January 2011 – Page 2 – The Sound Projector

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

Piiptsjilling is a fairly unusual cultural mix, with three Dutch improvising guitarists Romke Kleefstra, Mariska Baars and Rutger Zuydervelt, plus

Five items from the Polish record label MonotypeRec., which arrived on 12 October 2010 in the TSP wicker basket. Three

On Edges (+3DB 010), the improvising double-bass player Michael Francis Duch steps up to the manly task of performing compositions

I’ve gotten copies of these newish items from The New Blockaders, but to tell you the truth I haven’t heard

Generic City (TWO ACORNS 2A01) is a collaboration between the Japanese artiste Yui Onodera and Celer, a project which envelops

Fine album by Trawler Bycatch, a rubberised trio of greasy hotheads from Portland Oregon. Schlep’m (PORTER RECORDS PRCD-4050) exhibits the

Natura Naturans (CARRIER 005) is a splendid piece of creaky acoustic music from the duo of Architeuthis Walks On Land,

Here’s a spoken-word curio which showcases the poetry of Zbigniew Herbert, who I learn was one of Poland’s foremost post-war