Continuing the jazz vibe on undomondo, I’ve decided to choose this French trio’s last album for a quick review. Aldo Romano, Louis Sclavis and Henri Texier are 3 major French contemporary jazz figures, and this album is the final chapter of the African journey that started 10 years ago.
I have yet to listen to the [...]

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I know I have been lacking on the avantjazz/freejazz front for some time although I’ve been listening to a few great albums I’ve picked up recently. And surprise they are not on Tzadik this time! :)

Gerry Hemingway Quartet’s latest album The Whimbler is on the Portuguese Clean Feed label that focus on creative jazz. [...]

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Wooooo, a nice day for blogging ! . Four new tracks featured on undomondo.
For the first time the songs are featured on a freeserver, called sendspace. I checked through many and settled on sendspace, they never delete the link as long as it gets downloads, they give you 1200mb, they have a nice upload progress [...]

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I will forever thank Deerhoof for the surge of spazz rock around, because their success has encouraged lots of likeminded musicians everywhere. Ni Hao! is an all girl trio from Kansai (like Afrirampo), with this really odd line up of 2 basses and 1 drums. Their music has elements of distorted surf guitar, punk, spazz [...]

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Volapük is an avantgarde band, formed by French drummer and composer Guigou Chenevier in the early 90s with cellist Guillaume Saurel and clarinetist Michel Mandel. Their avantgarde sound is very accessible, and with the addition of ex-After Dinner violinist Takumi Fukushima, the band has created a masterful album. Pitchfork defined their sound as a mixture [...]

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Continuing the tradition of weird names, a few days ago I came across this European electronica band. There’s a sensible explanation to the name though. 1K of BB is actually 3 musicians, Black Sifichi, Aka_Bondage and 2 kilos and more, hence the name.

Unleah is a strange piece, it’s not a song, it’s more like storytelling [...]

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