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Category: Releases

  • OTOROKU New Releases

    Source: Cafe OTO. Phil Minton and Maggie Nicols have been performing together for close to half a century, with their first recorded collaboration being 1977’s landmark “Voice” release on Ogun Records, which… ERUNIM (MAGGIE NICOLS & PHIL MINTON) – 20.10.22 Wonderful, lyrical set from bass-clarinetist Yoni Silver, captured at OTO in January this year. Packing…

  • Upcoming Tzadik Releases 

    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…

  • Clean Feed March Releases

    Source: Clean Feed. Gordon Grdina / Mat Maneri / Christian Lillinger “Live at the Armoury” Live at the studio Armoury, Vancouver in 2018, it’s the first time this trio has ever played together. After this they made numerous concerts, even without a record, where they showcased the reason for this one to be a kind…

  • New Releases From 577 Records

    Source: 577 Records. In The Wilderness main photo In The Wilderness Gerald Cleaver, Brandon Lopez, Hprizm 22 / 23 Gerald Cleaver Towards The Flame, Vol. 1 The Flame (Robert Mitchell, Neil Charles, Mark Sanders) Time Together, Time Apart Svoboda/O’Connor/Green Ayumi Ishito & The Spacemen, Vol. 2 Ayumi Ishito Novoa / Kamaguchi / Cleaver Trio –…

  • New Releases From New Focus Recordings

    Source: New Focus Recordings. Robert Honstein: Lost and Found New Focus Recordings: fcr318 Composer Robert Honstein releases his third recording with New Focus (follow ups to FCR146 Re: You and FCR202 An Economy of Means), this time featuring percussion trio Tigue, cello and percussion duo … Lei Liang: Hearing Landscapes/Hearing Icescapes New Focus Recordings: fcr360…

  • Leo Records New Releases 2023/02

    Source: LEO RECORDS. Walter Fähndrich | Christy Doran | Remo Schnyder | Benedikt Vonder Mühll From the Cadaver Exquis Collection Hausquartett – n.a. Sergio Armaroli | Veli Kujala | Harri Sjöström | Giancarlo Schiaffini Windows & Mirrors | Milano Dialogues Part Two Amina Claudine Myers Featuring Pheeroan Aklaff Song for Mother E

  • Joëlle Léandre Documentary

    Source: ARTS FOR ART. JOËLLE LÉANDRE LIFE, STRUGGLE, MUSIC A World Premiere Documentary Featuring Improvisor and 2023 Vision Festival Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Joëlle Léandre Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 7PM EST Livestream Only! Fundraiser Tickets Available for $10- $150 Each ticket gives you 7 day access to the film All Proceeds Support Arts for…

  • New Releases From Room40

    Source: Room40. The Shell That Speaks The Sea David Toop & Lawrence English Vakning Francesco Fabris & Ben Frost 10-33CM France Jobin Lapsed Gasps Push For Night + Jon Mueller Sparse Memory Ken Ikeda XIX Manuel Mota

  • New Releases From Unexplained Sounds Group

    Source: Unexplained Sounds Group. Med Gen – Frontier of Former. Frontier of Former is permeated with a transparent, practically elusive concept; the album presents itself as spatially enveloping, a musical expression for an inner journey. His field recordings from nature, electronic harmonies and noises, let the listener go through certain phases, chapters of inner discoveries.…

  • Steve Swell Performances and Releases

    Source: Steve Swell. Tuesday, March 14, 6:30pm–Aron Nemunworth/Rodney Chapman/Steve Swell at DMG (Free!) Wednesday, March 15–Darren Johnston Large Ensemble at Main Drag in Brooklyn Wednesday, April 5–Dave Sewelson/Sam Newsome/Jim Clouse/Steve Swell at Main Drag Wednesday, April 12–Hans Tammen/William Hooker/Steve Swell at Main Drag Friday, May 12–Reggie Nicholson’s Brass Concept at Firehouse 12 (New Haven, CT)…

  • New and Upcoming Releases From Cyclic Law

    Source: Cyclic Law. PASCAL SAVY “Simulacra” CD / DL (191st Cycle) Pascal Savy is a French musician who lives and works in London. He creates organic ambient and drone music as a way to reflect on erosion, transition and decay CONJECTURE “Nostalgia Futura” CD / DL (213th Cycle) Experimental post-industrial project helmed by the Greek…

  • OTOROKU New Releases

    Source: OTOROKU: We’re thrilled to present two longform pieces from Yorkshire-based sound artist, Sophie Cooper. Composed during a week-long residency in the OTO Project Space in February 2022, Lean In was… SOPHIE COOPER – LEAN IN / INTACT Pat Thomas is one of the most extraordinary pianists of our time. In a first time duo…

