Zero Centigrade, Umber, Observatoire, CD-r obs music 035 (2012) Zero Centigrade is an electronic improv jazz duo of Tonino Taiuti
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St 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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Plaistow Patricia Lacrimosa (INSUBORDINATIONS NETLABEL INSUB.DLT01) has some fine instrumental music from the Swiss trio Plaistow, comprising Johann Bourquenez on
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Modern Mall-aise Let’s delve into another from the January bag of Unfathomless field recordings. Here’s the English phonography guy Simon
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Our graves must send those that we bury, back From Bloomington we received a copy of this excellent limited CD
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Illusions in Zurich Four side-long pieces of excellent instrumental work from the trio Tetras on their double album Pareidolia (FLINGCO
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Orpheus in the Underworld Christof Kurzmann attempts grand things on El Infierno Musical (MIKROTON RECORDINGS CD 20). He composed all
Continue readingOut of the Coma: Comus returns from long hiatus with new smoky jazz edge
Comus, Out of the Coma, Coptic Cat, NIFE 014CD (2012) Out of the coma? – more like out of the
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Arrived 20 December 2011, another envelope from the Helsinki jazz label TUM that impressed us quite favourably in January. Juhani
Continue readingThe Very Best of Ethiopiques: double set captures brief period of artistic freedom in Ethiopia
Various Artists, The Very Best of Ethiopiques, UK, Union Square Music Ltd, 2 x CD MantCD245 (2007) For many years
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