“This new album reminds me that her music deserves more frequent encounters through both performances and recordings.”
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“Camille Zamora, senza rinunciare al suo stile e al suo accento classico, mostra emozione, passione, comprensione e coinvolgimento con i testi e riesce a comunicare gli stati d'animo inerenti a ciascun brano, cantando con un tono chiaro, accento neutro, a volte tradizionale sebbene mai forzato'‘
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“Perhaps most important, however, is the firm hand Tinnemans keeps on the tiller as she pulls you through nearly uncharted territories, following tributaries from the 20th century's avant garde to their natural conclusions.”
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Interview begins at 14’40”
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“Based in New York, their brash and vibrant style is a reflection of their home city and, in particular, the Cell Theatre, where these live recordings of works written for them were made.”
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“The record features eight original compositions, each inspired by a different culture and style of music: Malian, Levantine Arabic, Indian, Nigerian, Persian, Gulf Arabic (Khaliji), Ethiopian, and Chinese.”
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“The new album, which combines elements of North African, Middle Eastern and Persian musical traditions, will be Block’s third album, in three different genres, in less than one year.”
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“The vocabulary around electronic media is drawn from water”
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“Rest assured that everything here exists on a level of glorious musicality, with access to the artists' intentions not a requirement for listening. But once you know, you will be even more floored by what Gookin has achieved here”
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“As the new music scene deals with its demons of white-supremacist patriarchy, Forward Music Project is exactly the kind of effort that can guide our community toward sincere personal connection by centering the earnest interests of female-identifying composers.”
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“This is a fine, succinct, gently intelligent collection of compositions, visiting plenty of stops on electronic music’s map, but resolutely settling a town all of its own.”
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Room to Breathe - For the Record (Steve Smith)
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AMANDA GOOKIN | Forward Music Project 1.0 | #6 Billboard Traditional Classical Albums
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“The joy of transmitting knowledge is perceptible” - SETH COLTER WALLS - NY TIMES (July 2020)
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