  • New From ReR Megacorp

    Source: ReR Megacorp. HENRY COW: Glastonbury, Chaumont, Bilbao and the Lions of Desire (box version) A further collection of missing pieces uncovered since the release of the 18 CD Henry Cow Box that fills in parts of the story still undocumented – even on the bootleg circuit. Intended primarily for box owners – it’s designed…

  • March Point of Departure is Out

    Source: PoD. Page One: a column by Bill Shoemaker Patricia Brennan: Sound Touch: an interview with Troy Collins Ezz-thetics: a column by Stuart Broomer Gerry Hemingway’s Kwambe: A Classic of 1970s Creative Jazz by Daniel Barbiero Rollins and Rivers: Full Lives by Kevin Whitehead The Book Cooks: Holy Ghost: The Life & Death of Free…

  • New from Sub Rosa 

    Source: Sub Rosa Label. Alterations (Logos Foundation, Gent, 01/31/1981) David Toop + Peter Cusack + Steve Beresford + David Day Choreological Exchanges Hastings Of Malawi Kajang Otto Sidharta Majestic Noise Made in Beautiful Rotten Iran (Limited Green Vinyl) Sote Murder Ballads [Passages] Mick Harris / Martyn Bates

  • Dirk Serries Update

    Source: A New Wave Of Jazz. Last month we had a blast with a lovely series of concerts, ranging from the minimalism of TONUS (check out the nice bundle offer) to the full-on free jazz of MARTINA VERHOEVEN QUINTET. Some beautiful photos were taken and two very nice concert reviews appeared.Read about it on Jazzradar…

  • Harmonic Series 1/26 is Out

    Source: harmonic series. conversations Anastassis Philippakopoulos is a composer and pianist. Over a video chat edited for concision we talk about Greece and America, monophony and polyphony, composition and improvisation, rumination and intuition. annotations Julián Galay – Casa (2018) reviews Beliah / Heilbron / Majkowski / Shirley – Bertrand Denzler: Low Strings (Confront Recordings, 2023)…

  • On Repeat Recordings Launches with Three Releases

    Source: On Repeat Recordings. Et At It – The Et At It Archive As Daniel writes, “Et At It were inevitable outliers in a larger music scene that was in the first stages of a new professionalism and capitulation to pop. That’s what made their performances and recordings so vital. One always felt as if…

  • Ambiances Magnétiques New Releases

    Source: Ambiances Magnétiques. G’zaagiin maleńki, je te promets une forêt Emily Marie Séguin, Massy Emond Musiques Émeraude Ensemble SuperMusique (ESM) Ch’val André Duchesne

  • New Releases Coming from Cyclic Law

    Source: Cyclic Law. CHAIGIDEL & NERATERRÆ “Lamaštu” CD (181st Cycle) ”Italy’s CHAIGIDEL and NERATERRÆ have joined forces and created a deeply evocative ritualistic opus rich in various aural elements and sceneries….” TROUM & RAISON D’ÊTRE “De Aeris In Sublunaria Influxu” 2LP (113th Cycle) “First time on Vinyl, presented in Gatefold Sleeve on Double LP. Originally…

  • New Henry Threadgill Book and Album Coming

    Source: Pi Recordings. In Easily Slip into Another World, Threadgill recalls his childhood and upbringing in Chicago, his family life and education, and his brilliant career in music. Here are riveting recollections of the music scene in Chicago in the early 1960s, when Threadgill developed his craft among friends and schoolmates who would go on…

  • Sam Rivers Sessionography Released in Book Form

    Source: Sam Rivers Sessionography. Rick Lopez has published a comprehensive sessionography of Sam Rivers in a 768 page book. It involved a significant amount of effort. Accolades below. “A dizzying, stunning achievement of research and scholarship. … A joyful, sometimes psychedelic experience.” —Mike Chamberlain, allaboutjazz.com “A Rosetta Stone of insight, and a well-deserved and worthy…

  • New Releases From Unexplained Sounds Group

    Source: Unexplained Sounds Group. Various Artists – Anthology Of Experimental Music From Latin America. After almost 6 years from the latest compilation focused on experimental music from Latina America, finally Unexplained Sounds Group publishes a cd release including, in addition to some of the musicians who participated in the initial project, many other artists from…

  • New Releases From Cruel Nature Records

    Source: Cruel Nature Records. 1) One Key Magic ‘One Key Magic’ The second album from political geographer Michael Mulvihill and electronic producer Chris Tate, continuing the duo’s exploration of electronic phenomenon produced by RAF Fylingdales, a Ballistic Missile Early Warning station. 2021’s debut drew widespread acclaim, with comparisons to early Spiritualised / Spacemen 3. 2)…