Amen break listening guide In Advanced Pop Transcription class, we are entering the part of the semester where we turn our focus away from notes and rhythms and toward sound. One of the most important sounds in the past five decades of dance and hip-hop is the Amen break. In this post, I give context for the break and …
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Copenhagen Clarinet Choir & Anders Lauge Meldgaard ~ Jeux d’eau A fine year of collaboration continues for Anders Lauge Meldgaard, who this spring released a set with Halvcirkel, last week appeared on an LP with Valby Vokalgruppe and now shares billing on the new release from Copenhagen Clarinet Choir. The name
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Hania Rani ~ Non Fiction How does music communicate across the ages, and what can it teach about fragility, conflict, resistance and peace?  In composing Non Fiction, a symphony presented by the 45-member Manchester Collective, conducted by Hugh Tieppo-Brunt with appearances from Jack Wylie and Valentina
https://acloserlisten.com/2025..../11/12/hania-rani-no

Cicada ~ Gazing the Shades of White After Seeking the Sources of Streams, Cicada is now tracing the paths left by glaciers, Gazing the Shades of White.  Their journey takes them from Greenland’s Ilulissat fjord to Iceland’s famed Jökulsárlón lagoon, from New Zealand’s Aoraki to Taiwan’s juniper-lined Snow Mountain.  The music
https://acloserlisten.com/2025..../11/14/cicada-gazing

Rutger Zuydervelt and Lucija Gregov ~ FLUX (music for a performance by still still / Marta & Kim) Rutger Zuydervelt has been extremely active this season, releasing a series of solo and collaborative works across multiple genres.  FLUX sees the artist returning to the fruitful collaboration with the circus / dance duo Marta & Kim (Marta Alstadsæter and Kim-Jomi Fischer),
https://acloserlisten.com/2025..../11/22/rutger-zuyder