AMN Reviews: Daniel Barbiero, Ken Moore, Dave Vosh –“transparent points on...
“transparent points on four axes” is a studio collaboration by Daniel Barbiero on double bass, sylosynth app and microbrute synthesizer. (Yes, AMN Readers this is the same Daniel Barbiero that...
View ArticleAMN Reviews: Nate Wooley “Columbia Icefield” [Northern SPY NS 112]
Inspired by the largest icefield in the Rocky Mountains trumpeter Nate Wooley set out to explore “ … large structures that have a feeling of being really large and slightly disturbing, but also,...
View ArticleSound American 21: The Change Issue
Sound American is very excited to announce a new step in our growth as one of the preeminent music journals in America. Beginning on May 6th, we’ll be releasing each issue in print form. Although we...
View ArticleAMN Reviews: “The Happiness Handbook”– The Instruments of Happiness, Tim...
In the 20th century the electric guitar was invented and then proceeded to globally dominate popular music for decades. But the electric guitar is still somewhat of an outsider in the world of...
View ArticleAMN Reviews: Elliott Sharp – Plastový Hrad (2019; Infrequent Seams)
Composer, improviser and multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp has been a major voice within the downtown New York music scene for decades. Timbre, dynamics, motion, shape and rhythm are always in play...
View ArticleAMN Reviews: exclusiveOr / Architeuthis Walks on Land / International...
Jeff Snyder and Sam Pluta have been working together since 2006 as the duo exclusiveOR. With Snyder performing on analog synthesizer and Pluta on live electronics. Their work explores the intersection...
View ArticleAMN Reviews: “Gran Sasso”, Matteo Liberatore (2020; BandCamp)
“Gran Sasso” is Matteo Liberatore’s second solo guitar album. It is the follow up to his excellent 2018 debut “Solos”. Unlike “Solos” which focused on extended techniques on the acoustic guitar,...
View ArticleAMN Reviews: The Return of Neuma Records
One of the more positive things that happened in 2020 was the relaunch of Neuma Records. In 1988 Shirish Korde and Jerry Tabor launched the label. They built a catalog that included recordings of well...
View ArticleAMN Reviews: Quatuor Bozzini – Alvin Lucier: Navigations[2021; CQB 2128_NUM]
There have been many technical and technological innovations in music since 1945 but one of the most important aesthetic innovations has been in new ideas that focus on listening. Innovators like...
View ArticleAMN Reviews: David Dunn – Verdant (2021; Neuma 129)
David Dunn’s works reflect his interests and research in acoustic ecology, bioacoustics, interspecies communication and scientific sonification. These interests has enabled him to truly be an...
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