I keep meaning to do these notes but if you’re a regular here you probably know how irregular I am when it comes to blogging because I’m always buried in deadlines. I think I listened a lot of excellent music in 2023, both classical and non-classical. I definitely expanded my boundaries when it came to … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes: 2023 Roundup
Hi. Been too busy for MONTHS to update this blog even though I had an ever-growing list of songs and albums (non-classical) I enjoyed in 2023. But here’s a list of albums released in 2023 that I enjoyed the most. I’m including Kurt Vile’s EP because it’s longer than some LPs, and is definitely longer … Continue reading Favourite Albums of 2023
Cosmic Breath for Wind Quintet — Dai Fujikura Junge Deutsche Philharmonie performers:Yeohin Jang, flutePatrícia Pinheiro, oboeJoshua Dahlmanns, clarinetMarie-Luise Haas, bassoonJuhye Kim, horn Pinocchio: IX. Il Gatto e la Volpe — Alexander Litvinovsky This has been living rent-free in my head since I first heard it a couple of weeks or so ago. Love it! Performers: … Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 05/08/2023
Lily’s Call — Little Dragon Melody Experiment — Blonde Redhead Has a Thievery Corporation kind of vibe that I dig. Dear Sahana — Sid Sriram Sid Sriram’s voice has been one of the delightful musical surprises of 2023. Hell of a Ride — Fizz Fizz has such a big sound, and their approach to psychedelia … Continue reading Wednesday Mixtape 19/07/2023
Shame — TV Girl Kisses — Slowdive Blóðberg — Sigur Rós Fader — Róisín Murphy Dancing With Ghosts — Hania Rani (featuring Patrick Watson) I See Myself — Geese Continue reading Sunday Mixtape 09/07/2023
Since I’m no longer using this title for music-learning posts, I’ll use it to archive the classical/new music I share on Masto. “Voices Shouting Out” — Nkeiru Okoye Performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (conductor: Thomas Wilkins) Symphony no. 3 in C. Minor — Florence Price Sentiments in Emptiness by Firas Zreik A Palestinian composer, … Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 09/07/2023
Be Alone In This — Yaeji Admit It — Hannah Jadagu fossora — björk Tell Me What You Want — Caroline Rose Mermaids — Florence + The Machine Wandering Eyes — Magdalena Bay Know Better — Sir Chloe Blades — Arlo Parks Quien Tengo Que Ser — Andrea Bejar Continue reading Tuesday Mixtape 25/04/2023
I feel I need to observe that when I make these mixtapes I’m thinking musically rather than thematically in a literary sense. So, lyrics don’t really factor much into my decisions. I’m primarily selecting based on a music thematic — for example mixtapes like these are about my favourites amongst newer releases and then I … Continue reading Tuesday Mixtape 06/03/2023
I wanna be your right hand — Nemahsis When the Angel Comes — Adanowsky, Karen O Feel Your Pain — SYML Halloween Store — Andy Shauf Baby — Jordana x Inner Wave Continue reading Saturday Mixtape 04/03/2023
Tousles — Seaming To Lumières — Alexandra Stréliski In Transit — Neil Gaiman and FourPlay String Quartet Song for Maria — Laura Snowden Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 04/03/2023
Something for the 13th Watermaidens Day, and in anticipation of my releasing my debut novel WATERMAIDENS in March 2023, set partially in an alternate-world Venice, and partially in on the island-nation of Yrejveree, surrounded by the Sea of Exiles. I went down a classical music history rabbithole finding out more about women composers from Venice. … Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 14/02/2023
I don’t do best-of lists anymore because my listening is too sporadic these days and I keep forgetting things. Nevertheless, here’s what I remember enjoying the most. Spitting Off The Edge Of The World — Yeah Yeah Yeahs (ft Perfume Genius) Diarabi — Vieux Farka Touré and Khruangbin Billions — Caroline Polachek King — Florence + … Continue reading Some Music I Enjoyed in 2022: An Incomplete List