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NIJIUMU - WHEN I SING, I SLIP INTO THE MICROPHONE. INTO THAT VOID, I BRING COMRADE "PRAYERS", THEN, TURNING TO FACE THE OUTSIDE, TOGETHER WE EXPLODE. (2LP)
"Like on the early solo Haino album that shares the group's name (released on P.S.F. in 1993), the instrumentation swims in reverb (the use of which Akiyama recalls as 'a kind of point of the band'), often obscuring the instrumental sources. On the short opening piece, ...
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BT135 | BLACK TRUFFLE RECORDS
"Though greatly informed by the philosophy of Sun Ra and his Saturnian teachings-traverse jazz's traditions, dig deep into spiritual geographies - New Dawn signals Allen as his own singular voice, one that's swinging and bopping and reflecting into the future, with no ...
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WE13CD | WEEK-END RECORDS
"On Disquiet, The Necks stretch their immersive, shape-shifting sound across three discs and more than three hours of labyrinthine, patient intensity. This is their twentieth studio recording and it marks the 39th year of the band's existence. Meticulously recorded and ...
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NSCD174 | NORTHERN SPY
"»with time, we learned to ask less« is the first duo album by Giuseppe Ielasi and Riccardo D. Wanke after decades of friendship and the occasional artistic collaboration. Working with only electric guitar and electric piano as well as a gentle dose of reverb, these ...
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HG2501 | HALLOW GROUND
"PURPLE TRAP, the powerful trio of KEIJI HAINO (voice, guitar), BILL LASWELL on bass and RASHIED ALI (drums), recorded live on stage at The Stone.Recorded in december 2005, this furious live album by what can easily be called a super group remained unreleased till in ...
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KR109 | KARLRECORDS
O - KUVIO (12")
"Stamped Limited edition 12" of two essntial Ø (Mika Vainio) cuts. The A is 45RPM cut of the classic 'Kuvio', the 12" is backed with an unreleased version of 'Sähkö Movie soundtrack Scene'." (label info)
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SÄHKÖ-006.12 | SÄHKÖ
Die Kölner Band Schmitz & Niebuhr hat ein bahnbrechendes Progrock-Konzeptalbum mit dem Titel "Porz 1975" aufgenommen. Porz? Heute größter Stadtbezirk der Millionenstadt Köln, bis 1975 eigenständige Stadt, in der die MusikerInnen aufwuchsen und teils wieder leben. ...
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TFRLP014 | TRILLERFISCH
"at the end of the 1960s, the jazz scene in Denmark was changing rapidly. The golden age, in which many of the great American musicians lived or played there for long periods, was slowly coming to an end, and in the 1970s American groups tended to play just one gig ...
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plana-4FFTS181 | FORMALIBRA
"Paul and Limpe Fuchs at the peak of their creativity and power, tense and radically pursuing freedom with every texture, tone and beat. This LP issued in an edition of 300 copies finds Anima-Sound at the crossroad between sound art / sculpture, radical free jazz and ...
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PLANA55NMN182 | ALGA MARGHEN
"Co-commissioned by Radio France and INA grm, Basse Brevis by Canadian composer Sarah Davachi was premiered at the Présences 2024 festival, which was dedicated to Steve Reich. Drawing on her own minimalist approach, Sarah Davachi explores, with extreme care, the ...
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SPGRM012 | PORTRAITS GRM
"For the first time a full album with recordings based on YOKO ONO's 1964 collection of texts, event scores and drawings "Grapefruit", a foundational cornerstone of what became known as conceptual art, and enveloping the orbits of Fluxus and experimental music. ...
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KR100LP | KARLRECORDS
"For her new and most radical album »Electroacoustic Works for Halldorophone«, Martina Bertoni used the electronic instrument at EMS Stockholm to create four pieces that are massive in scale and incredibly intimate, sonically restrained and emotionally ...
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KR118 | KARLRECORDS
"This revelatory album positions John Tchicai's large ensemble, Cadentia Nova Danica (CND), in the broad context of international new music activity. All previous releases by the group presented them as a free jazz unit. There were only three -- their self-titled ...
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plana-2FFCND177 | FORMALIBRA
"Alga Marghen/Formalibera present the first of a series of released documenting the work of Danish composer and multi-instrumentalist John Tchicai. This new LP features two previously unpublished recordings, "Beautiful United Harmony Happening" with Don Cherry and ...
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plana-T1FFJT176 | FORMALIBRA
""Nancy Mounir's debut album, Nozhet El Nofous, is a remarkable communion with ghosts. Moody, hypnotic, and sneakily catchy, the album - whose title means "Promenade of the Souls'' in Arabic - explores microtonality, non-metered rhythms, and bold vulnerability through a ...
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HOL142 | HOLIDAYS RECORDS
"A long-lost vinyl album is back in stock: for the last 20 years, Kosmischer Pitch by Jan Jelinek, originally released in 2005 on ~scape, existed only as a digital download. Right on time for the 20th anniversary the remastered album is available again on vinyl. The ...
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FAIT-BACK06 | FAITICHE
