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Cappozzo, Cecile Quintet (Cappozzo / Cappozzo / Bellanger / Grente / Ziemniak): Hymne d'Automne
Cappozzo, Cecile Quintet (Cappozzo / Cappozzo / Bellanger / Grente / Ziemniak):
Hymne d'Automne

(Ayler -- France )


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The core trio of Cécile Cappozzo (piano), Patrice Grente (double bass) and Etienne Ziemniak (drums) release their second Ayler album, expanded to a quintet with Jean-Luc Cappozzo on trumpet and Guillaume Bellanger on saxophone, performing six works connected like a suite that flow beautifully through Cappozzo's warm compositions, including a piece dedicated to Carla Bley.

Ceccarelli, Isaiah : Bow
Ceccarelli, Isaiah :
Bow

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Montreal-based Composer-percussionist Isaiah Ceccarelli, well known through his Ambiances Magnetiques releases, in 7 compositions, a mix of timbrally-based music in which he himself performs, and through-composed pieces that focus on harmonic progressions, performed as string duos, trios, and quartets.

Chabala / Jones / Martin / Mukarji / Nakamura: Unbalanced In (Unbalanced Out)
Chabala / Jones / Martin / Mukarji / Nakamura:
Unbalanced In (Unbalanced Out)

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Six musicians from around the world (Chabala / Jones / Martin / Mukarji / Nakamura) created this 50-minute track over the course of a year by collaborating and file-sharing online.

Chant  / Davies / Drew / Edwards: Decentred
Chant / Davies / Drew / Edwards:
Decentred

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Improvisations and realisations of indeterminate scores by Michael Pisaro and John Cage from this trio originally brought together by a reading of Cardew's "Treatise".

Coleman / Kasyansky / Wright: control and its opposites
Coleman / Kasyansky / Wright:
control and its opposites

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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A durational piece featuring saxophonist Seymour Wright, electronic artist Grundik Kasyansky (Grundik + Slava) & trumpeter Jamie Coleman, members of Eddie Prevost's improv workshop.

Cornford / Rodgers: Turned Moment, weighting
Cornford / Rodgers:
Turned Moment, weighting

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Sound artist Stephen Cornford performs realtime feedback treatment of pianist Samuel Rodgers, creating tense and spacious sound works, intensifying Rodgers' sparse keyboard work.

d'Angiolini, Giuliano : Cantilena
d'Angiolini, Giuliano :
Cantilena

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Six chamber works by the Paris-based Italian composer Giuliano d Angiolini, following his Edition Rz release by presenting more examples of Giuliano's careful and particular use of indeterminate elements in a series of compositions that are musically exquisite.

Dalibert, Melaine : Ressac
Dalibert, Melaine :
Ressac

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Two beautiful piano solos in an open-ended modular form, written and performed by the young French composer Melaine Dalibert, who also played on Giuliano d'Angiolini's "Cantilena", using space, sustain and unhurried progressions to create hypnotic and resonant environments that captivate in ways reminiscent of Morton Feldman.

Democ, Adrian / Apartment House: Ziadba
Democ, Adrian / Apartment House:
Ziadba

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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London's Apartment House in a quintet configuration performs four chamber works by Slovakian composer Adrian Democ, plus the Czech ensemble Ostravska Band / Fama Q performing one composition; gentle music of deceptive simplicity, using color, shade and hue through unique orchestration, his works built upon creative foundations steeped in historic reference.

Eastley, Max / Rhodri Davies: Dark Architecture
Eastley, Max / Rhodri Davies:
Dark Architecture

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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The duo of sound sculptor Max Eastley and electric harpist Rhodri Davies in an unedited recording performing live at South Hill Park Arts Centre in Bracknell, UK.

Fages, Ferran: Radi d'Or
Fages, Ferran:
Radi d'Or

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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A composed piece from guitarist Fages for a small ensemble of instruments and live electronics using shifting sinetones alongside sustained sounds from the acoustic instruments to create shimmering music that unfolds slowly and gracefully.

Forge / Julian / Papapostolou: meshes
Forge / Julian / Papapostolou:
meshes

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Two improvisations-one live, one without audience-by an Anglo-French trio of new voices from trombonist Forge, electronics artists Julian and cellist Papapostolou.

Lee, Ingrid: Mouth to Mouth
Lee, Ingrid:
Mouth to Mouth

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Hong Kong composer Lee Ingrid in four pieces from subtle beauty to harsh power, including a duo for piano and accordion, a piece for vibrating amplified snare drums, a work for piano, electric guitar and percussion, and one for string quintet and vibraphone.

Lely, John played by Anton Lukoszevieze: The Harmonics Of Real Strings
Lely, John played by Anton Lukoszevieze:
The Harmonics Of Real Strings

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Four realisations of composer John Lely's simple but brilliant composition 'The Harmonics of Real Strings', a very slow glissando along the full length of one bowed string, performed by Anton Lukoszevieze; one realization for each string of the cello.

Lexer, Sebastian & Seymour Wright: blasen
Lexer, Sebastian & Seymour Wright:
blasen

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Two powerful electro-acoustic improvisations by two of the most exciting voices from the current London improv scene.

