"During Spring 2015, Eamon Sprod and Eric La Casa spent one week to record on waste grounds, at the north east of Paris, and along the canal Ourcq. Spaces which are somehow both inside yet apart from the city; waiting spaces from which ...

"Track one opens with intent, the bass string bending the line up for the sax and viola singing out over the top, the sound is deep, heavy, thrusting and evocative. The bass clarinet voice is heard under many sections and is the mighty ...

"In his debut solo album Carlo Costa presents two pieces for solo acoustic percussion which make use of improvisation within composed structures. For the recording Carlo used an assortment of instruments and objects (drum set, concert b...

"Yes, there is rock, but it's so deformed that not even no wave could help you make sense out of it. Imagine if a bunch of viruses filled with fake news and contemporary nastiness would go straight to the core of no wave, punk, and rock...

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"n November 2017, the duo of Canadian drummer Mike Gennaro and UK clarinettist/guitarist Alex Ward navigated its way across Germany by a series of train journeys of varied classifications and degrees-of-scenicness. Over the course of a ...

"A long-awaited solo: Augmented Nature combines 94k/24-bit binaural field recordings from Lisbon and Alentejo with Tom Arthurs' sensuous and explorative piccolo trumpet playing - creating a uniquely moving, touching and lasting sonic me...

"Mandhira and Benoit met three years ago in Paris and soon discovered that they loved playing together. They recorded Spinneret a year later, over a day of quiet and meditative composing, at curious distance from the animated playing th...

"Arild Andersen, known for his long association with the German label ECM, brings his usual sensitivity and improvisational prowess to this meeting of musical minds. His combination of a lifetime of experience and a beautiful tone make ...

"Mark Wastell has been organising larger formations of musicians, collectively known as THE SEEN, for over 10 years. Using predominantly improvised material with occasional instructions or themes distributed to individual musicians just...

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"A studio recording of the set first performed at the 8th Black Mountain College {Re}HAPPENING which took place on March 31, 2018 at Camp Rockmount, the setting of the now legendary Black Mountain College. The music is original pieces b...

"I formed Turbulence in 2015 as I started to assemble players for the Leap of Faith Orchestra. Turbulence, the extended horn section for the Orchestra (along with guests on other instruments), also records and performs as an independent...

"In the early days of MCE, most of our sets were with multiple percussion players. More of the recent MCE sets have a bigger variety of instruments with everyone doubling the percussion, more emphasis on electronic instruments and signa...

"Elinor and Mimi are both gifted violinists who perform in many musical settings and are not primarily improvisers. They bring a different sensibility from classical and jazz, which they draw from when they play with us in a much more o...

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"Regarding the quartets involving both Ernesto and Guilherme Rodrigues, of course, with two differentiated guests, one perceives "at least" a trio-style interaction, even when the two Rodrigueses employ styles that seem to be in continuity ...

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Slyly crossing modern improv and EAI approaches in a surreal take on early bottleneck, banjo and slide blues styles from the Quebec quintet of Arthur Bull on harmonica, voice, guitar & electronics, Eric Normand on banjo, voice & bass, Ben Grossman on "old wheel", Anne-Francoise Jacques on engines, and Gabriel Rochette on trombone; sincere and eccentric.