Interview
The double bass is one of several tools that Mali Obomsawin uses in a career that spans free jazz, experimentalism, film scoring, and a punk ethos. As a kid, she initially wanted to follow in her olde…
Playlist
Alyssa Weinberg uses color, texture, and gesture to channel big emotions, creating music that is “quite literally stunning” (Chicago Tribune). A celebrated composer whose music has been championed by…
Interview
Juri Seo thrives in the balance of complex compositional processes and aesthetic bliss. In an essay analyzing her 2016 piece More Semi Simple Variations, Seo describes recomposing the “brilliant surfa…
Concert
As voices and footsteps of incoming audiences echoed within the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles on the night of Sept. 27, it was easier to imagine its looming arches and shadowy alcoves as…
Concert
Recorded interactions between LARAAJI and Michael Brook are scarce. Though they were both fixtures of the groundbreaking ’80s ambient scene surrounding Brian Eno, their only straightforward studio col…
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