Now online at Sequenza21.com, my picks for the most noteworthy new releases of radical music in 2023 (and 2022). Composed, improvised and fixed-media music, including onstage and onscreen manifestations—but always challenging, and preparatory for what portends to be a "high variance" year.
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Photo credits: @TyondaiBraxton by Dustin Condren, @SteveReich via the artist, #AnthonyBraxton and #BrandonSeabrook via @BrandonSeabr00k, @Zibuokle_composer by Lina Aiduke, #Xenakis and Le Corbusier from Xenakis révolution: Le bâtisseur du son, @MagdalenaKozenaMezzo and @Vilma.Jaa in @KaijaSaariaho: Innocence, #FredericRzewski by Michael Wilson, @GGrdina via the artist, Live Forever (@Lawrence_Butch_Morris, @BobbyPrevite, @WayneHorvitz) by Keri Peckett, @LizaLimComposer by Klaus Rudolf, @KeithJarrettSolo by Daniela Yohannes, Frank @Zappa and #LadyBianca by Alan Smithee/John Rudiak, #SalvatoreSciarrino via the composer, @SarahDavachi via the artist, @Terence_Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in my Bones via @MetOpera, @MeredithMonk by Jack Mitchell, @Cergio_Prudencio via @Kairos_HNE Records, #Stockhausen: Donnerstag aus LICHT via @PhilharmonieDeParis, @Yikii_Tong via the artist, @OttoSidharta via @SubRosaLabel.
Featured musicians include #HeinerGoebbels, @EunHo_Chang, @Johann_Johannss, #TerryRiley, #RobertBlack, #JohnLutherAdams, @KageGDrums, #MattMitchell, #GyörgyKurtág, #BrettDean, #WolfgangRihm, #SergioArmaroli, @VeliKujala, @LisaMoorePiano, @TimothyMark1976, @Le.Balcon, #MarkFeldman, #ElaineRadigue, @Ensemble_Musikfabrik, #PhillNiblock, @IntContemporary, @ManeriMat, @EnsembleModern, @QuatuorBozzini, @CraigTaborn, @JoelleLeandre, @MarcBarreca, @Evgueni_Galperine, @RutherfordJohnson, @WetInk.Ensemble and @Louth_ContemporaryMusicSociety on the @BISRecordsOfficial, @CantaloupeNY, @NonesuchRecords, @ECM_Records, @DGClassics, @Unexplained_Sounds, @OutOfYourHeadRecords, @PyroclasticRecords, @RelativePitchRecords, @RogueArtJazz, @Karlrecords, @NewAmMusic and @PiRecordings labels.
http://tinyurl.com/Schell2023