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Fred Lonberg-Holm, Abdul Moimême & Carlos Santos: Transition Zone

Read "Transition Zone" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
October 29, 2021

Chicago-based cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm has long been in the vanguard of free improvisation. But along with free jazz, he has recorded in the rock and country genres, and composed concert works. He is joined on Transition Zone by two leaders of Lisbon's creative music scene. Dual-electric guitarist/composer Abdul Moimême and electronics artist/composer Carlos Santos bring their extraordinary abilities to create ethereal soundscapes to this impressive project. Nothing sounds familiar in this amalgamation of cello, custom guitars, electronics, computer, ...

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Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet: 3 Days in Oslo

by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
September 5, 2010

We live during a time when society needs music in boxes, connected with dots; music that can be readily explained and even more readily understood. But Peter Brotzmann tears down the walls, rips apart the boxes and completely shatters any preconceived notions of what music is supposed to be. He understands the necessity of art being able to express from the soul and spirit of the artist, and that is a freedom fought for, one that is intensely fought for. ...