Today we focus on a magnificent work by the British composer John Palmer, an ode to Japan and a search for the depths of the human soul (Sargasso). We also feature a new NEOS release with recent music by Georges Aperghis (photo), presented under the overarching title ‘fault lines’.
Playlist
- John Palmer – I am (2002)
John Palmer (production / spoken voice / koto / sampling / English poems) /
Yutaka Ono (shakuhachi) / Hiroko Sukawa (shamisen / sho) / Mark Willox (samples) /
John Palmer (koto) / Kerstin Klinger (German poems) /
Nichiren Daishonin Gokkai UK / Rokuon-Ji Temple (Buddhist chanting)
CD: I am (2025)
Sargasso SCD28089
- Georges Aperghis – Sur le fil (2022)
Françoise Rivalland (cimbalom)
CD: Lignes de fissures (2025), NEOS Music NEOS 12525
