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- Artist(s): Jean-Michel Blais
- Summary: The debut collaboration between pianist Jean-Michel Blais and electronic artist CFCF (aka Mike Silver) features a version of John Cage’s 1948 piece, “In a Landscape.”
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- Record Label: Arts & Crafts
- Genre(s): Electronic, Ambient, New Age, Avant-Garde, Neo-Classical, Post-Minimalism
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May 31, 2017Blais' playing suits very well the pristine and glossy production Silver employed for those recordings, injecting it with a real sense of purpose here.
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May 31, 2017Excellent work from both artists.
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May 31, 2017For CFCF and Jean-Michel Blais, it’s essentially a self-improvement exercise, one with every reason to exist but no particular cause for release. For the listener, it’s something too rare these days: an exceedingly pleasant listen, unburdened by the weight of being anything more.
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May 31, 2017For all of the uneven and uncertain moments of Cascades, it ends on a very high note, and “Landscape” is one of the most unequivocally gorgeous covers imaginable.