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"For the bulk of the Archival Period (1993 - 2001), Leap of Faith was typically a trio with no drums. Glynis and I first played with trombonist Marc McGrain and then with bassist Craig Schildhauer. We did occasionally have drummers incl...

"This is the second release from the duo of Izumi Kimura and Gerry Hemingway. Continuing the unique approach displayed on their debut "Kairos", this recording explores a further refinement of their shared interest in exploring formal st...

"How else to begin than by diving in, letting yourself be submerged, drifting as if weightless. And where does it start? With thirty seconds of breath, suspended between apnea and respiration, with Criniere; I'm reminded at once that th...

"These aren't cover tunes. they are free improvisations, recorded after listening to tunes by favorite artists. In a way, they are commentaries on there classic tunes we listened to and have loved for many years. the live guitar duo imp...

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"This duo represents an experiment that pushes the boundaries of music itself. Their collaboration does not confine itself to genres such as free jazz or improvisational music. Instead, it stands as a sonic adventure that explores the v...

This compilation celebrates the beauty and importance of the sea, featuring some of our favorite artists, with 100% of proceeds supporting Ocean Rescue Alliance International, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to restoring marine ecosyste...

"Paula Sanchez is a musician working with sound in the intersection of experimental music, improvisation and performance art. Putting the body and materials to the limit, in the destruction, composition/decomposition of a mutable sound ...

"American composer Kory Reeder's 10th album In Place returns to the Grid Series heard on 2 of the 4 tracks from Reeder's debut release on Edition Wandelweiser Records Love Songs/Duets. With raw recordings of three works from the ...

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""* This musical adventure arises from the conviction that Expression, Composition and the expression of the composition are the nourishment of the artistic identity.

* Expression is a pervasiveness of ineluctable art. It's, i...

"Although Sabu Toyozumi has performed and recorded with many high-profile artists , the percussionist dedicates his deepest aesthetic and spiritual attachment to the pianist Misha Mengelberg, both from a musical and philosophical point ...

"Performing and abstract, Le Vice Anglais' album is pure sonic magic. Impro/jazz with noise fingerings. the punk of the future. Ricardo Guerra (electric guitar) and Bruno Parrinha (alto saxophone) live jazz in an experimental way between Or...

"Kommun, led by Swedish guitarist Finn Loxbo, resides in the tension between the experience of circular time; an elongated now, and the expectations contained within our linear perception of time. The ensemble explores the tension betwe...

"Over the past decade, saxophonist Makoto Kawashima has consistently established himself as one of the most compelling improvisers in contemporary music. His unique approach to solo performance aligns him with the tradition of groundbre...

"Herzog | Muche | Nillesen is a trio featuring Matthias Muche (trombone), Etienne Nillesen (extended snare drum), and Constantin Herzog (double bass). Their music operates in the liminal space between improvisation and composition, where...

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"Vagabondage comes from my idle wandering through the city and my inner relationship with it - where the unexpected takes me - I take it - desire driven. Assuming the discourse between the ruins of my memory and my present idleness, I s...

This one's a joint release with Thanatosis Records (Stockholm), the second record by the quartet Das B. The lineup features Maya Magdas on piano, Mazen Kerbaj on trumpet, Mike Majowski on bass, and Tony Buck on drums. Taking structural ...

"Lao Dan's innovative approach to music seamlessly intertwines elements of rock, free jazz, and noise with textures of Chinese folk music, creating a unique tapestry characterized by improvisational and aesthetic tension. His fearless t...

"For years, rumours circulated about this recording of pianist Dave Burrell and drummer Sam Woodyard, made in August 1979 in Paris. A cover for an album appeared on the Horo Records website, but it turned out to be just a tantalising gl...

"Brass Clouds is Dustin Dybvig - multi-instrumentalist, composer, engineer and producer. While assorting the spectrum of moods into over 10 releases, Dybvig shape shifts from mystical, deep sea, acid jazz into bright, kaleidoscopic neck...

Emerging Drummer Samir Boehringer Sazzerac Unites Musicians from NY and Switzerland in First Album with 577 Records

"Cosmic Ear is a new group bringing together Christer Bothén, Mats Gustafsson, Goran Kajfeš, Kansan Zetterberg, and Juan Romero. Their debut album Traces is presented by We Jazz Records, including six deep cuts.

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"Eternities is an intuitive collaboration between bass clarinetist Katie Porter and sound artist Bob Bellerue. Their work is inspired by deep presence, resonant feedback, melodic drone, and overtone magic, in the fluid realm between int...

"The difficult to classify musical practice of Don Brown and Dan Reynolds is presented here in this unauthorized 2008 live recording of an 8 piece ensemble realizing 4 different compositions at a Grange Hall in Gresham, Oregon. An outst...

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here the sapless leaves falling on the lawn. here the rising wind whining in the valley. here the aimless swallows brushing the sleeping waters with the tip of their wings. here the child gathering dead br...

