Brother Ali - Secrets & EscapesSecrets & Escapes is a compendium of Brother Ali's time with Evidence over the course of three trips to California, recording in a Venice garage with no regard for pleasing the internet or competing with the music industry. Ev chopped up records on old school samplers and ran them through a compressor (2 track) so they couldn't be re arranged or mixed. Brother Ali sat with the mic and spit rhymes as they came to him, without writing or organizing them

and added strings conjure iridescent cinematic scenes in which it becomes hard to tell whether there lies beauty in darkness or if it is the other way around

and these underdogs are prepared to prove that heft alone is not at the heart of sumo

pianist Kristoffer Hyldigand clarinetist Viktor Wennesz

As their efforts go viral

Harmonies in Green2

Noukilla's Soley is a mix of sega and seggae music

Yet few remember that Eddie Barclay was a precursor: he was one of the first in France to import jazz and rock'n'roll records from America

which Snipes then layered to create a cobblestone tapestry

Dutilleux's 3 Strophes

where he finds romance with an attractive widow (Mary McDonnell)

the internationally acclaimed composer of Thai Swedish descent sought a new method of engagement

ethereal keyboards and acoustics evoking atmospheres that only Vardan can create