Joe Bates London, UK
My music blends the riffs and harmonies of rock with structures and instrumentation drawn from contemporary classical music. It combines intense, still riffs and drifting synth sounds with notes that fall through the gaps of the traditional Western scale. It is inspired by composers from Kaija Saariaho to Giacinto Scelsi, and songwriters like Fiona Apple and D’Angelo. ... more
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Another wonderful album from Cassandra Miller. About Bach is just amazing: a single line throughout, with swirling beauty around it.
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A wonderful album of kaleidoscopic acoustic and digital melodies.
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Superb, digital gothic beauty. The music is orchestral in scope, but intimate in feel, with close-mic'd sounds skittering around.
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