Tag Archives: avant-garde

CHARLES XAVIER – Happy Note Records Sampler 2016

November 7, 2017

Happy Note 2016 The Xman’s experiments in oxymoron continuum of retrograde avant-garde. Berklee graduate Charles Xavier has been around for four decades now, playing in and out of jazz circles, but it wasn’t until he’d settled down in San Francisco … Continue reading →

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RICHARD BARBIERI – Planets + Persona

June 1, 2017

Kscope 2017 Per aspera ad astra, a paragon of progressive romanticism plants posterity in the heart of the present. A fusion of philosophy and phonograph sonics is bound to bring on immersive experience when it’s born from Richard Barbieri’s bout … Continue reading →

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WINGFIELD REUTER STAVI SIRKIS – The Stone House

May 31, 2017

MoonJune 2017 Rocking the joint to shake it, rattle and roll, proponents of improv get instant gratification out of triumphal telepathy. Perhaps, a MoonJune state of mind is a reason why it doesn’t take more than a moment for various … Continue reading →

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AK MUSICK – AK Musick

April 20, 2017

AKM 1972 / Mental Experience 2017 Aleatoric dance from the land of allemande, with shades of Krautrock creeping in to scare the faint of heart. Call it “accidental” – as opposed to “incidental” – music: if the latter is used … Continue reading →

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GARY WILSON – It’s Friday Night With…

February 10, 2017

Cleopatra 2016 If a pre-weekend evening is supposed to be crazy, the feeling is nailed here – at least, in terms of weirdness. Gary Wilson’s claim to glory is one of an experimental artist, but his latter-day endeavors don’t have … Continue reading →

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