A familiar name in the Erased Tapes family, Anne Müller has performed and collaborated with the likes of Nils Frahm, Lubomyr Melnyk, Ólafur Arnalds and many more. But the Berlin based cellist and composer hasn’t yet released under her own name and finally a solo debut is on the way. Entitled Heliopause, the record takes its name from the theoretical boundary to interstellar space and Müller’s interest coincides with two voyagers recently crossing the Heliopause, having been sent on an exploratory mission 42 years ago, nearly the same age as her. Like this unprecedented event into uncharted territory, and as the label puts it, “Heliopause marks the end of a long journey but also the start of voyages to explore strange new worlds”.
Müller is giving us a glimpse of the album with the compelling lead single ‘Nummer 2’, which is the second piece she ever wrote. Take a listen below.
Heliopause is out on November 22nd through Erased Tapes
There’s less than a month to go before Le Guess Who? takes over Utrecht. With over 150 artists set to perform, how do we make sense of such a monumental line-up? We made a list of the artists we’re most excited to see and asked them for their recommendations.
Performing Thursday 7th November at TivoliVredenburg, curated by Patrick Higgins
Photo: John Rogers
Exhibiting an unsurpassed mastery of the violin and the viola, Miranda Cuckson performs beautifully anything that comes her way. A renowned and unique performer, with numerous prestigious awards and accolades under her belt, she engages wholeheartedly and skilfully with her music, playing pieces ranging from the classical repertoire to contemporary ones. Over the past fifteen years, Miranda has performed and worked with an array of both established and emerging composers from around the world and obviously, we can’t wait to see her performing at Le Guess Who?. And now we know who she is looking forward to seeing too!
Performing Friday 8th November at Janskerk, curated by Jenny Hval
“I’m a fan of Sarah Davachi’s music – the tactility of the sound, the throbbing resonance, the stillness but inner intensity. I’m intrigued by how she really delves into the nooks and crannies of an instrument’s tone, just dwells there. I’m excited she’s performing. ”
Performing Sunday 10th November at at TivoliVredenburg
“I’m also thrilled about Fatoumata Diowara, both her own performance and her curation. Her music is exhilarating and I think what she does as an African and international artist is amazing.”
Performing Saturday 9th November at LE:EN, curated by Fatoumata Diawara
“I’m also eager to hear the songs and spirit of Malian musician Ahmed ag Kaedy in Fatoumata’s line-up.”
Le Guess Who? will take place 7-10 November. For the full line-up, tickets and more info visit leguesswho.com. And take a look at other artists we’re excited about picking their own Le Guess Who?’s Who.
This Friday will see the release of Dose Curves, the debut album from Montreal based experimental harpist Sarah Pagé. She had previously released two grippingly beautiful singles, ‘Ephemeris Data’ and ‘Stasis’, and to get us even more excited, she has unveiled a new song, ‘Lithium Tape’, and an accompanying video. The footage was shot in Iceland by Pagé and edited by experimental filmmaker Kyoka Tsukamoto. Watch it below.
Dose Curves is out on October 11th though Backward Music
Sam Shalabi has been involved in an array of phenomenal adventurous projects, from his trio The Dwarfs of East Agouza to his role as arranger and musical director in Jerusalem In My Heart´s album last year. This summer, the composer and musician finally announced the return of his large orchestral ensemble Land Of Kush with a new album, Sand Enigma, following 2013’s The Big Mango. Land of Kush had already enticed us with ‘Safe Space‘ and now a new magnificent track, ‘Domyat 1331’, has surfaced ahead of the album’s release on November 8th through Constellation. Shalabi commented on the new track:
“Domyat 1331 has 3 resonances – it is for my mom who was fading away into dementia while I was writing this section of Sand Enigma. Domyat is the town in Egypt where she was born on August 13 1931 – 1331 is also an “angel number” – if it keeps cropping up in your life it’s supposed to mean a guardian angel is watching out for you and sending you positive vibes (so say those who know of such matters)… The melody is a kind of paraphrase of a lullaby she used to sing to me when I was I kid and in the piece I tried to convey the arc of what was happening to her towards the end of her life. Also in a weird way this piece makes me think of Egypt right now and “her” (hopefully temporary) dementia…”
A new Holy Fuck album is always good news. The Canadian quartet constantly venture in exciting creative directions, and following the release of Bird Brains in 2017, they have a new album on the way entitled Deleter. The band, explains the press release, crafted a new record “seamlessly fusing the gauzy drive of krautrock and deep house’s dreamy ineffability, expertly blending purring motorik percussion with the sort of fuggy synthetic fizz and tang that so often sends clubbers into states of unselfconscious rapture.”
The news comes paired with the first taste from the record, ‘Luxe’ featuring Alexis Taylor, and it is being offered with an accompanying video directed by Rapapawn, Óscar Raña and Cynthia Alfonso. Watch it below.
There’s just over one month to go before Le Guess Who? takes over Utrecht. With over 150 artists set to perform, how do we make sense of such a monumental line-up? We made a list of the artists we’re most excited to see and asked them for their recommendations.
The compositions and soundscapes of Bremer/McCoy offer a space for contemplation. Melodic, tranquil and utterly engrossing, their music is infused with emotion. Childhood friends Morten McCoy and Jonathan Bremer formed the duo in 2013, first as a reggae group before morphing into a jazz, dub and neo classical outfit, intensified by the handbuild soundsystem they use when playing live. They are soon to release their fourth album, Utopia, and leading up to their performance at Le Guess Who? in November, we asked them what artists they were most excited to see. Read on to find out.
Performing Saturday 9th November at TivoliVredenburg, curated by The Bug
“Jah Shaka has always had an deep and spiritual vibe in his works during the last 40 years. Both as a soundsystem operator, record producer and chanter. We very much look forward to experiencing the mystical vibration of a Shaka dance once again.
A proper soundsystem dance is not about getting wasted but about meditating to the conscious sounds. If its on his own soundsystem one can look forward to one of the most special sounding operating systems out there… it sounds like thunder & lightning and with harmonic distortions that can make the bass reverberate in a whole different key. If not, I really hope that we will still experience Shaka on a proper deep soundsystem. He should not be allowed to play on a standard club PA. This is spiritual music, but when the bass hits, it needs to hit you in the physical realm too.”
Performing Friday 8th November at TivoliVredenburg, curated by The Bug
“This is a very original blend of Ernestus’ Basic Channel roots and African rhythms and instruments. Formless, deep-sounding, partly handplayed and partly programmed. There’s something mystical about their sound and style. We very much look forward to seeing how they approach a live performance. “
Le Guess Who? will take place 7-10 November. For the full line-up, tickets and more info visit leguesswho.com. And take a look at other artists we’re excited about picking their own Le Guess Who?’s Who.
