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ZY the Way - Then and Now

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To my knowledge, no other group in the world has built a career out of adapting ancient Chinese poetry to jazz. ZY the Way, based in Taipei, does exactly that, taking as source material and...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2025-01-05)

Deepspace - Neon Blue Utopia

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With Neon Blue Utopia, Deepspace (a.k.a. Australian composer and synthesist Mirko Ruckels) creates a science fiction concept about an expansive megacity somewhere out in the far reaches of...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2025-01-04)

Maxx McGathey - Imaginary Eyes

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Maxx McGathey’s name is new to me, but he’s been active in music for many years with projects like the funk band Gramps the Vamp, the “spaghetti western project” Dark...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2025-01-03)

Firehand - Scattering Spectrum

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It won’t take more than a minute for the listener to recognize that they are on an alternate musical path, one of shadows and textures, transitory auditory abstractions, and a dreamlike...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2025-01-02)

Kornmo - Vårjevndøgnsnatt

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Three years after Kornmo’s previous release Fimbulvinter, they are back with a...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2025-01-01)

Evil Joe - Into the Dark

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Evil Joe is a trio of seasoned improvisers featuring a unique combination of instruments. On clarinet we have German Edith Steyer, who has a fairly substantial body of work as a jazz saxophonist....

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2024-12-31)

Jill Haley - Colors Collide

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Another in Jill Haley’s ongoing series inspired by America’s national parks, Colors Collide brings that number very close to a dozen full length albums now. This celebrates the...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2024-12-30)

Ruins - The Grey E.P.

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Earlier this year we reviewed Ruins’ Brain Flakes, a collection of all...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2024-12-30)

Black Mirage - LP1

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The independent label Inner Demons Records releases noise, industrial, drone, ambient, and other experimental / extreme audio material by obscure artists, as well as the equally obscure label...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2024-12-29)

Quartet Diminished - Deerand

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Deerand is the fourth album from the Iranian group Quartet Diminished, and their first to be released on a label outside their home country. You can find their earlier albums on

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2024-12-28)
 

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