Blast's 2nd release on the ReR label, compositional rock that incorporates complex compositions with improvisation sections in seamless and breathtaking ways.

A rare release from a pioneer of contemporary cross-platform composition, with Chris Cutler, The Icarus Ensemble, Sira and Boubacar Djebate, Johannes Bauer, Tiziano Popoli, &c. &c.

NY saxophonist Steve Lehman's Octet integrates delicate and highly nuanced spectral harmonies into meticulously crafted rhythmic settings, advanced and compelling jazz.

Joe Morris on bass in the debut recording of his new trio with drummer Luther Gray and Czech saxophonist Petr Cancura, modern out jazz from this NY leader.

An excellent quartet of 4 female improvisers creating mysterious landscapes, bizarre spaces and surprising topography using dual pianos, flute, melodica, trombone & alphorn.

Exploring the many voices of the extraordinary electronic instrument onde Martinot with works by Olivier Messiaen, N'Guyen Thien Dao, Jacques Charpentier & Tristan Murail.

The first meeting of guitarist/electronic artist Rowe with Sachiko M on sine wave and contact mic, recorded during the AMPLIFY 2008 festival in Tokyo.

The synthetic soundtrack to the radioplay "No Man's Land" about the Dust Bowl period in the USA and the people in the Oklahoma Panhandle; and "The Stranger" based on Camus' book.

VRIL's 2nd incredible album of tongue-in-cheek lyrical guitar instrumentals, led by Lukas Simonis with Bob Drake and now 3rd guitarist Omer, with Chris Cutler on drums.

Chicago trumpeter Wilkes, who plays in El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble and Exploding Star Orchestra, in his own Abstrakt Pulse sextet, a modern take on mid-60s jazz.

Xu Fengxia traditional Sanxian & Guzheng player and free vocalist in duo with drummer/percussionist Lucas Niggli for suspenseful cross-cultural improvisations.

Zorn's exotic and compelling followup to "The Dreamers" jazz release featuring the same dynamic band of masters from Zorn's inner circle; far-ranging and superb music.

The quartet of Cosottini, Melano, Pisani, Miano (EAQuartet Electroacoustic) in compositions referring to the 4 cardinal map points using graphic scores, games, open readings, &c.

A live performance at Judson Church in Manhattan as part of the 20th Vision Festival from the NY/France free improvising trio of Joelle Leandre on double bass, Mat Maneri on viola, and Gerald Cleaver on drums and percussion, two tracks of steadily building, incredibly compatible dialog.

Live recordings at LOFT in Cologne, Germany from the trio of George Wissel on prepared saxophone, Achim Tang on doublebass, and Simon Camatta on drums & percussion, performing seven "Movements" that use prodigious technique with reserve and direction, revealing the structure of their work as the pieces build and recede in fascinating ways.

Trio 3 (Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille, and Oliver Lake in the next Trio 3 + release, here with pianist Geri Allen, amazing interplay from four statesmen of modern jazz.

The 2nd Digital Primitives release (Cooper-Moore, Asif Tsahar, Chad Taylor) digs in deep to fuse a new sound from blues, folk, jazz & funk, with accents from the music's African antecedents.

David Murray, Anthony Braxton and Roscoe Mitchell associate Ragin in a solo trumpet album of intense strategies that also pays tribute to Braxton, Miles and Leo Smith.

Tsahar's New York Underground Orchestra with an all-star set of New York players including Okkyung Lee, Oscar Noriega, Matt Lavelle, Tatsuya Nakatani, &c. &c performing Tsahar's 10 part "labyrinth".

Tsahar's 60-minute suite with his NY heavyweights Zoanthropic Orchestra is a sort of self-portrait in sound, drawing on auditory memories from his childhood on.

Part of bassist Kowald's 2000 US tour of solo and performances with local musicians, here with alto player Tsahar and drum legend Rashied Ali in a brilliant encounter.

