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  • Coming to Detroit’s Trinosophes

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    Source: trinosophes. Friday, October 25Kranky Records Showcase starring Windy and Carlwith Clinic Stars, Justin Walter, Jessica Bailiff accompanied by Mathew Sweet [of Boduf Songs]Doors 8pm, music 9 pm$15 in advance or $18 at entryPurchase tickets now We’re excited Detroit space rock greats Windy and Carl are returning to the Trinosophes stage—and this time they’ve reunited…

  • Jazzword Reviews

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    Source: Jazzword. Franz Koglmann Near Blue – A Taste of Melancholy Stemeseder Lillinger Quartet UMBRA II Joëlle Léandre/Elsabeth Harnik/Zlatko Kaučič Live in St. Johann Kimmig-Studer-Zimmerlin Electric Trio Black Forest Diary Joëlle Léandre/Pascal Contet Miniatures Daniel Studer Extended II For Strings & Piano MYL Trio Parallel Universes Magda Mayas Filamental Ritual Mechanics John Butcher + 13…

  • New Releases From Cyclic Law

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    Source: Cyclic Law. NORDVARGR “Resignation IV” CD / LP / DL (242nd Cycle)The Fourth Installment in the highly acclaimed Resignation Series! EERIÆRMOR “s/t” CD / DL (263rd Cycle)Eeriærmor (E:Æ:R) is the very personal and immersive new sound mapping motif of Kevin Gan Yuen (Sutekh Hexen, CTE, etc…)This release also comes as a limited edition bundle…

  • The Squid’s Ear Reviews

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    Source: The Squid’s Ear. MNHRS (Mikawa / Numata / Nishimura / Fujikake) – MNHRS (Doubtmusic) Magda Mayas Filamental (Mayas / Abdelnour / Caddy / Davies / Davies / Mayaas / Parks / Theriot-Ramos / Thieke) – Ritual Mechanics (Relative Pitch) WHO Trio (Hemingway / Wintsch / Oester) – Live at Jazz Festival Willisau 2023 First…

  • AMN Reviews: Mohamad Nikpour – Hidden Colors Within (2024; Dragon’s Eye Recordings)

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    Mohamad Nikpour’s Hidden Colors Within is an exploration of the atmospheric and textural potential of sound. Across its two extended experimental ambient tracks, Nikpour blends the synthesized and recorded. Each piece unfolds with a patient, deliberate pacing that invites listeners to sink into its environment. Knots opens with a wide palette leaning toward the darker…

  • Ensemble Dal Niente in Chicago Reviewed

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    Source: I Care If You Listen. The Chicago-based Ensemble Dal Niente bills itself as “the industry leader in commissioning and performing cutting-edge contemporary music from around the globe.” So my expectations were quite high on Oct. 13 at Constellation when I went to hear them in concert for the first time. Constellation is disarmingly nondescript:…

  • Chain D.L.K. Reviews

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    Source: Chain D.L.K.. VV.AA.: Expanding Concert (Lisboa 2019-2023) Bruno Duplant: Écouter les fantômes Melt-Banana: “3 + 5” Ezekiel Honig: Unmapping The Distance Keeps Getting Closer su dance110: Stille Oper

  • Avant Garde/Experimental News from the Progressive Rock Journal

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    Source: Progressive Rock Journal. [News] Desertfest Berlin presents first lineup announcement For 2025 [News] Deep Limbic System released first single “The Chaotic Frenzy of the Mind” from upcoming new album [News] Interstellar Solar Fest 2025 makes first lineup announcement [News] Sonic Rites 2025 announce first bands and launch tickets pre-order [News] Aether published the official…

  • New Releases From Unexplained Sounds Group

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    Source: Unexplained Sounds Group. Paolo L. Bandera – Riconnessione Iconoclastica Sacrale (dl + limit. ed. CD published by Unexplained Sounds Group in collaboration with Dissipatio and Paolo L. Bandera). https://unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/album/riconnessione-iconoclastica-sacrale Paolo L. Bandera (a.k.a. NG5361) has been propagating unconventional sounds and deviated cultural streams for decades with SIGILLUM S, together with Eraldo Bernocchi and other…

  • Interview with Travis Laplante 

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    Source: 15 questions. My saxophone quartet Battle Trance was formed essentially from a vision that I had one day while working my day job at the time in 2012. All of a sudden I had a very strong feeling that I should start a band with Patrick, Jeremy, and Matt, even though I had little…

  • Can’s Best Albums

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    Source: Louder. Subjective of course… More than 50 years after their debut, Can still sound like no other band on the planet. Their run of albums in the early 70s contained some of the most mysterious but influential music ever made, shaping the taste of everyone from John Lydon and Jaz Coleman to Primal Scream…

