Sofia Gubaidulina - Seven Words; Ten Preludes; De Profundis

Russian composer who proves that atonal music can be full of life without sounding silly, and that the cello can be the most haunting god damn instrument ever.

Absolute darkness is achieved through foreboding cluster chords and interesting instrumentation. Not for the faint of heart.


Seven Words; Ten Preludes; De Profundis

Bootiful

Hellyeah felt like doing a neoclassical post so here goes.


Daniel Bjarnason - Processions

Guy who did the orchestral arrangements on Sigur Ros' last album. "But that album sucked" I hear you say. Well yes, but that's because of Sigur Ros' writing abilities not because of Bjarnason's orchestral skills. So do yourself a favour and listen to this fantastic slice of beautifully produced neoclassical orchestral music. It's incredible.



Arvo Pärt - Alina

Minimalist perfection from the Estonian magician. Get this if you aren't pathetic.



Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks

Since his latest is up on here I thought I'd add in this as well.

Max Richter - Infra

This is so good, one of the best albums of the year. Get lost in the dimly lit world of Max Richter.


















Neoclassical goodness

In Japannnnnn

Got in to Tokyo yesterday. Place is so humid right now goddamn. It's cool though coz I got to see my family and KITTENS fuck they're cute. They're not really kittens anymore actually, they're basically fully grown. Still adorable though.

Anyways here's some Japanese music

Envy - Insomniac Doze - post rock screamo

Corrupted - El Mundo Frio - sludge

1000 Travels of Jawaharlal - 終わりは来ない - screamo

Intestine Baalism - Anatomy of the Beast - melodic death metal

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence - neoclassical, electronic