Milton, Matt / Leo Dumont: Scrub
Milton, Matt / Leo Dumont:
Scrub

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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A half-hour concert of understated and engaging performance of astonishing detail and subtlety from violinist Milton and percussionist Dumont.

Octante (Barberan / Monteiro / Fages / Garcia): lunula
Octante (Barberan / Monteiro / Fages / Garcia):
lunula

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Four Barcelona musicians on the cutting edge of contemporary electroacoustic improvisation in their second release, recording at ca l'escuder in 2008.

Olsen, Lance Austin : Dark Heart
Olsen, Lance Austin :
Dark Heart

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Four fascinating and detailed compositions from Canadian composer and painter Lance Austin Olsen, each work giving the performers space to collaborate on the results, using graphic scores and Cage-like elements from recordings; performers include Terje Paulsen, Gil Sanson, Ryoko Akama, Isaiah Ceccarelli, Katelyn Clark, Patrick Farmer and Apartment House.

Tippett, Keith / Julie Tippett: Couple In Spirit: Sound on Sound
Tippett, Keith / Julie Tippett:
Couple In Spirit: Sound on Sound

(Discus -- UK )


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Planning a duo album since 2019, this was to be pianist Keith Tippett & vocalist Julie Tippett first new studio album in 30 years, but tragically pandemic and Keith Tippett's passing prevented that, Julie instead turning to unreleased live solo piano recordings from 1979 through 1996 to which she added new vocal performances in the studio, creating eight impressive virtual duos.

Freed, Moss / Union Division: Micromotives [2 CDs]
Freed, Moss / Union Division:
Micromotives [2 CDs]

(Discus -- UK )


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Seeking new methods of performing real-time collective composition through improvisation, composer & guitarist Moss Freed developed a language of hand signals that could be used among a large ensemble with instructions to guide players towards particular activities, heard in this spectacular set of seven improvisations, each named for an iconic improviser or composer.

Archer, Martin (w/ John Jasnoch / Sarah Farmer / Lee Boyd Allatson): Wasp Honey
Archer, Martin (w/ John Jasnoch / Sarah Farmer / Lee Boyd Allatson):
Wasp Honey

(Discus -- UK )


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After participating in the Birmingham Improvisors Orchestra, wind improviser Martin Archer, bass guitarist John Jasnoch and violin & electronic musician Sarah Farmer were joined in the studio by drummer Lee Boyd Allatson to record this mix of compositions, graphic scores and free improv, merging AACM-style free jazz with contemporary chamber-oriented improv.

Agnas, Kasper: Grain Live
Agnas, Kasper:
Grain Live

(FRIM Records -- Sweden )


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Three live guitar improvisations from Swedish guitarist Kasper Agnas performing at Stockholm's New Music and Intermedia Art venue Fylkingen, each piece uniquely approached, starting with a lap guitar dulcimer-like approach of rapid rhythmic attacks, to a warm sound world using mallets on the guitar neck, and finally a work of decaying chords that evolve in complexity, strength and skew.

Strzalek, Julia / Cornelia Nilsson: Scenery Somewhere
Strzalek, Julia / Cornelia Nilsson:
Scenery Somewhere

(FRIM Records -- Sweden )


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Recording in a former hospital funeral chapel in Sweden--Stockholm's Kapellet--the drum and sax duo of alto saxophonist Julia Strzalek and drummer Cornelia Nilsson focuses on melody and clear articulation in a dialog that finds their passion in calmly unfolding conversation, consistently illuminating their instrumental and instant-compositional mastery.

Armaroli, Sergio (Armaroli / Minton / Schiaffini / Turner): I Dream I Was An Earopean
Armaroli, Sergio (Armaroli / Minton / Schiaffini / Turner):
I Dream I Was An Earopean

(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland )


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Two percussionists--vibraphonist Sergio Armaroli and drummer/percussionist Roger Turner-- and two brass players--trombonist Giancarlo Schiaffini and trumpeter Phil Minton, who doubles on voice improvisation--are heard in these studio recordings from Udine, Italy for nine "Dreams" that turn introspective slumber into restless visions through profoundly paced playing.

Burn, Chris / Matt Hutchinson: Untuning The Sky
Burn, Chris / Matt Hutchinson:
Untuning The Sky

(Bead -- UK )


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Developing their dialog and language during the 90s through mutual work with organizations including King Ubu Orchestra and Chris Burn's Ensemble, the unique approach to free improv between keyboard & electronic artist Matt Hutchinson and trumpeter Chris Burn are heard in these three UK concerts from 2005 & 2006 at Red Rose Club, the White House and The Music Room.

Davis, Miles w/ Tadd Dameron: Revisited
Davis, Miles w/ Tadd Dameron:
Revisited

(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland )


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Between his work with Charlie Parker and before his own personal success, trumpeter Miles Davis joined the influential ensemble of pianist, composer and arranger Tadd Dameron, heard in six large ensemble pieces at New York's Royal Roost in 1949, and then in a quintet at the Paris Festival International De Jazz the same year, in both hearing a unique and confident facet to Miles' playing.

