Nikel is a quartet consisting of saxophone, electric guitar, percussion and piano. https://ensemblenikel.com/ A mix of traditional and contemporary, these instruments combine to form an alternative chamber music output where electric and acoustic sounds are […]
tellKujira Ambra Chiara Michelangeli – Viola Francesco Diodati – Guitar Francesco Guerri – Cello Stefano Calderano – Guitar Tell Kujira was born in autumn 2020. Since then it has produced a series of artistic residencies […]
Sir Harrison Birtwistle, CH (15 July 1934 – 18 April 2022) was a British composer of contemporary classical music. Among his many compositions, he is best known for The Triumph of Time (1972) and his […]
“My first thought was that with two electric basses I could write interlocking bass lines that would be clearly heard. This would not be possible on acoustical basses played pizzicato. I then began to think […]
Drei Tentos from Kammermusik (1958) by Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012) These famous short works for solo guitar come from Hans Werner Henze’s larger work Kammermusik (chamber music) written in 1958, and originally dedicated to Benjamin Britten. Kammermusik is a 12-movement […]
Tõnis Leemets is a guitar player, composer and sound designer with more than 20 years of experience. He has composed to anything from solo guitar to symphony orchestra and produced hundredes of commercials and jingles […]
SHEER PLUCK / COMPOSITION FOR GUITAR (1984), for solo guitar Milton Babbitt [1916-2011]
Eve Beglarian (born Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S., July 22, 1958) is a contemporary American composer, performer and audio producer of Armenian descent. Her music is often characterized as postminimalist. Her chamber, choral, and orchestral music has been commissioned and widely performed by The Los […]
Sunday Neuguitars Playlist #21 “Arjunamusic Records ” on #neuguitars #blog Arjunamusic Records – mission statement: “Be calmly active and actively calm. Remain compassionately detached.” Arjunamusic Records is a Berlin based independent platform for electronic and […]
Sunday Neuguitars Playlist #20 “Jeff Parker” Best known as a multi-instrumental member of Tortoise and a pillar of the Chicago jazz and experimental music scene, Jeff Parker has been incomparably prolific over the last 20+ years […]
Sunday Neuguitars Playlist #19 “Tortoise” Tortoise is an American post-rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1990. The band incorporates krautrock, dub, minimal music, electronica and jazz into their music, a combination sometimes termed “post-rock”. Tortoise have been consistently credited for the rise of the post-rock movement in the […]
Sunday Neuguitars Playlist #18 “New Focus Recordings” New Focus Recordings is an artist led collective label featuring releases in contemporary music of many stripes, as well as new approaches to older repertoire. The label was founded […]
Sunday Neuguitars Playlist #17 “MoonJune Records” MOONJUNE RECORDS came into being in 2001. The focus of MoonJune is to discover and release music by artists from a variety of international settings. The ongoing goal of […]
Sunday Neuguitars Playlist #16 “Cuneiform Records” Cuneiform Records is an independent record label releasing adventurous, boundary-bursting music by artists from around the world. http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/ Thumbscrew [Tomas Fujiwara / Mary Halvorson / Michael Formanek] – Composition […]
Sunday Neuguitars Playlist #15 “Mary Halvorson” Mary Halvorson (born October 16, 1980) is an American avant-garde jazz guitarist from Brookline, Massachusetts. Among her many collaborations, she has: led a trio with John Hébert and Ches Smith, and a quintet with the addition […]
Sunday Neuguitars Playlist #14 “Ava Mendoza” AVA MENDOZA is a Brooklyn-based guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. Her guitar work has received acclaim for its technique and viscerality. She is best known as leader of experimental rock […]
Sunday Neuguitars Playlist #13 “Vin Du Select Qualitite” Founded in 2009, VDSQ is an instrumental 21st century guitar based label and member of the Black Editions Group. vdsqrecords019.bandcamp.com Expect Nothing, from the record “VDSQ Solo […]
Sunday Neuguitars Playlist #12 “Jack Rose” Jack Rose (February 16, 1971 – December 5, 2009) was an American guitarist originally from Virginia and later based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rose is best known for his solo […]
Sunday Neuguitars Playlist #11 “Glenn Jones” Glenn Jones is a master of American Primitive Guitar, a style invented in the late 1950s by John Fahey. Jones, who led the post-rock ensemble Cul de Sac, brings […]
Sunday Neuguitars Playlist #10 “Elliott Sharp” Elliott Sharp (born March 1, 1951 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American contemporary classical composer, multi-instrumentalist, and performer. A central figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in […]
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