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Category Archives: Matthew Forss
Bogdan Ota, Day of Wrath
Romanian-based composer, pianist, and producer, Bogdan Ota, manages to reinvent the classical, new age, and pop genres with an engaging and creative, full-length effort, Day Of Wrath. The somewhat mellow piano songs are interspersed with more triumphant and cinematic works. … Continue reading
Harlequins Enigma, “Sixteen feat. Quentin Tarantino”
Åge Riisnes, the brainchild behind Norway’s Harlequins Enigma, releases a new single, “Sixteen feat. Quentin Tarantino”. The electronic composer experiments with new age, electronica, cinematic, space, ambient, techno, and synth-based music. The latest single attempts to bridge the electronic gap … Continue reading
Harlequins Enigma, Octagon Vol. 5
Steeped in electronica, new age, space, dance, world fusion, and ambient sound worlds, Harlequins Enigma brings to life diverse and innovative sounds on Octagon Vol. 5. The Norway-based group, mostly spearheaded by Åge Riisnes, contains a slew of guest musicians, … Continue reading
Agapanthus, Smug
Agapanthus is an avant-garde and experimental electronic group headed by Thomas D. Gutierrez—a one-man band and associate professor of physics at California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. Smug is not as pretentious as it sounds. However, the music is creatively … Continue reading
Agapanthus, Pretty Blue Glow
Agapanthus is Thomas D. Gutierrez—an associate professor physics at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Consequently, Pretty Blue Glow explores various physical dimensions that are ostensibly mathematical, yet completely musical. The mostly instrumental music is electronic, whimsical, quirky, and … Continue reading
Various Artists, Latin Faculty/Latinudeildin
Native Icelandic composer, Ingvi Thor Kormaksson, presents a new double-album of Brazilian-inspired jazz songs with salsa, bossa nova, and jazz standards are more South American than European. Ingvi involves a host of vocalists and instrumentalists, including Gudrun Gunnars, Eivor Palsdottir, … Continue reading
Harlequins Enigma, Discord
The electronic wizardry of Harlequins Enigma is spacey, futuristic, and grounded in nostalgic impulses of ambient sound. Inspired by channeling, Discord is a heady romp in the world of electronica with equal amounts of new age and instrumental embellishments. Created … Continue reading
Adam De Lucia, “Hypnotist”
New Jersey-native, Adam De Lucia, releases Hypnotist, a new instrumental album with several songs that combine the worlds of jazz with the modernism of electronic programming. The result traverses a fine boundary between new age and improvisational with equal amounts … Continue reading
Robert Lauri “State Of Mind”
As a European musician, Robert Lauri employs various song textures and genres that coalesce with new age, rock, country, pop, jazz, and blues idioms. As a singer, Robert is joined by a host of musicians on acoustic piano, bass, guitars, … Continue reading
Ceran “The Art Of Ceran”
Missouri-based Ceran is the product of a rich ethnic heritage stemming from African-American, Creole, Cherokee, German, and French lineages. The Art Of Ceran celebrates a specific and introspective set of songs covering soul, pop, jazz, and ballad genres with a … Continue reading
