Quest Ensemble is a classical trio that breaks the rules. They’re master instrumentalists who compose their own music and use improvisation as a foundation for their work. Improv in classical music? A wall may be coming down.
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Spontanea has joined forces with cellist James Hoskins and abstract visual artist to create a colorful new album based on the theme of synesthesia. This article and a new podcast episode detail the story.
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Bugs In The Basement is an enigmatic and prolific free improv duo. They have a new album on Right Brain Records, and an interview in a brand new Right Brain Music Podcast episode. Get the details here.
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Farrell Lowe is a virtuose guitarist and prolific artist, with a wide range and an ever-expanding catalogue. In Episode 12 of the Right Brain Music Podcast, we meet Farrell and explore his work. This post has additional information and links.
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CHA is a unique collaboration of three women: Carol J Levin plays electric harp. Healther Bentley play electric viola. Amelia Love Clearheart adds spoken word and a wide range of vocal techniques. Together, they create a unique collaborative voice that is somehow accessible yet defiant of easy description.
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We present a new episode of the Right Brain Music Podcast. Here, you’ll meet Steve Scribner, a Seattle-area composer who uses unique graphic scores to engage musicians in creating otherworldly sonic landscapes. He calls his scores "sound scrolls." We hear excerpts of his compositions , somewhere in the overlap of avant-garde, new classical and free jazz.
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Improvised music is made in many ways. RBR’s three new releases illustrate radically different paths to original and engaging sounds. Here we introduce new artists ToE (psychedelic) and Eric Scribner (avant-garde), and the second project of 5p6 (ambient).
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In episodes 8 and 9 of the Right Brain Music Podcast we meet six wildly diverse artists that use improvisation to create uniquely beautiful soundscapes. Here we link to their sites.
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Episode 7 of the Right Brain Music Podcast features free improvisation pioneer, saxophonist and author Jack Wright.
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Episode 6 of the Right Brain Music Podcast features Lotus Lungs, an innovative guitar trio that uses improvisation and a world of sounds to take the guitar to uncharted territories.
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RBR announces three diverse and musically challenging album releases: Guitar Improv Summit Vol.1 by Lotus Lungs, Found Sound by Dodd-Hoskins, and Inverted Ziggurat by Slaughtrhaus.
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