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	Selva, The (Jacinto / Almeida / Morao): Canicula Rosa Label: Clean Feed Product Code: 27348 Catalog Code: CF518CD Country: Portugal		Price: $14.95 In Stock
The 2nd album from the Portuguese trio of cellist Ricardo Jacinto, double bassist Goncalo Almeida, and drummer Nuno Morao, blending free jazz and freely improvised music using effect pedals and electronic devices to expand their collective improvisations, textured playing influenced by folk melodies and an experimental post-rock bent; mesmerizing and passionate.
	Spring Roll (Helary / Mayot / Rayon / Lemetre / Davis): Episodes Label: Clean Feed Product Code: 27347 Catalog Code: CF517CD Country: Portugal		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Picking up from flutist Sylvaine Helary's 2015 Ayler release "Spring Roll/Printemps", this evolved album of chamber jazz performed with Hugues Mayot on saxophone & clarinet, Antonin Rayon on piano & Moog, Sylvain Lemetre on vibes & percussions, and Kris Davis on piano, presents sophisticated compositions from Helary, Davis, Rayon Dan Blake, and Matt Mitchell.
	Spillmann, Matthias Trio (Spillmann / Lang / Baumgartner): Live At The Bird's Eye Jazz Club Label: Clean Feed Product Code: 27346 Catalog Code: CF516CD Country: Portugal		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Matthias' Spillmann's Trio with the leader on trumpet and flugelhorn, Swiss drummer Mortiz Baumgartner and Danish Bassist Andreas Lang are caught live at Bird's Eye Jazz Club, in Basel Switzerland in 2017 for a lyrical and informed album of hard bop, seminal free jazz and jazz standards, including pieces by Ornette Coleman, Billy Strayhorn, Joe Lavano, and William C. Handy.
	Fictive Five, The (Ochs / Wooley / Filiano / Niggenkemper / Eisenstadt): Anything Is Possible Label: Clean Feed Product Code: 27345 Catalog Code: CF514CD Country: Portugal		Price: $14.95 In Stock
A tour-de-force of modern creative jazz from the quintet of Larry Ochs on tenor & sopranino saxophones, Nate Wooley on trumpet, Ken Filiano on bass & effects, Pascal Niggenkemper on bass & effects, and Harris Eisenstadt on drums, the familiar history of the musicians and the staggering skill of each bearing out the album's title, in 2 collective and 3 Ochs compositions.
	Guillotine (Lopes / Ceccaldi / Wildhagen): Guillotine Label: Clean Feed Product Code: 27344 Catalog Code: CF511CD Country: Portugal		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Recalling the French Revolution, Portuguese guitarist Luis Lopes joins forces with French cellist Valentin Ceccaldi and Norwegian drummer Andreas Wildhagen as they slice through complex electric improvisation in a triptych for Marie Antoinette, ending in a Robespierre-like reign of terror "Orgasmic Dance"; muscular, convoluted, unsettling and exultant.
	de Heney, Nina / Karin Johansson / Henrik Wartel: Quagmire Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27298 Catalog Code: cs590 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Turning the piano trio concept onto its sonic side, the Swedish trio of Nina de Heney on double bass, Karin Johansson on piano, and Henrik Wartel on drums owe more to AMM than jazz tradition, as they use extended techniques and a sound-oriented approach to improvisation, presenting three live recordings at Elementstudion, in Gothenburg, Sweden.
	Dyberg / Masing / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Jacobson: Egin Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27297 Catalog Code: cs589 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Recording live in Berlin at Werkhalle Wiesenburg, the quartet of Portuguese father/son string players Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Danish saxophonist Mia Dyberg on alto sax, and Polish double bassist Tomo Jacobson present a precisely controlled concert of subtly detailed free improvisation using impressive technique and momentum.
	Voort4: Stroming Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27296 Catalog Code: cs588 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
The Netherlands quartet of Martin Tervoort on tenor & soprano saxophones and bass clarinet, Bert Kleijn on drums, Fons Sluijter on cello, and Bennie Timmer on guitars, in collective improvisation influenced by jazz, blues, salsa, pop, free improv and modern compositional music.
