September was聽a month聽filled with聽thought-provoking and ethereal music聽performed, composed, recorded, and mastered by our talented community.聽
Rainy Season 鈥� Plum Rain聽
聽is the first album by聽the聽new group聽. The group is made up of Benjamin聽Sigerson聽(BMus鈥�23) on piano, Tony Wang (BMus鈥�23) on drums, and Honoka Shoji (BMus鈥�23) on harp, and was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Antoine Gallois (BCom鈥�19, current MMus) in Schulich鈥檚聽Tanna聽Schulich Hall. The album is a collection of mostly free improvisations, in part inspired by classical East-Asian poets such as Basho, Nung-Un, and Wang Wei. As a group of Asian-Canadian musicians, the members of Plum Rain wanted to use poetic pieces from places of their heritage and interpret them in a musical, and more modern Canadian context.聽
Unearth - New聽Hermitage聽
's 5th album聽聽was recorded on a cold December day in Halifax, Nova Scotia. On this record, they聽explore the process of improvising a series of shorter compositions while being true to聽their聽practice of moving patiently through discovered material.聽The聽album includes Schulich alum聽India Gailey聽(MMus鈥�19)聽on聽cello,聽and聽Ellen聽Gibling聽(BMus鈥�09)聽on harp,聽among others.聽Unearth follows a dream-like logic, superimposing soft timbral impressions and tangled melodic evasions, as though interpreting a half-erased chalk portrait of spiritual free jazz.聽
Revelations EP聽-聽The Plastic Waste Band聽聽
聽is the newest album by聽environmentally inspired聽psychedelic jazz聽band聽.聽The band聽includes Chris Edmondson (BMus鈥�17, MMus鈥�19) on聽alto聽saxophone, Claire Devlin (BMus鈥�16, MMus鈥�20) on聽tenor聽saxophone, Jean-Michel Leblanc on聽guitar, Ethan Cohn (BMus鈥�17) on聽bass and John Buck (BMus鈥�18) on聽drums. The聽album is produced by聽alum Ethan Cohn (BMus鈥�17) and recorded by Alex Bohn (MMus鈥�20) and Nigel Ali-Digweed (MMus鈥�20).聽This music came together as a result of a close collaborative effort to build something that would reach people and inspire them to listen.聽All proceeds will be donated to Chez Doris, a Montreal-based shelter for women in difficulty.聽
Rimouski Sunset 鈥� Jean-Michel Pilc聽聽
听颈蝉听笔谤辞蹿.听's newest single released on Canada鈥檚 premiere jazz label Justin Time Records.聽It聽will be the first of five singles to be released over the next several months, culminating in the release of an EP in March 2021.聽The single is a serene, meditative track and was improvised while聽looking at聽a beautiful image.聽
That鈥檚 all for our聽September聽Release Radar! And don鈥檛 forget 鈥� if you鈥檙e part of the Schulich community and are looking forward to an聽October聽or November聽release, let us know to be featured in next聽edition's聽Release Radar! Email us at publicity.music [at] mcgill.ca.
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