working with Julia Holter, Corey Fogel, Ezra Buchla, Devin Hoff and a tuning system pinched off Jean-Philippe Rameau, LA-based composer Tashi Wada pushes song form into wild new directions
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NikNak

Ireti

With cyberpunk themes and staticky beats, the turntable experimenter waxes ever more melodic with a cast of collaborators including Grifton Forbes-Amos, Cassie Kinoshi, Agaama, Chisara Agor and SlowPitchSound
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Elaine Mitchener

Solo Throat

London's multi-talented, serial collaborator (George Lewis, Apartment House, Moor Mother, David Toop, Jason Yarde) finds physical, bodily meaning deep within the words of Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Aimé Césaire, Una Marson and N. H. Pritchard
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Jlin

Akoma

Collaborating with Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet, the pioneering polymath from Gary, Indian, redefines ideas of genre and expands everyone’s musical horizons in the process
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Soosan Lolavar

Girl

Teaming up with chamber group Ruthless Jabiru and conductor Kelly Lovelady, the British-Iranian composer’s scores for strings and santoor view themes of social justice through a musical lens
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Erika Angell

The Obsession With Her Voice

The first solo album from the member of The Moth and Thus Owls offers up a kaleidoscope of vocal sounds, finds Vanessa Ague
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Telo Hoy

Rubber Wing

An album of compositions for vibraphone and electronics which lets process take centre-stage

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Quatuor Bozzini

Jürg Frey: String Quartet No. 4

Collaborating with Canada's Bozzini Quartet again, Swiss composer Jürg Frey proves the slightest movements can have the most impact
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Yas Clarke

The Thicket

Bristolian composer turns words into putty in a suite of hocketing tracks for four voices
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Sampler1

Various Artists

An album of music by visual artists, from Rosa Barba to Cory Arcangel
A Quietus Interview

Unacceptable Ideas: An Interview With Bill Orcutt

Ahead of his performance at Le Guess Who? next month, Vanessa Ague speaks to Bill Orcutt, who charts the series of serendipities and chance encounters that led to one of the most boundary-pushing and varied careers in experimental guitar playing

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Matana Roberts

Coin Coin Chapter Five: In The Garden…

The uncertainty at the heart of this five chapter in the Chicago experimantalist's ongoing project doesn't take anything from the distinctiveness of its author's compositional voice, finds Vanessa Ague
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Natalia Beylis

Mermaids

An old photograph and a vintage keyboard open a portal to a watery soundworld for the Irish electronic producer
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Ki Oni

A Leisurely Swim To Everlasting Life

LA’s Chuck Soo-Hoo makes environmental music with a sense of wonder, finds Vanessa Ague
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Kristen Roos

Universal Synthesizer Interface Volume II

The Canadian artist weaves fresh new sounds from old MIDI programs, finds Vanessa Ague
Album of the Week

Across The Tracks: Oxmardyke By Philip Jeck & Chris Watson

The final album from the late Philip Jeck is a touching collaboration with master field recordist Chris Watson, focused on a level crossing near Hull
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Adjunct Ensemble

Sovereign Bodies / Ritual Taxonomy

Featuring the combined talents of Felispeaks, Catherine Sikora Mingus, Mariam Rezaei, Amy Ní Fhearraigh, Stephen Davis, Darren Beckett and Oscar Cassidy, Jamie Thompson's ensemble is best when it goes big, finds Vanessa Ague
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Ligeti Quartet x Anna Meredith

Nuc

An album of buzzing, bubbling string quartets by Anna Meredith, performed by the Ligeti Quartet
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Richard Skelton

selenodesy

Richard Skelton turns his gaze skyward on an album rich with contrasts
Album of the Week

Border Radio: The Ceiling Reposes By Lia Kohl

Twisting the dial and tapping at her cello, for composer Lia Kohl music is a daily practice, finds Vanessa Ague
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Daniel Pioro

Saint Boy

The violinist draws together sacred music from Hildegard von Bingen to Laurence Crane
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kIRk

Polish group kIRk delve into softer textures and gauzier sensations, still as forceful as ever, finds Vanessa Agu
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anrimeal

Skin Deep

Porto's Ana Rita de Melo Alves offers up an audio diary as intimate as it is experimental
Album of the Week

The Whole Kit & Caboodle: Oren Ambarchi’s Shebang

With a cast of collaborators including BJ Cole, Jim O’Rourke, Julia Reidy, and Joe Talia, the latest album by Black Truffle boss Ambarchi sets the controls for the heart of the sun, finds Vanessa Ague
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Shiva Feshareki

Turning World

Shiva Feshareki mangles and mutates classical music history with two turntables and a mixer
Album of the Week

The Out Sound From Way In: Kemper Norton’s Estrenyon

The new Kemper Norton conjures the uncanny feeling of seeing something inexplicable – and of its aftermath, finds Vanessa Ague
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Claire Rousay

Everything Perfect is already Here

Field recordings and traditional orchestral instruments combine in broad brushstrokes with uniquely affecting results, find Vanessa Ague
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