Terapija
One of the many albums I’ve failed to write about in the last 2 months is Fire Escape by the infamous experimental psychedelic troupe Sunburned Hand of the Man. Fire Escape features Kieran Hebden of Four Tet fame in the helm in arguably his best project (IMHO) this year. In fact, this album can be [...]

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Image from an interview with Guitar Player
Fellow Turkish guitarist and composer Erdem Helvacioglu has released a full length on the prestigious contemporary music label New Albion. His 2003 release “A Walk through the Bazaar” on Locust Music was part of the Met Life Series which focuses on field recordings & soundscapes. One of the [...]

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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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Today’s selection is comprised of recent netlabel releases and a few exceptions. The first exception is Vernon Lenoir’s “Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas” on Ego Twister from 2005. I know Vernon from his superb Balkan megamix on WM Recordings and this album is no less.

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Rock music is converging more and more into jazz & electronic music, with unconventional compositions & song structures and thank God MTV has not delved into this territory yet. Manufactur is a Swiss 4 piece that wrestles formulaic music with their own homebrew jazzy math-rock. Trumpeter Werner Hasler, Electronician Oli Kuster, Bassist Urban Lienert and [...]

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Our 18th show, is the first where we have a pseudo back2back vibe going with our dnb/stephead friend golem. He’s chosen some tracks and gave them to me in order and I’ve played some tracks in between and right on top!. It’s experimental for sure, but given that dubstep is minimalistic in essence, most of the stuff I’ve played on top seemed to go down smooth.

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The Original Kocani Orkestar playing in the middle of the street @ yesterday’s springfest, more on this later.
* Holy shit how did I miss this? 4 tracks from Jazzanova DJ Dixon’s Body Language Vol.4 on Get Physical. Pure quality deep/urban house music, including remixes from Henrik Schwarz, and tracks from Denmark’s Owusu & Hannibal, Mari [...]

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Second release of NY experimental duo Christmas Decorations on Community Library is similar in vein to the guitar processing artists like C. Fennesz or Jim O’ Rourke, but imo with more playfulness and vibrant compositions.

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Colorado’s IZ, formed by guitarist Michael Serviolo is a power trio, with bassist Tom Sublet and drummer David Kerman. Their 2006 album E-M remained below the radar somehow but I think it’s worth a few listens, if you’re into experimental heavy stuff. Progressive riffs, timechanges, abrupt stops and noise is abound on E-M released by [...]

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Digital Biotope is a netlabel focusing on improvised and experimental music. Quality back catalogue ranging from drones to organic improvisations and creative remix processes.

Drone & Rodolphe Gissinger - Noapte Buna
Drone & Rodolphe Gissinger - La Rigole

Pierre Ménard + Drone - Domino
Pierre Ménard + Drone - Intimité

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