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Ivo Pereleman / Nate Wooley / Matt Moran / Mark Helias / Tom Rainey:
A Modicum Of the Blues (Fundacja Sluchaj!)

Tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman joins Nate Wooley (trumpet), Matt Moran (vibes), Mark Helias (bass) and Tom Rainey (drums) in a tempered yet highly active quintet that nods to the blues, moving through free, melody-rich dialog; vibes replace piano to color the space as the group shifts from playful exchanges to surging peaks, their seemingly telepathic interplay balancing warmth and power. ... Click to View


Angles 11:
Tell Them It's The Sound Of Freedom (Fundacja Sluchaj!)

Martin Küchen's Angles returns as an 11-piece — two trumpets, expanded reeds, vibraphone and amplified violin, Fender Rhodes/synth, and a three-drummer engine — lifting songful, anthemic themes into free, melody-rich interplay and propulsive grooves, the ensemble shifting from playful exchanges to surging peaks as its close-knit rapport balances warmth, bite, and momentum. ... Click to View


Paul Rogers:
Peace And Happiness (Fundacja Sluchaj!)

On a custom 7-string double bass, Paul Rogers delivers a powerful eight-part solo recital where deeply melodic lines and harmonically rich textures meet commanding technique — bowed chords, ringing harmonics and agile counterpoint — shaping fluid narratives that balance intensity and lyricism into a remarkable, satisfying journey. ... Click to View


Marcin Halat / Maciej Garbowski:
The Dialogues [2 CDs] (Fundacja Sluchaj!)

An intimate and reflective duo album from Polish improvisers Marcin Halat on violin and Maciej Garbowski on bass, recorded in Wojkowice and exploring a conversational interplay that draws from jazz, contemporary, and classical traditions, as the long-time collaborators create spacious, subtle, and emotionally resonant dialogues marked by deep mutual understanding. ... Click to View


Extraordinary Popular Delusions (Mars Williams / Jim Baker / Ed Wilkerson / Brian Sandstrom / Steve Hunt):
The Last Quintet [2 CDs] (Corbett vs. Dempsey)

An historic document of Chicago's Extraordinary Popular Delusions in their final quintet performance with the late Mars Williams, recorded live in August 2023 at Elastic Arts Foundation, capturing Williams' fiery, life-affirming playing alongside Edward Wilkerson Jr. (tenor sax0, Jim Baker (piano & kesy), Brian Sandstrom (bass), and Steve Hunt (drums) in a two-set suite of fearless improvisation. ... Click to View


Erez Dessel:
PRO FAKE NO REJECT (Corbett vs. Dempsey)

A remarkable solo statement from Chicago pianist Erez Dessel (b.1998), whose explosive energy, intuitive form, and darkly Romantic lyricism channel influences from Cecil Taylor, Don Pullen, or even shades of Mussorgsky, while embracing playful contrarianism, captured in ten concise improvisations and presented with notes by pianist Sharon Udoh. ... Click to View


Martin Escalante :
Playing Harsh Noise on the Saxophone since 2012 (Wash and Wear Records)

An uncompromising solo debut from Mexican saxophonist Martin Escalante, recorded live in Japan and presenting an unrelenting storm of harsh acoustic noise without electronics, his ferocious technique transforming the saxophone into a raw conduit of layered textures, tones, and vocalizations for an intensely passionate and overwhelming performance. ... Click to View


Martin Escalante / Charlie Mumma / Tete Leguia:
This Molten Salt (Wash and Wear Records)

A searing trio of saxophonist Martin Escalante, bassist Tete Leguia, and drummer Charlie Mumma, captured across sessions in Nashville and Grand Rapids, unleashing an uncompromising pedal-free noise assault that fuses the extremity of free jazz with noise music intensity, their ferocious interplay creating dense, volatile structures that channel chaos into a raw, intuitive sonic onslaught. ... Click to View


Sifter (w/ Lisa Mezzacappa):
Flake / Fracture (Queen Bee Records)

A chordless Bay Area quartet with Rob Ewing on trombone, Beth Schenck on alto saxophone, Lisa Mezzacappa on acoustic bass, and Jordan Glenn on drums, performing original compositions from each member in playful, lyrical, and texturally rich improvisations that balance groove, swing, and exploratory ensemble interplay with an eclectic yet cohesive sound. ... Click to View


Caspar Brotzmann Massaker:
It's A Love Song [VINYL + CD] (Corbett vs. Dempsey)

The legendary power trio of Caspar Brötzmann on long-scale electric guitar and voice with Saskia von Klitzing on drums and Eduardo Delgado Lopez on bass in two monumental live renditions of All This Violence, recorded in Vienna and Dresden, unleashing waves of searing guitar tone, crushing rhythm, and visceral intensity that move from furious protest to stark, haunted beauty. ... Click to View


Jean-Marc Foussat :
Abbatage (Fou Records)

Originally released in 1983 as Jean-Marc Foussat's sole solo statement for the next 18 years, Abattage is a frenetic musique concrète collage of Synthi AKS & VCS3 electronics, tapes, voice, guitar, piano and field recordings, reissued in a deluxe remastered edition with 32-page booklet that restores the intensity and inventiveness of his groundbreaking debut. ... Click to View


