Solomon Grey Human Music (2018) [qobuz 24 44,1]

London-based electronic duo Joe Wilson and Tom Kingston aka Solomon Grey requires ditching the usual definition of a band. No neat genre exists in to which they fit. No sound is out of bounds. The new album "Human Music" is a collection of intricately crafted songs, delving into themes of choice, love and loss.

London-based electronic duo Joe Wilson and Tom Kingston aka Solomon Grey requires ditching the usual definition of a band. No neat genre exists in to which they fit. No sound is out of bounds. The new album "Human Music" is a collection of intricately crafted songs, delving into themes of choice, love and loss.

London-based electronic duo Joe Wilson and Tom Kingston aka Solomon Grey requires ditching the usual definition of a band. No neat genre exists in to which they fit. No sound is out of bounds. The new album "Human Music" is a collection of intricately crafted songs, delving into themes of choice, love and loss.

Understanding London-based electronic duo Joe Wilson and Tom Kingston aka Solomon Grey requires ditching the usual definition of a band. No neat genre exists in to which they fit. No sound is out of bounds. You’re as likely to find them capturing field recordings as being in the studio sculpting beats.

earMUSIC is delighted to announce the worldwide release of the debut album by ULTRAPHONIX, the new creation of Corey Glover (Living Colour) and George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob) alongside the great rhythm section formed by drummer Chris Moore and Pancho Tomaselli on bass. Original Human Music is co-produced by Bob Daspit (Sammy Hagar) and it displays the magic match between Corey Glover's iconic voice and George Lynch's unique style on the guitar. The core and value of Ultraphonix lies in the songwriting and the quality of the songs. Original Human Music is an album where Corey’s profound and thoughtful lyrics sound loud, together with the warm and heavy wall of sound created by George Lynch.

When it comes to French string quartets, Autumn 2021 has been notably nocturnal-flavoured. First there was the superb “round midnight” from the genre’s rockstars, Quatuor Ébène – a programme of music for after dark that paired Dutilleux’s Ainsi la nuit of 1976 with a quartet arrangement of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (1899), bridged by a new jazz-infused work by the quartet’s cellist-composer Raphaël Merlin.

The ‘abundance of intelligence’ in Pavel Kolesnikov’s pianism which so impressed Gramophone pays particular dividends in Beethoven, the ‘Moonlight’ sonata sounding newly minted in this remarkable reading.

When it comes to the great English pianists of the twentieth century, none was greater than Solomon. Born Solomon Cutner, he was a child prodigy who worked himself into a nervous breakdown by the age of 15.

“If this isn't great interpretation, I don't know what is,” wrote Gramophone’s reviewer in 1968, when this recording was first released, “I have no hesitation in saying that I think it the greatest performance I have yet heard on record.”