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  • Jazzword Reviews

    Source: Jazzword. The Forest (D)ruminations Christelle Séry/Jerôme Deschamps TE TI’AMA Kevin Miller/Dan Blake At First Light John Kameel Farah/Nick Fraser Farahser Peter Evans Extra ZooMorphisms Mein einziger Freund

  • Coming to San Francisco

    Source: Bay Improviser Calendar. Saturday, November 23 Sat 11/23 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland] Leyya Mona Tawil Ava Koohbor Wilson Shook / Aine Nakamura / Kevin Corcoran 7:30 Doors / 8:00 First Set Live performances for sound and movement / CD release for Shook/Corcoran/Nakamura Sat 11/23 8:00 PM Mitchell Park Community…

  • The Squid’s Ear Reviews

    Source: The Squid’s Ear. The Flame (Robert Mitchell / Neil Charles / Mark Sanders) – Towards The Flame, Vol. 2 (577 Records) Rempis / Adasiewicz / Abrams / Damon – Propulsion (Aerophonic) Daniel Levin / Fala Mariam / Sei Miguel – Panorama (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

  • The Best Field Recordings on Bandcamp, November 2024

    Source: Bandcamp Daily. Bandcamp hosts an amazing array of field recordings from around the world, made by musicians and sound artists as well as professional field recordists. In this column, we highlight the best sounds recorded outside the studio and released in the last month. This installment features recordings from the mundane to the sublime:…

  • Dusted Reviews

    Source: Dusted. Body Meπa — Prayer in Dub (Hausu Mountain) Lina Allemano’s Ohrenschmaus — Flip Side (Lumo) Solilians — Klezmische Deluxe – Bring Them Home Now (I Heart Noise) Godspeed You! Black Emperor — “NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD” (Constellation)

  • David Borden Interview

    Source: Echoes Podcast. In the Echoes Podcast, a pioneer of electronic music: David Borden, the founding member of Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Company. In 1969, he created the group Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Company. They were one of the first performing synthesizer bands, managing multiple modular Moogs and Mini-Moog synthesizers. Borden was actually a test…

  • New OtoRoku Releases

    Source: Cafe OTO. David Papapostolou – cracked breath folds Otoroku presents “cracked breath folds”, a heady, labyrinthine release from Nantes-based artist, David Papapostolou. Mixing phone recordings, percussion, saxophone, and voice, the album blurs the… Joseba Irazoki – Gitarra Lekeitioak… Otoroku is proud to present a prodigious, captivating album of solo guitar improvisations from Basque musician,…

  • Vital Weekly Reviews 1461 

    Source: Vital Weekly. CONRAD SCHNITZLER – JOHN TYLER SELECTION (CD by Flip Flap/Fonodroom) CONRAD SCHNITZLER – MAGIE (CD by Flip Flap/Fonodroom) CORRADO MARIA DE SANTIS – CITY OF TETHERS (CD by Owl Totem) ALEX CUNNINGHAM & ELI WALLACE – THE TERRIBLE HABIT OF THEATRE (LP by Storm Cellar) ØY – LIVE (LP, private) FLETINA –…

  • 5:4 Reviews

    Source: 5:4. AFEKT 2024 (Part 2) As i mentioned previously, the majority of this year’s AFEKT was focused on solo performers – primarily members of Ensemble Musikfabrik – with or without electronics, and these proved to be the strongest events of the festival. AFEKT 2024 (Interlude): Ryoji Ikeda + Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Solo…

  • Rabble Without A Cause Show – November 20, 2024

    Source: CKCU. New releases, including The Necks, Barry Guy, and Gerald Cleaver.

  • Post-Rock’s Pelagic Label Turns Fifteen 

    Source: Bandcamp Daily. Fifteen years ago, in the year 2009, guitarist Robin Staps was looking for a way to re-issue old albums by his post-metal band The Ocean, who were, at the time, signed to Metal Blade. The LA-based label wasn’t keen at the time, and so, Pelagic Records was born—a play on the band’s…

  • Rum Music for November Reviewed by Jennifer Lucy Allan

    Source: The Quietus. Jennifer Lucy Allan returns from this month’s trip around the Rum Music universe with a 7CD boxset of sonic enlightenment, live solo drum tapes from one of the year’s greatest gigs, and more.

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