OpensoundOrchestra – String Quartets

Rudy Carrera

Today, we have some fine contemporary classical music coming out of Russia.  Fancy Music usually deliver consistently good albums, and this one is no exception.  The Opensoundorchestra interpret the works of newer composers such as Nastasya Khrushcheva, Elmir Nizamov, Anatoly Palaev, Vladimir […]

Dionisaf – Shibui

Rudy Carrera

From Chitra Records’ Bandcamp site: “Shibui is a simple, unobtrusive beauty that expresses original imperfection and intelligent restraint. The track titles are based on various polysemantic aspects of Japanese aesthetics and culture.” Simple, sparse electronic music.  Not quite ambient, but it’s easy […]

Mira – Mira

Rudy Carrera

From the good souls over at Projekt Records: “Mira were a dream pop/shoegaze band from Tallahassee, Florida, formed in 1996 featuring vocalist Regina Sosinski, guitarist Tom Parker, bassist Max Fresen and drummer Alan Donaldson, with second guitarist Mark Davidson. After releasing several […]