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Eric Pan - 2024 - Travel Poems Trilogy Boxset

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(99:51; Falling Sea) Track list: - Chapter 1. Secret Towns 1. Gare du Nord 2:57 2. Periscope Forest 1:29 3. Discovery after Dark 3:19 4. Stranded Awake 2:49 5. Majesty of the Minute 5:55 6. Foot of the Carpathians 5:45 7. Up Jakupica 1:37 8. Hamstrung 1:07 9. Wheelhouse of Wonder (Welcome Home) 4:42 10. Epilogue 0:44 - Chapter 2. The Night Sea 1. De Lune Mécanique 1:51 2. Loss 1:37 3. The Storm Heaves in the Distance 4:48 4. Oak Island 3:05 5. Teufelssee Tower 5:56 6. Fine Day to Risk It All 3:27 7. On Old Delancey 1:49 8. Noguchi Beach 5:48 9. Turtle on the Moon 3:13 10. Epilogue 1:30 - Chapter 3. There Is No Path Back 1. Sellwood by Bicycle 1:44 2. Sunrise Market 3:26 3. View from a Llama 5:21 4. Sequel to a Memory 5:42 5. After the Whistle 2:22 6. Honey and Spirits 5:51 7. Bright Macedonia 1:12 8. Ladder of Damascus 3:17 9. Twilight Far 5:55 10. Epilogue 1:33 Line-up: Eric Pan - keyboards with: Nir Sabag - drums Hugo Reydet - bass C - Bass Chiriboga - drums Dean Torrey - bass US bas
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Tarah Who - 2024 - The Last Chase

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(30:45; Pavement Entertainment) Track list: 1. Intro 0:40 2. Safe Zone 3:17 3. Dimples 2:31 4. Unborn 2:47 5. Never Say Never 4:29 6. Army of Women 2:39 7. Don't Come Knocking 2:51 8. In Her Honor 3:03 9. Do You Believe in Santa Claus  2:31 10. Grown Up 2:58 11. You Don't See Me 2:59 Line-up: Not stated US based artist Tarah Who? appears to have started out way back in 2011, and then based in France if what I can see of her old website on archive.org is accurate. The artist appear to be based in the US these days though, and have released a number of singles, EPs and albums since the initial start from more than a decade back. "The Last Chase" is the most recent studio production of Tarah Who?, and was released through the label Kurukulla Records and Pavement Entertainment in the fall of 2024. This is an album that has been filled with short, tight and sweet compositions that by and large come with a hard rock flavor. Not the kind of hard rock that gives up any distin
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Elisabet Curbelo - 2024 - Resonance Unbound

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(57:27; Neuma Records) Track list: 1. Canarian Bayram 9:14 2. Fantasía Flamenca 6:52 3. Roxanne’nın Dönüşümü 5:48 4. Kara Toprak 7:38 5. Mikrop 4:49 6. Epulos 11:42 7. L’anello 11:24 Line-up: Elisabet Curbelo - electronics, voice with: University of Utah Ensemble (Conductor: Jason Missal) Beatriz Lopez Salinas - percussion Sanaz Nakhjavani - kanun Ulrich Mertin - viola Tommy Babin - double bass Steven Schick - percussion Renga Ensemble (Conductor: Steven Schick) US based composer and musician Elisabet Curbelo has been creating music of different kinds for the past couple of decades, and from what I understand she has also been experiencing cultural impulses from a number of different nations in the same period of time. This fall she is out with the album "Resonances Unbound" on US label Neuma Records. This album features a collection of compositions written in different time frames and in different locations, and that have been recorded in a few different locations too from w
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Ken Field - 2024 - The Canopy

