On the Cover: “Listening to the Aggregate: Saxophonist Andrew MacKelvie is seeking what the music wants.” Words and photos by Matt Horseman.
Features: “The Communal Energy of Indonesia’s Music Subculture is Reaching Global Stages” by Sara Constant. “The Joy and Commitment of Solidaridad Tango” by Kim Hughes. “Nicole Rampersaud Takes a Solo” by Eric Hill.
More stories: “Queering the Sacred: Sonny-Ray Day Rider is opening gates to a different world” by Jesse Locke.“Currently Arts Society is Activating the Future” by C.E. Gatchalian. “Pseudo Laboratories: Prairie Underground Captured on Tape” by Patrick Nickleson. “Group Thinking” by Jennie Punter (editor’s note).
Reviews of new music from: Kris Davis; Sophie Dupuis; Jeremy Dutcher; Eve Egoyan and Mauricio Pauly; Experimental Music Unit; ICOT Chamber Orchestra; Dana Jessen and Taylor Brook; Mark Takeshi McGregor; Cassandra Miller; New Age Doom; Paramorph Collective; Alessandra Rombolà; and Thin Edge New Music Collective and Linda Catlin Smith.
Events: Akousma, 19th edition (Montreal)
Words and Music: Alexa Woloshyn. An Orchestra at My Fingertips: A History of the Canadian Electronic Ensemble.
Musicworks 147 CD
1 Natural Decay, excerpt (2023) 9:34 Composed by Nicole Rampersaud. Performed by Nicole Rampersaud and Olivia Shortt.
2 Naturally Spaced (2017) 2:22 Composed by Andrew MacKelvie, with the members of New Hermitage. Performed by New Hermitage: Andrew MacKelvie (saxophone), Ellen Gibling (harp), Ross Burns (guitar), and India Gailey (cello). From New Hermitage’s album One (self-released, 2017).
3 Light Through the Rubble (2018) 2:00 Composed and performed by New Hermitage.From New Hermitage’s album Unearth (self-released, 2020)
4 Another Place (date unknown) 4:48 Composed by Jerry Granelli.Performed by Mike Murley (tenor saxophone), Dani Oore (tenor, soprano saxophones), Andrew MacKelvie (alto saxophone), and Andrew Jackson (trombone). From the Jerry Granelli album What I Hear Now (2015).
5 Forest Station / Stasiun Hutan / 森林站 (2022) 6:33 Composed and performed by Rani Jambak. From the album 《O-ksi氣-2》/ Oxygen (Yes No Wave Music, 2023) by Rani Jambak and Yenting Hsu.
6 Sangkakala (2018) 1:50
7 Nyonyon Rangda (2018) 3:04 Both tracks composed and performed by Gabber Modus Operandi (Kasimyn, computer and synth; Ican Harem, vocals). From Gabber Modus Operandi’s debut album, PUXXXIMAXXX (Yes No Wave Music, 2018).
8 If Not Today (2022) 3:25 Composed by Aparna Halpé. Performed by Solidaridad Tango.
9 Pompeya (2023) 2:40 Performed by Solidaridad Tango.
10 Deriva (2023) 3:33 Composed by Pétalo Selser. Performed by Solidaridad Tango. Tracks 8, 9, and 10 from Distancia (3AM Fish Records Catalogue #1, 2023).
11 The Grief Eater Firaga (2023) I. Blood Offering 2:18 | II. Blood Elegy 6:55 Composed by Sonny-Ray Day Rider. Performed by the Kensington Sinfonia. From the album Forces of Nature (Redshift Records, TK542).
12 Interwoven 6:06 (2023) Composed and performed by Roxanne Nesbitt (custom-made bells), Anju Singh (violin, electronics). Previously unreleased.
Musicworks 147 CD released February 2023
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