Dada Puzzle

Doctor John's second solo piano album finds him combining country, blues, and New Orleans standards with originals, half of them instrumentals, and half of them containing vocals that sound like they were recorded off the piano microphone. This is not a high-tech recording, by any means, but in its unadorned way it does capture the flavor of Doctor John as directly as any record he's made.

Imagine: It’s sometime in the back half of the 19th century, America. You’re sitting in the parlor of your mansion, or in the only room of your shack; things are dusty and smell like sweat and hair, no matter how wealthy you may be. You don’t own a phonograph, and you don’t know who Tony Hawk is, but you have an inkling of how good the word “shred” is going to feel when it enters the local slang. Suddenly, a tall, elegant figure with beautifully maintained fingernails emerges from some corner of the room, carrying a guitar. He says in a soft voice, “I have a transmission for you, from the coming few centuries. Would you like to hear it? I figured you wouldn’t have a dongle, so I brought my guitar.”

It’s burning, everything is catching fire, and Aquaserge are singing and dancing on the embers of a world contemplated in a rear-view mirror. A world which is hyper-connected, yet forgets its primary emotions.

SOMM Recordings is thrilled to announce African Pianism, Volume 2, a new instalment in a collection of piano music by African composers. Following suit from her critically acclaimed first African Pianism album, Rebeca Omordia brings us a fascinating programme with no less than 8 First Recordings. Among these is the 4th in a selection of three Studies in African Pianism by Akin Euba, a Nigerian composer who makes a return on this second volume and whose “African Pianism” style, inspired by the research of Ghanaian composer J.H. Kwabena Nketia (see vol.1), shares its name with this outstanding series as a whole.

Presenting 3+5, the long-awaited eighth album from Tokyo-based noise-rockers Melt-Banana on their own A-Zap label!

Blackout Problems was founded in 2012 by Mario Radetzky, Marcus Schwarzbach and Michael Dreilich. After several EPs and tours with bands such as Massendefekt and Heisskalt, the debut album Holy was released in 2016 via the own label Munich Warehouse and the distribution company Uncle M.

Makoto Ozone continues to play an active role on a global scale across genres. While working as a jazz pianist on the front lines since the 1980s, in recent years he has performed with many major classical orchestras in Japan and overseas. As he celebrates his 60th birthday in March 2021, he will release his first complete solo piano album in 13 years.

Prof. Blachly joined Notre Dame’s faculty in 1993. He served as interim chair of the department from 2001-2002.

David Shenton's music has been described by critics as being immediately accessible, while maintaining immense depth, beautiful melodic writing, and incredible sophistication.

Ascenda é uma narrativa visual e sonora, idealizada pela cantora e compositora Pilar, que começou a ser distribuída pela Warner Music, foi co-roteirizada em três atos por ela e a artista de áudios visuais Alice Hellmann, que dirigiu o projeto, desta parceria nasceu uma obra musical e teatral tecnológica contendo 19 músicas.