A source for news on music that is challenging, interesting, different, progressive, introspective, or just plain weird

Category: Free Music

  • Brad Walker – 15 June 2010 Audio Archive

    —

    by

    Mike
    in

    From Open Ears Music: This is the audio archive from 15 June 10. The files are 128k VBR mp3s. Musicians: Brad Walker (saxophone & effects), Simon Lott (drums & effects), Jeff Albert (trombone)

  • Mario Abney – 01 June 2010 Audio Archive

    —

    by

    Mike
    in ,

    Free live recordings from Open Ears Music: This is the audio archive from 01 June 10. The files are 128k VBR mp3s. Musicians: Mario Abney (drums & trumpet), Matt Shilling (sax & flute), Rev Gooden (sax), Rajah Cornish (sax), Jeremy Thomas (trumpet), Ashlin Parker (trumpet) Ray Williams (trumpet), Jesse Morrow (bass), Doc Sharp (keys), Max…

  • Anthony Braxton on WNYC

    —

    by

    Mike
    in

    WNYC features a few free downloads of the Braxton 65th birthday performances: Legendary experimental jazz musician, composer, and multi-hyphenate Anthony Braxton, was honored last week on his 65th birthday. The two-night celebration, produced by the non-profit Tri-Centric Foundation, featured an array of contemporary jazz music’s leading lights, including John Zorn, Steve Coleman, Dave Douglas and…

  • Free Download of S.A.D.O. – La Differanza

    —

    by

    Mike
    in

    From the Internet Archive: “La Differanza” was released in 2000 as the second SADO’s record. This is the 10th anniversary edition, specially remixed for free download. An early work of SADO but still very representative of the band. Based on Jacques Derrida’s “Difference” notion. Jacques Derrida begins the essay “Différance” (perhaps the most systematic articulation…

  • Antennas Erupt! – Magical Energy

    —

    by

    Mike
    in

    Free Albums Galore directs us to this outstanding free download. Antennas Erupts! is described by the WFMU Free Music Archive as a “free jazz/art punk combo who died much too young”… Artists spring up everywhere, and Antennas Erupts! are certainly a fountain of energy and imagination. Their only album titled Magical Energy is a hyperactive…

  • High Zero presents TASTER at 2640

    —

    by

    Mike
    in ,

    Image via Wikipedia Antilog.org presents a number of tracks recorded at a recent Baltimore show as a sampler of experimental music. Are you interested in experimental music but not sure where to start? Or do you have friends or family members that you think might be interested in this stuff if it was introduced to…

  • Matthew Shipp Performance Streamed

    —

    by

    Mike
    in ,

    WNYC Culture streams a 42-minute Shipp solo piano performance. The Sound: Listening to Shipp’s one long continuous set without breaks, one would swear the man has more than a single pair of hands. How else to explain rapid-fire passages, dark brooding adagio refrains or a random snippet of “Fly Me to The Moon”? To hear…

  • The Latin American Electroacoustic Music Collection

    —

    by

    Mike
    in

    The Latin American Electroacoustic Music Collection has put over 230 works online for free streaming. Some great stuff in here… Latin American electroacoustic music has a long, interesting, strong and prolific history, but it’s a history that is little known even within the region itself. Many composers born or living in Latin America have been…

  • Free Albums Galore Reviews

    —

    by

    Mike
    in

    Free Albums Galore has been on a tear lately digging up and writing about all kinds of interesting music. Here are a few more of their pointers. Undress Beton – two albums The SuRRism-Phonoethics net label is one of the newer labels on the internet and one of the most experimental. It specializes in artists…

  • Karen Cooper Complex / Windpipe Moods for Free Download

    —

    by

    Mike
    in

    Free Albums Galore has dug up a couple of interesting pieces: Karen Cooper Complex – Shinjuku Birdwalk Group member Bill Altice described The Karen Cooper Complex as “a band that played loosely structured, improvisational rock that was more Bitches Brew than Grateful Dead”. The album Shinjiku Birdwalk was released in 1981 but has made its…

  • New Netlabels Releases

    —

    by

    Mike
    in ,

    From NETLABELS NOISES, new releases for free download: Daniel Higgs – broken harmonium improv (Phoning It In) (Non classé, drone, improvisation, psychedelic) cnv60 v.a. – BPM75 (Non classé, electroacoustic, musique concrète) PARSEC3 (Non classé, acoustic, drums, electroacoustic, freejazz, guitare, improvisation) Related articles by Zemanta No Idea Festival 2010, Part 2 at Austin Art and Music…

  • The Claudia Quintet, 'Royal Toast' Streams for Free

    —

    by

    Mike
    in

    From NPR: There are no people named Claudia, or women who could be named Claudia, in the Claudia Quintet. On its new album, Royal Toast, it’s not even a quintet. There is, however, a drummer and composer named John Hollenbeck. He’s got a knack for curious names, and more importantly, he writes really intriguing music.…

