Janet Noh has become a regular on these pages. While in L.A. for NAMM and then GRAMMY week, I crossed paths with Janet more than once. There’s a fun story behind this… While at NAMM, my wife was excited to see a certain artist perform on the Sheraton stage. Being the awesome husband I am, […]
Interview with Yorgos Dousos – Lupus
Yorgos Dousos is a Greek Multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Athens, Greece. Working in and creating music for many years, Dousos is a founding member of several projects, including prog-folk group Darnakes and the Balkan jazz band Local Heroes. Despite initially cultivating a background in classical flute and Greek folk clarinet, his immersion in a […]
“Far Inside” – Marco Di Stefano’s Cinematic Journey Through Emotion
Released today, Marco Di Stefano’s concept album Far Inside is a journey into the extremes of human emotion.
A former metal guitarist turned orchestral storyteller, Di Stefano merges the emotional sweep of classical composition with the narrative precision of modern scoring. His decade of study with contemporary masters Giovanni D’Aquila, Adriano Guarnieri and Belgian composer Luc Brewaeys, combined with his training under celebrated game composer Jason Graves, has honed a composition style that is very much cinematic at its core.
Inside the Heart of History – Marco Di Stefano’s Poignant New Single “Angels on Our Shoulders”
With “Angels on Our Shoulders,” Italian composer Marco Di Stefano reveals the emotional heart of his forthcoming concept album Far Inside and shows exactly why he is emerging as one of the most narrative minded voices in contemporary orchestral music.
Conceived as a tribute to the fallen of WWII, the single’s power reaches beyond its historical frame, touching on memory sacrifice and the invisible weight of a collective loss.
Ben Neill’s “Morphic Resonance” Is a Hypnotic Convergence of Science and Sound
Few artists bridge the gap between conceptual art and immersive listening quite like Ben Neill.
A composer, performer and the inventor of the electro acoustic Mutantrumpet, Neill has long been known for bending the boundaries of sound and fusing acoustic tradition with digital innovation.
But with Morphic Resonance, the first release from his forthcoming album Amalgam Sphere, Neill enters especially ambitious territory as he explores the radical theories of evolutionary biologist Rupert Sheldrake.
The Stillness Between Notes in Pete Calandra’s “Night Mist”
In an era where musical virtuosity is often measured by speed, scale or bombast, Pete Calandra’s new album Night Mist takes the opposite approach: a deliberate slowing down.
The result is a profoundly soothing, emotionally resonant collection of ambient tinged solo piano pieces that feel less like songs and more like whispers from within.
Night Mist, out now on all streaming platforms, is not Calandra’s first foray into quietude. The New York based composer and pianist has long explored the ambient and cinematic edges of instrumental music with albums like First Light and Carpe Noctem. But Night Mist is his most intimate and distilled work to date. It’s a cohesive 11 track meditation on breath, space and emotional subtlety.
https://open.spotify.com/album/2tkzuTdjT9X284CAl0DmQp
Interview with Desarae Dee – Adventure
ADVENTURE serves as the soundtrack to Desarae Dee’s decade-long exploration of her identity and artistry as a Black Woman Instrumental Fusion Artist. Each track is its own instrumental canvas, painted with the emotions, struggles, and triumphs that have defined her journey. From pioneering her unique vision to navigating the complexities of the music industry as both a […]
Interview with NavelGaze – WHO/AM/I
NavelGaze is a one-person experimental artist, based in Meanjin (Brisbane), Australia. After spending her teenage years playing in various prog rock and heavy metal bands, she started releasing her own music when she was 16, with her first NavelGaze album, It Is. From her early experiments with drone, harsh noise, and doom metal, she has […]
Interview with Nicole Sanzio – In Transit
Nicole Sanzio is a music industry authority when it comes to media licensing, rights, and clearances. She’s the owner of InDigi Music and its parent company, Multi Music & Media Group, LLC, and has single-handedly placed various styles of music and compositions in film, network television, and other multi-media platforms. Her unique accomplishments in media […]
Interview with Niclas Tamas – Interstellar Surveillance
Backed by years of experience as a pianist and programmer, Hungarian composer Niclas Tamas unique approach delivers a spellbinding arena of vastly contemplative escapism. The ambient pieces are built with intentional restricted and minimal resources influenced mainly by Eduard Artemyev, Igor Savin, Károly Cserepes and Biosphere. His music speaks volumes, connecting for its imaginative qualities […]
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