Articles by John Eyles
Celebrate Another Timbre's two hundred and fiftieth release
by John Eyles
The two Another Timbre albums below have been carefully selected from the latest batch of the label's releases, for several reasons. Firstly, the Jürg Frey album Je laisse a la nuit son poids d'ombre ("I leave to the night its weight of shadow" in English) and the Jakob Ullman album Solo I / Solo IVare Another Timbre's two-hundred-and-forty-ninth and two-hundred-and-fiftieth releases respectively, so they mark a landmark for the label. Secondly, the Frey album is his thirteenth for the label, ...
Continue ReadingCheryl Duvall: The Plains
by John Eyles
Canadian composer Linda Catlin Smith was born in New York City in 1957. She began her composition studies in high school in New York and continued music study at SUNY Stony Brook. In 1977 she went to Canada to study composition and theory at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. In 1981 she moved to Toronto. In 1986 she was invited by Morton Feldman to attend his lectures at SUNY Buffalo, NY, as a guest. Her compositions have been ...
Continue ReadingTwo duos and a trio in Lewisham, London
by John Eyles
Shift Register, Akira vs Tigersonic, Data Swamp Lewisham Arthouse London December 13, 2025 Right from the moment the first audience member entered and sat down, there was an electric atmosphere in the room of the Lewisham Arthouse where three acts were to play. As the room filled up, an excited buzz was audible from the audience, some of whom had come along with friends who had recommended that they attend. For some of them, the ...
Continue ReadingThree from Elsewhere
by John Eyles
As the Elsewhere label approaches its eighth birthday--with its thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh album releases coming out together--it seems a good time to address some frequent questions and misconceptions about the label: Q: Aren't most Elsewhere releases double or triple? A: Out of thirty-seven releases, five are doubles, three are triples. Q: Don't a majority of Elsewhere releases feature piano. A: Yes, a large proportion of Elsewhere releases do feature piano.
Continue ReadingLightning Trio: Lightning
by John Eyles
Lightning is the debut album from the Norway group Lightning Trio, which comprises pianist / synthesizer player Sondre Moshagen, double bassist Kertu Aer and drummer Steinar Heide Bo, who first met one another at the jazz program in Trondheim, Norway, in autumn 2022. After participating in 2024's Jazzintro launch program, the trio was named Young Jazz Musicians of the Year 2024 at the Molde Jazz Festival; in their citation, the judges praised the trio's “clear and compelling group chemistry" as ...
Continue ReadingAntoine Läng: Lâcher Les Chiens Tant Qu'on Y Est
by John Eyles
The album Lâcher Les Chiens Tant Qu'on Y Est ("Let the dogs loose while we're at it") is a recording of single takes of prepared jaw harps, without overdubs or additional effects, by Antoine Läng, an experimental musician and vocalist from Geneva, Switzerland. It was mixed by Läng and mastered by D'Incise of the label. Alongside D'Incise and his fellow Insub stalwart Cyril Bondi, Läng is also a member of Insub Meta Orchestra, the large (sometimes 45-strong) ensemble of improvisers ...
Continue ReadingHanna Paulsberg Concept & Elin Rosseland: Himmel Over Hav
by John Eyles
Hanna Paulsberg was born in Rygge, Norway, in November 1987. When she was aged fifteen, she heard a CD playing saxophonist Stan Getz and decided she wanted to play sax herself. The following year she started the music course at Kirkeparken videregaende skole in Moss. She passed her Examen artium in 2009 which meant she could progress to the jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium, from which she graduated in 2011, some nine years after hearing Getz. ...
Continue ReadingBugge Wesseltoft: Am Are
by John Eyles
Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft was born in Porsgrunn, Norway, in February 1964 , the son of Erik, a guitarist. Thankfully, he was soon just known as Bugge and people learned that his first name is pronounced “Boogie" not “Bug" or “Bugga... “ Having flirted with a punk band that he did not enjoy much, Wesseltoft moved towards jazz, in particular to the style identified as “future jazz" or nu jazz.In 1995, Wesseltoft formed his own five-member band, called ...
Continue ReadingJulia Eckhardt: Blanca
by John Eyles
Julia Eckhardt was born in 1985 in Berlin, Germany, but later became Belgium-based. She is a renowned classical and orchestral musician who plays viola and has made a name for herself in the music industry. An organiser in the field of the sonic arts, she is artistic co-director of Q-O2 workspace for experimental music and sound art, as well as of the Oscillation festival in Brussels. She has performed and released internationally, and has been engaged in a number of ...
Continue ReadingJan Bang - Arve Henriksen: After The Wildfire
by John Eyles
Jan Bang is a musician, composer and record producer who was born in August 1968, in Denver, Colorado, but grew up in Kristiansand, Norway. Arve Henriksen is a trumpeter, vocalist and composer who was born in March 1968, in Stranda, Norway. For the 42nd Skopje Jazz Festival in 2023, Bang and Henriksen were commissioned to work together on new music. The result was After the Wildfire. It was first performed at the Festival with Bang on live sampling and electronics, ...
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