David Bremer is not known to us, but he has appeared on a few Swedish records of a noisy and
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Double Shadow
Indifferent cover art, banal title – but the music on Actions Soniques (VAND’OEUVRE VDO1850) deserves a curious lugger or two
Continue readingThe Cassandra Crossing
Last heard from Jana Irmert, the Berlin sound artist, in 2017 with her End Of Absence record. That overly-atmospheric item
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Unusual clarinet improvisations from French players Xavier Charles and Jacques di Donato on their Ilex (PROTAGONISTE PROTA1801) album. Using only
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Three items whose common denominator is Salford’s most prolific polymath, purveyor of free/jazz/noise, promoter, label head and uttapam-fan David Birchall.
Continue readingSmiles from the Firmament
Håvard Volden Space Happy NORWAY SOFA RECORDS SOFA 568 CD (2018) A neatly presented storyboard all told, where Space Happy‘s
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Hamburg sound artist Gregory Büttner often surfaces on his own 1000Fussler label, but here he is on Gruenrekorder, the home
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From Drone Records in Bremen, the two-disc set Troum Transformation Tapes (TRANSGREDIENT RECORDS TR-13) is a generous helping of very
Continue readingMagick Memos from Japan
Got a snootful of items from Michel Henritzi, the French improviser who still holds a torch for Japanese improvisation in
Continue readingS.F. Sorrow: a significant if underrated historical music document of its time
The Pretty Things, S.F. Sorrow, United Kingdom, Columbia (EMI), vinyl LP SX6306 (December 1968) In case people haven’t already noticed,
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