Gjerstad, Frode / Kalle Moberg / Paal Nilssen-Love: Time Sound Shape
Gjerstad, Frode / Kalle Moberg / Paal Nilssen-Love:
Time Sound Shape

(PNL -- Norway )


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A surprising trio for percussionist Paal Nilssen-Love and wind player Frode Gjerstad, who more typically play assertive free jazz of enthusiastic character and technical skill, but here joined by fellow Norwegian, accordionist Kalle Moberg, they instead turn in a beautifully reflective set with Paal primarily playing gongs, using the resonance of Oslo's Gamle Aker Kirke.

Growlers Choir: LIVE au FIMAV
Growlers Choir:
LIVE au FIMAV

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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A unique concert even by the standards of Victoriaville from The Growlers, a vocal ensemble who interpret heavy metal, known for their epic work "Hate.Machine" and "The Dayking" with participation from poet Fortner Anderson, performed here along with a comprovisation backed by an electronic track originated from electric guitar recordings.

Koch / Loriot / Kocher: Stranger Becoming
Koch / Loriot / Kocher:
Stranger Becoming

(Bruit Editions + Neither / Nor Records -- Switzerland / NY )


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Singular but not strange improvisational intersections from this Swiss trio of open-minded and masterful musicians--Hans Koch on clarinet, Frantz Loriot on viola and Jonas Kocher on accordion--highly compatible collaborators who have developed a unique language of chamber-oriented free improvisation that experiments at the convergence of compositional and chamber jazz forms.

Large Unit (Paal Nilssen-Love): Clusterfuck
Large Unit (Paal Nilssen-Love):
Clusterfuck

(PNL -- Norway )


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One of a pair of albums--New Map and Clusterfuck--recorded in the studio in Oslo, Norway by percussionist and composer Paal Nilssen-Love's Large Unit, a 15-piece, incredibly flexible and open-minded ensemble, here improvising over a work of graphic notation where the composed structures are balanced with blocks of improvisation, allowing for quick dynamic shifts in direction.

Large Unit (Paal Nilssen-Love): New Map
Large Unit (Paal Nilssen-Love):
New Map

(PNL -- Norway )


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One of a pair of albums--New Map and Clusterfuck--recorded in the studio in Oslo, Norway by percussionist and composer Paal Nilssen-Love's Large Unit, a 15-piece, incredibly flexible and open-minded ensemble, here performing a work where the improvisers are provided with a series of open-form "cells"--concrete ideas, notes and directions--to which they must respond.

Light.Box + Emil Karlsen: The Undanced Dance
Light.Box + Emil Karlsen:
The Undanced Dance

(Bead -- UK )


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The improvising duo light.box of Alex Bonney (trumpet) and Pierre Alexandre Tremblay (bass), using expansive electronic processing at the intersection of dark ambient, gestural improv and electronic environment, is expanded through the drums and percussion of Norwegian improviser Emil Karlsen, heard in these 2021 recordings at University of Huddersfield, UK.

Svasek, Marianne : Marwa
Svasek, Marianne :
Marwa

(thanatosis produktion -- Sweden )


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A beautiful and contemplative performance of "Raga Marwa", a a hexatonic Indian raga and the eponymous raga of the "Marva thaat", peformed by Dutch-Czech master vocalist Marianne Svašek, and recorded in Stockholm, with Svašek and Swedish bass player Vilhelm Bromander both performing on the tanpura, a long-necked plucked string instrument used to create a sonic canvas behind the raga.

Cleaver, Gerald / Brandon Lopez / Hprizm: In The Wilderness
Cleaver, Gerald / Brandon Lopez / Hprizm:
In The Wilderness

(Positive Elevation / 577 Records -- USA )


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Drawn from an experimental improv performance by drummer Gerald Cleaver and bassist Brandon Lopez at 577 Records' 2019 Forward Festival, electronic artist and producer Hprizm of the Antipop Consortium took those recording to reconstruct twelve works of illusory and often surreal music, from active beat-based electronica to hazy dreamlike ambience.

Baldini, Marco : Vesperi
Baldini, Marco :
Vesperi

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Influenced by the seemingly contradictory sources of 16th century Italian composers and their polyphonic compositions, Eliane Radigue, and North Indian classical, Italian composer Marco Baldini's beautifully dark works employ a slow, rarefied pace and subdued dynamics with a fascination for pianissimo playing, heard in eight chamber compositions for low strings and marimba.

Denyer, Frank: Melodies [2 CDs]
Denyer, Frank:
Melodies [2 CDs]

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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First recordings of composer Frank Denyer's "Melodies" series from the mid-1970s, arising from his ethnomusicological studies that explored the concept of what makes up a melody, or a note, creating a series of compositions with melodies of one note, then two, building up to a final work of 14- and 15-note melodies; includes a 24 page booklet by Denyer detailing the concept.

dis/con/tent (Petzold / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Bauer): Ulrichsberg
dis/con/tent (Petzold / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Bauer):
Ulrichsberg

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Four string improviser convene at Ulrichsberger Kaleidophon, in Germany in 2021, two of them from Germany--Dietrich Petzold on violin, viola, clavichord & bowed metal, Matthias Bauer on double bass--and the Portuguese father/son complement of improvisers--Ernesto Rodrigues on viola and Guilherme Rodrigues on cello--for three works of delicately sinewy intersection & counterpoint.