""In medieval chant, music seems to have come from elsewhere. It is the angels that are singing, they said, like gourds hung up for purple martins. By the time notation started coming around, hundreds of chants were already hundreds of ...

"Beauty No Beauty is the debut of Andreas Wildhagen's Spiralis quartet. The lineup features Kasper Vaernes on alto and soprano saxophones, Anja Lauvdal on piano and synth, Adrian Myhr on bass and Andreas Wildhagen on drums and compositi...

rilled to present ükya, the first band ever on our label which does not feature any member from Nakama! Ah, how we delight in the smell, taste and - not least - sounds of fresh blood! Jokes aside - we still consider them family, as two...

"Body of Sound, Body of Music is Norwegian bass player Christian Meaas Svendsen's second solo bass album. The entirety of the recording is based around a framework which Christian calls bass, body, bows: An ongoing introspection in how h...

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"Sacrum Profanum is the follow-up to Akmee's first album Neptun (2018), and releaseas as CD, LP and digital download. All members of the band contributed with compositions for this recording session which was done in Toyen Kirke, a chur...

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"When everything was ready the trio played four tracks in a row, all in one breath" recalls Veschi. There was no need to record many takes for each piece. Everything went for the best. The trio played for pieces that Rivers baptized wit...

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All sounds recorded by Joe Fowler (Abrasion Addict) and Bohr Ernst (Animal Machine).

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"Two wind players from Belgium who have been involved in free improvisation for many years: Jean-Jacques Duerinckx on sopranino and baritone saxophones and Jacques Foschia on bass, E-flat and high B-flat clarinets, often met in joint co...

"Starting the month again with an album from Ernesto Rodrigues, Genius Loci - recorded in Lisbon just this past March - continues his post-Cage explorations, now involving a quintet featuring (instead of Carlos Santos, per recent entries......

Happening to continue with the next release pairing Ernesto Rodrigues and Carlos Santos, A Glimpse to an end of a Cycle - recorded in Lisbon this January, so the first actual 2025 recording featured here - involves a similar sort of "op...

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"An unusual encounter, on October 20th, 2024, in Hanover: Andreas Gogol from Berlin with electric guitar, electronics, and vocals, his NaabtalDeath buddy as a zither torturer, and Guilherme R. on cello. Ernesto, his father, traveled ...

"Barely perceptible, tiny, almost incidental gestures are notated with the utmost precision, so that fractions of a second are divided and shaped into a multitude of pitches, superimposed rhythms, dynamic progressions, melodic figures, ...

"The contemplative 43-minute work unfolds leisurely, basking in deliciously thick, churning harmonies that float, coalesce, and pull apart time and time again. The ensemble's unusual instrumentation fits the music beautifully, with the ...

'mine but for its sublimation' is about resonance, register, and touch. It is about where we lead ourselves when we trust ourselves. It is experiencing trust as a chain of clearings, a sequence of becomings, openings, centerings. It is ...

"Setting the stage for The Zebra Paradox requires building anticipation and intrigue on the inside of the listener before they even hear the first notes. To accomplish this an imagined transference of information must bloom like a deep ...

"The essence of conviviality. You take a punch, soft as a sock at the end of a jog, but that isn't the real point here. Even poorly brewed fuel can become a cherished experience when shared in good company, highlighting that at its core...

"Vents is seemingly a musical wind trio - humans playing with flutes, airdrums, bubbles... Although, in each set-up, material has its own vitality.

Jim's lungs and lips cut air across edges, generating tones - primordial fluti...

"An instrument constellation that holds infinite potential for sonic clashes and explorations, Bloomers explore the aesthetics of chamber music in a condensed, improvised and naked expression, within vast worlds of harmonies and sounds....

"Here, the obstinate metamorphoses of the keyboard call forth the monstrous organicity of the glowing steel in the instrument's belly. Despite the modernity of its very conception, the work reveals itself like a private photo album, a ...

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"Whenever I see a train with graffiti on it I try to film it. To make these videos a bit more interesting I created a bit of music to go with them. I never expected these tracks to make it onto a physical media they were quickly made al...

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"It's the best cover I have seen in some time. The musicians are T. Mikawa (electronics), Jun Numata (guitar and electronics) and Martin Escalante (saxophone), so it spells MNE, which sounds like NME, the New Musical Express, one of the...

"The new media and technologies by which we amplify and extend ourselves constitute huge collective surgery carried out on the social body with complete disregard for antiseptics. If the operations are needed, the inevitability of infec...

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Recording in the studio in Milan, the trio of Riccardo Luppi on tenor & soprano saxophones and flutes, Simone Massaron on guitar & electronics, and Daniel Studer on double bass engage in a textural and exploratory dialogue, blending extended techniques, electronic manipulations, and spontaneous interplay across seven distinct ""Takes", each offering a unique approach to collective free improvisation.