
"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

"Celebrating its one hundredth release, Black Truffle is honoured to present a major archival discovery: a stunning document of the only performance by the trio of Tony Conrad, Arnold Dreyblatt and Jim O'Rourke. Across a two-night programme organised by David Weinstein ...
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BT100 | BLACK TRUFFLE RECORDS

"The vinyl LP at the heart of this éthiopiques 31 [tracks 2 to 11] was one of the very last vinyl records ever released in Ethiopia. But above all it represents, we felt, the absolute masterpiece of the Ethiopian Groove - the Swan Song of Swinging Addis. The album ...
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HS276VL | HEAVENLY SWEETNESS

"Florian Meyer back on BH, with ten minutes of gamelan psychedelia, subtly and tensely minimalist as Terrence Dixon at his best. On the flip, Dreesvn takes more of a beeline to Detroit, fuelled by submerged classics like UR's Coinochime - cosmic, but deadly and ...
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BH029 | BERCEUSE HEROIQUE

"«Forever, I've Been Born» is Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter's first new album since 2011's «Marble Son», and the band's 5th since 2002. A suite of masterful folk-rock songs, emotive songs from an open heart, dwelling in a brightness yet deep in the ethereal and ...
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SOMA075CD | IDEOLOGIC ORGAN

"«Forever, I've Been Born» is Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter's first new album since 2011's «Marble Son», and the band's 5th since 2002. A suite of masterful folk-rock songs, emotive songs from an open heart, dwelling in a brightness yet deep in the ethereal and ...
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SOMA075 | IDEOLOGIC ORGAN

"SML is the quintet of bassist Anna Butterss, synthesist Jeremiah Chiu, saxophonist Josh Johnson, percussionist Booker Stardrum, and guitarist Gregory Uhlmann. Their second album, How You Been, finds the supergroup of prolific composer/producers pushing ever further ...
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IARCCD0105 | INTERNATIONAL ANTHEM
