  • Free Download: Faust – Live at WFMU Fest, Oct 1 2009

    —

    by

    Mike
    in

    From Free Albums Galore: Faust, the giants of Kraut Rock and a seminal if under-appreciated influence to avant-rock returns with a live recording from the WFMU Fest of October 2009. Here is an hour and a half of in your face guitar, electronic mayhem, and wild grooves with an experimental jazz-rock leaning. Not bad for…

  • Open Ears Music Shows for Download

    —

    by

    Mike
    in ,

    From New Orleans Open Ears Music, MP3’s of the March 9 and April 6: This is the audio archive from 6 Apr 10. The files are 128k VBR mp3s. Musicians: Improvised Music Trio – Jeff Albert (trombone), Ray Moore (alto sax) & Dave Cappello (drums), with guest saxophonists Dan Oestreicher, Martin Krusche, and Brad Walker…

  • Open Ears Music Audio Archive – Mark Weliky

    —

    by

    Mike
    in

    From Open Ears Music: This is the audio archive from 9 Feb 10. The files are 128k VBR mp3s. Musicians: Mark Weliky (guitar), Rex Gregory (saxes), Thomas Pol (bass), Paul Thibodeaux (drums)

  • New Eric Normand and Isaiah Ceccarelli Release

    —

    by

    Mike
    in ,

    From Redline Park. This label allows free streaming of all their releases. Improvised set recorded in concert at Caravanserail artists center (Rimouski), September 18th, 2009. Eric invited Isaiah to play a completely improvised set in the gallery of Caransérail – opening their 2009 fall season. With acoustic drums and an electric bass they explore the…

  • Mary Halvorson Trio Feature From Jazz on 3

    —

    by

    Mike
    in ,

    Jazz on 3 from the BBC has a feature on Mary Halvorson including a stream of one of her recent performances.

  • Free Improv With a Noise-Rock Bite (and a Free Download)

    —

    by

    Mike
    in ,

    From the Chicago Reader: Overova—a trio of Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello, Jason Roebke on bass, and Jason Adasiewicz on drums—doesn’t convene all that often. In fact, until very recently I didn’t even know the group existed. I guess I just wasn’t paying close enough attention, because a couple of years ago Overova made a record…

  • Open Ears Music – Marcello Benetti 19 Jan 10

    —

    by

    Mike
    in ,

    From Open Ears Music: This is the audio archive from 19 Jan 10. The files are 128k VBR mp3s. Musicians: Marcello Benetti (drums and compositions), Jeff Albert (trombone), James Singleton (bass), Will Thompson (keys) Set 1 (mp3) Set 2 (mp3) Related articles by Zemanta Roy Campbell’s Akhenaten At Roulette Tonight (improvisedcommunications.com) Josh Berman and Chicago…

  • Open Ears Music Shows

    —

    by

    Mike
    in ,

    A pair of recent shows from Open Ears Music: Helen Gillet – 12 Jan 10 – Audio Archive This is the audio archive from 12 Jan 10. The files are 128k VBR mp3s. Musicians: Helen Gillet (cello and electronics), Travis Blotsky (electronics), Jesse Morrow (bass), Freddie Brink (timpani and gong), Dave Cappello (percussion) Set 1…

  • Open Ears Music: Andrew Weathers, Patrick Crossland, & Jeff Albert

    —

    by

    Mike
    in ,

    From Open Ears Music: This is the audio archive from 22 Dec 09. The files are 128k VBR mp3s. Andrew Weathers (guitar and laptop) AW’s Set (mp3) Patrick Crossland (trombone, mutes, & things) (joined by Jeff Albert for later portion of set) PC’s Set (mp3) Andrew Weathers (guitar and laptop), Patrick Crossland & Jeff Albert…

  • Open Ears Music Audio Archive – Mark McGrain

    —

    by

    Mike
    in ,

    From Open Ears Music: This is the audio archive from 15 Dec 09. The files are 128k VBR mp3s. Musicians: Mark McGrain (trombone & effects), James Singleton (bass & effects), with guest Satoro Ohashi (trumpet)

  • Open Ears Music Audio Archive – Simon Lott’s Another Day Will Happen

    —

    by

    Mike
    in ,

    From Open Ears Music, another free download of a show. This is the audio archive from 8 Dec 09. The files are 128k VBR mp3s. Musicians: Simon Lott (drums and keys), James Singleton (bass, effects, cornet), Chris Alford and Cliff Hines (guitars and effects)

  • Mike Jenner at Open Ears Music

    —

    by

    Mike
    in ,

    From Open Ears Music, another free improv download. This is the audio archive from 24 Nov 09. The files are 128k VBR mp3s. Musicians: Mike Jenner (saxophone), Jon Gross (sousaphone and keys), Simon Lott (drums and keys) Related articles by Zemanta Followup: Thanks for the musical instruments donated for White Center Heights kids! (whitecenternow.com) Joe…