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  • Hear, now: Ashley Fure.

    Yesterday, the music publisher Edition Peters announced that it had signed an agreement with Ashley Fure, a composer of ferocious originality and power. Fure joins a roster already enriched by the signing last year of George Lewis and Sky Macklay. Fure's new association starts with four compositions: Bound to the Bow (2016), Shiver Lung (2016),

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  • A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. MFCS K | Tim Feeney – Burrow by Marginal Frequency Tim Feeney – Burrow (Marginal Frequency; 2018) Autobiography (Music from Wayne McGregor's Autobiography) by Jlin Jlin – Autobiography (Planet Mu; due Sept. 28, 2018) R.E.M. – Monster (Warner Bros.; 1994) Gabriel Kahane

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  • Playlist (Two Weeks).

    A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. July 2-8, 2018 Electrocardiographs of a Cathode Ray Tube by Stephen Cornford Stephen Cornford – Electrocardiographs of a Cathode Ray Tube (A Wave Press; 2018) Glorias Navales Presenta El Blues de Istvan by Glorias Navales Glorias Navales – Glorias Navales Presenta El

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  • A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. King Crimson – The Elements 2018 Tour Box (DGM; 2018) sleep like it's winter by Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke – sleep like it's winter (Newhere; 2018) Opalescence by Norbert Rodenkirchen / Robbie Lee / James Ilgenfritz Norbert Rodenkirchen/Robbie Lee/James Ilgenfritz – Opalescence

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  • A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Gavin Bryars – The Fifth Century; Two Love Songs – The Crossing/Donald Nally, Prism Quartet (ECM; 2017) Blurred Music by Biliana Voutchkova / Michael Thieke Biliana Voutchkova/Michael Thieke – Blurred Music (elsewhere; due July 5, 2018) Musique pour le lever du jour

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  • A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. AMM – The Crypt – 12th June 1968 (Matchless; 2008; digital via Otoroku) AMM – An Unintended Legacy (Matchless; 2018) Sleep Concert at Gray Area, 24 Feb 2018 by Robert Rich Robert Rich – Sleep Concert at Gray Area, 24 Feb 2018

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  • A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. The Tape Music of Noah Creshevsky, 1971-92 by Noah Creshevsky ノア・クレシェフスキー Noah Creshevsky – The Tape Music of Noah Creshevsky 1971-92 (EM Records; 2004) Hyperrealist Music, ハイパーリアリスト・ミュージック, 2011-2015 by Noah Creshevsky ノア・クレシェフスキー Noah Creshevsky – Hyperrealist Music 2011-2015 (EM Records; 2015) Reanimator

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  • A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. William Schuman – Symphony No. 9 ("The Ardeatine Caves") – Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy (RCA Red Seal; 1971) Lili Boulanger – D'un soir triste – BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos; 1999) erased de kooning by vanessa rossetto Vanessa Rossetto – erased de kooning

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  • A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Jakob Ullmann – Müntzers stern/solo II – Dafne Vicente-Sandoval (Edition RZ; 2018; listen to excerpts here) Imbrication by Jeph Jerman Jeph Jerman – Imbrication (Unfathomless; 2018) Sound Diary of Quiet Pedestrians by Mathieu Ruhlmann & Joda Clément Mathieu Ruhlberg & Joda Clément

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  • A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Tremble In Blue: Or, The Bodies We Leave Behind by Nova Scotian Arms Nova Scotian Arms – Tremble in Blue: Or, The Bodies We Leave Behind (Hooker Vision; 2008) Thomas Martin Nutt – Trichromatic Moiré – Sarah Hennies (Sonic Art Research Unit;

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  • A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Steamroom 40 by Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke – Steamroom 40 (Steamroom; 2018) Leon Kirchner – Lily – Diana Hoagland, Columbia Chamber Soloists/Leon Kirchner; String Quartet No. 2 – Lenox String Quartet (Columbia Masterworks; 1974) Anthony Braxton – Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986 (Black

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  • A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Become Ocean by John Luther Adams John Luther Adams – Become Ocean – Seattle Symphony/Ludovic Morlot (Cantaloupe Music; 2014) Inuksuit by John Luther Adams John Luther Adams – Inuksuit – ensemble/Doug Perkins (Cantaloupe Music; 2013) I Ended Out Moving To Brixton by

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  • Having a hard time figuring out what I think about this: Keith Levene and Jah Wobble, formerly of seminal English postpunk group Public Image Ltd., out on the road with a singer who plays Johnny Rotten in a Sex Pistols tribute band. Funny that I would take less issue with a Yes on its second

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