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.
The Ambush Party - Ik Wil Nog Niet Dood
Ik wil nog niet dood! Album by The Ambush Party, their very own noisy take on cumbia, tango, jazz, playfulness and sardonic humour of the Instant Composers prac..(read more)
Label: De Platenbakkerij / PB013
Artist: The Ambush Party
Medium: Music Cassette
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: 1-of-a-Kinds, Cumbia, Improvisation, Latin, Tapes.
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.
