Shining by Matt Calico
Another freejazz variant that I’ve been watching since a long time ago is Shining, once again hailing from Scandinavia. I guess the libertarian social atmosphere must help creativity flourish in the north of Europe. Formed by Norwegian sax player and former Jaga Jazzist guy Jørgen Munkeby in 1999, Shining is a 4 [...]

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The Thing with Ken Vandermark by Mizohu Yabe
We’ve been slacking on posting avantjazz for a while since I haven’t found anything notable to listen these days (care to help? comment pls.) so here’s 2006’s Action Jazz by Mats Gustafsson’s The Thingon Smalltown Supersound. Their eighth studio album is a chaotic tornado which defined Allaboutjazz summed [...]

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Exit the System
#22 is one of my self-acclaimed best shows. It’s one of the two shows where I’ve tried to mix songs in such a way to create a seamless show with the use of soundscapes and interludes. I also tried key mixing and I think it works to create the cinematic effect I desired [...]

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Andreas Dorau & Die Marinas - Fred vom Jupiter!!!!!
I don’t know if you’ve been checking our youtube stream, new stuff doesn’t make it to the frontpage so I have no idea if you guys are checking it out. Just click the youtube link under the header and enjoy fresh goodies like this : an Art [...]

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by [windscreen fly]
Haven’t been checking thru what the other mp3blogs have been up to for a long while, today I tried to check back using hype machine but i could only stroll through 3 days or so because there was too much stuff!! Anyways, here’s a quality selection from today’s session and some more [...]

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* Raven sings the Blues on top form with Kemialliset Ystävät , Grouper and Best of 2007 so far list including Eluvium, Fennesz-Sakamoto, Grails, Stars of the Lid, Colleen, Raccoo-oo-oon, Battles, Panda Bear and more.
* Members of the Black Moth Super Rainbow guest reviewing on Paper Thin Walls community, bands included : The Lava Children, [...]

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Marc Ribot
* Well known avantgarde jazz guitarist Marc Ribot and other musicians were protesting the closing of world famous experimental / indie / avantgarde music venue Tonic, NYC by showing up for an improvised concert while the workers dismantled the stage!! Afterwards he was taken to station by the coppers!. Read more here and [...]

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While I listen to a lot of mood setting ambient & experimental stuff, I’m primarily a song guy. Whenever even a tiny bit of chorus or riff occupies my mind, I can’t stop repeat-listening the song. However it takes around 4-5 listens to memorize every aspect of the song, so the passion dies probably within [...]

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Back to intellectual music after a week or so of party music and easy listening now that the weather is a bleak gray again. It’s easy to classify me as an aspirant layman in avant jazz & rock & contemporary classic, that’s why I haven’t heard of Aka Moon, before a trio composed of [...]

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image by ramon duran
Guess it’s hard to leave Scandinavia behind after a few days of Finland, we will now go to the picturesque Norway with a new album from Rune Grammofon veteran Arve Henriksen. We can all collectively envy how little time it takes Rune Grammofon to give us one after another outstanding release, just [...]

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