On Repeat: Schulz, Opstad/Richter, Oval
On Sundays I try to at least quickly note some of my favorite listening from the week prior — things I’ll later regret having not written about in more depth, so better to share here briefly than not at all.
▰ The ever prolific Jeannine Schulz just released NØinmi TwØ, which, based on its typographic and cover treatment, seems to be (maybe?) part of an ongoing series of hers. As is often the case, there is a strong presence of processed field recordings. One track, “twØ,” stands out with its brittle, infinitesimal beat.
https://jeannineschulz.bandcamp.com/album/n-inmi-tw
▰ The score to The Veil, the new spy thriller TV series, features original music by Jon Opstad (Bodies, We Hunt Together) working from themes by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Arrival, Ad Astra). It’s a post-classical effort, with the presence of some choral vocal parts, as in “Exploring the Camp,” that distinguish it from a lot of TV scores.
▰ Now / Never / Whenever, Vol. 7 is the latest in Oval’s occasional series of short, pay-as-you-like releases (you can get them free, but paying a small amount keeps them in your Bandcamp library, which is useful in the mobile app). The second track, “September Scab,” is particularly lovely. Apparently it’s a “quasi-cover,” as Oval puts it, of the A.R. Kane song “Scab.” Oval refers to this version as “faux jazz,” and I don’t myself really hear the jazz in it, but it’s a nice combination of disintegrating keyboards at atmospheric whirring.
