Neuma Records

02/07/2025

"The Into the Night album displays a range of expertly arranged and composed pieces of music that each deep into different moods, cinematic aesthetics, and in almost ethereal flow.

The record ranges in unique and well-rounded digital instrumentation she's utilizing to create soundscapes that are not only alluring but all their own.

With each track, she posed you further into her world and her mind's creations, but each song also delivers a little piece of herself.
.. she has built something that feels alive and breathing.

It's amazing how she's able to put all this stuff together, and you can tell that she honestly must have had a great time experimenting and writing these pieces.

They're all coming from someplace real, and she's able to express herself in a very unique manner by putting this record together.

Songs like "Lament" feel incredibly authentic and maybe even cathartic.

The album as a whole gives you a sense of vulnerability in a strange way but it's something that I attached myself to while listening.

I'm sure you will enjoy this. It will take you away from wherever you are and whatever you're doing and put you in her world for a certain amount of time."

https://www.ragtalent.com/post/jeannine-wagar-takes-a-new-approach-to-creating-her-sound
Jeannine Wagar
Erdem Helvacıoğlu Composer

Recording Artists Guild (RAG)

Seasoned conductor Jeannine Wagar has had plenty of experience working with physical performers and instruments for a long time and with her latest release she steps out of that atmosphere and into a new one where she has put together a record utilizing a virtual orchestra on her own and in doing so...

02/07/2025

"... a sort of testament to the strength of the family, the triumph of personality, the struggles of hardship, and so much more.

This takes a lot to listen to. It is incredibly personal, and the narration and stories told are in-depth, giving you a complete understanding of the feeling, situation, and come along with it.

This will not be easy for everyone to listen to.

I found it all to be not only eye-opening, but heavy on the heart at times.

The performances, even narration-wise intense at times it all came together beautifully, gracefully, and with a certain level of immense vulnerability and strength that it stays with you for quite some time after you're finished listening to it.

These are parts of their human experience and lives and will never be forgotten, so take a listen to this record, and I'm sure you will be heavily affected by it.

I certainly was."

https://www.ragtalent.com/post/jeffrey-schanzer-delivers-a-beautifully-triumphant-record

A recent release from Jeffrey Schanzer brings about a very unique set of songs put together by Jeffrey but taken from oral testimonies of Jeff's family members.The Past Is Present is an account of stories from survivors and follows a set of characters, including a father who mourns for the loss of h...

02/07/2025

"So, there's a lot to soak in here, and this is a huge release, but if you have the time to sit down and soak it in, it's quite brilliant.

The whole thing is gorgeously put together, and you can tell there was a lot of attention to detail in not only the narration, singing, composition, and performances, but also the actual concepts of each separate set of songs from this release.

This is not one to miss, so even if you have to do it segment by segment, definitely check this out because it's outstanding."

https://www.ragtalent.com/post/anna-rubin-releases-powehi-double-album
Anna Rubin
Recording Artists Guild (RAG)

A new and very unique double album release from Anna Rubin brings together a combination of spoken word, operatic style singing, and gorgeous, theatrical compositions that create something with plenty of self-expression and amazing descriptive detail that takes you on these little, almost metaphoric...

24/06/2025

'"It was like our brains were melded together," says Woolf, who earned her doctorate at UNT. "Like we knew instinctively what the other was going to do."

From that moment on, the pair continued to play and laugh together even after graduating -- later forming a music duo.

With help from countless video calls and voice memos over the last two years, their act -- named Duo 彩 AYA, meaning bright colors or vibrancy in Japanese -- released their first album, Cycles, in April under the label Neuma Records.'
Rachel Woolf

Flutist Rachel Woolf ('18 D.M.A.) and marimbist Makana Jimbu ('19 M.M.) perform as Duo 彩 AYA, even while living across the world from each other.

