Un nuovo titolo, il settimo, si aggiunge alla collana a tiratura limitata Portal Series creata da Elliott Sharp per documentare propri lavori di particolare rilievo compositivo o di interesse storico: Cut with Occam's Razor contiene partiture per quartetto d'archi (The Boreal, per il Jack Quartet), doppio quartetto d'archi (Occam's Razor, il Sirius String Quartet e il Jack Quartet insieme) e solo pianoforte (Oligosono, esegue Jenny Lin).

http://www.repple.se/datacide

Per la serie Film Music, l'etichetta Tzadik raccoglie alcuni lavori di Zeena Parkins prodotti per il cinema: Double Dupe Down.

Zeena Parkins is a keyboardist, harpist and composer who has worked closely with Fred Frith, Bjork, Ikue Mori and many others. Her brilliant work for dance has earned her three Bessie Awards, and her own bands have toured the world for over twenty years to great acclaim. This special compilation brings together her best compositions written for film and features some of the greatest musicians in the downtown scene. An endlessly creative collection of work by one of the most important and consistently fascinating figures out of New York’s downtown scene.

www.tzadik.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeena_Parkins
http://www.allmusic.com/album/double-dupe-down-r2381461

"Sometimes things come together in amazing ways. I can't say I ever expected or aimed to collaborate with the son of a Beatle, a supermodel, and a legend of British folk. But Sean Lennon, Charlotte Kemp Muhl, Vashti Bunyan and I, despite our diverse backgrounds, have connected through music, because we all love to find new ways to balance the ancient elements of melody, harmony, sound, and meaning". Così annuncia il suo nuovo bellissimo album David Garland: si intitola Conversations with the Cinnamon Skeleton, ed è pubblicato e distribuito on-line tramite Bandcamp. Il video del primo brano in scaletta, The Long View, con le immagini di Takahiro Kimura, circola da qualche giorno su Vimeo. Tra i commenti della primissima ora spicca quello di Robert Wyatt: "Witty, melancholy songs, arranged and performed with such careful skill and a natural unforced originality; David Garland and his friends have done it again!"

http://www.cinnamonskeleton.com
http://davidgarland.bandcamp.com
http://vimeo.com/35358079
http://www.davidgarland.com
http://tinyurl.com/7h3crrn