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Alvear / Bondi: Latidométrica / Definite body, at sea

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This album is the third in a series of three releases which are part of a project by the duo Alvear / Bondi whose members are Chilean guitarist Cristian Alvear and Swiss percussionist Cyril Bondi. Across the three albums, the pair interpreted and recorded six new compositions which they commissioned, three by Chilean and three by Swiss artists. Although they were recorded and released separately, months apart, everything about the albums suggests that the three should be considered together.

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Alvear / Bondi: Sigh (Carried Away) / Grado de potencia #2

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Sigh (carried away) / Grado de potencia #2 is the first in a series of three albums which are part of a project by the duo comprising Chilean guitarist Cristian Alvear and Swiss percussionist & Insub co-ordinator Cyril Bondi. The series' recordings will feature interpretations of six new compositions commissioned by the duo from three Chilean and three Swiss artists, This album features the two compositions which give it its title, “Sigh (carried away)" composed by d'incise, and “Grado de ...

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Cyril Bondi, Pierre-Yves Martel, Christoph Schiller, Angharad Davies: Awirë

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In 2017, Switzerland's Cyril Bondi, German Christoph Schiller and Montreal-based Pierre-Yves Martel came together as the trio Tse (which means “here" in a Swiss mountain dialect) with Bondi playing harmonium and pitch pipes, Schiller spinet, and Martel on viola da gamba. Despite the early musical instruments, extemporization plays its part, as all three players are experienced improvisers. Their first music was improvised but soon became more structured by using pieces of paper with two, three or four pitches written on ...

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Insub Meta Orchestra: Choices and Melodies

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Switzerland's Insub Meta Orchestra (IMO) opted to release their fourth album, 13 and 27, on the UK-based Another Timbre label instead of the INSUB label that had issued their first three recordings. Now, with their fifth, Choices and Melodies, they have reverted to INSUB. The music on 13 and 27 consisted of two compositions by d'incise and Cyril Bondi, the driving forces behind IMO and INSUB; those two pieces were recorded at Studio Ernest Ansermet, in Geneva, in ...

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Christophe Berthet - Vinz Vonlanthen - Cyril Bondi: Silo

Read "Silo" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Un altro interessante nome si aggiunge al nutrito roster di musicisti avant della Leo Records. Il chitarrista svizzero Vinz Vonlanthen è uno di quei personaggi che estrae dalla sua sei corde suoni di tutti i tipi utilizzando un ampio repertorio di tecniche estese pur mantenendo un chiaro codice di riferimento per l'ascoltatore, ricco di atmosfere e percorsi musicali che attraversano trasversalmente un pò tutto l'ambiente dell'avanguardia, dal rock all'improvvisazione radicale, senza per questo risultare ostico. È questa la forza del ...

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Plaistow: The Crow

Read "The Crow" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


I Plaistow costituiscono un trio visionario la cui musica sfugge alle classiche griglie interpretative del jazz. Il loro è un esperimento di notevole spessore, volto a fare interagire le tre distinte anime dei musicisti. Ne scaturisce una musica estremamente flessibile che si sviluppa attraverso l'incontro/scontro tra pulsazione jazzistica e drive rockettaro proiettati in una spazialità aspra ed acida rinvigorita dall'elettronica. È jazzistico il loro modo di procedere liberamente senza un vero punto focale, dove convergono il minimalismo di John Cage ...


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