Escape

Taco Kooistra - Ladder of Escape 6 (1993) {Attacca Babel 9369-1}
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© 1993 Attacca | BABEL 9369-1 DDD
Classical / Contemporary Classical / Avant-Garde / Modern Composition / Cello

The CD series Ladder of Escape from Attacca shows musicians trying to go beyond the limits of their instrument. But listening to the sixth CD in the series, on which cellist Taco Kooistra plays works by Penderecki, Straesser, Lutoslawski, Kergomard, Lachenmann, Chin and Gehlhaar, you wonder what exactly the limitations of the cello are. After all, the image of dark-brown music in which sadness and consolation go hand in hand comes from the romantic tradition.

Escape From Reality is an album released on April 27, by Spanish electronic music artist Alex Cortez, here attending by the alias of Ashnaia Project. A marvelously epic, delightfully beautiful and profoundly fascinating ambient album, Escape From Reality is an extremely groundbreaking and audacious record. Sidelined by a majestic expressionistic minimalism intertwined by intrinsically beautiful melodies, the album has a signature sound of its own, and ostensibly shows the powerful scope of expansive tides correlated with an introspective universe of sensational infinity and everlasting majesty, preordained by a drastic sensibility that excels its extraordinary alignment of dynamic contingencies over an exceptional layer of laborious harmonies.

Orange Mountain Music is proud to present the new album ESCAPE from guitarist Gerard Cousins featuring arrangements for solo guitar of Philip Glass's best known music. Appropriately, Cousins starts with a flowing account of Opening, the first track from Glass's iconic 1983 album Glassworks, designed to introduce people to the public to the composer’s music. Cousins follows the mood with four tracks from Glass's piano pieces Metamorphosis, the second of which, Metamorphosis No.2, became the basis for the piece Escape! from the Oscar Nominated score to The Hours. The album concludes with Knee Play 2 from Glass's 1976 opera Einstein on the Beach, a landmark of 20th century theater, and finally Truman Sleeps from Glass's Golden Globewinning score to The Truman Show.

The veteran Swedish progressive metal band Evergrey have been around for a quarter-century. And while they have had commercial success in their native country with several top 10 albums, and have charted elsewhere in Europe, they remain underrated in North America. They have built a loyal and growing fan base here, but haven’t yet broken through to that proverbial "next level." Their twelfth studio album Escape of the Phoenix may or may not do that, but it is another in a long line of high-quality releases from Evergrey.
While Englund’s vocals are the main focus, and deservedly so, the guitar work on the album is top-notch. Henrik Danhage and Englund supply memorable riffs throughout, especially evident on heavier songs such as "Dandelion Cipher" and album closer "Leaden Saint"…

Ektoplazm and Escape Into proudly present The Mirror, the last release by the duo Dan Flict and Werther Azevedo, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After a three year hiatus Escape Into is back with their most adventurous release yet. Without the pressures of having to conform to a particular genre, what emerged is a blend of freestyle electronic music with strong Rock influences: they call it Trip-Rock. The melodies are more complex and refined than before, while the tracks twist and turn unpredictably. Their use of analogue synthesisers shines through the complex arrangements bringing an organic warmth to the whole journey. A very original trip through extraordinary and harmonious soundscapes. Produced with care and focus on details, it rewards repeated listens. Their deepest offering yet!

With 'Great Escape', UK dark rockers Crippled Black Phoenix take you on their new adventure and let you explore their sonic cosmos even further, where all its emotions are reflected on to this earth. From the angry “Rain Black”, to the unnerving “Madman” and forgiving “Nebulas”, Crippled Black Phoenix arise once more.