	Bramnk, Falter: Diez Seiz Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27295 Catalog Code: cs587 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 Out of Stock
A mysterious and absorbing composition in 8 parts with 8 independent themes, composed to accompany the narrative of an exhibition in January 2018 by the Portuguese artist Sandra Gil at Galerie 9 in Lille, France, Bramnk's score combining acoustic, electronic, and studio components, this rendering adding viola from Guenola Fatout on several parts.
	Vazquez, Pablo / Hernan Sama: El Nombre Del Ritual Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27294 Catalog Code: cs586 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Thirteen emphatic "rituals" from the Argentinian duo of saxophonist Hernan Sama, recording in the studio as they employ an array of techniques including extended bowing and plucking approaches, saxophone smears, growls, vocal utterances, odd reed techniques, &c, to engage their listener's ears as they unfold dialog that merges jazz forms and fully free improvisation.
	Hifiklub: E Lisboa [Used Item] Label: Shhpuma Product Code: 27280 Catalog Code: SHH047CD Country: Portugal		Price: $6.95 In Stock
A collaborative French instrumental rock band led by and with compositions from the core quartet of Anthony Belguise (drums), Jean-Loup Faurat (guitar), Regis Laugier (bass) and Nico Morcillo (guitar), with a list of 22 international guests across 8 songs and instrumentals, including Rafael Toral, Maria Radich, Paulo Furtado, Carlos Zingaro, Rui Carvalho, &c.
	Baumann, Franziska / Udo Schindler: Blue Sonic Vibrations [Used Item] Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27269 Catalog Code: cs551 Country: Portugal		Price: $9.95 In Stock
German saxophonist and leader of the Salon for Klang + Kunst started the Improx, or "The X for the Unknown and the Unheard" with Gunnar Geisse, here in the third edition of the series with Swiss free improvising vocalist Franziska Baumann, captured live at two performances in 2018 in Germany & Switzerland, for unusual, quick-witted and innovative interchanges.
	TGB: Tuba, Guitarra & Bateria Label: Clean Feed Product Code: 27208 Catalog Code: CF023 Country: Portugal		Price: $14.95 In Stock
The first album from the trio of Portuguese musicians Sergio Carolino on tuba, Mario Delgado on guitar, and Alexandre Frazao on drums, turns jazz on its ear in an unusual format where the tuba functions less as a bass but instead like a lead instrument, on par with the guitar and drums, as the perform works by the likes of Monk, Carlos Barretto, Led Zeppelin, Bud Powell, &c.
	Kanute (Bergstrom / Abildgaard / Okland): C.995 Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27011 Catalog Code: cs584 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Free improvisation from the Norwegian trio of Dorothea Okland (voice), Ferdinand Bergstrom (guitar), and Olav Abildgaard (percussion), in 7 non-idiomatic interactions of quirky dialog, Okland's fragmented language interacting with Abilgaard's quick, scrabbly approach to nonspecific objects and Bergstrom's acoustic guitar abstract progressions or chord structures; enjoyably odd.
	Hifiklub: E Lisboa Label: Shhpuma Product Code: 27002 Catalog Code: SHH047CD Country: Portugal		Price: $13.95 In Stock
A collaborative French instrumental rock band led by and with compositions from the core quartet of Anthony Belguise (drums), Jean-Loup Faurat (guitar), Regis Laugier (bass) and Nico Morcillo (guitar), with a list of 22 international guests across 8 songs and instrumentals, including Rafael Toral, Maria Radich, Paulo Furtado, Carlos Zingaro, Rui Carvalho, &c.
	Dias, Jose : After Silence, Vol.1 Label: Clean Feed Product Code: 27001 Catalog Code: CFG010CD Country: Portugal		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Portuguese guitarist Jose Dias steps away from his quartet and trio, and from the many scores for theatre, contemporary dance and animation film that he's composed, to focus on his solo electric guitar work, in this album that applies subtle affects and a warm, ethereal ambiance to expressive and passionate pieces, each conveying a sense of narrative and purpose.
