Interview with Sylvia Lim

Before we discuss the music on your CD, can you tell us a bit about your background: where you come from, how you came to experimental / contemporary music, where you studied, & where you're based...

"At the same time, Sequoia stands as a homage to Ivan Wyschnegradsky. In 1956, Wyschnegradsky composed Arc-en-ciel for six pianos tuned a twelfth tone apart, with the aim of rendering in sound the innumerable gradations of color within ...

Another Timbre Interview with James Creed

Before we talk about the music on your CD, can you tell us a bit about your background and how you came to experimental / contemporary music?

I broadly came to this mus...

"Cage often said that he preferred to listen to live performances than to recordings. I suspect he would have been delighted with this performance of Two2, recorded in concert in Kunsthaus Zug in Switzerland on 17th May 2024. Marlies De...

Another Timbre Interview with Kristofer Svensson

'For a Lemon Tree' consists of two pieces: the title track, which lasts 12 minutes, and the much longer 'Improvisation on Prakāśa'. Both tracks are played by the t...

"Quartetics" captures a unique encounter between four seasoned improvisers, who first came together in this quartet formation on May 15, 2019. Although new in this configuration, these musicians share extensive collaborative histories: ...

"Acoustic resonance unfolds across matter and space. Yet other forms of resonance are stirred by encounter and memories. The sounds of this album are shaped through free improvisation-dancing around one another's gestures, swaying throu...

"Recorded in a neighbourhood church in the city of Ghent, Belgium. Penumbra is a fully improvised album. It was born from a personal urgency of searching for ways to keep creating sound in moments of uncertainty. It grew from a desire t...

Rorane showcases an adventurous blend of free improvisation and jazz-rooted exploration from Swedish experimental ensemble stalwarts. Recorded with bassist Nina de Heney, pianist Karin Johansson, and drummer Henrik Wartel, the project m...

""Selections from the Gutter" brings NYC saxophonist Michael Foster with the longstanding rhythm section of Swiss bassist Christian Weber (of Sudden Infant), and German drummer Michael Griener, a longtime fixture of the Berlin scene. Th...

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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...