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David Torn - Only Sky (2015) {ECM 2433}
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© 2015 ECM Records | ECM 2433
Jazz / Avant-Garde / Avant-Garde Jazz / Experimental Rock / Sound Sculpture / Guitar

David Torn – ever-intrepid guitarist, producer, improviser, film composer and soundscape artist – returns with only sky, an album that explores the far sonic edges of what one man and a guitar can create, a solo recording of almost orchestral atmosphere. It is Torn’s first ECM release since 2007’s acclaimed prezens, a full-band project, with Tim Berne, et al., that Jazzwise described as “a vibrating collage full of shimmering sonic shapes, a dark, urban electronic soundscape – a potent mix of jazz, free-form rock and technology that is both demanding and rewarding.

Heinz Holliger - Romancendres & Gesänge der Frühe / Clara Schumann - Romanzen
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart / Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart / Heinz Holliger
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Label/Cat#: ECM New Series # 2055 | Country/Year: Germany 2009
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Contemporary

"…Holliger's homage to Schumann continues with the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, and their eerie performance of Gesänge der Frühe, a highly contrasting piece to Schumann's work of the same title. The text includes ominous excerpts of letters regarding Schumann's death and even pathology reports. Regrettably, the liner notes do not provide listeners with an English translation of the text. Both of Holliger's compositions on this album are intriguing and credit is due for his innovative bridging of the centuries, but his style of composition may not be suited for the casual listener" ~allmusicguide

Vijay Iyer Trio - Break Stuff (2015) {ECM 2420}
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Jazz / Modern Creative / Progressive Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Piano

Though Break Stuff is Vijay Iyer's third appearance on ECM in less than year, it is the debut offering from the longstanding trio on the label. The pianist and composer has been working with bassist Stephen Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore for more than a decade. They've issued two previous recordings together. Iyer usually works conceptually, and Break Stuff is no exception. In the press release he states that "a break in music is still music: a span of time in which to act." We hear this all the time in modern music, whether it be the sounds that emerge from composer Morton Feldman's extended silences, breakbeats by funky drummers or hip-hop samples of them, or instrumental breakdowns in heavy metal and bluegrass – they follow a moment where everything previous seems to stop.