ensemble, et al. Brooklyn, New York
"The resonant, tonal palette of chimes, bells, and percussive ringing instruments effectively drum across the tight wire between post-punk textures, airport spaces, and the endless grass fields of the mind."
ensemble, et al. recommends:
"occupying sort of a gray area between instrumental post-rock and classical chamber music…” -John Schaeffer, New Sounds, WNYC
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Penelope
by Sarah Kirkland Snider (feat. Shara Worden and Signal), lyrics by Ellen McLaughlin
"Snider's music lives in a netherland between richly orchestrated indie rock and straight chamber music. Snider is perhaps the most sophisticated composer occupying this inter-genre space." Pitchfork
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“Is Victoire’s music post-rock, post-mimimalist or pseudo-post-pre-modernist indie-chamber-electronica? It doesn’t particularly matter. It’s just good music.” - NPR’s First Listen
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Imprints 1 & 2
by Simeon Walker
These almost heartbreakingly gentle felted piano compositions have the delicacy and loveliness of slow-falling snow.
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Going Home (Album)
by Tristan Eckerson
Completely improvised piano pieces that have a stunning warmth & beauty, as tender as a gentle embrace.
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Argentine composer and guitarist Francisco del Pino achieves a stunning art-song hybrid on the first album to be released under his own name.
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