	Conde, Alberto Iberian Roots Trio: The Wake Of An Artist - Tribute To Bernardo Sassetti Label: Clean Feed Product Code: 27000 Catalog Code: CF513CD Country: Portugal		Price: $14.95 In Stock
A tribute to pianist and composer Bernardo Sassetti from a trio that includes two members of Sassetti's Trio--bassist Carlos Barretto and drummer Alexandre Frazao--along with pianist Alberto Conde and violist Jose Valente, as they interpret Sassetti compositions, a Federico Mompou piece Sassetti played frequently, along with original compositions from all members.
	Wschod (Pinheiro / Kozera / Suchar): Wschod Label: Clean Feed Product Code: 26999 Catalog Code: CF512CD Country: Portugal		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Red Trio pianist Rodrigo Pinheiro joins Polish free improvisers, drummer Kuba Suchar from the European band Robotobibok (which became Mikrokolektyw), and double bassist Zbigniew Kozera from Sundogs and LEM, for five collective improvisations, diverse and dynamic dialogs of profound technique and creative intention.
	TGB (Carolino / Delgado / Frazao): III Label: Clean Feed Product Code: 26998 Catalog Code: CF509CD Country: Portugal		Price: $14.95 In Stock
The 3rd Clean Feed album from this Portuguese band of unusual orchestration and intentions that cross jazz and rock idioms, from the trio of Sergio Carolino on tuba, Mario Delgado on guitar, and Alexandre Frazao on drums, with rapid fire attacks and tight compositional moments balanced by wonderful open, sonic moments, surprising with a cover of King Crimson's "Starless".
	Mathisen's, Jorgen Instant Light: Mayhall's Object Label: Clean Feed Product Code: 26997 Catalog Code: CF508CD Country: Portugal		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Saxophonist Jorgen Mathisen (The Core) composes for and leads his quartet with fellow Norwegian players Erlend Slettevoll on piano, Trygve Waldemar Fiske on double bass, and Dag Erik Knedal Andersen on drums, through six lyrical free jazz compositions, often in a Coltrane mode, his music influenced by sci-fi, Sun Ra, and Philip K. Dick; a solid record of modern jazz.
	Ochs, Larry / Gerald Cleaver / Nels Cline: What Is To Be Done Label: Clean Feed Product Code: 26996 Catalog Code: CF500CD Country: Portugal		Price: $14.95 In Stock
The first release from the trio of Nels Cline, Gerald Cleaver, and Larry Ochs in a 2016 concert at Gallery5 Arts, in Richmond, Virginia, captured as part of the trio's series touring around the Northeast each December since 2015, playing what Larry Ochs describes as music that "seeks sonically to soothe, to inspire, and to conspire", in three urgent and powerful improvisations.
	Houben / Rodrigues / Rodrigues: The Haecceity Of Things Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26982 Catalog Code: cs578 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
A mysterious album of viola, viola d'amore, organ, and field recordings, merging the compositional minimal approach of Wandelweiser artist Eva-Maria Houben with Creative Sources performers Ernesto & Guilherme Rodrigues, the field recordings creating a virtual setting of environmental stillness, evoking slow motion in the unique "thisness" of haecceity.
	Dystil (Qu / Mayes / Ballyk): Dystil [Used Item] Label: Clean Feed Product Code: 26836 Catalog Code: CF486CD Country: Portugal		Price: $9.95 In Stock
For their first album together the trio of Bryan Qu on alto saxophone & objects, Quincy Mayes on piano & objects, and Mark Ballyk on percussion, voice & objects, resolved to live together for three months, achieving through intense effort the synthesis of different approaches to improvisation to create this large and encompassing "imaginary film".
	Rodrigues, Ernesto / Rodrigues, Guilherme / Richard Scott: We Still Have Bodies [Used Item] Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26825 Catalog Code: cs541 Country: Portugal		Price: $9.95 In Stock
Nine numbered improvisations for viola, cello and analog synth from the trio of Ernesto Rodrigues, Guilherme Rodrigues and Richard Scott, recorded live at Audience, in Berlin, Scott's synth layers adding subtle nuance including vocal sampling and static and strange noise as a counterpoint to the Rodrigues' subdued but detailed techniques, textures and intense concentration.
