The duo Owl is the Norwegian musician Karl Haugland Bjorå, teaming up with the Danish saxophonist Signe Emmeluth; both reside
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Tag: improvisation
Five from April 2020
From the Ventil Records label in Vienna, we have The Trouble With Being Born (VENTIL RECORDS V_013) by Schrecken and
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VII: darkly monumental drone noise electronics terror for the pandemic age
KTL, VII, Editions Mego, Austria, EMEGO 287 cassette / vinyl (2020) For a project initially established to provide music for
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S/.: sharply piquant noisescapes of electronics, percussion and objects
Marco Ferrazza and Giacomo Salis, S/., Australia, Hemisphärenokukyo, HNK020 limited edition CDR (2020) With 20 releases to its name already,
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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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The Haunted Screen
Released under the auspices of Paul Khimasia Morgan we have the fine record The Phantom Sunrise (AURAL DETRITUS audet007), documenting
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Proclamation ov the Black Suns: a very striking and solid debut album of 1990s’-era second-wave black metal with an experimental slant
Dkharmakhaoz, Proclamation ov the Black Suns, Germany, Iron Bonehead Productions, IBP 476 CD digipak / vinyl LP (2020) A very
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Black Ice
Here’s an essential “dark beast” from Jac Berrocal, that maverick French performer who’s often mistaken for a jazz musician and
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Sound Delivery Boys
Latest item from the Berlin guitarist and composer Torsten Papenheim is by his quartet Tru Cargo Service. We’ve been enjoying
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Krononaut (self-titled): clean if not always consistent experimental jazz improv debut with hints of darkness and unease
Krononaut, self-titled, United Kingdom, Tak:til, GB 096 vinyl LP / CD (2020) Krononaut is a new experimental jazz ensemble revolving
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