24/06/2025

"With Into the Night (47:40) Jeannine Wagar makes a good case for the power of imagination. While inhabiting the role of orchestra conductor for many years her release of nine wonderful original works announces now a new and elevated area of her capabilities. Moving us to re-engage more generously with the world this album fills out with a captivating array of states, moods and airs. Representing different scenes and signs each piece takes a trek into a unique atmospheric ambience. Charged with light, life, movement and motion Into the Night fills the upper regions with ideas and sounds so vividly it feels as though we could just reach out and pluck some of it out of the humming sky above. Demonstrating here that she is a most intuitive storyteller and sonic stylist Wagar asserts a certain degree of tonal circumspection. As bass notes rumble hypnotically with eerie subharmonics, orchestral swells accumulate above. Top notes blaze out with a cool gleam before the blunted contrasts of moving chords blur the far horizon. Saturated with a mysterious excitement her synth structured, string saturated soundscapes conjure an ethereal beauty. Although a kind of high-concept Contemporary Instrumental, Into the Night is saved from exceeding the grasp of its listeners by the warm, consonant and utterly engaging arrangements realized by Wagar. A fine example of inward turning dreamscapes its greatest success lies in recognizing the human side of the Ambient genre. No one with an open heart will encounter this music and not feel embraced."
- Chuck van Zyl/STAR'S END 5 June 2025
Star's End Radio

https://www.starsend.org/IntoTheNight.html

20/06/2025

Congratulations to Duo AYA for not one but two Gold Medals in the 2025 Global Music Awards: Duo and Instrumentalist.

https://www.globalmusicawards.com/

Give Cycles a listen and you'll know why

Global Music Awards is a well-known international music competition which celebrates independent musicians. Global Music Awards is widely recognized by industry insiders as giving legitimacy to highly talented artists. ‘Global Music Awards is recognized as music's golden seal of approval.’

18/06/2025

An assembly of 6 selections for violin and electronics, Lina Bahn’s esteemed strings are aligned with much exploration for the electroacoustic affair.

Pamela Z’s “Four Movements” begins the listen with Bahn’s elegant and moving violin playing that can be frisky, too, before finishing the movements with animated and cinematic manipulation.

“Deadhorse Paint”, by John Drumheller, then showcases tremendous attention to mood via the quivering strings and electronic gestures, while Morton Subotnick’s “Axolotl” radiates a distinct intimacy, that, closer to the end of the 12 minutes, becomes frantic and exciting.

The final 2 selections are equally memorable. Steve Antosca’s “One Becomes Two” is a bit haunting and flows with meticulous string dynamics, and Daniel Wohl’s “Disappearance” completes the record with classical nods thanks to Bahn’s pretty and timeless violin prowess.

Bahn brings a wealth of talent and passion to the affair, and, with the atypical electronics present, it makes for both striking solo moments and unconventional songwriting that’s modern and unpredictable.

Axolotl Neuma, 2024 9/10 Listen to Axolotl An assembly of 6 selections for violin and electronics, Lina Bahn’s esteemed strings are aligned with much exploration for the electroacoustic affair. Pamela Z’s “Four Movements” begins the listen with Bahn’s elegant and moving violin playing that

11/06/2025

Thanks, Big Takeover Magazine and Steve Holtje for this review of Jeff Myers' Goodnight

02/06/2025

"There's something so fantastical about these pieces of music that capture a certain aesthetic and essence that almost feels youthful in a sense."
RRecording Artists Guild (RAG)

A release from Lawson & Merrill brings out a beautiful and lush soundscape reminiscent of soundtrack or score pieces to film, and it combines gorgeous elements of spacious and ambient undertone with synthesized but orchestral feeling instrumentation and soundscape, bringing together some amazing wor...

02/06/2025

Thanks for the Neuma-tastic reviewing, Jean-Jacques Birgé

Nirmala Rajasekar
Ryland Angel
Dan Kurfirst
Phillip Schroeder
Randall Woolf
Steven Leon Ricks
Douglas R. Ewart
PAN project
Dan Roman

https://blogs.mediapart.fr/jean-jacques-birge/blog/300525/decouvertes-du-label-neuma-2?fbclid=IwY2xjawKq3edleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF0YlcwNUlDQWVyNkdnOWppAR7gRtSYGzC-CbbR_UlvQu44TuqO0-nQKe-afsAtmZSaHG_BaDb0n0k1dl2vaA_aem_OrWiU7cF-pcvaUBlpCXtLw

22/05/2025

From The Rooftop: "A body of work that surrounds healing in a time of pandemics, wars and racially charged strife, each track here is eloquent, unpredictable and full of beauty."
Cobus Du Toit

Take Effect Reviews

From The Rooftop Neuma, 2024 8/10 Listen to From The Rooftop The international artist Cobus du Toit brings his flute playing to these 7 distinct chamber and classically influenced pieces. Amanda Harberg’s “Court Dances” starts the listen with Toit’s dancing flute alongside Harberg’s piano ...

19/05/2025

Big up to all the Neuma artists over the years and thanks for letting Neuma share your creations.

The label's deep catalog is an incredible resource for all kinds of sonic exploration and experimentation.