improvisation – The Sound Projector

19/09/2020 Ed Pinsent

The Long Haul Approach

From Martin Archer’s Discus Music label, we have the trio The Geordie Approach and their album Shields. Stale Birkeland and

12/09/2020 Ed Pinsent

Bonn A Chord

Solo guitar LP from Philipp Schaufelberger is called Bonn (WER 037) from Wide Ear Records in Switzerland. Much to my

09/09/2020 Ed Pinsent

The Formanex Box, part 7: Fragile Beings

Disc ten of the Formanex box set (MIKROTON CD 85) brings us up to the very contemporary present by showcasing

05/09/2020 Ed Pinsent

Crystal Set

Excellent record Crystalline (AUSCULTO FONOGRAM AUF005) created by the trio of Arrias-Davies-Ullén. It would probably be unhelpful to work too

02/09/2020 Paul Khimasia Morgan

Dream Feathers: veers from melodic to free-form

Ron Caines / Martin Archer Axis Dream Feathers UK Discus Records 88CD CD/DL (2020) Saxophonist Ron Caines of pioneering ‘60s

28/08/2020 nausika

Post-Pandemic Music: gentle and light minimal electroacoustic music but with a few sour notes

Patryk Zakrocki, Post-Pandemic Music, Poland, Bôlt Records, BR1068 CD ecopak (2020) Checking his biography at his website, I see Patryk

27/08/2020 nausika

Everything Evaporate: a remarkable sound art experience in which boundaries between worlds all dissolve

Félicia Atkinson, Everything Evaporate, France, Shelter Press, SP121 cassette (2020) Félicia Atkinson is a French-born, Belgian-based musician with a considerable

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

18/08/2020 Ed Pinsent

Notice Is Given

These Insub.Rec releases from Cyril Bondi’s label indicate the label is building a strong family of improv records, some of

12/08/2020 Ed Pinsent

The Formanex Box, part 6: Out, Demons

We’re at disc nine of the Formanex box set (MIKROTON CD 84). Kasper T. Toeplitz (the French-Polish musician and composer)