  • New Original Works 2024 Festival Comes to REDCAT in November

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    Source: REDCAT. Featuring new works from Eliza Bagg, Rohan Chander, George R. Miller, Bernard Brown, Meena Murugesan, Ajani Brannum, Sophia Cleary, Tijuana Dance Company, Bret Easterling, Mallory Fabian, and Kensaku Shinohara. The Roy and Edna Disney CalARTS Theater (REDCAT) presents the 21st annual New Original Works (NOW) Festival, a celebration of new and innovative dance,…

  • Vital Weekly Reviews 1456 

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    Source: Vital Weekly. THE SEA OF WIRES (2CD by Cold Spring Records) * RLW – C.D. (2CD by Penultimate Press) * VÄÄRISTYMÄ – 2014-2024 (CD by Unexplained Sounds Group & New Polar Sound) * LOCUS ASPER LOCUS – 3 ÂNES (CD by Unsounds) * PAUL LYTTON/GEORG WISSEL – LOOSE CONNECTIONS (CD by Confront Records) *…

  • Ambientblog Reviews

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    Source: Ambientblog. DreamScenes – October 2024 Interesting New Concepts Marcus Fjellström * Trio Ramberget & Matti Bye James Murray * Cleared Markus Guentner * Joachim Spieth Kilometre Club * Robert Rich

  • Rabble Without A Cause Show – October 16, 2024

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    Source: CKCU.  Laura Jurd’s composition, “Fanfares & Freedom” with Paul Dunmall’s Quartet, and a trio with Paul Dunmall.

  • Interview with Evelyn Glennie 

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    Source: 15 questions. Observing what is around me every day is crucial for my creativity but this is not done whereby I‘m actively looking for inspiration. If it comes, it comes; if not, so be it. I like to give myself plenty of space for reflection, and unclutter the inner-chatter with no preconceived agenda other…

  • Coming to Seattle

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    Source: Wayward Music Series. Sous Chef, Erika Dohi, Kelsey MinesFri. Oct. 18, 8 PM; $10 – $20 at the door A night of beautiful and avant garde sounds in celebration of the release of the debut album by Sous Chef, Pas un Monde, Mais un Miroir, supported by New York pianist/composer Erika Dohi and local…

  • George Lewis Profiled Ahead of his New Opera

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    Source: I Care If You Listen. George Lewis is one of the most internationally-renowned artists in the realm of avant-garde music today – and rightfully so. A true polymath, he has worn the hats of composer, improviser, musicologist, scholar, educator, and pioneer in electronic and computer music. His accolades include MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships, and…

  • The Free Jazz Collective Reviews

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    Source: The Free Jazz Collective. Olaf Rupp – Earth And More (scatterARCHIVE, 2024) Raphael Rogiński – Plays John Coltrane and Langston Hughes (Unsound, 2015 / 2024) Guitar Week – Day 1 Philippe Deschepper & Noël Akchoté- MMXXIV AD (Ayler 2024) Darius Jones – Sunday Interview Darius Jones – Legend of e’Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) (AUM…

  • Interview with Jessica Ackerley

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    Source: 15 questions. The improvised sections for most of the songs on this record are free form in terms of the written direction I am giving the band. We are not sticking to any specific form once we break free from the melodic written structures. Maybe the occasional mode or tonality is indicated on the…

  • The Acid Mothers Temple Dossier

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    Source: Bandcamp Daily. Some things come together with a plan and a process, others from an accumulation of fragments, impulses, and accidents. In 1995, after close to two decades on the Japanese rock scene, guitarist Kawabata Makoto founded Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. aka Acid Mothers Temple aka AMT. The original lineup…

  • Tim Berne Profiled

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  • DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET Photos

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    Source: DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET. October 13, 2024 Rob Magill Solo, Record Shop Rob Magill October 13, 2024 Kaelen Ghandhi, Evan Palmer, Michael Larocca, Record Shop Kaelen Ghandhi Michael Larocca Evan Palmer October 13, 2024 Tony Malaby, Ana Fortuna, Charlie Lincoln, Ilya Blazh, Record Shop Ilya Blazh Ana Fortuna Charlie Lincoln Tony Malaby October 10, 2024 John Blum…

  • Another Place Show, October 14, 2024

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    Source: 90.9fm WDCB. Chicago journalist and jazz aficionado Andy Pierce hosts “Another Place” Sundays at midnight. The show explores creative music, jazz and the avant-garde, and delves into the longer, more complex compositions and improvisations in jazz.