Dardust is the moniker of Italian composer Dario Faini. Trained as a classical pianist, Faini is also a pop songwriter – a true ‘crossover’ artist. 7 is Dardust’s debut album, full of tuneful and catchy piano melodies, and drawing heavily on the neoclassical style of artists such as Nils Frahm and Ólafur Arnalds.
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Read MoreExperimental guitarist Taku Sugimoto has become known for a contemplative style of playing that aims for a kind of true ‘minimalism’, in the sense of playing as little and as quietly as possible. Now finding modest international fame on the merits of his compositions and free improvisations, Sugimoto is often associated with onkyō, practiced by Japanese performers at the (now closed) Off-Site club in Tokyo.
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