A New Composition by Giovanni Dettori: “Quartetto Doppio”

The composer in Milan whom I’ve written about before, Giovanni Dettori, has just published a recording of a new work, “Quartetto Doppio,” on his Youtube channel, and this ensemble

Sunday Evening Round-Up on Soundcloud

It’s just before midnight on Sunday, and the vernal season is at last upon us, though I’m rushing to catch up – so tonight’s round-up will be brief with words, but longer on sound.

The Sunday Evening Round-Up on Soundcloud

For this evening’s round-up I’ve cast a larger net, and so have one track, one set, and one mixtape to offer. To start with the mixtape, “1n+rødµk+1øn +ø §Y§+(3)m§ øf §øµnd§”: it’s the at times

Spring Is Here, Today

And it’s about time, too – this winter has dragged on and on. Well, on the occasion and to put some sprightliness into everyone’s step, here are three vivacious tracks found on

Pop Noir

An up-and-coming band based in Huntington Beach, though this fraternal duo, the lead singer Luke and the lead guitarist and producer Joe McGarry, hails from Manchester

The Soundcloud Round-Up: Givan Lötz, Mithatcan Öcal, The Sandman’s Orchestra

Tonight’s round-up begins with “Strutt,” a piece which an artist and composer living in Johannesburg, Givan Lötz, has loaded on his Soundcloud page; and but for its last extra letter, the

Landon Gadoci: “Tie Me Up”

On the Austin singer’s Youtube channel, Landon Gadoci – having announced the release some weeks ago – has uploaded the audio of a single, “Tie Me Up,” one which

The Sunday Evening Round-Up on Soundcloud

Sunday evening has rolled around again, and so it’s time once more for a Soundcloud round-up – though not, I hope, of any by now usual suspects. An older project of the London singer, songwriter

The Musicians of Billband, Considered Individually

As a coda to the previous text about Bill Ryan’s new album, it occurred to me to roll out an omnibus post featuring one or two recordings from each of the musicians that performed on it

Sunday Evening Wrap-Up on Soundcloud: Nature’s Jokes (Birmingham), Floating Admiral (Lille), and Hess Is More (Copenhagen and New York)

Sunday evening is arrived, and so it’s time once more for what may (or may not) become something of a regular feature on this site, namely, a round-up of some music I’ve encountered on

Ferenc Fehér

In addition to the Tripes and Industrial Wave Studio materials he’s recently uploaded to his own Soundcloud page, Ferenc Fehér has also provided in its entirety a solo

Industrial Wave Studio

Another of Ferenc Fehér’s projects is the electronic music duo Industrial Wave Studio, and in this one it is he who sings while Peter Renner creates the arrangements (as is the case with

Another Sunday Evening Wrap-Up on Soundcloud: Paris, Milan, and New York

Even though I’m on the road at the moment and absorbed by a few other matters, music is still very much on my mind; and so on this Sunday evening, it seems right to share some tracks to

Giovanni Dettori’s “Suite” EP: An Update

All the pieces on the new EP Suite issued by Giovanni Dettori have been uploaded on another site on Youtube, and as I had thought, based on the brief excerpts to be heard on the album’s page at iTunes

A Sunday Evening Wrap-Up on Soundcloud

For warmth on this Sunday evening and to start the week off right, here are two memorable tracks just uploaded on Soundcloud. Firstly, a cover of Beyoncé’s “I Was Here” by Andi Kristins

Tripes

One of the covers I included in the “Strangelove” playlist is the work of the Hungarian band Tripes, which was once but is no longer (Ferenc Fehér has informed me) a trio, Pravda Krisztián

“Suite”: An EP by Giovanni Dettori

The Milanese composer Giovanni Dettori (well-known above all for his “Lady Gaga Fugue” and his efforts to bring back the art of counterpoint) has completed an EP, Suite, and

Nostromo 7

Some days ago, a lead pursued from Ferenc Fehér’s page on Soundcloud – in the band Tripes, based in Kaposvár, Hungary, and now a duo, both he and Marcsingó András compose and play the music, while

Knalpot

Last month I wrote about a concert held in Amsterdam in which, inter alia, the guitarist Raphael Vanoli and the DJ and drummer Gerri Jäger performed in different

Balún

Angélica Negrón, who some months ago was written about here, is not only a contemporary classical composer, but an avid participant in independent pop music in New York

The Give ’em Hell Boys

While compiling yesterday’s playlist, I came across a quite distinctive version of “Bizarre Love Triangle” – turned into a country tune! Naturally then I was curious to know