Thrash the Flash (Dufourd / Foussat):
Viens ! (Fou Records)

A rare meeting across four decades as guitarist Marc Dufourd and synthesist Jean-Marc Foussat revisit their Axolotl roots, juxtaposing the raw collage of their 1982 improvisations — feedback, fractured rhythms, and spectral melodies — with a 2023 counterpart of folk-tinged guitar, toys, and electronics, a reflective dialogue on time, memory, and sound’s restless possibilities. ... Click to View


Tatsuya Yoshida / Martin Escalante:
The Sound of Raspberry [VINYL] (Wash and Wear Records)

A relentless duo of Japanese drummer, vocalist and electronic artist Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins, Koenji Hyakkei), with Mexican saxophonist Martín Escalante on alto and voice, captured live in Tokyo in fourteen explosive improvisations of blistering energy, searing noise, and sudden precision shifts, balancing chaotic abandon with uncanny control. ... Click to View


Chester Hawkins :
Apsis (Intangible Arts)

Recorded while on tour in Arizona, Denmark, and Sweden, experimental composer Chester Hawkins transforms keyboards, live loops, field recordings, synths, lapsteel, and music box into immersive and hallucinatory soundscapes, weaving tense, meditative, and otherworldly excursions that trace the shifting orbits of inner and outer space in vivid, exploratory detail. ... Click to View


S*Glass:
Benign Neglect (Public Eyesore)

Founding member of Bren't Lewiis Ensemble and Glands of External Secretion, and longtime driver of Bananafish magazine, Seymour Glass (as S*Glass) presents three 20-minute works of surrealist musique concrète, layering loops, cassettes, objects, organ, voice, and field recordings into unsettling yet strangely meditative sound collages that conjure fever dreams and altered states. ... Click to View


A Magic Whistle:
The Solar Cell [VINYL] (Public Eyesore)

Recorded largely in an off-grid mountain hut, the fifth A Magic Whistle album finds Andy Puls uniting the chamber-folk intimacy and minimalist electronics of his earlier work into a vivid, wilderness-shaped soundscape where homemade sequencers, modular synths, guitars, whistles, and his resonant "Cascadian Sympathetic Steel" flow with field recordings and wordless voice. ... Click to View


Karl Evangelista's Apura + Andrew Cyrille:
Bukas (577 Records)

West Coast Bay Area guitarist Karl Evangelista leads his Apura ensemble — Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), Francis Wong (tenor sax), Rei Scampavia (keys, electronics), and Lewis Jordan (alto sax) — joined by drum legend Andrew Cyrille in a powerful statement of free improvisation, blending expressive intensity and forward-looking vision with deeply rooted passion and creative openness. ... Click to View


Jean-Jacques Avenel / Daunik Lazro:
Duo (Fou Records)

The duo of bassist Jean-Jacques Avenel and alto saxophonist Daunik Lazro are captured live in 1980 at the Massy Library in France in an essential document of French free music, a marvel of liberated improvisation where Lazro's uncompromising voice meets Avenel's inspired and multifaceted playing, captured with clarity by engineer Jean-Marc Foussat in a performance both intense and deeply authentic. ... Click to View


Frode Gjerstad / Alexander von Schlippenbach / Dag Magnus Narvesen:
Seven Tracks (Relative Pitch)

A dynamic trio session from Frode Gjerstad on alto sax & clarinet, Alexander von Schlippenbach on piano, and Dag Magnus Narvesen on drums & percussion, their first collaboration unfolds in seven spontaneous improvisations that balance fierce intensity with lyrical openness, revealing a seasoned interplay that blends deep exploration with collective free jazz sensibility. ... Click to View


Magda Mayas / Jim Denley:
One Another (Relative Pitch)

An immersive meeting of Berlin pianist Magda Mayas and Australian flutist Jim Denley, f following up on their 2017 Relative Pitch release, Tempe Jetz, as they weave flutes, piano, and percussive objects into a delicately balanced exchange where subtle gestures and resonant detail create a patient yet gripping exploration of texture, breath, and sonic space. ... Click to View


Foster / Crawford / Sullivan:
Against Proper Objects (Relative Pitch)

The debut of saxophonist Michael Foster, guitarist and banjo player Webb Crawford, and drummer Joey Sullivan, a free trio whose quirky yet technically impressive improvisations shift from sax shouts and overblown tones to frenetic banjo and guitar textures, driven by metallic percussion into a dense but dynamic interplay that combines raw energy with finely detailed, unpredictable explorations. ... Click to View


Katie Porter :
Conversation No. 1 / Collecting Rocks from the Places We've Been (Relative Pitch)

A deeply introspective solo endeavor from New York bass clarinetist Katie Porter, blending live playing with layers of previously recorded bass clarinet for a slow-moving, richly textured improvisation; the artist creates an intimate, deep-register conversation that unfolds with emotional subtlety and immersive soundscapes. ... Click to View


Eugene Chadbourne / Jair-Rohm Parker Wells :
Fed Up With Bass [2 CDs] (Public Eyesore)

