Interview by Ivna Franić. Photo by Malwa Grabowska. Italian percussionist Irene Bianco’s debut album Kronblade, released in October 2024 via Valentina Magaletti and Fanny Chiarello’s wxmen-focused label Permanent Draft, garnered attention for its imaginative and subtly genre-bending approach to percussion. A collection of electro-acoustic compositions centered around percussion with added electronics and field recordings, Kronblade captivates with its idiosyncratic ...

Performance recommendation by Macon Holt Later this month, Danish composer, performer and recorder player, Kirstine Lindemann, will start a tour of Denmark to showcase a collection of both earlier and new compositions with collaborators Yiran Zhao and Irene Bianco amongst others. Known for previous work such as the piece Breath (2018) and her ongoing project with Zhao, OTHER EYE, Lindemann is an ...