Avant Music NewsSource: Freq.
Wilfried Hanrath and Boban Ristevski – Be Here Now / Philippe Petit
ESP Summer – Mars Is A Ten
Aksak Maboul – Made To Measure Volume 48: Une Aventure de VV (Songspiel)
Speck / Interkosmos – Split
Harry Christelis – Nurture The Child / Challenge The Adult
Anonions – Stratagems
Sula Bassana – Nostalgia
Day Evans Dale Ensemble – Green Money
PoiL Ueda – PoiL Ueda
Laura Schuler Quartet – Sueños Paralelos
Source: Noise Not Music.
a0n0 – Underground Sea (farmersmanual, Mar 18)
James Emrick – Actoma (Soda Gong, Mar 17)
Tenshun – Continuous Probability (self-released, Mar 4)
Renee Willoughby – 33 (Irrational Tentent, Feb 10)
Jackie-O Motherfucker – Manual of the Bayonet (Feeding Tube, Feb 24)
Hardworking Families – Eight Knots Bathing (Chocolate Monk, Feb 12)
Source: Gapplegate.
Messiaen Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps, Christina Astrand, Johnny Teyssier, Henrik Dam Thomsen, and Per Salo
Astor Piazzolla, Album for Astor, Bjarke Mogensen, The Danish Chamber Players, Johan Bridger, Mathias Heise
Cappella Romana, Heaven and Earth: A Song of Creation, John Tavener, Ikon of Light
Source: Cafe OTO.
30 MARCH TO 2 APRIL 2023
EAVESDROPPING FESTIVAL – SEASON 4
SILVIA TAROZZI + LUCY RAILTON + NIKNAK + CHRISTINE ABDELNOUR + LILJA MARÍA ÁSMUNDSDÓTTIR + MANY MOREMONDAY 3 APRIL 2023, 8PM
SO SNER (SUSANNA GARTMAYER & STEFAN SCHNEIDER) + MIKI YUITUESDAY 4 APRIL 2023, 8PM
SAGOME PRESENTS:
ROSSO POLARE (ALBUM LAUNCH) + KULKU + ATLANTIS RECORDS DJ5 TO 6 APRIL 2023
“A” TRIO (MAZEN KERBAJ / SHARIF SEHNAOUI / RAED YASSIN) – TWO-DAY RESIDENCYFRIDAY 7 APRIL 2023, 8PM
DJ DIAKI + TTB8 TO 9 APRIL 2023
FRED MOTEN / BRANDON LÓPEZ / GERALD CLEAVER – TWO-DAY RESIDENCYSUNDAY 9 APRIL 2023, 2PM
MATINEE – JOINT BOOK LAUNCH:
JAMES GOODWIN / CANDACE HILLMONDAY 10 APRIL 2023, 8PM
STEVE GUNN & DAVID MOORE + JACKEN ELSWYTHTUESDAY 11 APRIL 2023, 8PM
LUCY LIYOU + JAMES RUSHFORD & JOE TALIA + DANIELLE PRICE + DEREK BARON / MALVERN BRUME (DUO)WEDNESDAY 12 APRIL 2023, 8PM
DIE WELTTRAUMFORSCHER + OTTO WILLBERG & MERLIN NOVATHURSDAY 13 APRIL 2023, 8PM
MOERS & CAFE OTO PRESENT:
ELVIN BRADHI / JOEL GRIP (DUO) + TABEA LARA NGOZI BRIGGSFRIDAY 14 APRIL 2023, 8PM
DIY:
DIJIT [LIVE] MOBBS [LIVE] JULINE [DJ SET]SATURDAY 15 APRIL 2023, 1PM
MATINEE:
PHILL NIBLOCK + PHILL NIBLOCK / KATHERINE LIBEROVSKAYA (DUO)15 TO 16 APRIL 2023
I-D.A PROJECTS PRESENTS
LIFETONESSUNDAY 16 APRIL 2023, 1PM
MATINEE:
NONOKO YOSHIDA + YUMI HARA + TIM HODGKINSON + HANNAH MARSHALL + MARINA ORGAN (DJ)MONDAY 17 APRIL 2023, 8PM
UTOPIA OR OBLIVION – ALBUM LAUNCH:
ALE HOP + SILVIA KASTEL + NO HOMETUESDAY 18 APRIL 2023, 8PM
ATONAL KAT PRESENTS:
EAR WALKERS (ANNEA LOCKWOOD, XENIA PESTOVA BENNETT, BILL THOMPSON)WEDNESDAY 19 APRIL 2023, 8PM
HELEN ANAHITA WILSON’S ‘BODY OF TRUTH’ + MAGZ HALL (DJ)£12 £10 ADVANCE £6 MEMBERS
FRIDAY 21 APRIL 2023, 8PMCONFRONT RECORDINGS PRESENTS:
IMPRESSIONS OF JOHN COLTRANE
NAT BIRCHALL QUINTET + DAVID ANGOL QUARTET + ED JONES / DOMINIC LASH / MARK WASTELL + ALAN SKIDMORE
SOLD OUT
SATURDAY 22 APRIL 2023, 8PMO YAMA O + AILIE ORMSTON
£12 £10 ADVANCE FREE FOR MEMBERS
SUNDAY 23 APRIL 2023, 2PMMATINEE – LOOPING VS ANTI-LOOPING:
DURRANT / HARMAR (DUO) + DEE BYRNE (SOLO) + SYLVIA & I (DUO)MONDAY 24 APRIL 2023, 8PM
JOHN WIESE + JOHN WIESE & STEVE BERESFORD + TEARS | OV & SWARMM + STEVE BERESFORD (SOLO)TUESDAY 25 APRIL 2023, 8PM
QUENTIN TOLIMIERI + LAWRENCE DUNNWEDNESDAY 26 APRIL 2023, 8PM
MUSIC AND OTHER LIVING CREATURES X ENCOUNTERS:
SYNTAX OF A RIVER
DAVID CHAPMAN + LAURA DENNING + SONIA LEVY27 TO 28 APRIL 2023
BABA YAGA’S HUT:
SHIT AND SHINE – TWO-DAY RESIDENCYSATURDAY 29 APRIL 2023, 8PM
SWELL MAPS C21SUNDAY 30 APRIL 2023, 8PM
DIG THAT TREASURE! FESTIVAL
GROUP LISTENING + DIALECT + MAX SYEDTOLLAN
