Emilio Galante / Tonino Miano – Totemgami
Totemgami brings together two distinct Italian musicians. Catania-based Tonino Miano is a pianist, composer, improvisor, teacher, synth enthusiast, visual artist, and author of the book Non-Tonal Technical Studies for Piano, who describes himself as...
Theo Jörgensmann
Solo qualche mese fa indicavo Laterna Magica di Theo Jörgensmann tra i 10 dischi di tutti i tempi al clarinetto free improv. Jörgensmann è stato tra i primi specialisti del clarinetto applicato alla libera...
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
The quartet The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters is titled after the Spanish painter Francisco Goya’s 43rd of the 80 aquatints making up the satirical Los caprichos, El sueño de la razón produce monstruos....
Improvvisazioni orientate, metalli, psicogeografie
I miei pensieri su alcune delle novità discografiche della Setola di Maiale.
ImprovvisoFantasia - Nuvola di Metallo
Quando nel 1997 Giancarlo Schiaffini registrò i pezzi di L'Anello Mancante, un solo trombone ed elettronica, si riportò alle...
Anna Högberg Attack – Ensamseglaren
Swedish reed player-composer Anna Högberg put her critically acclaimed Attack band on hold in 2020, retraining as a nurse while continuing her solo practice and playing in other groups, most often with Mats Gustafsson’s...
Blumer/Dell/Geisser/Morgenthaler: Beyond Scope
The quartet of Swiss double bass player Fridolin Blumer, trombonist Robert Morgenthaler, and drummer Heinz Geisser, with German vibes player Christopher Dell emerged from the collaboration of the Swiss quartet Ensemble 5 (led by...
Ivo Perelman: Armaggedon Flower e A Modicum of the Blues
Per Armaggedon Flower Ivo Perelman si unisce al Matthew Shipp String Trio, un trio che Shipp ha formato nel lontano 1996 e dal quale sono scaturite 3 registrazioni importanti della sua discografia (si trattava...
Poor Isa + Evan Parker/Ingar Zach
Poor Isa is a Belgian duo of guitarists Ruben Machtelinckx (who is also the founder of the Aspen Edities label) and Frederik Leroux, who focus in this duo on prepared banjos and woodblocks, employing...
Pandelis Karayorgis’ improvisations
Back in the late 1980s, Boston-based Greek-born, prolific pianist-composer-educator Pandelis Karayorgis (who co-runs the Driff Records label) and then-spouse, contemporary composer of mostly microtonal concert music Julia Werntz, were students in reed player Joe...
Gjerstad/von Schlippenbach/Narvesen – Seven Tracks
Norwegian, Stavanger-based reed Frode Gjerstad (b.1948) is Norway’s pioneer free improviser, who recorded with such innovative free improvisers as John Stevens, Derek Bailey, Peter Brötzmann, William Parker, Borah Bergman, Matthew Shipp, and Paal Nilssen-Love....
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“…e adesso musica!”: la decima edizione a Bergamo
Il 14 febbraio prossimo partirà ...e adesso musica!, la stagione di musica contemporanea a Bergamo organizzata dall'Associazione Musica Aperta che coinvolge i membri dell'ACHЯOME...
