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Article: Year in Review

Karl Ackermann's Best Releases of 2017

Read "Karl Ackermann's Best Releases of 2017" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


2017 was an exceptional year for artists who elude convention; veterans such as Wadada Leo Smith and relative newcomers like Abdul Moimême gave us unique musical insights. It was an outstanding year for solo recordings. Along with Smith and Moimême, Rob Mazurek, Matthew Shipp, Irish multi-instrumentalist Aine O'Dwyer, Cuban pianist Aruán Ortiz, Italian pianist Stefano Battaglia, ...

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Article: Album Review

Bjorn Meyer: Provenance

Read "Provenance" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


Bassist Björn Meyer strongly believes that there are multiple functions for bass. Born just outside of Stockholm, he started out playing piano and some guitar but when he randomly picked up a bass, he realized that he had found his instrument. Self-taught, he had been inspired by the diverse styles of Marcus Miller and Jaco Pastorius. ...

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Article: Album Review

Abdul Moimeme: Exosphere

Read "Exosphere" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


Portuguese native Abdul Moimême moved to Dublin, Ireland, by way of New Mexico, at an early age. Something of a renaissance man, he studied guitar as a youth and later took up tenor saxophone with instruction from the cutting edge reed player Patrick Brennan. In between, he managed to study architecture in Boston, finalizing his degree ...

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Dracaena Draco / IKB

Label: Creative Sources
Released: 2014

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Insubordinations celebrates Swiss-Portuguese connections

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Since its inaugural release in 2006, the Swiss Insubordinations label and net label has issued over sixty albums, dedicated to improvised and/or electroacoustic music, as free-of-charge downloads and as limited editions on CD or CDr. Refreshingly, all Insubordinations releases remain fully downloadable under creative commons license. If that were not enough, Insubordinations is also ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Insubordinations: Mapping the Forefront of Sound

Read "Insubordinations: Mapping the Forefront of Sound" reviewed by Florence Wetzel


Electroacoustic improvisation is surely one of the most exciting fronts in twenty-first century music. Each time there's a digital innovation, this music innovates as well, which means that the changes are coming fast and thick. It's an explosion, really.For devotees of this music, as well as anyone who is curious about these new sounds, ...

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Monochrome Bleu Sans Titre / IKB

Label: Creative Sources
Released: 2012


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