It is hard to give a one-liner about the varied and divergent music of the newly-formed group Ultraphauna. It exhibits characteristics of chamber music, progressive and art rock, and the demented pop songs of Mr. Bungle. The brainchild of multi-instrumentalists Timba Harris (Estradasphere, formerly of Secret Chiefs 3) and Dorothy Wave (a.P.A.t.T.), the album also includes studio contributions from bassist Toby Driver (Kayo Dot and Maudlin of the Well) and drummer Joel Murray (also a.P.A.t.T.).
Drive by Harris’s violin and Wave’s keyboards and vocals, these ten pieces explore a strangely catchy and slightly uncomfortable mix of textures and feelings. To that point, the 10-minute Mont Tauch is an accessible yet complex instrumental that employs prog rock stylings with a vaguely Latin feel as Harris and Wave explore subtle contrapuntal lines. This is followed by Summoning the Maker, which has a bass riff that screams Magma, though it is accompanied by folk / classical leads from Harris rather than Kobaian chant.
While much of the album is instrumental, Wave’s vocals are present on a handful of tracks. They are unobtrusive yet strange, a progression in the long tradition of art song in creative rock – her voice can be viewed as another instrument. In contrast, the album ends with Pearl, a quirky circus-pop song that is oddly not out of character with the rest of the tracks.
Highly recommended for fans of iconoclasms in the vein of Bungle / Secret Chiefs / Sleepytime Gorilla Museum / Melvins. No No No No will be released on April 21 by Dur & Doux.
Source: Tzadik.
Archival
John Zorn: Multiplicities Ii: A Repository Of Nonexistent Objects [#8399]
THE ACOUSTIC COMPANION PIECE TO MULTIPLICITIES VOLUME ONE!
Written in December of 2020, Multiplicities: A Repository of Non-Existent Objects is a collection of twenty musical aphorisms inspired by the writings and thought of Gilles Deleuze. Volume One, released in 2022, featured the first set of ten compositions performed by the powerful electric ensemble Chaos Magick. This second set is played here by Zorn’s newest acoustic jazz ensemble Incerto, featuring virtuoso masters Julian Lage, Brian Marsella, Jorge Roeder, and Ches Smith. The performances are passionate, tight, and endlessly imaginative. Filled with unexpected twists and turns, this is a wildly varied exploration of instrumental music at its most extreme! Modern musical philosophy for adventurous, discerning minds.
(April 2023)John Zorn: Full Fathom Five [#9301]
The newest CD by Zorn’s most recent quartet Incerto is a beautiful and moody suite of nocturnes inspired by the night imagery of Shakespeare. Heart wrenchingly beautiful, the music carries you to a lush romantic world of modern lyricism, blending elements of jazz balladry with classical atonality and minimalism into a vibrant new sound world. Featuring four of the most accomplished musical masters out of the Downtown scene—trusted members of Zorn’s inner circle—this is modern chamber music at its very best!
(June 2023)Spectrum
John Zorn-Bill Laswell: Memoria [#4042]
Towering figures of New York’s Downtown scene, Zorn and Laswell have been working together since the late 1970s. Following up on their acclaimed 2022 duo project The Cleansing, this new volume presents musical memorials to three artistic visionaries whose powerful legacies remain touchstones of creativity and artistic integrity. Here the music takes on more of an ambient edge, and is distinguished by telepathic improvisational interplay and a unique virtuosity. Three heartfelt tributes from one generation of mavericks to another, Memoria is a beautiful collection of modern improvisation at its best.
(May 2023)
Source: Shift.
Shift 66, Wed Mar 29
curated by Brian Chase (Chaikin Records)
Organs Obsolete [R. Hoffman)
Tomas Fujiwara
Brian Chase/Anthony Coleman
8pm, doors 7:30pmSun April 2
to and fro: Dave Burrell
5pm, doors 4:30pm
Shift 67, Wed April 5
Matthew Ostrowski, Ted Moore
Raoul Björkenheim, Anders Nilson
8pm, doors 7:30pm
Sun April 9
to and fro: Sylvie Courvoisier
5pm, doors 4:30pmShift 68, Wed April 12
Austin Larkin
Sean Meehan, Leslie Ross
8pm, doors 7:30pm
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