Ruins by Dan Nicholls

Dan Nicholls' Ruins is a genre-bending new album utilising production values from avant-electronica with the energy and groove of the downtown New York creative music scene. Featuring an ensemble comprising some of Europe’s most original and progressive new musical thinkers, the music – with its accompanying animations and video stills – represents a cohesive and strongly individual project which challenges motives for music-making and provides the listener with a highly immersive experience.
Making striking use of tapes, sampling and field recordings, this album is a departure from normality: a commentary on the digital age and the stylisation of Western mass media which takes its inspiration as much from specific imagery and global events as from the wide range of artistic experience drawn upon by each musician.

Loop is a collective of musicians that was founded in 2005 in London. Its members are in demand at the forefront of the contemporary jazz and improvised music scene in the UK and Europe. Amidst challenging circumstances for contemporary music making, they have created a network of shared resources to promote their original music.

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