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....
Letture musicali per l’estate e … oltre
Sembra che leggere durante l'estate o durante le vacanze abbia un effetto benefico sulla salute e sul nostro intelletto. Il beneficio aumenta se scegliamo i libri giusti, libri fluidi e capaci di donarci notizie...
Kaze & Koichi Makigami – Shishiodoshi
Shishiodoshi (鹿威し) is the eighth album of the Japanese-French quartet Kaze - pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, and French trumpeter Christian Pruvost (who alternates with flugelhorn) and drummer Peter Orins (the artistic...
Wheelhouse – House and Home
Wheelhouse is the Chicagoan trio of prolific local sax hero Dave Rempis (on soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxes; he is also the head of Aerophonic Records), double bass player Nate McBride (who lives...
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Wien Modern 2026
Il tema del prossimo festival Wien Modern (la 39ª edizione) è incentrato sugli ecosistemi, esplorazione del mondo sonoro planetario che viene reso attraverso la...
