Tag Archives: New Amsterdam
Aaron Siegel–A Great Many
For percussion and clarinet, one piece 24 mins. long, lyrical, ambient. Advertisements
Padma Newsome–The Vanity of Trees
Solo work by member of the Clogs, with voice, combining elements of folk, avant, classical and pop.
Jordan Munson–Until My Last
Ambient, mostly slow, quiet electronic works. “Anew” with voices, whisperings, flowing.
Silent Voices–Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Lovely chorale works with texts from a great variety of sources and beautiful musical accompaniment performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble. Play!
Blueprinting
Aizuri Quartet performs abstract, new pieces written for them, all American composers, ranging from intense, to quiet. Play most!
Robbie Lee and Mary Halvorson–Seed Triangular
Avant-garde/folk with 1800’s era instruments (guitar, banjo, baroque flutes, clarinet)–wild!
The Hands Free
Wild mix of classical/avant-garde and bluegrass–banjo, accordion, strings.
Subtle Degrees–A Dance That Empties
Three movements (long) for saxophone and percussion. Mvts 1 & 2 more flowing, mvt 3 cacophonous.
Tigue–strange paradise
Tigue is a percussion trio. These 3 long pieces are ambient, hypnotic and minimalist. Nice! Sample.
Invisible Anatomy–Dissections
Classical/avant-garde/rock & voice with strings, keyboards, computers and percussion ranging from ambient to more forceful.
Rounder Songs
Emily Pinkerton and Patrick Burke team to compose pieces that combine folk/Americana storytelling with chamber ensemble. Play!
Petits Artefacts
Varying solo bass works performed by Nick Photinos, including pieces by Lang, Ghys, Dessner & Le Boeuf amongst others. Play!
Steve Mackey & Jason Treuting–Orpheus Unsung
Electric guitar and drums makes for a wild, yet surprisingly gentle at times, storytelling duet of Orpheus and his tragedy. Play!
Amir Elsaffar–Not Two
Excellent mix of Middle Eastern with jazz orchestra, flowing, with punctuation of pecussion. Play!
Black Mountain Songs
Youth chorus plus some contemporary musical accompaniment by composers Bryce Dessner, Richard Reed Parry and others.
The Living Earth Show Presents: Dance Music
Varying pieces from electric to lyrical, with percussion and electric guitar.
Aorta–Music for Piano & Electronics
Vicky Chow performs works by Andy Akiho and Daniel Wohl amongst others, ranging from quiet abstract to staccato. Play!
Currents
Contemporary solo piano works by young, well recognized composers including Missy Mazzoli, Mark Dancigers and others. Bright, rhythmic. Play most!
Will Mason–Beams of the Huge Night
Inspired by living in a cabin alone in Maine these pieces range from avant-garde, voice, surreal, to rock. Play most!
Dan Trueman–Nostalgic Synchronic
Works for bitKlavier (digital prepared piano). Despite being computer generated and able to make sounds that a piano cannot, these pieces are lyrical. Play!
Dreamfall–NOW Ensemble
Contemporary chamber music, variable, but many ambient and meandering. Play most!
Missy Mazzoli–Vespers for a New Dark Age
Contemporary chamber music composer fuses rock with surreal, choral elements.
Balance Problems
yMusic ensemble is back with their 2nd release of contemporary chamber music on New Amsterdam Records. This collection features young and upcoming composers Muhly, Balter, Dancigers and Sufjan Stevens amongst others. Play most!
No Lands–Negative Space
Michael Hammond and group No Lands perform ambient, electronic guitars, drums, piano with occasional voice–dreamy, meandering but with rhythm. Suitable for rock programming. Those familiar with the New Amsterdam label will recognize the crossover rock/classical mix.
Olga Bell–Krai
Classically trained pianist Bell has composed Avant-garde/folk/rock songs in Russian about the “krai” of Russia (administrative depts. dividing the country regionally). Electronic, ethereal to forceful. (member of the Dirty Projectors since 2012).
