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07/10/2021 Ed Pinsent

Those Dancing Feet

The Instant Composers Pool is an important part of free improvisation history. Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg and Willem Breuker founded

03/10/2021 Ed Pinsent

The Way Out of the Labyrinth

Subdued, minimal, long-form saxophone improvisations from Christian Kobi on Hidden Place Of Return (CUBUS RECORDS CR 375). He serves up

29/09/2021 Ed Pinsent

In The Tradition

Pat Thomas is a London-based all-rounder skilled in the arts of jazz, improvisation, rock and free playing in whatever context

18/09/2021 Ed Pinsent

Arcane Secrets

In between curating his ZORA series of CDRs drawn from his archive of non-current recordings, German player Ignaz Schick has

17/09/2021 Ed Pinsent

Verser / Vake / Kith

English players James O’Sullivan and Dan Powell have formed a duo called Muster – we’ve heard from both of them

31/08/2021 Ed Pinsent

The Swallows Say Farewell to Summer

Naturaliste are an American foursome of players who first got together in Omaha in 1998 or 1999, and have surfaced

29/08/2021 Ed Pinsent

Round-up of January Discs

Nice solo set by Eric Random, an English player who has a fascinating background in punk and post-punk in the

19/08/2021 nausika

Fiori Chiari, Fiori Oscuri: a mix of sunny worlds of children’s dreams and an introspective solo piano melody

Alvin Curran, Fiori Chiari, Fiori Oscuri, Australia, Black Truffle, BT078 vinyl LP (reissue) (2021) First issued in 1978 on the

17/08/2021 Ed Pinsent

Where do the Waving Nerves Go?

Remarkable set of studio improvisation from the small group Archeus on their self-titled record (HAANG-004) from Haang Niap Records. This

15/08/2021 nausika

Lastenkerääjä: leading listeners down a rabbit hole of dark and grim folk

Akkajee, Lastenkerääjä, Finland, self-released, AKKACD-002 (2021) In Finnish, “lastenkerääjä,” means “child collector”, referring to a child’s mind in which the