2019 TOP 10s & 20s 05. Kamancello: Kamancello II: Voyage (Kamancello)

Amending slightly the categories used for last year’s roundup, textura’s 2019 selections are grouped into Jazz, Classical, Ambient/New Age, General, Compilation, and Single/EP/Cassette lists. Many releases qualified for multiple categories, but for the most part selections aligned themselves to a particular grouping. As in the past, selections were made according to a simple principle:

Kamancello partners Shahriyar Jamshidi (kamanche) and Raphael Weinroth-Browne (cello) recorded their sophomore release live, the music fully improvised and free of editing. You might find yourself returning to that detail while listening to Voyage, which speaks to a degree of telepathy between the players that verges on uncanny. Though their music transcends stylistic boundaries, it does lean in particular directions, with contemporary classical, Middle Eastern, and jazz improv reference points. So perfectly attuned is Kamancello to each player’s talents, it would be hard to imagine any other endeavour better serving their individual and collective strengths.

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