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Tag: improvisation

18/12/2023 Ed Pinsent

High-Rise Vertical Descent

On Wasp Honey (DISCUS MUSIC DISCUS 138CD), Martin Archer and friends present an array of different approaches – playing compositions,

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12/12/2023 Ed Pinsent

Text Shadow Float in Water

Grace (FUTURA RESISTENZA RESCD001) by Lucy Liyou and Eric Frye is winning me over with its fractured attempts at communication.

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01/12/2023 Ed Pinsent

A Better Mousetrap – in French!

Unusual record from four French players called Scaring The Mice For Revenge (PROHIBITED RECORDS PRO 061). Quentin Rollet (sax) and

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30/11/2023 nausika

Voyage initiatique: a start to many adventures in free jazz improv for two collaborators

Duncan Pinhas, Yérri-Gaspar Hummel, Voyage initiatique, France, Lab’ut, LABUT005 CD (2023) As far as I can tell, “Voyage initiatique” is

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26/11/2023 Ed Pinsent

Long Sleeved Tendril Mesh

Another fine work of long-form and testing improvisation is Miroir (AK004) on the French Akousis label. Cyprian Busolini and Bertrand

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25/11/2023 nausika

Does Spring Hide Its Joy: a triptych of dronescape works of surprising richness and complexity

Kali Malone (featuring Stephen O’Malley & Lucy Railton), Does Spring Hide Its Joy, Ideologic Organ, SOMA 050, 3 x vinyl

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25/11/2023 Ed Pinsent

Water from a Walking Rock

On their Wayward Mystic (DISCUS MUSIC DISCUS 140CD) record, the duo of Brackenbury Bianco have found or invented some musical

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21/11/2023 nausika

T​ø​rrfall: a distinctive kaleidoscopic musical landscape of continuous ebb and flow

T​ø​rrfall, self-titled, Norway, Den Pene Inngang, DPI1 limited edition vinyl LP (2023) A new musical collaboration offering a new genre

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19/11/2023 Ed Pinsent

The Effects of Freshwater Flow

On na margem sul (ROOM 40 EDRM431), the American guitarist David Grubbs joins the Portuguese guitarist Manuel Mota for a

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14/11/2023 nausika

Playon Crayon: free jazz improvisation with a light and playful touch

Elsa Bergman, Playon Crayon, Sweden, Bergman Inspelningar, BI004 CD (2023) On days when you need relaxing music with a light

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