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Built for the diverse musical landscape of our time. https://xitter.gq/t.co/cwlx5Y1vdH…

 Brooklyn, NY
Joined August 2009
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『クラシック〜現代音楽、そしてその周辺』の連載第一回として、Darian Donovan Thomasの新作『A Room With Many Doors: Day』について書きました🐐🔥 レーベル〈New Amsterdam〉について、音楽と「音の長さ」について、そしてDarianという作曲家の特異性についてたっぷり書きました🎆
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Essvus@Essvus23 Oct 2025
instagram.com/p/DQKWYnZgdk7/ Something very exciting is coming on 11/6 with @newamrecords …stay tuned! Dance: Emilio Wettlaufer Camera: Che Chen #newmusic #newamsterdam #newam #experimentalmusic #electronicmusic #noisemusic #idm #dance #experimentalrock #industrialmusic
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@PopMatters28 Oct 2025
Darian Donovan Thomas' A Room with Many Doors: Day, his new album that doesn't cling to any genre, succeeds in bringing a sense of universality. #PMPick out now via @newamrecords. REVIEW: tinyurl.com/DDThomas25
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Tonight Flotation Device pays tribute to Jack DeJohnette, perhaps the most versatile drummer ever, w/help from @MilesDavis @_KeithJarrett & Roscoe Mitchell. Plus @Zappa @Meredith_Monk @AlexPaxtonYeah Aquaserge and Cergio Prudencio at 70 Sun 10pm PDT 91.3fm kbcs.fm
Photo credits: Cergio Prudencio via Kairos Records, Meredith Monk by Julieta Cervantes, Jack DeJohnette via the artist, Aquaserge (Audrey Ginestet, Julien Chamla , Manon Glibert, Benjamin Glibert, Olivier Kelchtermans) by J.P. Sageal, Alex Paxton by Jess Rose, Standards Trio (Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Gary Peacock) by Roberto Massoti, Norma Jean Bell and Frank Zappa by Gail Zappa, Frederic Rzewski and daughter by Françoise Walot, Jack DeJohnette and Miles Davis by Harry Monty, Orquesta Experimental de Instrumentos Nativos via the artists, Clone Row (Liberty Ellman, Mary Halvorson, Nick Dunston, Ches Smith) by Chase Pierson. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.

ALT Photo credits: Cergio Prudencio via Kairos Records, Meredith Monk by Julieta Cervantes, Jack DeJohnette via the artist, Aquaserge (Audrey Ginestet, Julien Chamla , Manon Glibert, Benjamin Glibert, Olivier Kelchtermans) by J.P. Sageal, Alex Paxton by Jess Rose, Standards Trio (Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Gary Peacock) by Roberto Massoti, Norma Jean Bell and Frank Zappa by Gail Zappa, Frederic Rzewski and daughter by Françoise Walot, Jack DeJohnette and Miles Davis by Harry Monty, Orquesta Experimental de Instrumentos Nativos via the artists, Clone Row (Liberty Ellman, Mary Halvorson, Nick Dunston, Ches Smith) by Chase Pierson. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.

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AnEarful@AnEarful9 Nov 2025
No Lands - Negative Space (@newamrecords, 2014) “You might call it a synth-art-almost-pop record, hinting at 80's hit-makers without actually going there. Even with the Linn drums, there's nothing ironic going on in these lush, warmly produced pieces.” #5debutalbums1014
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@PopMatters10 Nov 2025
Working with the acclaimed JACK Quartet, the multitalented Travis Laplante unleashes compositions of intensity and beauty on 'String Quartets'. 'String Quartets' is a #PMPick [9/10] out now via @newamrecords. REVIEW: tinyurl.com/Laplante25
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#HappeningNow nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register…
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@RoughTrade16 Jul 2025
Irish double bassist Caimin Gilmore presents new album 'BlackGate'. Each track designated simply as either a Movement or a Segue which "serve as episodes that capture the rise and fall of lived emotion", mirroring life’s rhythms. shop.roughtrade.com/products…
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The Strad@TheStradMag13 Mar 2025
'Owls is really a project most about people, not a specific instrumentation' One of the two cellists comprising the ‘inverted quartet’ Owls, Gabriel Cabezas speaks with US correspondent Thomas May about the ensemble’s debut album, Rare Birds trib.al/k1P1F6N @newamrecords
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Bank On is out now — “Song of the Earth” is out April 4. Listen to the song and pre-save / pre-order the album at the link: linktr.ee/dirtyprojectors @NonesuchRecords @transgressiveHQ @newamrecords @maiafffff @feldou @bellinspace
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Tonight on Flotation Device: -Wolfgang Rihm (1952–2024) with @EnsembleModern @BRSO -@BrettDeanMusic revisits Hamlet with @Jenni_France @SCO_Orebro @LotteBettsDean @AndreyGuitarist -@DavoneTines and @WildUp perform Eastman Sunday 10pm–Mid PDT, 91.3 @KBCS kbcs.fm
Photo credits: Kim Cass via Pi Recordings, Tony Conrad by Tony Oursler, Matthew Shipp and Steve Swell by RogueArt, Milford Graves, William Parker and Charles Gayle via Black Editions Archives, Sophia Jani via Dallas Symphony, Brett Dean by Bettina Stoess, Brenda Rae as Ophelia and Allan Clayton as Hamlet by Karen Almond (Metropolitan Opera), Peter Maxwell Davies by Gunnie Moberg, Wolfgang Rihm by Astrid Ackermann, Horse Lords (Owen Gardner, Sam Haberman, Andrew Bernstein, Max Eilbacher) by Michael Schell, Julius Eastman via The Julius Eastman Project