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(30:19; Neuma Records) Track list: 1. The Serving 2:24 2. Also Known As 1:49 3. Laevinic Defeat 1:43 4. Culture 4:46 5. Four Words 1:41 6. Mirror 3:06 7. Day by Day 3:24 8. Deluge 3:55 9. Darkness into Light 7:31 Line-up: Ken Field - all instruments US composer and musician Ken Field is a veteran in US music circles, with tenures in bands exploring the fields of world music, jazz and progressive rock in his resume, as well as composing music for television shows. In addition he has been active as a solo artist since the middle of the 1990s, with more than a dozen albums to his name as of 2024. "The Canopy" is his latest studio album, and was released by US label Neuma Records in the fall of 2024. The music on this album was commissioned for a dance performance, where the topic of the performance were expressions of loss, love and resilience. These are emotions that all shine through in these compositions too, and besides the emotional resonances that comes with the different
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The Noonan Trio - 2024 - Inherit a Memory

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(49:14, Neuma Records) Track list: 1. Drunkard Landlady 3:12 2. Inherit a Memory 4:33 3. Tell Me 6:58 4. Stealing of Cream by Blue Tits 4:10 5. White Light 5:23 6. Polly's Eyes 5:43 7. Aqua Diva 4:09 8. Wrinkles of Time 5:33 9. Crossroads 6:00 10. Drop in a Cascade 3:43 Line-up: Matthew Bourne - piano Michael Bardon - bass Sean Noonan - drums, vocals UK based threesome The Noonan Trio revolves around the creative process of composer and musician Sean Noonan, who has been releasing albums as a solo artist and in various collaborative settings for 15 years or thereabouts. The Noonan Trio is a new constellation, and released their debut album "Inherit a Memory" in the fall of 2024 through US label Neuma Records. While I'm more familiar with this label due to their classical music and experimental music oriented releases, on this occasion it is jazz that is at the core of what Noonan and his trio explore. As might be expected from this label this is more of an experimenta
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Maya Belsitzman & Uriel Herman - 2024 - Pauses in Shades

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(31:59; Ubuntu Music) Track list: 1. Dew (Tal) 3:14 2. Homage to Chopin 2:24 3. On a Boat 3:01 4. First Step (Nur) 4:16 5. The Naked Streets 2:38 6. Dance of the Blinds 3:49 7. Not Alone 2:20 8. Echo of Regrets 4:03 9. Sandbox 4:20 10. Shades 1:54 Line-up: Maya Belsitzman - piano, vocals Uriel Herman - cello Israeli composers and musicians Maya Belsitzman and Uriel Herman are, according to the press release, seasoned and accomplished artists in their own right, with well established careers that have developed over the last couple of decades on a national as well as international level. While they got to know each other many years ago, they have never had the chance to create music together in earlier years. This has now been rectified with the release of the album "Pauses in Shades", which was released through UK label Ubuntu Music. While I understand that jazz is the main genre this label focus on, on this occasion they have released a production I'd classify as being m
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The Dawn Razor - 2024 - In Sublime Presence

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(64:56; M&O Music) Track list [CD Edition]: 1. Point Nemo 3:30 2. Refuse Tomorrow 3:47 3. The Wooden Idol 5:12 4. Fiery Dawn 4:10 5. The Lord and the Crow 6:36 6. Chiaroscuro Italiano 4:21 7. Tropical Survival 4:59 8. A Change of Heaven's Mandate 4:23 9. Untouched Boundaries 5:54 10. Pico da Neblina 4:24 11. Are You Dead Yet? 3:56 12. Gateways 4:54 13. Never Fade Away 4:28 14. Chiaroscuro Italiano [Italian Version] 4:22 Line-up: Not stated French project The Dawn Razor appears to have formed sometime around 2017, and is the creative vehicle of composer and musician Sylvain Spanu. Two albums have been issued under this moniker so far. "In Sublime Presence" is the most recent of these, and was released through French label M&O Music in the fall of 2024. I couldn't track down any line-up information about this album, which leads me to believe that at least as a studio venture The Dawn Razor is a one-man band. Since I see references to the band also performing liv
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