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In Conversation with Vidura Barrios: The Return Does the Work on Shiva Shambho Kirtan
The New York composer and founder of Inner Splendor Media speaks about the single, the steady pulse of kirtan, and why the names keep circling.
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Giorgio Watanabe
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Eyal Har-Noy Rises Into the Person He Has Been Becoming on This Is Me
On his new single the Israeli singer-songwriter turns the light on the self that stayed through the ordinary losses of the day.
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Dan Webb’s Thai Basil Assembles a Party from a Line the Horns Couldn’t Play in One Breath
On Thai Basil, Dan Webb hands the Rolling Stones’ horn section a unison so dense it had to be recorded in fragments and stitched together, turning a practical limit into the bright center of a present-tense celebration drawn from Southeast Asian flavors.
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In Conversation with Sotto James: Are We Running Out Of Time? Holds the Window Open
Sotto James on the shared drive, the trees, and the question that stays open on Are We Running Out Of Time?.
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Monster’s Halloween Party Finds the Quiet Weather in Sally’s Song
After nearly two decades ofAfter nearly two decades of Halloween soundscapes, Monster’s Halloween Party returns to Danny Elfman’s Sally’s Song with original chamber instrumentation and the voice of Jennifer Marfíl Delgado. The recording treats the song as the private weather report of someone who already knows the storm is coming.
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Gianfranco Malorgio Turns Greaseball Into the Sound of What Sticks
The Rome composer and former Hot Club Roma guitarist closes a trilogy on migration by holding an old American slur until its weight becomes audible.
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Maya Mayday Builds a Self from Scraps on Patchwork
The Finnish artist’s debut single treats fractured experience as usable material. On Patchwork the pieces stay visible, and that is the point.
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CMON CMON keep the season behind glass on New England In Fall
A Belgian power pop trio cut their new single in the High Fens months before the reserve burned, then named it for an American autumn the sleeve never shows.
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Sheykh Forever Lights the Dancefloor in the Ruins on Fire in the Master’s House
Iraqi-born Mostafa Al spent four years in a London home studio turning the weight of displacement and war into a record that keeps the body moving.
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Blushfire Holds the Storm on A Storm the Size of Four Earths
On her new single, Diana Hou sets a private fear of love against weather the size of worlds. Featured photo by Alex Joseph.