Here’s a substantial chunk of gritty digital minimalism executed by a couple of respected European maestros Tomas Korber and Gert-Jan
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A rock without the sea
Here’s the great Bernhard Gál with Same Difference (GROMOGA GRO 11001), a work which comprises 12 suites all based on
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Piiptsjilling is a fairly unusual cultural mix, with three Dutch improvising guitarists Romke Kleefstra, Mariska Baars and Rutger Zuydervelt, plus
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Five items from the Polish record label MonotypeRec., which arrived on 12 October 2010 in the TSP wicker basket. Three
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On Edges (+3DB 010), the improvising double-bass player Michael Francis Duch steps up to the manly task of performing compositions
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I’ve gotten copies of these newish items from The New Blockaders, but to tell you the truth I haven’t heard
Continue readingPaw Music / Troubled Elephants
Generic City (TWO ACORNS 2A01) is a collaboration between the Japanese artiste Yui Onodera and Celer, a project which envelops
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Fine album by Trawler Bycatch, a rubberised trio of greasy hotheads from Portland Oregon. Schlep’m (PORTER RECORDS PRCD-4050) exhibits the
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Natura Naturans (CARRIER 005) is a splendid piece of creaky acoustic music from the duo of Architeuthis Walks On Land,
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Here’s a spoken-word curio which showcases the poetry of Zbigniew Herbert, who I learn was one of Poland’s foremost post-war
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