classical music: Theo Bleckmann

classical music: Theo Bleckmann

classical music:

Theo Bleckmann

Erik Friedlander, Ikue Mori, ...

Tzadik, 2000

whoa, whoa, whoa...
Ikue Mori is one of those special artists that blow me away with everything they do. From her dark, nightmarish ambient improvs with Fred Frith and Kato Hideki (Death Ambient), to her outlandish electronica masterpiece _Labyrinth_, to her insane improvisations with ...

I Belong This Road I Know

Moritz Eggert, Theo Bleckmann

Between the Lines, 2005

Creative music and I appreciate the marketing
I have been a fan of Herr Eggert's music ever since I heard him give a piano recital featuring his work earlier this year. I am thankful for this album, tailored to a wider audience (not only aimed at a larger pop listening world, but also to the english speaking ...

Berlin: Songs of Love and War

Wendy Sutter, Theo Bleckmann, ...

Winter & Winter, 2008

transcendent, shimmering vocal style
I feel that Theo Bleckmann is a unique vocal artist. His voice as a transparency that floats on the air and doesn't clutter the music as written by the composers he selects to highlight. He has made a name for himself with several collaborative projects with Ben ...

Mercy

Meredith Monk, John Hollenbeck, ...

Ecm Records, 2002

Otherworldy Music
Downtown New York is famous for it's post-modern stew of approaches to the arts. A downtowner is likely to be a musician/artist or a poet/performer and the idea of one person controlling all aspects of a production isn't all that far-fetched. It's a new twist on the ...

Impermanence

Bohdan Hilash, Mieke van Hoek, ...

Ecm Records, 2008

A gentle meditation
This is a gentle avant guard compilation that all can enjoy. Meredith Monk, with her friends, reminds us that sound and song are important in our life; that we are all capable of expressing our hearts, our selves through music.

The Carbon Copy Building
Michael/ Lang, David/ Wolfe, Julia Gordon, Martin Goldray, ...

Cantaloupe, 2007

Klucevek: Song of Remembrance
Steve Elson, Guy Klucevsek, ...

Tzadik, 2007

David Lang: Pierced

Evan Ziporyn, David Lang, ...

Naxos American, 2008

Good to see Naxos branching out
It's good to see Naxos moving into a a more experimental repertoire, and David Lang deserves it more than, I think, some of the other living American composers featured by the label. The works receiving their recording debut here ("Pierced" and "Heroin"--yes, an ...