Hans Reichel - Dalbergia Retusa
Compiling the solo guitar music of Hans Reichel (1949-2011). His rethinking of the instrument was radical: extra fretboards, moveable pickups, special capos,
Label: Black Truffle / BT139
Artist: Hans Reichel
Medium: 2LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Free Improvisation, Guitar, Instrument Builders, Vinyl.
A Table and a Chair - A Table and a Chair
A Table And a Chair: new electric guitar duo of Aart-Jan Schakenbos and Arvind Ganga. Instantly appealing because of its clear tonalities and their consistent ..(read more)
Label: Own / 2026
Artist: A Table and a Chair
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Abstract, Avant-Garde, Guitar, Minimal.
Eugene Chadbourne - Bellfort Strasse
This time, a vinyl album featuring the man himself on vocals, guitar and banjo, Schroeder on drums, Jan Fitsjen on bass and Titus Waldenfels on lap steel.
Label: The Black Dot / DOT005LP
Artist: Eugene Chadbourne
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: 1-of-a-Kinds, Banjo, Free Improvisation, Free-folk, USA, Vinyl.
Cantos Deus - Geboorte
New album (2026). Expect no mercy from preacher slash performer Jacco Weener, backed up by Rotterdam’s best bass player Bruno Ferro Xavier Da Silva and gu..(read more)
Label: Own / CD2026
Artist: Cantos Deus
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, Eccentrics, No Wave, Rotterdam.
Emily Wittbrodt - Wearing Words
With precision, humor and grace Wearing Words is translating an almost baroque sensibility into pop music terrain, with the sort of pathos one expects from ..
Label: Futura Resistenza / RESLP042
Artist: Emily Wittbrodt
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Cello, Composers, Songwriters, Vinyl.
Birgit Ulher & Nicolas Collins - Spark Gap
Two trumpets, one electronic, the other acoustic. Collins programmed a computer to imitate hacked circuits, Ulher uses metal sheets, radios, milk frothers and o..(read more)
Label: Relative Pitch / RPR1245
Artist: Birgit Ulher & Nicolas Collins
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Electronics, Improvisation, Trumpet.
Ragazze Quartet, Katherine Dain - They Have Waited Long Enough
Five new works for string quartet, soprano, and solo instrument, all by female composers. Part of a song cycle in which women, finally, speak for themselves.
Label: Channel Classics / CCS50026
Artist: Ragazze Quartet, Katherine Dain
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Composers, Contemporary, Female Icons, Feminism, Strings.
Machinefabriek - Spelonk
“Built with “hardware jams” that I recorded with my live setup. It’s all quite hands-on, with effects pedals, an oscillator, and electronic gadgets...(read more)
Label: Cronica / 245
Artist: Machinefabriek
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Electro-Acoustic, Field Recordings, Soundscapes.
