The UK label Cold Spring have, I think, now completed their diabolical plan to make available the back catalogue of
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Musical Exile
Stefano Tedesco of La Spezia in Italy kindly sent us a copy of Lontano: Homage to Giacinto Scelsi (NO NUMBER),
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From Mind Twisting Records in Poland we received this far-out album of improvised gut-wrenching doomy-drone-jazz, which appealed to me instantly.
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Another enjoyable set of sprawling drone and percussion music from the cosmic trippy psych-improvising trio Tetragrammaton, whose Point Of Convergence
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Got some very delectable items from the Japanese EM Records label, often a reliable source of enticing and exotic reissues
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Having recently mentioned the netlabel Woe Betide, I just found two more submissions from them crammed down the side of
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Aura (ETUDE 021) is an excellent process piece put together by Spaniard King of Austerity Alfredo Costa Monteiro. It’s constructed
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Some exceptionally fine modern composition from German cove Alex Nowitz, who can compose, play keyboards, and sing as well, and
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No self-respecting Merzbow fan can afford to be without Live At The Henie Onstad Art Centre (PRISMA RECORDS CD710), assuming
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Cellist Erik Friedlander has turned in some fine examples of contemporary small-group jazz in recent years. 50 Miniatures for Improvising
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