ALT Photo credits: Kim Cass via Pi Recordings, Tony Conrad by Tony Oursler, Matthew Shipp and Steve Swell by RogueArt, Milford Graves, William Parker and Charles Gayle via Black Editions Archives, Sophia Jani via Dallas Symphony, Brett Dean by Bettina Stoess, Brenda Rae as Ophelia and Allan Clayton as Hamlet by Karen Almond (Metropolitan Opera), Peter Maxwell Davies by Gunnie Moberg, Wolfgang Rihm by Astrid Ackermann, Horse Lords (Owen Gardner, Sam Haberman, Andrew Bernstein, Max Eilbacher) by Michael Schell, Julius Eastman via The Julius Eastman Project

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AnEarful@AnEarful27 Jul 2024
Pulitzer-prize winning composer Ellen Reid has a new album on the way. It sounds big and majestic, indeed! Check out the title track: "Big Majestic.” Out August 30th on @newamrecords. youtu.be/jT1RyolfK7s?si=Xa-Y… via @YouTube
Ellen Reid — "Big Majestic" (Visualizer)

Ellen Reid — "Big Majestic" (Visualizer)

Big MajesticMusic by Ellen ReidDirected by Steven MertensAlex ...

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Tonight on Flotation Device: -Matt Shipp and @Steve_Swell -Kim Cass with Tyshawn Sorey and @Cora_Locks___ -@DavoneTines and @WildUp perform Eastman -@HorseLords perform live -Annea Lockwood at 85: interview and retrospective Sunday 10pm–Mid PDT, 91.3 @KBCS kbcs.fm
Photo credits: Kim Cass via Pi Recordings, Tony Conrad by Tony Oursler, Irène Schweizer by Marcus Maida, Matthew Shipp and Steve Swell by RogueArt, Sophia Jani via Dallas Symphony, older Annea Lockwood by Julia Dratel, younger Annea Lockwood by Geoff Adams, Peter Maxwell Davies by Gunnie Moberg, Julius Eastman via The Julius Eastman Project, Horse Lords (Owen Gardner, Sam Haberman, Andrew Bernstein, Max Eilbacher) by Michael Schell, Christopher DeLaurenti by Alex Woodward

ALT Photo credits: Kim Cass via Pi Recordings, Tony Conrad by Tony Oursler, Irène Schweizer by Marcus Maida, Matthew Shipp and Steve Swell by RogueArt, Sophia Jani via Dallas Symphony, older Annea Lockwood by Julia Dratel, younger Annea Lockwood by Geoff Adams, Peter Maxwell Davies by Gunnie Moberg, Julius Eastman via The Julius Eastman Project, Horse Lords (Owen Gardner, Sam Haberman, Andrew Bernstein, Max Eilbacher) by Michael Schell, Christopher DeLaurenti by Alex Woodward

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Born on this date in 1982 was @CaroShawMusic, singer, violinist, composer. Not long ago she and @RoomfulOfTeeth squeezed Shakespeare's The Tempest onto a record released by @NewAmRecords, which we examined in this podcast (starting at 1:15:22). mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice…
Flotation Device 2023-07-23 - Isle & pyramid by Flotation Device

Flotation Device 2023-07-23 - Isle & pyramid by Flotation Device

In this podcast we unpack Columbia Records’ long-awaited digital reissue of Carlos Chávez’s complete recordings for that label. Of particular interest is his astonishing ballet score Pirámide, which...

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AnEarful@AnEarful3 Aug 2024
This week's A Song For Friday features the brilliant opening track for Darian Donovan Thomas' gorgeous debut album. Listen to Snow Storm now and then catch up with A Room With Many Doors: Night, out now on @newamrecords. anearful.substack.com/p/a-so…
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John Lewis@JohnELewis25 Dec 2023
My round up of some great “contemporary” albums of the last year. I always agonise over these lists and ended up writing about several things I didn’t get a chance to feature in other reviews. theguardian.com/music/2023/d…
The 10 best contemporary albums of 2023

The 10 best contemporary albums of 2023

There was soothing minimalism and bowel-quaking low end as Neil Gaiman got some wonderfully quizzical accompaniments and Manchester’s answer to Sun Ra freaked out

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On this week of giving, NewAm is asking for your help in supporting one of our most important initiatives: The Genre-Fluid Composers’ Lab. Donate today by clicking on this link: donorbox.org/new-amsterdam-e…
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Out Today — star, star by Mingjia — a collection of songs written by Mingjia for herself and the Tortoise Orchestra, a Toronto-based 13-piece chamber ensemble that marries courageous songwriting with curious, colorful orchestration, and improvisation. mingjia.bandcamp.com/album/s…
star, star, by mingjia

star, star, by mingjia

12 track album

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It’s @Bandcamp Friday! On the first Friday of the month since March of 2020, Bandcamp waives their revenue share for all sales on Bandcamp.

Support New Amsterdam Artists this Bandcamp Friday, November 3rd! newamsterdamrecords.bandcamp…
New Amsterdam Records

New Amsterdam Records

Community-driven artist services organization based in NYC. "Few organizations have done more to shape 21st-century music in New York City" – Time Out New York "emblematic of an emerging generation"...

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‘muted colors live’ by Ben Sloan, percussionist and producer, is out today! The live EP contains collaboratively crafted renditions of compositions that stem from his acclaimed debut album muted colors, released earlier this year. bensloan.bandcamp.com/album/…
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