#4821, New Releases, Nov. 2023

New Sounds | Nov 30, 2023

Listen to new jazz-limning work by Mexico City duo Titanic, pedal steel master Susan Alcorn and a Chilean septet, and South African pianist Thandi Ntuli with Los Angeles producer Carlos Nino.

From the duo called Titanic, (Guatemala-born and Mexico City-based cellist and singer Mabe Fratti and Mexico City multi-instrumentalist Hector Tosta), hear chamber pop with jazz overtones and a flair for risk-taking. Also, sample new work from Turkish pianist Busra Kayikci’s latest, Places, along with new ambient electronic music from Dnipro, Ukraine-based artist Igor Yalivec.

Listen to a cross-contintental collaboration between pedal steel innovator Susan Alcorn and the Chilean band Septeto del Sur as they “combine Chilean folk and nueva canción with free improvisation and contemporary classical” (Bandcamp liner notes). Also, another cross-continental collaboration from South African pianist Thandi Ntuli and Los Angeles ambient-jazz producer Carlos Nino. There’s also new music from Arone Dyer (of experimental pop band Buke and Gase) together with European classical-contemporary ensemble, s t a r g a z e. And more. - Caryn Havlik

Program #4821, New Releases, Nov. 2023 (First aired 11/30/2023)

ARTIST: Susan Alcorn, Septeto del Sur
WORK: VictorJara: El Derecho de Vivir en Paz [1:20]
RECORDING: Canto
SOURCE: Relative Pitch Records
INFO: https://susanalcorn1.bandcamp.com/album/canto

ARTIST: Igor Yalivec
WORK: MELANCHOLIA [5:40]
RECORDING: Etudes
SOURCE: Whited Sepulchre Records
INFO: https://yalivec.bandcamp.com/album/etudes

ARTIST: Busra Kayikci
WORK: Fernweh [5:36]
RECORDING: Places
SOURCE: Warner Classics
INFO: https://w.lnk.to/bplaces

ARTIST: Arone Dyer & s t a r g a z e
WORK: Don't Say [4:25]
RECORDING: Arone Dyer & s t a r g a z e
SOURCE: Transgressive Records/Brassland
INFO: bukeandgase.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Titanic
WORK: Cielo Falso [7:37]
RECORDING: Vidrio
SOURCE: Tin Angel Records
INFO: tinangelrecords.bandcamp.com/album/vidrio

ARTIST: Susan Alcorn, Septeto del Sur
WORK: VictorJara: El Derecho de Vivir en Paz [4:19]
RECORDING: Canto
SOURCE: Relative Pitch Records
INFO: https://susanalcorn1.bandcamp.com/album/canto

ARTIST: Thandi Ntuli with Carlos Nino
WORK: Nomayoyo (Ingoma ka Mkhulu) [5:35]
RECORDING: Rainbow Revisited
SOURCE: International Anthem
INFO: https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/rainbow-revisited

ARTIST: House of Waters
WORK: Avaloch [6:05]
RECORDING: On Becoming
SOURCE: GroundUP
INFO: https://orcd.co/onbecoming

ARTIST: Die Knoedel
WORK: Rakete [3:41]
RECORDING: Wunderrad
SOURCE: col legno music GmbH
INFO: https://knoedel.bandcamp.com/album/wunderrad

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