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Santa Sangre Reviews
Source: Santa Sangre. Henrik Meierkord – MÖRK [reviewed by: Peter Marks] To understand what is within each piece requires that Meierkord’s several elements are given access, sidling up into one’s emotional nervous center. Gravity which operates inside […] iNsCissors – The Wordless God II (And Other Cinematic Rituals) [reviewed by: Andrew Dns Dienes] Biblical themes…
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AMN Reviews: Apocryphos – Atrementia (2024; Cryo Chamber)
Apocryphos (Robert Kozletsky) returns with Atrementia, his fifth release under this moniker. His previous efforts were prime grade dark / experimental ambient, and here his takes things in a slightly different direction. Particularly, the liner notes indicate that the album “was composed exclusively with circuit bent hardware, home made oscillators, pedals and electric guitar fed…
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The Elite Extremophile Reviews
Source: The Elite Extremophile. Band: Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks | Album: True | Genre: Progressive rock | Year: 2024 Band: Oranssi Pazuzu | Album: Muuntautuja | Genre: Psychedelic black metal | Year: 2024 Band: Arcane Atlas | Album: Constellation Plus | Genre: Progressive rock, Art rock | Bandcamp Band: Bent Knee | Album:…
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Masters of Sonic Liberation, November 23, Holyoke
The 2024 season of the Masters of Sonic Liberation Series wraps up this Saturday, November 23, 2024. It’s been a great year, full of astounding performances, that are saved for you at youtube.com/@mastersofsonicliberation.
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The Free Jazz Collective Reviews
Source: The Free Jazz Collective. The Art of Marta Warelis The Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura & Tatsuya Yoshida Axis Jason Kao Hwang – Sunday Interview Makoto Kawashima – Zoe (Black Editions, 2024) Lina Allemano’s Ohrenschmaus – Flip Side (Lumo Records, 2024) Phil Freeman – In the Brewing Luminous: The Life & Music of Cecil Taylor…
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Luigi Nono at 100
Nono, who was born 100 years ago and died in 1990, invited listeners to musical extremes, especially that of the dynamic pianississimo, or very, very soft. The score of “Fragmente-Stille, an Diotima” (1979-80), his sole work for string quartet, quotes words from the elusive German Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin, to be “sung” inwardly by the players:…
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The Best Experimental Music on Bandcamp, November 2024
Source: Bandcamp Daily. All kinds of experimental music can be found on Bandcamp: free jazz, avant-rock, dense noise, outer-limits electronics, deconstructed folk, abstract spoken word, and so much more. If an artist is trying something new with an established form or inventing a new one completely, there’s a good chance they’re doing it on Bandcamp.…
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Coming to Seattle
Source: Wayward Music Series. Alan LichtWed. Nov. 20, 8 PM; $5 – $20 advance/at door Guitarist Alan Licht’s work is marked by contrast & contradiction: maximalism vs minimalism; rockist inclinations vs avant, expanded-field expression; loose improvisation vs considered performance. His collaborators range from Rashied Ali to Tom Verlaine to Yoko Ono to Loren Connors. Presented…
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Cold Meat Industry Overview Page Completed
Our Cold Meat Industry Label Overview page is now up and running with our new design. Rather than detailed individual reviews, this is an overview of the label with a bunch of places to start. We are concurrently working on several other label overview pages right now, hoping to have them done in a few…
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Another Place Show, November 18, 2024
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.
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Musique Machine Reviews
Source: Musique Machine. Mother Mallards Portable – Make Way For Mother Mallard Hideous Replica – True Scale: Live 2014-2019 The Residents – Demons Dance Alone (Preserved Edition) Diaries of Destruction – DoD II
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Steve Roach: Life in the Soundcurrent Documentary
Source: Amazon. A man overwhelmed by the cacophony of everyday life turns to the desert to find peace, which inspires him to create music from what he refers to as the “soundcurrent.” Three hundred albums later (along with two Grammy nominations), he reflects on his life, loss, and process in what it means to sculpt…
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