Rutger Zuydervelt

Edition Wandelweiser Records Announces New Albums from Tom Johnson, Ferran Fages, Rutger Zuydervelt, More

Edition Wandelweiser Records Announces New Albums from Tom Johnson, Ferran Fages, Rutger Zuydervelt, More

Edition Wandelweiser Records has announced six new records that are set to be released on November 30th. The first record is a recording of a couple of John Cage’s Number Pieces from Guy Vandromme. The second is of Tom Johnson’s spaces . an hour for piano performed by Keiko Shichijo. The third album is from Ferran Fages and is entitled detuning series for guitar and is performed by Fages himself as well as Didier Aschour.

The fourth album is from Rutger Zuydervelt (aka Machinefabriek) and is entitled sileen II. The album features Zuydervelt and Gareth Davis. The fifth album comes from John McCowen and is entitled Mundanas i - v and features McCowen and Madison Greenstone both playing clarinet. The sixth album is a recording of Erik Satie’s Socrate by Olalla Alemán (soprano) and Guy Vandromme (piano).

You can pre-order all six albums on the Wandelweiser website here. You can find more information about every single album on the same page, as well as lengthy audio samples. For a limited deal, you can purchase all six together for €50. Wandelweiser released six records earlier this year back in May. You can see what those releases were on the label website here.

Rutger Zuydervelt Collaborates with Gonçalo Almeida on New EP

The ever-prolific Rutger Zuydervelt (aka Machinefabriek) has released a new 18-minute EP with double bass player Gonçalo Almeida entitled Doze Ruínas. Zuydervelt is credited with "processing, additional sounds" here, which may perhaps not sound like much, but there's a large range to the music that's across these twelve tracks. Throughout the EP, Almeida's bass moves from jubilant to elegant to brash. And while a lot of it has to do with how he's playing the instrument, it's the careful mixing and editing that Zuydervelt does that shapes the compositions. Because of the variety of sounds here, there's a real depth to Doze Ruínas. It's one of those rare instances where an EP feels less like a teaser or quick experimental project but a fully formed album of appropriate length. You can stream the entire release and purchase it here. 3-inch CD-Rs are also available to order and will start shipping on the 20th.