Few bands can move so comfortably between the lines of progressive rock, fusion and minimalism and yet retain a versatile and homogeneous orchestral line-up like the French Ghost Rhythms. It’s easy to expect that their new release Imaginary Mountains could all but not show all those aspects and provide some exhilarating moments.
The minimalism of Nik Bärtsch’s pianism is disembodied and carried in a territory where repetition is not the pure sign of what we once called minimalism genre -and now should be called postminimalism. Through repetition he explores newer dimensions of expressions, digging in his reportoire and exploring again the depths of the expression.
Sonar with David Torn – Tranceportation Vol. 2 (RareNoise, 2020), Samuel Hällkvist – Epik, Didaktik, Pastoral (BoogiePost Recordings, 2020), Thor de Force – The Build (Ropeadope, 2020)
Gary Husband & Markus Reuter – Music of Our Times (MoonJune, 2020)
Blaer – Yellow (Ronin Rhythm Records, 2020)
Giorgi Mikadze – Georgian Microjamz (RareNoise 2020)
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What initially started as a follow-up of Vortex, eventually sprawled to more than 80 minutes of music and became a double album, whose second volume will be released in May 2020. In a move equal parts bold and conservative, Tranceportation Vol. 1 is moving the music of Sonar and their collaboration with David Torn ahead. Staying faithful to one of the rules that lies underneath the music of many Swiss postmininal musicians, that which says that minimal structures do not cage the music, instead unleash a new world of possibilities, Sonar and David Torn are now delving into new depths
AKKU Quintet manipulate the meaning of sounds, expand the emotional charge through an extensive use of repetition and sink those in deep polyrhythmic nets. Their music is full of narrative development, whether they are taking sometimes a prolonged or very short timeframes to evolve it, and they are playing themes in loop for multiple times with slight changes.
![Stephan Thelen – Fractal Guitar [MoonJune 2019]](https://i0.wp.com/www.musicforwatermelons.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Stephan3000-e1547660542725.jpg?resize=540%2C304&ssl=1)
When I go to a concert I like to hear the ideas behind the actual music and how these ideas… Continue reading
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My goal was to form a band with musicians with different backgrounds and tastes. As a guitar player progressive and… Continue reading
![Samuel Hällkvist – Variety of Rhythm [BoogiePost recordings 2017]](https://i0.wp.com/www.musicforwatermelons.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/3000x3000.jpg?resize=540%2C304&ssl=1)
English version Nella sua autobiografia il compositore John Adams racconta così il finale di Grand Pianola Music: ‘Inizia con un lungo… Continue reading
![Markus Reuter feat. Sonar and Tobias Reber – Falling for Ascension [Ronin Rhythm Records 2017]](https://i0.wp.com/www.musicforwatermelons.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/a1297080462_10.jpg?resize=540%2C304&ssl=1)
English version Su un muro della mia città, peraltro abbastanza coperto dal sole, campeggiava un verso del poeta Paul Eluard, Nulla… Continue reading