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Boom! What a brilliant piece, Bloom, by Bill Laurance with the Untold Orchestra. It came out about a year ago, but I’ve listened it so many times that I can’t help but write a quick ‘review’. It’s simply amazing–so much going on. The composition is full of details; you get strings and piano blending together in a really smooth yet lively way. Great musical taste. Please check it out.

Not exactly a new release (it came out in 2023), but I couldn’t resist posting about Fragmente, the beautiful album by Berlin-based composer Felix Rösch. There’s a lot going on here—complex, beautifully melancholic, great taste. A few standout tracks: In Memory of a Honey Bee (I’d love to know the story behind that one), Driven (arguably the most acclaimed), and Eulogy for Peace (my personal favourite). Hoping this one gets a vinyl release soon.

Daniel Herskedal, the brilliant Norwegian brass and tuba player, has released his latest album, Movements of Air. Great news that after a few beautiful—though at times overly calm—solo projects, his longtime collaborators Eyolf Dale and Helge Norbakken are back. While not as sublime as Harbour (still my favourite by far), the album combines some of that style with the remarkably well-executed Arctic and polar textures of Call of Winter I and Call of Winter II.

Immortal Onion, the fusion jazz super trio from Poland, recently released their latest album, Technaturalism. It’s very different from their (brilliant) earlier albums. I missed the finely crafted compositions found in Ocelot of Salvation — their first album and still my favourite — as well as in XD and Screens. But I suppose these guys, who are phenomenal musicians, are now stretching the boundaries of musical experimentation — as every great artist should at some point.

Really nice album by the Belgian – English composer Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, combining electronic and classical elements. Channel, the fourth track, is brilliant. There’s a noticeable style change between Side A and Side B of the record; I personally prefer Side A, but there’s a lot of interesting material on Side B as well.