Leonardo Pavkovic – Music for Watermelons

Mark Wingfield, Jane Chapman, Adriano Adewale – Zoji (MoonJune, 2021)

By Marcello Nardi Jun 27, 2021 0

Dwelling in that area between map and territory, between the apparent calmness of the score and the deceiving ubiquitness of the improvisation, the marriage between electric guitar and harpsichord is a meeting of opposites in many ways. First, two instruments which are testaments of two very different traditions. But also two different conceptions of the score and the improvisation. That’s eventually a false opposition, and Mark Wingfield and Jane Chapman make an effort to prove it wrong in multiple ways. In their latest record Zoji, this time extended in a trio with the addition of percussionist Adriano Adewale, they prove even more that there’s a junction they can meet

Markus Reuter, Michael Manring, Japanese Garden

2020 Asaf Sirkis David Cross Fabio Trentini Federico Carnevali Japanese Garden jazz Mark Wingfield Markus Reuter Michael Manring prog Robert Rich

By Marcello Nardi Aug 22, 2020 0

Markus Reuter Oculus – Nothing is Sacred (MoonJune, 2020), Michael Manring – Small Moments (2020), Japanese Garden – Roji (WoW Records, 2019)

Stephan Thelen – Fractal Guitar [MoonJune 2019]

2019 Andi Pupato Barry Cleveland Benno Kaiser Bill Walker David Torn Henry Kaiser Manuel Pasquinelli Markus Reuter Matt Tate Moonjune postminimal prog SONAR Stephan Thelen

By Marcello Nardi Jan 23, 2019 0

When I go to a concert I like to hear the ideas behind the actual music and how these ideas unfold and evolve over the course of time. In other words, I’m always interested in a process that is based on a good and interesting idea which is presented in a very clear and transparent way. The idea itself can be very simple, but it should have the potential to create complex and interesting results. With Sonar we often very slowly build up a piece where one instrument starts and then others join in. In that way, you can clearly… Continue reading

Xavi Reija – The Sound of the Earth [MoonJune 2018]

2018 Dusan Jevtovic Markus Reuter Moonjune Tony Levin Uncategorized Xavi Reija

By Marcello Nardi Dec 11, 2018 0

A photographer is literally somebody drawing with light. A man writing & rewriting the world with light & shadows – Wim Wenders, The Salt of the Earth For everyone who felt in love with The Salt of the Earth, the iconic picture by Wim Wenders about the life and the work of master photographer Sebastiao Salgado, watching black and white art photography changed like never before. The sense of emotional charge, the gut feeling that those images hinting at an inner sense of world and humanity provoked, all those things were disclosed like never before. The earth, in its basic nudity,… Continue reading