Gurun Gurun, Uzu Oto, Peru, BUH Records, BR157 vinyl LP (2022) A Czech quartet, Gurun Gurun play alt-pop deconstructed through
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A Complete Anthology Of Solo and Duo Violin Pieces: a sprightly anthology of an experimental composer’s work by two violinists
Christian Wolff, A Complete Anthology Of Solo and Duo Violin Pieces, Australia, Black Truffle Records, BT099 CD (2022) Recorded over
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Strict…But Fair
Another impressive album from Torsten Papenheim, that Berlin-based genius whose recorded output is very hard to classify. He’s here today
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The Ineffable Presence
Ilia Belorukov here with Someone Has Always Come (SR008), for the Polish label Sublime Retreat. This Russian composer, improviser, performer
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Tropical Ice
Polar Force (ROOM 40 RM4154) is an unusual item documenting what happened when Australian field-recording guy Philip Samartzis went out
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How to do the Jazz Layout
“For once it’s not a live recording”, writes Geoff Cheesemaster as he sends me Laurie’s Revenge (SPIRIT OF GRAVITY GRAV144),
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Life in Life: deep beauty and spellbinding emotion in minimal piano melodies and extreme singing
Randi Pontoppidan & Povl Kristian, Life in Life, United States, Chant Records, CR2205RA CD (2022) A beautiful and very emotional
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Albat Alawi Op.99: 20th-century Arab classical orchestral music meets DIY invention
El Khat, Albat Alawi Op.99, Germany, Glitterbeat Records, GBCD 121 (2022) Led by Eyal el Wahab, a self-taught Israeli musician
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An Intergalactic Year Passes
Latest release from Austrian violinist and composer Mia Zabelka is The Quantum Violin (FMR RECORDS FMRCD622-0721), a collaboration with the
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Fake: dynamic duo leading the way into a retro space jazz dystopian underworld
Lorenzo Feliciati & Dominique Vantomme, Fake, India, Subcontinental Records, SCR049 CD digipak (2022) Two veteran musicians (and long-time friends) in
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