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Asheville, NC power trio Ahleuchatistas‘ (pronounciation tip : the name comes from the Charlie Parker song “Ah-leu-cha”) fifth full length called Of the Body Prone is hands down the best mathcore/improv album this year to grace your speakers..

Yesterday’s post already mentioned the percussion wiz Cyro Baptista’s upcoming album with his Banquet of the Spirits troupe. It’s no secret Cyro loves huge ensembles that’s why I guess he decided to transfer Banquet of the Spirits from a quartet to a 26-strong ensemble.

Borah Bergman’s return to ’s Radical Jewish Culture Series sees his sombre piano speak a language of its own which is impossible to translate. There’s not much to say on rational terms that the 76 year old can’t make you feel, and if you can’t feel it already there’s not much I can write for you to do so. Get inside and listen!

For some reason I’ve skipped Xaphan from The 2nd Masada Songbook on Tzadik. I thought this year’s invincible Bar Kokhba Sextet release was the first one yet indeed Trey Spruance’s madmen Secret Chiefs 3 were the first to step up to that holy task of getting 16 bar sheets of music from John Zorn and crafting them into their own creations.

Off percussionist Bobby Previte and world famous composer/saxophonist John Zorn’s one time collaboration Euclid’s Nightmare from 1997

Featuring downtown jazz players like clarinettist Doug Weiselman and accordeon player Ted Reichman alongside a wealth of other guests, “Conviviencia” is a lyrical tale from the Middle East formed on traditional Sephardic melodies from the 11th to the 16th century.

* Waldeck – Ballroom Stories (Dope Noir) : Monsieur Waldeck’s latest installment of noir jazz & downtempo music.
*Radio Luxembourg – Diwrnod Efo’r Anifeiliaid : Short but irresistably cute guitar lead pop songs and English & Welsh hybrid lyrics. Past review on undomondo .
*Old Time Relijun – Catharsis in Crisis (Krecs)

One of the maturest albums of this year is by Death Ambient, I’ve checked this album a few times but couldn’t delve into it for some reason. A week or so ago I gave it another spin using headphones and I was freaking enchanted by it. Death Ambient is the laptop jazz supergroup composed of notorious experimenters Fred Frith, Ikue Mori.