Piyakdu, Vissiones ov Naeku the’e Plowmanne, United States, Grime Stone Records, (no catalogue number) cassette / CD (2023) Partly inspired
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Get to know the Green Personality
Three new items from the Discus Music label, all arrived 7th November 2022. Green Money (DISCUS 142CD) is by Day
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Ad-hoc improvising group VÖ here on The Sounds of VÖ (THANATOSIS PRODUKTION THT19), a double-CD set and featuring some of
Continue readingThe Clear Distance: a contemplative work of quiet minimal improvisation
Bill Seaman & Stephen Vitiello, The Clear Distance, Australia, Room40, RM 4201 CD (2023) As a media artist, academic and
Continue readingCarry Them With Us: Scottish Gaelic folklore given new life by smallpipes and saxophone duo
Brìghde Chaimbeul, Carry Them With Us, Germany, Glitterbeat, GB 139 CD / vinyl LP (2023) Albums of instrumental music centred
Continue readingDAIKAN: reissue of a dronescape work beautiful and serene, dark and forbidding, blissful and hypnotic
Thomas Köner, DAIKAN, Germany, Mille Plateaux, MP49 CD digipak / double vinyl LP (2022) Twenty years after its original release
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Toronto musician Nick Storring with his solo record Music From Wéi (ORANGE MILK RECORDS OM161), produced entirely using pianos (and
Continue readingLet Joy Be Uncontained
After so many “lockdown” and “pandemic” albums, it’s a nice change to hear a life-affirming “end-of-lockdown” record…Hunter Complex was so
Continue readingVoyage 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
Continue readingThe 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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