With just his fourth full solo album, hip-hop producer Anthony “Blockhead” Simon documents his keen ear for melody, dynamics, and stylistic convergence.

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis get together for another beautiful, melancholic, and tense film score centered on violin and piano, and the Rempis/Rosaly Duo drops a dose of alternately blistering and subdued free jazz that pays off with synchronizations that follows minutes of tension. (more…)