Lonsdale, Eden: Clear and Hazy Moons
Lonsdale, Eden:
Clear and Hazy Moons

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Splitting the album between two ensembles, UK composer Eden Lonsdale's beautifully languid compositions are performed first by Apartment House, and then by the young Rothko Collective, the four pieces showing Lonsdale's development of writing for harmony, timbre and resonance into works focused on the passing of time and the integration of prominent melodic elements.

Radigue, Eliane: 11 Dec 80 [2 CDs]
Radigue, Eliane:
11 Dec 80 [2 CDs]

(Important Records -- USA )


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The first release of electronic composer Éliane Radigue's 1980 live session for the Bay Area's KPFA radio, performing two works: a studio performance of "Chry-ptus", Radigue's work for asynchronous recordings on a Buchla Modular System; and the world premiere of Parts I through III of "Tryptych", an hallucinogenic work of sound and texture.

Soldier, Dave / William Hooker: Lewitt Etudes
Soldier, Dave / William Hooker:
Lewitt Etudes

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


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Inspired by the graphic wall drawings of American artist and sculptor Sol Lewitt, designed as graphic scores for flexibility in improvisation, violinist Dave Soldier and drummer William Hooker assembled this impressive ensemble to present 9 etudes, performed with Rebecca Cherry, Kirk Knuffke, Ayumi Ishito, Hans Tammen, Alex Greene, Luke Stewart, and Ken Filiano.

Futterman, Joel / William Parker / Chad Fowler / Steve Hirsh: The Deep
Futterman, Joel / William Parker / Chad Fowler / Steve Hirsh:
The Deep

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


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Sounding as though they'd played together for decades, this 1st meeting between pianist Joel Futterman, bassist William Parker, saxophonist Chad Fowler and drummer Steve Hirsh is a single 52-minute free jazz exposition as the four immediately fall into an invigorating conversation that continues through diverse moods from pinnacles of activity to reflective tone worlds; masterful!

Futterman, Joel / Chad Fowler / Steve Hirsh: Ebb & Flow [2 CDs]
Futterman, Joel / Chad Fowler / Steve Hirsh:
Ebb & Flow [2 CDs]

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


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Continuing the connections from prior Mahakala Music albums Warp & Weft, (Futterman/Hirsch) and Two Five None (Fowler/Hirsch) this album brings the three together as a dynamic trio recording the two-part "Ebb & Flow", a spectacular convergence that, true to the title, shows tremendous momentum and moments of great introspection, an incredible collective free encounter!

Cartwright, George / Steve Hirsh / Chad Fowler / Christopher Parker / Kelley Hurt: Notice That There
Cartwright, George / Steve Hirsh / Chad Fowler / Christopher Parker / Kelley Hurt:
Notice That There

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


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Meeting in Minneapolis, home of saxophonist & guitarist George Cartwright (Curlew), the quintet of Cartwright, Steve Hirsh on drums, Chad Fowler on stritch, Kelley Hurt on voice and Christopher Parker on piano have many collaborative and friendly connections, heard in their easy-going and informed dialog, with some quirks & comments tossed in to personalize these excellent studio sessions.

Yamamoto, Eri Trio ( w/ Ambrosio / Takeuchi): A Woman With A Purple Wig
Yamamoto, Eri Trio ( w/ Ambrosio / Takeuchi):
A Woman With A Purple Wig

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


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Confronted and assaulted by Asian bigotry in NYC shortly after the start of the pandemic, pianist Eri Yamamoto adopted a wig, mask and sunglasses to hide her ethnicity, about which she sings in the title track of her album, a mix of the sophisticated jazz instrumentals with bassist David Ambrosio and drummer Ikuo Takeuchi punctuated with songs of Yamamoto's pandemic experience.

Bergman / Robinson / Swell / Sage: Quartets/Trios/Duos
Bergman / Robinson / Swell / Sage:
Quartets/Trios/Duos

(Mahakala Music -- USA )


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Sheltered in place during the pandemic, trombonist Steve Swell occupied his time listening to recordings forgotten or never released, seizing on these excellent studio session from 2007 organized with drummer Ray Sage, performed in duo, trio and quartet configurations with clarinetist Perry Robinson and pianist Borah Bergman, demonstrating that in bad circumstance, good can appear.

Marchetti, Lionel & Decibel New Music Ensemble: Inland Lake (le lac interieur)
Marchetti, Lionel & Decibel New Music Ensemble:
Inland Lake (le lac interieur)

(Room40 -- Australia )


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The 2nd album collaboration between French music concrète composer Lionel Marchetti and the Australian chamber ensemble Decibel directed by flute and wind player Cat Hope, performing two works by Marchetti--"Inland Lake" and "La Patience"-- works for strings, winds, piano, percussion and radio, integrated in the studio with Marchetti's synthetics, tape and electronic manipulations.

