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21/07/2024 Ed Pinsent

Songs About Mapping

Large Unit from Norway with two new albums, not unrelated…both New Map (PNL RECORDS PNL054) and Clusterfuck (PNL055) were recorded

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24/03/2024 Ed Pinsent

Wild Billy’s Circus Story

Paal Nilssen-Love Circus Pairs Of Three NORWAY PNL RECORDS PNL035 CD (2022) He’s a great musician and probably a larger-than-life

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23/04/2023 Ed Pinsent

On Board the Solar Barque

Impressive jazz suite from veteran player Ron Caines with Martin Archer Axis. Port Of Saints (DISCUS MUSIC DISCUS 128CD) has

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30/07/2022 Ed Pinsent

Beat Plastic Pollution

Excellent contemporary big-band jazz from Norway from Trondheim Jazz Orchestra on Plastic Wave (ODIN RECORDS ODINCD9578), a double-disc set composed

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23/04/2022 Ed Pinsent

The Love of Life Orchestra

Herewith CD II of the “Blue” Gene Tyranny box set Degrees Of Freedom Found (UNSEEN WORLDS UW35). The set opens

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07/04/2021 Ed Pinsent

Monk’s Mood

Three items received from Martin Archer and his Discus Music label. Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere is Archer’s talented group

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03/11/2020 Steve Pescott

Extensive Bridgework

Article XI Live in Newcastle U.K. DISCUS MUSIC DISCUS 89 CD (2020) With major involvement in Beck Hunters, The Caines/Archer

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26/08/2020 Ed Pinsent

Ingrid’s Kitchen

New album from the Canadian combo GGRIL is a gem of semi-composed conducted improvisation…we heard from this excellent group with

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19/04/2020 Stuart Marshall

Watch That Man

Anthropology Band (DISCUS MUSIC DISCUS 90CD) marks Martin Archer‘s latest foray into the lands beyond the oft-cannibalistic realm of contemporary

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17/12/2019 Steve Pescott

Unpredictability (with Strings Attached)

Orchestra Entropy Rituals U.K. DISCUS MUSIC DISCUS 85CD CD (2019) Of course, the contemporary British avantist doesn’t really need to

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