	Rodrigues, Ernesto / Eduardo Chagas: Holes and Cracks [Used Item] Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26819 Catalog Code: cs504 Country: Portugal		Price: $9.95 In Stock
A lowercase duo of intense focus and concentrative dialog from Creative Sources label leader Eernesto Rodrigues on viola and trombonist Eduardo Chagas, a member of IKB, Variable Geometry Orchestra, Suspensao, &c., through five recordings using primarily extended techniques and close proximity miking to create unusual textural and alien soundcscapes of great tension and release.
	Free Music Septet: Meandros e Vertentes [Used Item] Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26816 Catalog Code: cs510 Country: Portugal		Price: $9.95 In Stock
A live recording from the acoustic septet Free Music 7tet of Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Luiz Rocha (clarinets), Guilherme Rodrigues (cello), Eduardo Chagas (trombone), and (piano), Hernani Faustino (double bass) and Paulo Ferreira Lopes (drums), performing at O'Culto da Ajuda, for five improvisations from active free improv to lowercase exploration.
	Rodrigues / Leblanc / Lopes: Montreal Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26781 Catalog Code: cs583 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Named for the city in which it was recorded, the trio of Karoline Leblanc on harpsichord, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, and Paulo J Ferreira Lopes on gongs & cymbals, is a mysterious and ritualistic album, Lopes' gongs slowly intoning as the strings use unusual techniques, much of the harpsichord played inside; a subtle and beautiful reflection of historic Montreal.
	Gestalder / Marion / Becheanu: 3 vues d'un paysage / 3 views of a landscape Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26728 Catalog Code: cs581 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
A subtle album of soundscape from the French trio of Violaine Gestalder on saxophones, Louis Michel Marion on double bass, and Stefania Becheanu on field recordings, depicting 3 virtual aural views of a single landscape, the field recordings conveying a sense of location as the bass and sax use extended techniques and subliminal playing to create their vista.
	Rodrigues, / Rodrigues / Santos: Le Havre Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26727 Catalog Code: cs580 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Recording at the Pied Nu Festival, in Le Havre, France in 2018, the trio of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, and Carlos Santos on electronics present an extended and mysteriously subtle album of electroacoustic improvisation, detailed and remarkably controlled conversation of near telepathic anticipation from three intimate collaborators.
	Brennan, Patrick / Abdul Moimeme: Terraphonia Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26726 Catalog Code: cs579 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Portuguese guitarist and experiementer Abdul Moimeme, once a student of US free jazz saxophonist Patrick Brennan, now joins him as Moimeme employs two electroacoustically altered guitars played simultaneously with objects, Brennan performing on sax and cornet, as they create unusual and assertive abstract sonic environments, intensely detailed and gripping.
	Zyft (Ziv Taubenfeld / Henk Zwerver / Maya Felixbrodt): Midnight Tea Suite Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26724 Catalog Code: cs577 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
The debut for this acoustic free improvising Amsterdam trio of Ziv Taubenfeld on bass clarinet, Henk Zwerver on guitar, and Maya Felixbrodt on viola, in a set of abstract improvisations of an active nature using unorthodox and extended techniques, with an upbeat sense of excitement and enthusiasm that allows for solo forays amongst great collective discourse.
	Schorken, Hanna: You Told Me How To Dance Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26723 Catalog Code: cs576 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Hanna Schorken is a published German writer & poet, jazz vocalist and free improviser, since 2005 living in Koln and developing a personal and idiosyncratic approach to sound poetry and experimental voice recordings, heard here in a 7 part work where each movement completes the titles of the poem "I So Liked Spring"; "You"; "Told"; "Me"; "How"; "To"; "Dance".