Cooper-Moore's astonishing solo piano album live in Guelph shows his immense knowledge of jazz idioms crossed with mind-altering, outer-edge playing, Moore's "improvisation as lifeblood".

Drummer Ibarra's trio with Cooper-Moore and violinist Charles Burnham blur boundaries in a band of great versatility, taste and collective musicianship.

A collection of compositions from drummer/composer Federico Ughi dedicated to the four cities where he's lived: Rome, London, Montreal and New York, performed in a quartet with Darius Jones (sax), Eri Yamamoto (piano) and Ed Schuller (bass).

Label founder and New York Downtown saxophonist in a solo album of free improvisations with Tsahar's particularly lyrical and honest approach to the horn.

A single 34 minute live recording at Musica Portuguesa Hoje Festival in Lisbon, 2008 from this excellent set of expressive and contemplative electroacoustic performers.

Pianist and accordionist Joao Lucas' music for Andresa Soares' choreography "It was a very abstract thing", structured acoustic improvisation with a slight electronic edge.

The millefleurs vocal ensemble brings 12 vocalists together in varying groups for minimal and unique vocalisation over a taxonomy of floral genres and species.

Pianist and accordionist Joao Lucas' music for Andresa Soares' choreography "It was a very abstract thing", structured acoustic improvisation with a slight electronic edge.

The millefleurs vocal ensemble brings 12 vocalists together in varying groups for minimal and unique vocalisation over a taxonomy of floral genres and species.

Studio recording of one of the most exhilarating ensembles in the ever growing Masada family performing thirteen compositions from Zorn's legendary Book of Angels.

"Founded in 1965, AMM would spend nearly six decades pursuing and perfecting their art of live, improvised performance. In its early beginnings, AMM was a collective of London jazz musicians looking to break into new frontiers, includin...

Bassist and vocalist Bishu Chattopadhyay leads a nine-piece ensemble featuring Rez Abbasi, Esteban Castro, Birsa Chatterjee, and Mir Naqibul Islam through nine compositions blending contemporary jazz, Indian musical traditions, free improvisation, and structured ensemble writing, reflecting themes of memory, migration, and cultural identity through shifting melodies and open-ended musical forms.

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British pianist Alexander Hawkins joins harpist Rhodri Davies, drummer Hamid Drake, flutist Nicole Mitchell, and turntablist Matthew Wright in an imaginative quintet blending acoustic improvisation with synthesizers, sampling, and electronic manipulation, transforming nine compositions and collective explorations into richly layered music shaped through spontaneous interaction and inventive studio post-production.

"With the rare format of a violin and percussion duo, the partnership between Maria do Mar and Cesar Burago focuses on detail, nuance, and subtlety within a context of structured or spontaneous improvisation and an exploration of the tim...

"Following two electrifying studio albums and a live recording, the "supergroup-three musicians who are among the most exciting and active that the European avant-garde has to offer" (Jazzthetik) presents another thrilling album Kompres...

"Taking up some threads from my thoughts in the previous three entries, Jardin Semantique - recorded in Lisbon this past February - finds Ernesto Rodrigues (on viola only) in the musical company of Joao Silva (trumpet) and Carlos Santos...

"Keith Tippett was just twenty-one when his group recorded the first of these sets for BBC's Jazz Workshop on May 21st 1969, three months before the recording of his first album, You Are Here -- I Am There. The CD is noteworthy for the ...

"An Imagisist Experiment at Welcome to Silkeborg�s Lab is a 2026 free-improvisation album by Portuguese duo Welcome to Silkeborg, comprising Tiago Varela and Monsieur Trinite. Released by Lisbon�s Creative Sources,it continues a duo pro...

Drawing on his work with Annea Lockwood documenting the Columbia River, trumpeter Nate Wooley creates Memorial, combining trumpet, field recordings, and generated voice to reflect on the submerged Kettle Falls, once a vital gathering place for Indigenous peoples, exploring the relationship between sound, memory, and landscape, and the persistence of what remains beneath the altered river.