Rhys Tranter
Writer and photographer
A personal journal offering commentary and analysis across literature, film, music, and the arts
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Basel, Switzerland, June 2017
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“I wanted to combine two different issues; namely, art and life, art and being. This approach comes from a completely different perspective and has a different starting point.” — Arvo Pärt
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The Art and Afterlife of Joy Division and New Order
Critics are enjoying the True Faith exhibition in Manchester
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Grachan Moncur III, Some Other Stuff (Blue Note, 1965)
Avant-garde jazz album recorded on 6 July 1964
Entering the Labyrinth of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining
Roger Luckhurst offers a critical and entertaining survey of Kubrick’s horror masterpiece
Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue is 58 today
The first recording session for Davis’ jazz masterpiece took place on 2 March 1959
On Eric Dolphy’s Out to Lunch!
The avant-garde reedist’s iconic outing for Blue Note Records was recorded on this day in 1964