	Besalduch, Ferran / Riuichi Daijo: Cumulonimbus Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26722 Catalog Code: cs575 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Improvising Japanese guitarist Riuichi Daijo joins Spanish Bass & Sopranino saxophonist Ferran Besalduch for a series of non-idiomatic dialogs, from bright restrained to assertive interactions, unusual techniques from Besalduch and percussive asides on the guitar adding engaging ornaments to their conversation; a nice accompaniment to a bright day.
	Steyer, Edith: Hoox And Add-ons Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26721 Catalog Code: cs574 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
A reflection of the previous year's solo work from Berlin-based saxophonist and clarinetist Edith Steyer, a member of GEDOK, the Berliner Senat and Composers Orchestra Berlin, here using preparations and extended techniques to open new possibilities in improvisations, as she explored ethnomusicology, using repetitive figures influenced by tribal music.
	Hauta-aho, Teppo / Jukka Kaariainen: Winter Suite Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26720 Catalog Code: cs573 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Finnish composer and bassist Teppo Hauta-aho, who works in both classical and improvised music and has recorded albums with Anthony Braxton and Evan Parker, is joined by Finnish experimental guitarist Jukka Kaariainen for an album that brings warmth to the frosty austerity of winter through intricate dialog, from stark reserve to rapid, fascinating flurries.
	In the Sea (Tristan Honsinger / Nicolas Caloia / Joshua Zubot): Forks and Spoons Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26719 Catalog Code: cs572 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
With two magnificent albums and more than 100 concert performances, the masterful dialog from this working string trio of Canadian, European and American players--Tristan Honsinger on cello and voice; Joshua Zubot, on violin; Nicolas Caloia on double bass--is evident in their thrilling exchanges and dynamic approaches to both rapid and reflective improvisation.
	Schindler, Udo / Georges-Emmanuel Schneider / Gunter Pretzel: Rhizome Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26718 Catalog Code: cs571 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Live recordings of the performance on March 1st, 2018 at the Galerie arToxin in Munich, presenting compositions from Udo Schindler performing on bass clarinet, soprano saxophone & euphonium, Gunter Pretzel on viola, and Georges-Emmanuel Schneider on violins & live electronics, three artists of diverse background crossing boundaries to create something unique and exciting.
	Masing / Lin / Tallone / Rodrigues / Zek: Buratino Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26717 Catalog Code: cs570 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
A quintet of strings, hurdy gurdy, and amplified objects from Elo Masing on violin, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Hui-Chun Lin on cello, Caroline Cecilia Tallone on hurdy gurdy, objects, and Ame Zek on 12 string guitar, objects, recording in the studio for this 5 part improvisation, the hurdy-gurdy adding sustained mystery to a balance of subdued and assertive interaction.
	Schindler, Udo / Georges-Emmanuel Schneider: Kontergesang (Counter-Singing) Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26716 Catalog Code: cs569 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Eleven instrumental works with each piece based on and emulating the sound characteristics of blackbirds, such as "whistling", "squealing", or "flutes", captured in a live concert at multi-reedist Udo Schindler's Salon fur Klang+Kunst in Krailling in Berlin, from the duo of Schindler and long-time musical collaborator, violinist Georges-Emmanuel Schneider, also on live electronics.
	Schwabe, Wolfgang / Hui-Chun Lin: 180818 Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26715 Catalog Code: cs568 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
A unique pairing of strings from Berlin improviser Wolfgang Schwabe performing on the Guqin, or Qin, a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family, and Hui-Chun Lin on cello and voice, finding common ground in instant compositions of exotic string figures plucked and bowed, with Hui-Chun Lin sometimes adding emotional release in voice.
	Massaro, Francesco / Giovanni Cristino / Walter Forestiere: Undergrowth Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26714 Catalog Code: cs567 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
The Italian trio of saxophonist/clarinetist Francesco Masaro, pianist and prepared pianist Giovanni Cristino, and drummer/percussionist Walter Forestiere, take us on a journey at the lower levels of a forest's undergrowth, adding objects, preparations and extended techniques in a blend of free jazz and nonidiomatic forms to reveal mystery and brightness in the brambles.