Dewar, Andrew Raffo / John Hughes / Chad Popple: Reflejos IV-VII
Dewar, Andrew Raffo / John Hughes / Chad Popple:
Reflejos IV-VII

(Waveform Alphabet -- USA )


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A student of Steve Lacy & Anthony Braxton and active from NYC to the San Francisco Bay Area, soprano saxophonist Andrew Raffo Dewar is heard in these studio recordings with bassist John Hughes and drummer/vibraphonist Chad Popple, a follow-up to the 2018 trio album Reflejos on pfMENTUM, presenting a series of compositions based on reflection/refraction-based compositional forms.

Togashi, Masahiko / Don Cherry / Charlie Haden: Song of Soil
Togashi, Masahiko / Don Cherry / Charlie Haden:
Song of Soil

(WeWantSounds -- UK )


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A remastered edition of percussionist Masahiko Togashi's 1979 trio album with trumpeter Don Cherry and bassist Charlie Haden, bridging free jazz with Eastern influences in both dynamic and introspective playing, released with the original artwork plus an 8-page booklet of new photographs, liner notes in English & French and a biography of Togashi by Paul Bowler.

Necks, The: Travel
Necks, The:
Travel

(Northern Spy -- USA )


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Starting each day in the Australian studio with a 20-minute improvisation, The Necks trio of Chris Abrahams on piano & keyboards, Tony Buck on drums and Lloyd Swanton on bass developed this, their 21st album, as a collection of "shorter" and varied improvisations, released with minimal overdubs to present their music closer to their exceptional live performances.

Kimura, Izumi / Artur Majewski / Barry Guy / Ramon Lopez: Kind Of Shadow
Kimura, Izumi / Artur Majewski / Barry Guy / Ramon Lopez:
Kind Of Shadow

(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland )


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Complementing their 2022 release Kind Of Light, recorded the same day at Agnieszka Osiecka Polish Radio Concert Hall in Warsaw in 2021 after their performance at the Ad Libitum Festival, the quartet of Izumi Kimura on piano, Artur Majewski on trumpet & electronics, Barry Guy on bass and Ramon Lopez on drums & percussion release this magnificent 11-part improvisation.

Mezei, Szilard / Zoltan Csanyi / Vasco Trilla: Look Into My Eyes, I'm Watching You [2 CDs]
Mezei, Szilard / Zoltan Csanyi / Vasco Trilla:
Look Into My Eyes, I'm Watching You [2 CDs]

(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland )


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Four recordings of chamber-oriented improvisation by Serbian violinist Szilárd Mezei in a trio with bassist Zoltán Csányi, a frequent collaborator of Mezei, and Catalonian percussionist Vasco Trilla, performing in 2021 at KC Lab in Novi Sad, at RCA Magyarkanizsa in Serbia, at Samo Pivo in Subotica, Serbia and at Korzó Zeneház in Szeged, Hungary.

Perelman, Ivo / Ray Anderson / Joe Morris / Reggie Nicholson: Molten Gold [2 CDs]
Perelman, Ivo / Ray Anderson / Joe Morris / Reggie Nicholson:
Molten Gold [2 CDs]

(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland )


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Recording with legendary jazz musicians, trombonist Ray Anderson, drummer Reggie Nicholson and double bassist Joe Morris, tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman's quartet album brings the depth of experience and Ivo Perelman's unstoppable creative drive to these four extended and masterful improvisations, impeccably captured at Brooklyn's ParkWest Studio by Jim Clouse.

Koenjihyakkei: Nivraym Revisted
Koenjihyakkei:
Nivraym Revisted

(Skin Graft Records -- Japan/USA )


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Originally released in 2001 on the Magaibutsu label, the 3rd studio album from Japan's Koenjihyakkei led by drummer/vocalist Yoshida Tatsuya energetically blends progressive rock, chamber rock, fusion and composed forms, here revisited for the 2nd time with the 2009 expanded reissue remixed again with new additions, plus three bonus tracks from a 2020 concert.

Minton, Phil / Pat Thomas / Dave Tucker / Roger Turner: Scatter: On A Clear Day Like This
Minton, Phil / Pat Thomas / Dave Tucker / Roger Turner:
Scatter: On A Clear Day Like This

(577 Records -- USA )


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Formed in 1992 by UK keyboardist Pat Thomas, originally with the intention of exploring the energy of rock forms within non-idiomatic ea improv, this 2017 album with Dave Tucker on acoustic & electric guitars, Roger Turner on drums & percussion and Phil Minton on voice, was captured live at Cafe OTO in London for two extended, sometimes perplexing, but consistently amazing improvisations.

Arcane Device: N28: Ohmniscient
Arcane Device:
N28: Ohmniscient

(pulsewidth -- USA )


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The second of NY electronic explorer David Lee Myers', aka Arcane Device, N28 series, an album of excited electronics, field recordings, inexplicable sound and rotating, splintering and otherwise lovingly mangled sound, not so much a noise collection as instead a controlled chaos with moments of cavernous beauty in a journey of mercurial rummaging.

