Tag: Violin

Beatrice Dillon to Launch Label with Double-Single

October 23, 2024

Beatrice Dillon will release a new double-single next month. Seven Reorganisations is the first release on Dillon’s new label, HI. Originally commissioned by artist Mark Fell for Sheffield’s No Bounds Festival in 2022, the entirely acoustic composition is a departure from the distinct electronics of her last album, Workaround. Yet, to the attuned ears of […]

Leifur James is Back with a “Collaborative” and “Personal” New Album

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September 8, 2024

Leifur James will release his third album on Night Time Stories in November. Magic Seeds is a rebirth of sorts, and his most collaborative and personal offering yet. “It feels more vulnerable and open,” James says. “I’ve never felt like being front and centre, but I found myself there on this record.” At the origin […]

Moor Mother Announces ‘The Great Bailout’ Deluxe

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July 29, 2024

Moor Mother (a.k.a Camae Ayewa) has released a deluxe version of The Great Bailout, her latest album. The Great Bailout (Deluxe) features three original compositions which eventually became songs on the album. In 2018, Ayewa was put in touch with the London Contemporary Orchestra and asked what topic she might like to musically explore with […]

Brainfeeder Signs Los Angeles Composer Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

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August 28, 2023

Brainfeeder has released a new single from Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and educator based in Los Angeles, California. “Airavata” is composed, produced, and arranged by Atwood-Ferguson, who plays electric guitar (reversed) and acoustic violin, while Gabe Noel and Peter Jacobson join on acoustic bass and cello respectively. It’s the first taste of an […]

Laurel Halo Reveals Her First Album in Five Years

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July 15, 2023

Laurel Halo will release a new album in September. Atlas is the American DJ-producer’s first album in five years, since 2018’s Raw Silk Uncut Wood. Using both electronic and acoustic instrumentation, Halo has created a “potent” set of sensual ambient jazz collages, comprised of orchestral clouds, shades of modal harmony, hidden sonic details, and hallucinatory […]