Ressuage Semelles De Fondation FRANCE BLOC THYRISTORS VINYLE 0090 / BIMBO TOWER RECORDS 017 LP (2011) Another nice French vinyl
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Horn Beam Fantasmas
Loopy and intense noisy jazz rock blurt from Cactus Truck, a trio which showcases the saxophone malarkey of John Dikeman
Continue readingNoize 2005: jazz klezmer fusion that’s born to be wild … or mild
Kruzenshtern i parohod, Noize 2005, Auris Media, CD aum033 (2011) In spite of its title, this is an album of
Continue readingHidden Album: a breezy klezmer jazz improv fusion
Kruzenshtern i Parohod, hidden album, Auris Media, CD aum031 (2011) Apart from a couple of those suggestive little black silhouettes
Continue readingOld Earth: four-part opus doesn’t quite satisfy as jazz / death metal chamber music piece
Ehnahre, Old Earth, Crucial Blast, CD CBR99 (2011) Ehnahre are new to me but this trio from Boston, Massachusetts, has
Continue reading… if a night: trippy jazz big on smooth and suave tricks and not much else
Shijo X, … if a night, Bombanella Records / Five Roses Press, CD (2012) A very nice surprise here …
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Musings on Mingus
The Sound Projector Radio Show Friday 8th February 2013 Charles Mingus, ‘Black Bats and Poles’ (1975) From Changes Two, WARNER
Continue readingCastles in your Heart
Here’s a highlight from February 2012, Age Of Energy (NORTHERN SPY NSCD020) by Chicago Underground Duo – a glorious CD
Continue readingUmber: the path from A to Z not at all straightforward but it’s there all right
Zero Centigrade, Umber, Observatoire, CD-r obs music 035 (2012) Zero Centigrade is an electronic improv jazz duo of Tonino Taiuti
Continue readingSt Francis Duo: dark and moody, unpredictable and fiery, mesmerising and absorbing
Steve Noble and Stephen O’Malley, St Francis Duo, Bo’Weavil Recordings, CD weavil47 (2012) A thrilling barrage of thunderous drums heralds
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