Cleaver, Gerald / Brandon Lopez / Hprizm: In The Wilderness [VINYL]
Cleaver, Gerald / Brandon Lopez / Hprizm:
In The Wilderness [VINYL]

(Positive Elevation / 577 Records -- USA )


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Drawn from an experimental improv performance by drummer Gerald Cleaver and bassist Brandon Lopez at 577 Records' 2019 Forward Festival, electronic artist and producer Hprizm of the Antipop Consortium took those recording to reconstruct twelve works of illusory and often surreal music, from active beat-based electronica to hazy dreamlike ambience.

Myers, David Lee: Ceremonial Fires
Myers, David Lee:
Ceremonial Fires

(pulsewidth -- USA )


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A journey through an uncharted jungle island from NY electronic composer David Lee Myers, aka Arcane Device, using field recordings in rhythmic environments with synthetic sounds buzzing and whirling around and electronic tones and textures rising and falling, composing detailed song structures that are embraceable and awe-inspiring at the same time.

Drake, Bob : Legendary Lore Of The Holy Wells Of England
Drake, Bob :
Legendary Lore Of The Holy Wells Of England

(Recommended Records -- UK )


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A unique exposition of an 1893 text by Robert Charles Hope exploring the legends of England's "holy wells", the water of which was purported to have healing properties, adapted to atmospheric songs by Drake and performed on a 1940 Hammond model BC organ and a Challen upright piano; delicate and descriptive songs that detail the legends and the hope they inspired.

Magee, Massimo: Live In the Metaverse
Magee, Massimo:
Live In the Metaverse

(Orbit577 -- USA )


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A virtual live performance from the UK at The OctoBar in this solo clarinet performance from multi-reedist Massimo Magee, starting with a short introduction titled "The Way In", leading to a 43 minute extended and accomplished improvisation dedicated to the playing of iconic reedists Evan Parker and John Coltrane, complemented by unexpected digital glitches and reverb.

Schindler, Udo / Nikolaius Neuser / Georg Karger: Rhapsodic Topologies
Schindler, Udo / Nikolaius Neuser / Georg Karger:
Rhapsodic Topologies

(FMR -- UK )


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Performing at the Gallery arToxi in Munich, 2022 as part of clarinet & cornetist Schindler's LowToneStudies series, the free improvising trio of Schindler, Nikolaus Neuser on trumpet and Georg Karger on double bass perform four extended conversations of meticulous momentum and superb technique, at times repurposing, extending or modifying their instruments.

Duo User 52 (Udo Schindler / Etienne Rolin): Plastic Narratives
Duo User 52 (Udo Schindler / Etienne Rolin):
Plastic Narratives

(FMR -- UK )


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Confidently forceful German free improvisation with an eccentric approach, from multi-instrumentalist Udo Schindler on clarinets, cornet & tuba and artist & improviser Etienne Rolin on basset horn, Glissotar (a continuous wind instrument) & a Bansuri flute, as they improvise over Schindler's poem (jetzt/now) from his cycle frequenz schaukelt / frequency swings.

Interstellar Nao (Rick Countryman / Gabriel Lauber / Itzam Cano): Live at No Somos Nada
Interstellar Nao (Rick Countryman / Gabriel Lauber / Itzam Cano):
Live at No Somos Nada

(FMR -- UK )


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Referencing the Spanish galleons that sailed the Pacific Ocean between Acapulco in Mexico and Manila in the Philippine Islands, this meeting in Mexico city brings Philippine-based saxophonist Rick Countryman together with Swiss drummer living in Mexico City Gabriel Lauber and Lauber's collaborator in the group Zero Point, Mexico City native double bass player Itzam Canois.

Bucher, Christian / Rick Countryman: The Force Of Gravity
Bucher, Christian / Rick Countryman:
The Force Of Gravity

(FMR -- UK )


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Documenting the continued growth and evolution of the longer than a decade collaboration between American alto saxophonist living in the Philippines Ricky Countryman and Swiss drummer Christian Bucher, performing in the Strawberry Jams studio in Quezon City for thirteen succinct improvisations titled with stellar analogies, from pensive music to excitingly dynamic interplay.

Ladisa, Stefania Strutture (w/ Adrian Northover / Marcello Magliocchi): Dal'Introspezione All'Intera
Ladisa, Stefania Strutture (w/ Adrian Northover / Marcello Magliocchi):
Dal'Introspezione All'Interazione

(FMR -- UK )


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Two live performances at Sala Castello di Sannicandro di Bari and at Sala Auditorium Accademia Cinema Ragazzi in Bari, Italy from violinist & violist Stefania Ladisa's trio Strutture with drummer Marcello Magliocchi and saxophonist Adrian Northover (LIO, Remote Viewers, Runcible), using the resonance of the performances spaces in spacious free interaction.

