Mother Tongue - Mother Tongue
Golden trio from the eclectic Amsterdam musical avant-garde! A Senegalese Griot singer, a Puerto Rican jazz drummer and an Amsterdam multi-instrumentalist
Label: Astral Spirits / AS249
Artist: Mother Tongue
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: African, Amsterdam, Eclectic, Improvisation, Percussion, Vinyl.
Lukas Simonis & Pierre Bastien - Zeldzame Mensen
Rare collaboration between Lukas Simonis and Pierre Bastien. An allusion to the unexpected re-union of the two musicians: they found out about this new thing th..(read more)
Label: In Poly Sons / IPS0325
Artist: Lukas Simonis & Pierre Bastien
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Guitar, Improvisation, Mechanical Music, Vinyl.
Ken Vandermark & Terrie Ex - This is not a Holiday
I saw this duo play in a small venue, fall 2024 and they blew me away – which is something I rarely say! Recorded live at SARP Social Club, Poznan, Poland..(read more)
Label: Terp / IS-37LP
Artist: Ken Vandermark & Terrie Ex
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Clarinet, Free Improvisation, Guitar, Improvisation, Saxophone, Vinyl.
Oscar Jan Hoogland, Ab Baars, Uldis Vitols, Onno Govaert - LOOT
LOOT: The players stand strong in their own counterpoint, let their instruments voices speak, are true masters of heterophonic swing and incredible improvisers
Label: De Platenbakkerij / Instant Composers Pool / PB016 / ICP069
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Improvisation, Modern Jazz, Piano, Saxophone, Vinyl.
The Ambush Party - Weer een Dag Voorbij
Weer een dag voorbij: Amsterdam avant-garde band with very own noisy take on popular styles like cumbia, tango, klezmer and jazz, tribute to Misha Mengelberg
Label: De Platenbakkerij / PB015
Artist: The Ambush Party
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: 1-of-a-Kinds, Cumbia, Improvisation, Latin, Vinyl.
Nina Hitz, Vanita Monk and Marie Guilleray - Charm the Air to Give a Sound
Nice series of hybrid publications in the form of a fold-out cover with pictures and info, plus a how-to for getting the music itself, in high-quality audio ove..(read more)
Label: Monastery Records / MONX01602
Medium: Download Plus
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Cello, Guitar, Improvisation, Vocal Art.
Thermal (John Butcher, Andy Moor, Thomas Lehn) - Ice in a Hot World
Twenty years of working together turned Thermal into a powerful and intrepid unit, always searching for uncompromising, mysterious and unchartered sonic frontie..(read more)
Label: Unsounds / 78U
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Analog Synth, Guitar, Improvisation, Saxophone.
Eugene Chadbourne - The Two-Headed Bastard
A collection of rather provocative songs exploring current politics and social melodrama, much of the material coming from actual nightmares (Eugene Chadbourne)..(read more)
Label: House of Chadula / two-headed bastard
Artist: Eugene Chadbourne
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: '90s, 1-of-a-Kinds, Banjo, Improvisation, USA.
Eugene Chadbourne and Jim McHugh - Highway 23
This one sounds like what it looks like. Country music with a twist, by a duo that go back some time, and… partly recorded in Nashville, “at Mike La..(read more)
Label: House of Chadula / Highway 23
Artist: Eugene Chadbourne and Jim McHugh
Medium: CD-R
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: 1-of-a-Kinds, Banjo, Country Blues, Improvisation, USA.