	Ianes, Luis: Antiguas Construcciones Utiles (Crusoe) Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26713 Catalog Code: cs566 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
With references to "Robinson Crusoe" and titles referencing islands, the sea and shipwrecks, Argentinian guitarist living in Brooklyn, NY, Luis Ianes (Parias Ensemble) records his album that roughly translates to "Useful Ancient Constructions", using effects to create percussive, accompanying, and aquatic sounds, sometimes idiosyncratic, always interesting.
	Rodrigues, Ernesto / Lauri Hyvarinen / Abdul Moimeme / Carlos Santos: Kuori Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26712 Catalog Code: cs565 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Finnish guitarist Lauri Hyvarinen joins Portugues Creative Sources collective members Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Abdul Moimeme on electric guitar, and Carlos Santos on synthesizer, for a studio album whose title refers to the shell of an object, a mysterious reference peeled away by this quartet through subliminal playing of intense technique and concentration.
	Garcia, Miguel A. / Oier Iruretagoiena / Abdul Moimeme / Lorea Oar-Arteta / Ernesto Rodrigues / Carlos Santos: Sitsa Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26711 Catalog Code: cs564 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Joing Portuguese and Spanish improvisers for four recordings in Bilbao, Spain, this sextet presents sound works using unusual orchestration--piano harp, viola, guitar, metals, electric organ, paper, contact mics, and electronics--balancing spacious exploration with assertive moments of percussive and caustic sound, evolving bold sonic and timbral combinations.
	Petzold, Dietrich / Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues / Matthias Bauer: dis/con/sent Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26710 Catalog Code: cs563 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
An album for bowed strings, bowed metal, and double bass, from the quartet of Dietrich Petzold on violin, viola, bowed metal, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, and Matthias Bauer on double bass, presenting a seven part suite recorded in the studio in Berlin, active and exciting music that bridges classical technique with free improvisation.
	Galao, Paulo / Guilherme Rodrigues / Nuno Morao: Hymn Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26709 Catalog Code: cs562 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
A suite in seven parts named in Latin with abstract spiritual connotations from the Portuguese free improvising trio of Paulo Galao on clarinet & bass clarinet, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, and Nuno Morao on percussion, each movement using subdued yet detailed and active motion, a confident and adept meditation of powerfully controlled communion.
	Smet, Catherine / Dirk Wachtelaer: Improvisations Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26708 Catalog Code: cs561 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Taking two players from Guy Seger's Eclectic Maybe Band (Discus Records), classically trained Catherine Smet and improvising drummer Dirk Wachtelaer fulfill their album's title with 11 free dialogs, their dexterous mastery evident as they carry on energetic conversations of urgent activity, or lay back in cultivated discourse of sophisticated artistry; engaging.
	Octopus: Mimus Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26707 Catalog Code: cs560 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
The 8-limbed creature that is Creative Source's Octopus presents their 3rd album of diaphanous improvisation, using two reeds (clarinet & tenor sax), trumpet, resonator guitar, viola, double bass, snare drums and electronics, as they slowly prowl in subaqueous and subtle improvisation of powerful technique, cautiously moving with rich details and deft direction.
	Jorge, Paulo Alexandre / Luis Desirat / Monsieur Trinite: Solstice Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26706 Catalog Code: cs559 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Free collective improvisation from the Portuguese trio of Paulo Alexandre Jorge on tenor saxophone, Luis Desirat on drums, and Monsieur Trinite using objects, captured live in Almada at Casa da Cerca, the three contrast hard-edged collective playing with open and expansive passages, regrouping their sonically interesting approach to free jazz in and out of the idiom.
	Rodrigues, Ernesto / Guilherme Rodrigues / Miguel Mira / Anna Piosik / Carlos Santos: Eris Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26705 Catalog Code: cs558 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
A quintet album of minimal/lowercase electroacoustic improvisation recordeded at Penedo in Portugal from Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Miguel Mira on cello, Anna Piosik on trumpet, and Carlos Santos on electronics, each performer using extended techniques, contrasting atmospheric tones with percussive, often pointillistic approaches.