Beyond Boundaries is a 10-track playlist aiming to feature 10 “out-of-the-box”, outstanding gems! Not exactly unclassified, but certainly unique and uncommon.
“Sound Explorer”: Christos Doukakis
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Lakes of Wada
(post-rock, experimental)
Quick pitch: Lakes of Wada are sonic explorations based on seemingly disjoint sets of musical tastes which are yet all connected by one common boundary: my own creative vision.
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Linné
(experimental, electronic)
Quick pitch: Linné (solo) is the solo project of Henrik Sahlin, Swedish based musician. With a background in jazz and now modern endeavours in electronic music.
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Fritz Myers
(neoclassical)
Quick pitch: The Time is Going to Pass Anyway is a long journey compressed into a short trip. Performed by members of New York’s Ensemble 63, Fritz Myers’s short string quartet builds to a shattering climax.
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All My Madness
(minimal electronic, experimental)
Quick pitch: Jacob Neely, also known as All My Madness, grew up in Los Angeles and decided to pursue music composition at NYU Steinhardt.
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Kodssi
(jazz, ethnic, gnawa)
Quick pitch: A superb meeting of Morrocan tradition, and Western sound.
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Rhian Sheehan
(instrumental, post-rock)
Quick pitch: New Zealand composer Rhian Sheehan delivers a dose of extraterrestrial in “The Absence of You”.
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The Micronauts
(idm, leftfield)
Quick pitch: The Micronauts is the leftfield techno and acid house project of French DJ and producer Christophe Monier.
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Sulkin’ Raven
(ambient, drone)
Quick pitch: Lost in the soothing ambience.
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Les Raisins de la Colère
(world, psych, art rock, experimental)
Quick pitch: Les Raisins de la Colère were born in Paris in 2012. They compose from improvisations experimenting with Ambient Art Rock, Post Rock & World Music, blending acoustic and electric sounds; the oud, 12-chord fretless electrical guitar, Loops, Violin, Voice and Drums.
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Rik Ronner
(cinematic, avant-garde, electronic)
Quick pitch: Avant-garde cinematic electronic music, originally made for a choreographed theatre production.
David Gibbeson
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