The monumental 2-CD collaboration between Eugene Chadbourne and Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells submerges the listener in an expansive world of sound where acoustic and electric guitars meet upright and electric basses, modular processing, and sound design, with guest poet John Sinclair, shifting between ferocious intensity and spacious, patient passages in an exploration beyond melody and form. ... Click to View


Euphotic (Leonard / Djill / Day):
Clastic (Confront)

The cross-continental trio of Cheryl E. Leonard, Tom Djll, and Bryan Day create an improvised electro-acoustic environment of equal voices, blending trumpet with attachments and electronics, invented instruments, homemade synths, driftwood, shells, bones, feathers, and field recordings in a dynamic performance recorded in Albany, NY and San Pablo, CA, mastered by Thomas Dimuzio. ... Click to View


Hal McGee:
Columbus Expedition [Cassette w/ Download] (Copy This!)

A celebration of friendship, sound, and daily life, Hal McGee’s cassette + download release assembles dictaphone recordings from his June 2025 trip to Ohio, capturing conversations with Chris Phinney, Jeff Chenault, and Jerry Kranitz, the ambience of cafés, shops, and the Arts Fair, collaborative studio and live performances, and voices from the city, composed into a strangely compelling audio diary. ... Click to View


Racing Pisshorses, The:
It Only Takes One To Stop An Ice Cream Truck [7'' VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD] (self)

An archival punk document from JJ Gregg-better known now for his adventurous sitar work-this 1995 Seattle-area session with drummer Ryan Toliver captures the youthful energy of their Illinois-formed duo The Racing Pisshorses, recorded live to tape in under three hours and released here for the first time on 7" vinyl with download, a raw and spirited reminder of Gregg's formative years in DIY music. ... Click to View


Georg Graewe / Brad Jones / Hamid Drake:
More Than Anything (Random Acoustics)

A long-awaited reunion between pianist Georg Graewe and drummer Hamid Drake, joined for the first time by bassist Brad Jones, captured live at the 2024 Konfrontationen Festival in Austria in three expansive improvisations, the trio's chemistry igniting in deep rhythmic interplay, fluid abstraction, and Graewe's seamless movement between jazz traditions and contemporary sensibilities. ... Click to View


Kaze (Fujii / Tamura / Orins / Pruvost) with/ Koichi Makigami:
Shishiodoshi (Circum-Libra)

A joyful and unpredictable meeting of Japanese quartet Kaze — pianist Satoko Fujii, trumpeters Natsuki Tamura and Christian Pruvost, and drummer Peter Orins — with avant-rock icon Koichi Makigami, recorded live in Lille in a kaleidoscopic blend of free improv, surreal humor, textural exploration, and exuberant interplay that celebrates spontaneity and sonic invention. ... Click to View


Daunik Lazro / Tristan Honsinger / Jean-Jacques Avenel:
True & Whole Tones in Rhythms (Fou Records)

Recorded live in 1982 at Paris' 28 rue Dunois, the trio of Daunik Lazro (alto saxophone), Tristan Honsinger (cello, vocals), and Jean-Jacques Avenel (double bass) create a spirited interplay of strings and reeds, shifting from intricate pizzicato and arco textures to exuberant collective outbursts, in a performance brimming with freedom, wit, and unbridled invention. ... Click to View


Koenjihyakkei:
Live at Club Goodman [2 CDs] (Skin Graft)

Recorded without an audience at Tokyo's Club Goodman in 2020 and later mixed for release, Koenjihyakkei's double live set spans their entire catalog, unleashing over 100 minutes of virtuosic Zeuhl that fuses progressive rock, jazz fusion, symphonic and neoclassical elements with punk energy, metal power, and dazzling ensemble interplay in a career-spanning, high-intensity performance. ... Click to View



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Sifter (
w/ Lisa Mezzacappa):
Flake/
Fracture
(Queen Bee Records)



Jean-Marc Foussat:
Abbatage
(Fou Records)



Chester Hawkins:
Apsis
(Intangible Arts)



Jean-Jacques Avenel/
Daunik Lazro:
Duo
(Fou Records)



Karl Evangelista's
Apura + Andrew Cyrille:
Bukas
(577 Records)



Frode Gjerstad/
Alexander von Schlippenbach/
Dag Magnus Narvesen:
Seven Tracks
(Relative Pitch)



Georg Graewe/
Brad Jones/
Hamid Drake:
More Than Anything
(Random Acoustics)



Kaze (
Fujii/
Tamura/
Orins/
Pruvost) with/ Koichi Makigami:
Shishiodoshi
(Circum-Libra)



Koenjihyakkei:
Live at Club Goodman
[2 CDs]
(Skin Graft)



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Sleeping Beauty
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Music for Guitars,
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We Know Why
The Caged Bird Sings
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Pivot
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Death in
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Appropriate Density
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Fernweh
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Foussat/
Pauvros/
Sato)/
Evan Parker:
Gift
(Fou Records)



Sun Ra:
Nuits de
la Fondation Maeght
[4 CD BOX SET]
(STRUT)



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Hashimoto/
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Smith/
Roeder/
Mori):
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