Category: Reviews

Source: The Quietus. Operating in diverse fields, from free improvisation to indie rock, ambient, and pop, harpists like Zeena Parkins, Mary Lattimore, and, yes, even Joanna Newsom have reframed the instrument, managing to at least partially liberate it from its labels. Yet no one took things quite as far out as Rhodri Davies. Since the…

Source: Vital Weekly. FABIO PERLETTA & ASMUS TIETCHENS – INTEGRAL (CD by 901 Editions) * RUTGER ZUYDERVELT – BANZO (CD by Machinefabriek) * JOS SMOLDERS – TEXTUUR 1 (CD by Moving Furniture Records) * TREPANERINGSRITUALEN – ALPHA (CD by Cold Spring Records) * TREPANERINGSRITUALEN – OMEGA (CD by Cold Spring Records) HERZ AUS G​.​R​.​O​.​S​.​S. LIVE…

Source: Santa Sangre. ARCHITRAV – WELK The cycle of life and death is a universal theme that resonates deeply within human consciousness, founding profound expression in the realm of music. This […] PROJECT BLUE BOOK – ANGELIC AMBASSADORS Excavating and examining those generated patterns at close range; he mentions several influencing artists but I’m only…

Source: The Free Jazz Collective. Anthony Braxton – 10 Comp (Lorraine) 2022 (New Braxton House, 2024) [part 2/3] Anthony Braxton – 10 Comp (Lorraine) 2022 (New Braxton House, 2024) [part 1/3] Ken Vandermark – Sunday Interview Borderlands Trio – Rewilder (Intakt Records, 2024) Causa Efeito – Lisbon, May 23-25, 2024 Charles Gayle/ Milford Graves/ William…

Source: Musique Machine. Dirk Serries – At Future Dawn Carla Santana, José Lencastre, Maria Do – Defiant Illusion Llyn Y Cwn – Megaliths Beckahesten – Svältens Tid Demetrio Cecchitelli – Jump Burial Garden – Rat Patrol Owners Of Knowledge – Social Class

Source: Sequenza21. Falletta Conducts Foss on Naxos (CD review) Synchromy – My Wings Burned Off Horse Lords in Seattle Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard and Quatuor Bozzini – Colliding Bubbles: Surface Tension and Release (CD Review)) Kronos Says Goodbye to Two Members After a Hello to Moondog and Sun Ra Ojai Music Festival – Saturday, June 8,…

Source: Freq. Shackleton and Six Organs Of Admittance – Jinxed By Being Xylitol – Anemones Earth Ball – It’s Yours “A powerful way to express the vast and sometimes desolate spaces within us all” – Alessandro Stefana interviewed Glasshopper – I’m Not Telling You Anything

Source: Fringes of Sound. ECHTHROS – MATRIARCH DYLAN LOUNSBERRY – THE GRIEF EP TY LUMNUS – PHASE MUSIC TTTC – SUM/MER/CURY

Source: Jazz Album Reviews. The Recursive Tree John Blum / David Murray / Chad Taylor Aloft Natsuki Tamura, Satoko Fujii Colla Voce Nick Dunston Lotus Blossom Alex Hendriksen Umbra II Stemeseder Lillinger Quartet feat. Peter Evans & Russell Hall Ere Guitar Elliott Sharp – Sally Gates – Tashi Dorji The Data Matthew Shipp

Source: Pitchfork. Birds & Beasts SUSS Sentir que no sabes Mabe Fratti Disconnect Kevin Richard Martin / KMRU Placenta Carlos Niño & Friends Inter-Dimensional Music Iasos Searching James Devane

Source: a closer listen. Perrache ~ Blubberwasser Wild Up ~ Julius Eastman Vol. 4 The Holy Presence Kessoncoda ~ Outerstate Memory Drawings ~ Deathbed Requests Various Artists ~ Raw Øblations 1-6 Shropshire Number Stations ~ Shropshire & Mid Wales

Source: Bandcamp Daily. I’ve been at this jazz recommendation thing for a long time. It should have gotten old by now. But it never does. Every month, I encounter a new recording that lifts me up and rejuvenates me. And some months, it’s more than one recording that does this. June is one such month.…

Source: Jazzword. Sebastian Gramss´ States of Play URSCHALL Repercussions Sergio Armaroli/Evan Parker Dialog Baars/Buis/Deman Cecil’s Dance Gerigk-Ianes-Mellan Commons Miklós Lukács Cimbiosis Trio/Ligeti Ensemble Responses to Ligeti Slowfox 5 Atlas

Source: The Squid’s Ear. Franz Koglmann – Near Blue – A Taste of Melancholy (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd) Nikolaus Gerszewski (Giusto Chamber Orchestra) – 3 Works For Strings (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records, Ltd.) Dominic Lash / Stale Liavik Solberg: Hey Kje (Confront) Dominic Lash / Stale Liavik Solberg – Hey Kje (Confront)…

Source: Dusted. Eiko Ishibashi — Evil Does Not Exist (Drag City) Emergency Group — Mind Screen (Big Ego) Ches Smith — Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic) Giovanni Di Domenico, Pak Yan Lau & John Also Bennett — Tidal Perspectives (Basilic)

Source: This Is Darkness. Animent – Revelation Stephen Roddy – Stardust Sonata Neon Noodle – Atavist Saishō 最小 – Manifeste Sonore pour un Sommeil R​é​volutionnaire Sam – BAD Modern Silent Cinema – Anemic Music Onasander – Under Unknown Stars Various Artists – Cut UP. Deconstructing W. S. Burroughs Eternal Cynic – A Load of Old…

Source: The Free Jazz Collective. Christoph Erb and Veto Records Rob Mazurek – Milan (Clean Feed, 2024) ***** Dave Rempis – Sunday Interview Aaron Wyanski – Schoenberg: Drie Klavierstucke, Op.11 (Speculative Records, 2024) The Straight Horn of Rudi Mahall (Two Nineteen Records, 2024) James Brandon Lewis Trio in Berlin, July 3, 2024 Tanja Feichtmair, Mara…

Source: Musique Machine. Henrique Vaz – De Silenti Natura Celer – Perfectly Beneath Us M. B. – Decanemia Andrea De Witt – Self Titled Catherine Lamb – Curva Triangulus Worship – Psychedelics

Source: Noise Not Music. I always used to say that if a year seems to be lacking in terms of good new music, I’m just not looking hard enough. But then 2024 happened. I know I’m not the only one who feels like those first five months were slow as hell (with some scattered gems…

Source: Fringes of Sound. WAHN – DRIFTED VOL. 1 SUNWARPER – MUSIC FOR REIMAGINED LANDSCAPES MORTALITY TABLES – THE ENGINEER THIERRY ARNAL – BRUME F5POINT6 – A WORLD WITHIN OUR WORLD

Source: Jazz Album Reviews. Lotus Blossom Alex Hendriksen, Fabian Gisler, Paul Amereller Milan Rob Mazurek Live Greenwich Village To Love Cry Revisited Albert Ayler