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Album Review

Nuova Camerata: Chant

by Nicola Negri
December 25, 2016

Free improvisation and contemporary music share many aspects, and the goal is the same--to avoid the beaten path of established musical idioms. Of course, sometimes they can both become actual styles, somewhat conforming to predictable strategies, but the most successful instances are those that keep the ambiguity intact, presenting the ideal of “new music" in its purest form. Nuova Camerata is a new group based in Lisbon that brilliantly merges these two worlds, as this recent release ...

Extended Analysis

Sabu Toyozumi: Kosai Yujyo

by John Eyles
August 3, 2012

Sabu ToyozumiKosai YujyoINaudible2012This double album puts the spotlight on one-time AACM member, the widely-travelled veteran Japanese drummer Sabu Toyozumi, capturing him in a variety of live settings across Europe in 2010 and 2011. For its nine tracks, Toyozumi was recorded at four different venues with eight different line-ups, ranging from a duo to an octet. This variety gives the album a shifting, kaleidoscopic quality and puts the focus on a wide range ...