Tag Archives: avant-garde

JUMP FOR JOY! – Bat Pullover

November 15, 2017

Bonobo’s Ark 2016 Krautrock meets Canterbury scene and dames in artful distress to bring about melodious havoc. When this loose conglomerate of kindred spirits, including members of FAUST and HENRY COW, graced a Göteborg stage in 2015, it was one … Continue reading →

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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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