Clean Feed Summer Releases

Source: Clean Feed.

Landskap Logic “Hidden Danger Lets me in”
Central to Landskap Logic existence is (was) the Mills College in Oakland where Fred Frith and Evelyn Davis taught and where Phillip Greenlief was around, playing with dozens of alumni. Intrinsic to the band sound is also the Mills Chapel pipe organ where these and the previous record of the trio was made. Being more focused than the previous “Landskap Logic” (recorded in 2013, released by 2015, Clean Feed) doesn’t mean it lost its charm as an eclectic and spacious ensemble.

Parrini/Šalamon/Trilla “Eating Poetry”
Beautiful real time composing here at this improvised session by Samo Šalamon on 6 and 12 acoustic guitars, Emanuele Parrini on violin and Vasco Trilla on drums and percussion. The music is angular and exploratory and the interplay by the three members of the band is ever challenging and responsive, building topics and playing around it like a very strange dance.

Margaux Oswald/Jesper Zeuthen “Magnetite”
The idiosyncratic Swiss pianist Margaux Oswald meets the Danish sax ace Jesper Zeuthen with a past in avant-garde jazz rock (with the legendary Danish band Blue Sun in 1969) to defy beauty. The beauty here doesn’t always come gently through the hands of Margaux or the winds of Zeuthen but it’s deep, heartfelt and exploratory beauty.

Brew “Between Reflections” / “Heat”
Two historical recordings from three of masters, Gerry Hemingway, Reggie Workman and Miya Masaoka. Two albums 20 years apart, one from 1998/99 (Heat) and one from 2009 (Between Reflections).

HIIT “For Beauty is nothing but the beginning of Terror”
This is truly a contemporary piano trio for all senses. Real time composition that’s not afraid of anything, and approaches lyrical, abstract, structural matrixes in a display of virtuosic yet organic view by the three members, two italians Simone Quatrana (piano), Andrea Grossi (double bass) and a portuguese Pedro Melo Alves (drums and percussion).

Marek Pospieszalski Octet “No other end of the world will there be”
New opus by this singular and outstanding octet with modern open arrangements, quite industrial, based on constant group interaction. Dedicated to the work of 20th century Polish Female Composers.

Carlos Bica Playing with Beethoven
How do you possible work with written material coming from the hands of Beethoven with a quartet comprised of double bass (Carlos Bica), tenor saxophone (Daniel Erdmann), turntables (DJ Illvibe) and accordeon (João Barradas)? Unless you are Carlos Bica and you play with these one of a kind musicians I would recommend.

Susan Alcorn/José Lencastre/Hernani Faustino “Manifest”
Manifest was a one-off in a Lisbon studio last August. Lencastre and Faustino have been partners in crime for long and both are big fans of Susan Alcorn work. The magic happened and a beautiful record is here to serve as a proof.

Liba Villavechia Trio “Birchwood”
Second Clean Feed release by this very dynamic trio led by the Catalan sax/composer master Liba Villavechia with Vasco Trilla on drums and percussion and Àlex Reviriego on double bass. The compositions lead to very focused improvisations in their unique way as a solid working band.

Bruno Parrinha VINE LEAF “Tales of Sense”
Vine Leaf continues where “The Garden” (Clean Feed, 2016) left but this time with João Valinho on drums instead of Ricardo Jacinto on cello.

João Barradas “Solo II – Live at the Festival D’Aix-En-Prevence”
Open ways for João Barradas, a genius accordion player that can surely turn everything into gold. Either in the world of classical/contemporary or in the field of jazz/improv he can play anything he wants with true mastery and vision.

Valentin Ceccaldi Bonbon Flamme
Valentin Ceccaldi created a most unique spectral quartet when he conceived the idea of the music to be played .The four of them make a very unlikely band with very unlikely results and to be honest this is the magic over it. Uncategorized improvised music that runs through jazz and psychedelic sounds, Bonbon Flamme is a delight!

Domen Cizej “Introducing”
On this 5 CD box set, percussionist and composer Domen Cizej introduces himself in full range, solo, duo, trio and percussion octet. A wide palette that comprises his never obvious vision of music that sometimes can be ritualistic (the percussion octet), lyrical (the piano trios), gorgeous orchestral percussion with piano (duo).

Orquesta del Tiempo Perdido “Sepk”
Second opus on Shhpuma from Orquesta del Tiempo Perdido. More mature and focused than ever their music surrounds you right from the start, as if a veil of fog fills the air. Accompanied by ten of Amsterdam’s finest musicians, Jeroen Kimman and his Orquesta present a dozen songs that sound as if you have known them for years, and yet they keep slipping away. Sepk is an album devoid of catchy melodies and to the joy of melancholia and the morphing meditations on nostalgia. Brilliant.

Baraque à Free “Silex”
The Baraque à Free orquestra it’s an exciting collective that regroups young improvisers from Toulouse into a beautiful and refreshing musical storm. Born from the love of improvisation, nurtured by jazz and noise-rock, their music is a passing of events going from harmonious tranquillity, noisy spaces, rhythmic rage, math rock, hints of chamber music and orchestral precision. They are an excellent example of what a collective of commited musicians should do: channeling their energy and creativity into innovative, joyful and pungent music.