"Samen' collects tracks from singles, EPs, and compilations that came out between 2015 and 2025. 17 tracks, 76 minutes, presented as a continuous mix on a shiny compact disc. This album compiles some of my very favorite Machinefabriek m...

"Quartetics" captures a unique encounter between four seasoned improvisers, who first came together in this quartet formation on May 15, 2019. Although new in this configuration, these musicians share extensive collaborative histories: ...

"Acoustic resonance unfolds across matter and space. Yet other forms of resonance are stirred by encounter and memories. The sounds of this album are shaped through free improvisation-dancing around one another's gestures, swaying throu...

"Gallio is making an important statement with this album, therefore a statement about beauty. Instead of saying "It's bullshit", free players could just say "It's not to my taste". That's the difference between admiring, and loving or l...

"This 4CD set gathers eight essential albums that Clifford Brown recorded as leader for Blue Note and EmArcy between 1953 and 1956. Drawn from his very finest sessions, it offers the definitive portrait of a genius lost at just 25, and ...

"Recorded in a neighbourhood church in the city of Ghent, Belgium. Penumbra is a fully improvised album. It was born from a personal urgency of searching for ways to keep creating sound in moments of uncertainty. It grew from a desire t...

Rorane showcases an adventurous blend of free improvisation and jazz-rooted exploration from Swedish experimental ensemble stalwarts. Recorded with bassist Nina de Heney, pianist Karin Johansson, and drummer Henrik Wartel, the project m...

""Selections from the Gutter" brings NYC saxophonist Michael Foster with the longstanding rhythm section of Swiss bassist Christian Weber (of Sudden Infant), and German drummer Michael Griener, a longtime fixture of the Berlin scene. Th...

"Still Life with Lemons began as a 'Reflex' commission from the Amsterdam venue Bimhuis. This album is a live recording of that special first performance. Powerful musical characters meet on stage in a spirit of exploration, friendship,...

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Futterman, a heavy and high-energy pianist, has made more than 80 albums, and performed with legends in the US and internationally. Parker is, of course, a titanic figure in avant-garde jazz, a central presence in improvised music world...

"The title of this album was suggested by Satoko Fujii. It's a Japanese word meaning a heart-to-heart conversation between intimate friends (what a lovely thing to have a word for!). She chose it, "because when I play with Myra, I alway...

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"This recording documents a first encounter. For his 60th birthday, Stefan invited two musicians he had previously met only online. We stepped into the same room, the same air, the same sound. By the end of the night, the trio had alrea...