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(Self-released)For her third album this year, the Canadian composer continues to defy genres by creating a bold new grammar for piano
Robin Hatch is a Canadian pianist and composer who has managed to release not one but three albums in 2019. In March, she gave us Works for Solo Piano, a series of ruminative, semi-improvised themes, pitched somewhere between Keith Jarrett and Conlon Nancarrow. In September came Hatch, an icily beautiful and occasionally terrifying piece of proggy electronica, recorded live in a single take on assorted antique analogue synthesisers and a microtonal keyboard.
Now comes the eponymous Robin Hatch, a series of solo piano miniatures. Continue reading...
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