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BIG MEANS Vol1 : OPEN SCORES
Big MEANS : Monthly ‘Big Means’ digital drop, featuring art, writing, music, scores, articles, and more from an ever-changing roster of contemporary artists. Each drop contains at least 5 different digital works, ranging from… Read more
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Sterion Music : Peredmova
MEANS is proud to showcase Blue and Yellow through Black and Gray, a joint creation of the musicians of the international Ambient and Experimental Music Community and 12 modern Ukrainian poets who recite their… Read more
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Joel Shea – Possibilities
A cinematic opening provoking thoughts of drama and potential espionage this track begins to unfold like a well-versed movie soundtrack. A film you think you may have seen before but probably never have. The… Read more
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Business 80 : My Milkshake Brings All the Boys to the Hague
It’s always lovely to hear a cool tune with some distinctly questionable compositional choices, and Business 80’s ‘My Milkshake Brings All the Boys to The Hague’ is filled with such peculiarities. The frankly awesome… Read more
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Eleonora Kampe / Kaev
Eleonora Kampe is a singer from Estonia and Latvia who aside from sending through a wonderful track for vol.2 of our Living Within Our Means series, I know almost nothing about. A few scattered… Read more
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THE Lost Letters : S/T
I was initially about to consign ‘The Lost Letters’ to the ever-growing bin of ‘things I probably won’t get around to reviewing’, having stuck on the first track and been fairly non-plussed. There’s some… Read more
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Cast Off Form : Resonance
According to the write up for Resonance, the latest offering from Omaha’s Cast Off Form, the album “seeks to find out whether or not an acoustic guitar can produce harsh noise.” On its surface, the… Read more
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Kenneth Kirschner : Three Cellos
The world of contemporary and avant-garde music has a complex and not altogether healthy relationship with the classical canon from which it ostensibly stems. The latter often ignores the former, preferring to showcase dead… Read more
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Concrete Gazebo : Name the Winds
With exemplary improvised music creativity is immediate – completely of the moment – an evolving tapestry of linked moments across a performance so fluid that when combined with emotion and technique it can create… Read more
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