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Alan Freeman, Audion, no. 87, May 1, 2026
Dream of Heat

The Canadian duo of Ida Toninato (baritone saxophone, voice, synthesizers) and Jennifer Thiessen (viola, voice, synthesizers), plus an additional musician: Jason Sharp also credited on synthesizers, this is one of those albums where the resulting music is far more rich and creative than one would expect from the instrumentations. Of course, in having two female vocalist/multi-instrumentalists, really, anything is possible. There’s both a “post rock without the rock” feel present, and an avant pop edge to much of it, whilst it runs from moody neo classical, to ambient space jazz to many other realms, all bordering the avant-garde, yet never really steeping over the line.

Dream of Heat
There’s both a “post rock without the rock” feel present, and an avant pop edge to much of it, whilst it runs from moody neo classical, to ambient space jazz to many other realms, all bordering the avant-garde, yet never really steeping over the line.