King Ubu Orchestru 2021: Roi
King Ubu Orchestru 2021:
Roi

(FMR -- UK )


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Originally formed in 1985, this free improv ensemble continues in a new rendition of the Örchestrü, with original members Mark Charig (cornet), Paul Lytton (percussion), Alfred Zimmerlin (cello) and Phillipp Wachsmann (violin) joined by new members including Axel Dorner (trumpet), Phil Minton (voice), and Melvyn Poore (tuba), for two exceptional examples of advanced collective and cooperative improvisation.

Dunmall, Paul / Liam Noble / John Edwards / Mark Sanders: One Moment
Dunmall, Paul / Liam Noble / John Edwards / Mark Sanders:
One Moment

(FMR -- UK )


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Some of the finest London and Birmingham improvisers, the free improvising quartet of saxophonist Paul Dunmall with pianist Liam Noble, drummer Mark Sanders and bassist John Edwards, continue their work together with this exceptional live performance at the Eastside Jazz Club, Birmingham Conservatoire in an extended, far-ranging and engaging collective concert.

Wachsmann, Philipp / Trevor Taylor: Two
Wachsmann, Philipp / Trevor Taylor:
Two

(FMR -- UK )


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Eight studio compositions recorded in Kingston, London in 2022 between FMR label-leader Trevor Taylor on percussion and electronics, and violinist Philipp Wachsmann, also processing his sound through electronics, the two finding common ground and great compatibility in reserved pacing that seemingly allows each note and gesture to express itself fully.

Chrysakis, Thanos: Manifold Vista
Chrysakis, Thanos:
Manifold Vista

(Auf Abwegen -- Germany )


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Aural Terrains label-leader, composer and sound artist Thanos Chrysakis presents six new pieces merging electronic composition with field recordings and other electro-acoustic sources, in five rich and beautifully paced works of a diverse nature, evolving a consistent sound world where each piece draws the listener into the composer's detailed and engaging concepts.

AMP: Stringency
AMP:
Stringency

(Meta Records -- Germany )


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Universe of AMP are the Swiss twin brothers pianist Michael and drummer Florian Arbenz, in a 7 piece group mixing modern jazz with an active string section.

Anderson / Dunmall / Gibbs / Hymas: 21st Century V-Bop
Anderson / Dunmall / Gibbs / Hymas:
21st Century V-Bop

(Slam -- Great Britain )


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Covering a vast landscape sonically & stylistically, the quintet of saxophonist Paul Dunmall, guitarist Philip Gibbs, keyboardist Tony Hymas & drummer Mark Anderson were captured live in the studio.

Beaks Plinth: Organo Saturado
Beaks Plinth:
Organo Saturado

(Gigante Sound -- USA )


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Beaks Plinth (Jared Blum) takes on a stack of organ-based records slowed to a dragging 16 2/3 and 81/3 rpms of all genres; Easy, Church, Jazz, Ice Skating music and more.

Johnson, Max : When the Streets Were Quiet
Johnson, Max :
When the Streets Were Quiet

(New Focus Recordings -- USA )


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Better known for his bass work with his own free jazz trio and quartet, or as a sideman for Simon Nabatov, Chris Pitsiokis, &c. this album reveals another facet to the musician, presenting a chamber music album of strings, reeds and piano, where his role as composer and conductor brings life to works with references to Messiaen & Kafka.

Zeitkratzer / Keiji Haino: Zeitkratzer + Keiji Haino
Zeitkratzer / Keiji Haino:
Zeitkratzer + Keiji Haino

(Zeitkratzer -- Germany )


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Keiji Haino collaborates with Reinhold Friedl's Zeitkratzer for their 2nd release, with Haino concentrating solely on his voice without electronic manipulation, in a live recording at Jahrehunderthalle in Bochum, Germany for a frightful mix of ferocious chamber music.

Ensemble Dedalus + eRikm: Fata Morgana
Ensemble Dedalus + eRikm:
Fata Morgana

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


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Composed by erikM and performed with the Dedalus Ensemble, these pieces started through acousmographe recording of sounds outside of human hearing, transposed into notes and scored to be interpreted by musicians while immersed via headphone to mimic the sounds of cetaceans, then rearranged in the studio to create the annotated compositions heard on these carefully recorded compositions.

Lopez Trio (Brandon Lopez / Steve Baczkowski / Gerald Cleaver): Matanzas
Lopez Trio (Brandon Lopez / Steve Baczkowski / Gerald Cleaver):
Matanzas

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


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"Matanzas" translates to "Killings", an apt description of this fiercely dark and propulsive free improv album from the NY trio led by bassist Brandon Lopez with saxophonist Steve Baczkowski and drummer/percussionist Gerald Cleaver, drawing unexpected and often malevolent sound from their instruments, particularly on the extended "Dithyramb, Sodomy, Salt".

Three-Layer Cake (Mike Pride / Mike Watt / Brandon Seabrook): Stove-Top
Three-Layer Cake (Mike Pride / Mike Watt / Brandon Seabrook):
Stove-Top

(Rarenoise Records -- USA )


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Circumventing pandemic lockdowns, the trio of Brandon Seabrook on guitar, banjo & tapes, Mike Pride on drums, marimba, glockenspiel, bells & organ and Mike Watt on bass recorded their contributions in separate studios and file-shared to create this genre-merging album of free improv, rock, experimental and inexplicable forms; an inspired and seriously unique album of challenges overcome.

