Bagatellen Reviews

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Further activity from Vanessa Rossetto, who, including the production of three recordings last year on her Music Appreciation label, has developed a distinctive, recognizable voice within a field of music that is hyper-productive, to put it lightly. She’s an interesting (and rewarding) musician to follow, and it deserves mention that, for many, both in […]

Graham Halliwell & Lee Patterson — Terrain

When I first listened to Terrain (Confront), we were in the midst of an unexpected second snow in North Carolina. There was something alien and unpredictable about this circumstance, and it seemed to suit this lovely recording from Graham Halliwell and Lee Patterson. Halliwell’s stunning saxophone feedback seems perfectly apposite here, a presence in […]

Henry Kaiser/Damon Smith/Weasel Walter – Plane Crash

Bay Area percussionist Weasel Walter has helmed a number of powerful, overdriven sessions of free music during the last few years, often in tandem with bassist Damon Smith. Most of these aggregations have featured saxophonists or brass players – people like Elliott Levin, Paul Hartsaw, or Peter Evans. Walter’s adage is that, to […]

Jamie Coleman/Grundik Kasyansky/Seymour Wright — Control and Its Opposites (Another Timbre)

Finally, some rapid turnaround from inception to release. Recorded in April of this year, Control and Its Opposites is among the latest in the “B” cd-r series on Another Timbre, and one of seven recent and upcoming releases from the label. The disc captures the London-based trio of Jamie Coleman (trumpet, objects), Grundik […]

Keith Rowe – erstwords ErstLive007

In the occasion of the “AMPLIFY: Light” festival, held in Tokyo in September 2008, Keith Rowe decided, 24 hours prior to his gig, to go fully introspective with the music he’d play, with particular regard to artistic influences and, especially, sounds that have influenced him. Without a doubt, the people who attended the concert – […]