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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...

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The 12th volume in the Kontrans 'improvisors' series...

"From March to May 2015, John Zorn composed 300 new tunes that were eventually collected into a book of music he called The Bagatelles. Volume 8 presents the long-awaited premiere recording of John Medeski's psychedelic organ trio. Feat...

"Composed from 2020 to 2024, Alea Iacta Est (The Die is Cast) is one of Zorn's most challenging masterworks-a complex and varied piano concerto that runs the gamut of moods, styles, and tempi. Performed brilliantly by four of the most t...

"Vadim is one of the most accomplished pianists of his generation, a musician of astonishing range and passion. His newest work tells a story of compassion, empathy, willpower, resistance, sincerity, falsehood, freedom, and the arduous ...

"Masayo Koketsu and Nava Dunkelman met for the first time in this studio session. Koketsu's inventive use of extended techniques and breath-infused wails filled the space with an experimental intensity. Dunkelman responded with a finely...

German reedist Udo Schindler (tenor saxophone, clarinet, piccolo flute, cornet) joins guitarist and electronics performer Andreas Willers for an exploratory duo session of free improvisation, blending extended reed techniques with prepared and processed electric guitar, the pair shaping evolving textures, subtle gestures, and dense timbral exchanges through attentive listening and spontaneous interaction.