Pride, Mike: I Hate Work
Pride, Mike:
I Hate Work

(Rarenoise Records -- UK )


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A warmly lyrical, mostly instrumental album of modern jazz that surprisingly takes it's title from legendary punk band MDC, and its songs from their 1982 debut album Millions of Dead Cops, led by NY drummer Mike Pride and performed with Jamie Saft (keys), Brad Jones (bass), Mick Bar (guitars) and on a few songs, vocalists JG Thirlwell (Foetus), Sam Mickens (The Dead Science) and Dave Dictor from MDC itself.

Coleman, Ornette: Ornette At 12, Crisis & Man On The Moon, Revisited
Coleman, Ornette:
Ornette At 12, Crisis & Man On The Moon, Revisited

(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland )


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Reissuing and remastering two Impulse! albums from saxophonist Ornette Coleman: 1969's Ornette At 12 with Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and his then 12-year-old son Denardo on drums; 1972's Crisis adding Don Cherry on trumpet; and a lesser-known 1969 EP, Man On The Moon, with electronics from Dr. Emmanuel Ghent and Ed Blackwell on drums.

Dolphy, Eric: Outward Bound To Out To Lunch Revisited
Dolphy, Eric:
Outward Bound To Out To Lunch Revisited

(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland )


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Arriving in NY in 1959, saxophonist, flute & bass clarinetist Eric Dolphy joined some of the finest avant jazz players, releasing his 1st album as a leader in 1960--Outward Bound--with Freddie Hubbard, Jaki Byard, George Tucker & Roy Haynes; subsequently tagged as an anti-jazz musician, it would be 4 years before his masterwork Out To Lunch would be released, both albums here reissued & remastered.

Dynamite Club: It's Deeper Than Most People Actually Think
Dynamite Club:
It's Deeper Than Most People Actually Think

(Funhole Records -- USA )


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A cross of Tokyo and NY rock scenes, Dynamite Club is led by vocalist Kentaro Saito and drummer Mike Pride, in their 2nd release with help from Nate Wooley, Aaron Ali Shaikh, &c.

Samartzis, Philip: Atmospheres And Disturbances [CD + BOOK]
Samartzis, Philip:
Atmospheres And Disturbances [CD + BOOK]

(Room40 -- Australia )


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A work of scientific sound from Australian sound artist Philip Samartzis, creating compositions based on field work from the High-Altitude Research Station at Jungfraujoch, Switzerland, over four weeks deploying various recording devices and microphones in and around the station to capture anthropogenic & geophysical forces, allowing listeners to experience the ecology under stress.

Eno, Brian Performed by Dedalus Ensemble : Discreet Music / Music For Airports / Tuesday Afternoon [
Eno, Brian Performed by Dedalus Ensemble :
Discreet Music / Music For Airports / Tuesday Afternoon [2 CDs]

(Sub Rosa -- Belgium )


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The French Dedalus Ensemble render three works from the ground-breaking ambient work of Brian Eno--Discreet Music (1975), Music for Airports (1978), and Thursday Afternoon (1985)--performed as an 11-piece acoustic ensemble and remaining faithful to the introspectively intelligent intention and peaceful elegance of Eno's original electronic works.

Novoa, Eva: Novoa / Kamaguchi / Cleaver Trio - Vol. 1
Novoa, Eva:
Novoa / Kamaguchi / Cleaver Trio - Vol. 1

(577 Records -- USA )


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Spanish pianist based in NYC Eva Novoa has since 2017 led this international but definitely NY-oriented piano trio of Japanese bassist based in NY Masa Kamaguchi and drummer Gerald Cleaver, here in her first album on 577, her sixth as a leader, presenting eight Novoa compositions of restlessly probing, dynamically interactive and inherently melodic free improvisation.

Leandre, Joelle: Zurich Concert
Leandre, Joelle:
Zurich Concert

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


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A tour-de-force solo concert from the masterful improvising French double bassist Joëlle Léandre, performing at Kunstraum Walcheturm in Zurich in 2022, mostly performed through an astounding bowing exposition, accompanied at times by her worldless vocal improvising, the five parts of this concert evoking passion, power, and a lifetime of profound expression.

Jim & The Schrimps (Jim Black / Asger Nissen / Julius Gawlik / Felix Henkelhausen): Ain't No Saint
Jim & The Schrimps (Jim Black / Asger Nissen / Julius Gawlik / Felix Henkelhausen):
Ain't No Saint

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


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"Jim" is US drummer & composer Jim Black working in Berlin, and The Shrimps are the trio of bassist Felix Henkelhausen and the two-sax front line of Germans, Asger Nissen on alto and Julius Gawlik on tenor, finding a rapport and common approach to free improv, they formed to perform & record Black's assertive compositions influenced by the tradition of Black American jazz.



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