A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.
Medeski Martin & Wood/Alarm Will Sound - Omnisphere (Indirecto; 2018)
Eartheater - Irisiri (PAN; 2018)
Black Eagle Child - Sleeping/Walking (self-released; 2018)
Sam Sfirri - J. Pastorius for Solo and Ensemble (Madacy Jazz; 2018)
James Newton - The Manual of Light (Orenda; 2018)
> Amazing Grace (version 1) - string orchestra/Grant Gershon; Looking Above the Faith of Joseph - Yegor Shevstov; Elisha's Gift - Eric Shetzen, Lyris String Quartet/Grant Gershon; The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness - Daniel Rosenboom; Gethsemane - Yegor Shevstov; Dos Danzas para Arpa - Alison Bjorkedal; Multicolored Reflections Within the Orion Nebula - Yegor Shevstov; Amazing Grace (version 2) - string orchestra/Grant Gershon
Kevin Drumm - Hello! (self-released; 2018)
John McCowen - Mundanas I-V - John McCowen, Madison Greenstone (Edition Wandelweiser; 2018. Audio samples here.)
Mark R. Taylor - Aftermaths - Teodora Stepančić (Another Timbre; 2018)
> For Alex Schady; from Moments Musicaux Book 1; Aftermaths Set One; from Moments Musicaux Book 4; Aftermaths Set Two; Lijn; from Preludes Nos. I-VIII; For Marc Hulson V; Second Nocturne; final music
Rebecca Saunders - Skin - Juliet Fraser, Klangforum Wien/Titus Engel (YouTube; 2018)
Rebecca Saunders - Fletch - Arditti Quartet (5:4/YouTube; 2012)
Rebecca Saunders - Alba - Marco Blaauw, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov (5:4/YouTube; 2015)
Rebecca Saunders - still - Carolin Widmann, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sylvain Cambreling (5:4/YouTube; 2011)
Rebecca Saunders - Stirrings - London Sinfonietta/Baldur Brönnimann (5:4/YouTube; 2013)
Rebecca Saunders - murmurs - Ensemble Recherche (5:4/YouTube; 2010)
Erik Satie - Socrate - Olalla Alemán, Guy Vandromme (Edition Wandelweiser; 2018. Audio sample here.)
Frank Denyer - Music for Shakuhachi - Yoshikazu Iwamoto, Paul Hiley, Frank Denyer (Another Timbre; 2007)
> On, on - it must be so; Quite White; Wheat; Unnamed
Viola Torros - Augmentations II - Johnny Chang, Catherine Lamb, Bryan Eubanks, Antoine Beuger, Yannick Guedon, Deborah Walker; Augmentations III - Johnny Chang, Catherine Lamb, Bryan Eubanks, Rebecca Lane, Annie Garlid, Margareth Kammerer; Johnny Chang - Citaric Melodies III - Suidobashi Chamber Orchestra; Catherine Lamb - Prisma Interius VI for v.t. - Johnny Chang, Catherine Lamb, Andrea Neumann, Derek Shirley
Ferran Fages - Un lloc entre dos records (Another Timbre; 2018)
Morgan Evans-Weiler & Michael Pisaro - lines and tracings (Another Timbre; 2018)
> Michael Pisaro - Helligkeit, die Tiefe hatte, nicht keine Fläche - Ordinary Affects; Morgan Evans-Weiler - lines and tracings - Morgan Evans-Weiler, Kyle Adam Blair, Justin Murphy-Mancini, Madison Greenstone, Tyler J. Borden
John Lely - All About The Piano - Tape Artifacts - LCollective (Love Records; 2018)
Kali Malone - Cast of Mind (Hallow Ground; 2018)
Kate Carr - the thing itself and not the myth (Glistening Examples; 2018)
Josh Mason - L+ (dauw; 2018)
Ensemble Grizzana - Early to Late (Another Timbre; 2018)
> Magnus Granberg - How Vain Are All Our Frail Delights?; Jürg Frey - Late Silence
Eli Keszler - Stadium (Shelter Press; 2018)
Alden Jenks - Drones (Other Minds; 1968-72/2018)
Erica Dicker - Taking Auspices (Tubapede; 2018)
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (Atlantic/Rhino; 1961/1998)
Dave Douglas - Witness (RCA; 2001)
Alex Mincek - Images of Duration (in Homage to Ellsworth Kelly) - Yarn/Wire (Northern Spy; 2018)
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