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Kenneth Dahl Knudsen: Anti Robotic Dance Music

Read "Anti Robotic Dance Music" reviewed by Ieva Pakalniškytė

by Ieva Pakalniškytė
December 2, 2025

First performing at Vilnius' Tamsta Club in 2023, Anti Robotic Dance Music initially appeared as a burst of futuristic jazz, rock, drum-and-bass energy, shaped by the immediacy of a trio set with a large ensemble. Heard now as a recording, that same performance sharpens into a clearer articulation of bassist and composer Kenneth Dahl Knudsen's defined concept. Set, in the composer's words, “in a dystopian world where machines dominate and rhythm becomes rebellion," the album does not treat this as abstract ...

Album Review

Oak Birches & Klaipėda Jazz Orchestra: Bon Bon Paris

Read "Bon Bon Paris" reviewed by Vitalijus Gailius

by Vitalijus Gailius
November 30, 2021

Bon Bon Paris brings together two Lithuanian collectives—free jazz trio from Kaunas, Oak Birches, and a less free collective Klaipėda Jazz Orchestra. The album has two compositions, the author of which is the Oak Birches member and one of the leading Lithuanian avant-garde musicians and composers, Arnas Mikalkėnas. Nevertheless, as linear notes state, each member of this project contributes his ideas equally, with strong sense of intellectual background and personal creativity. Before listening to this recording, it is ...