Results for "Ayler Records"

Label: Ayler Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Aprés la pluie; Thinking to Dance; Glowing Life; Thinking of Solitude; Introduction to Beginning; Where it Begins.

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Time Elleipsis

By FREDERICK GALIAY

Label: Ayler Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Nâga convulsions; Sentence | Samsara; Luasamla | Points cardinaux; Saneu kham Samout; Nirmanakâyâ | Dhyâna; Dharmakâya - Oiseaux terrifiants; Sukha.

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW October 6, 2020

Frederick Galiay: Time Elleipsis

By GLENN ASTARITA

This largely electric French quintet discloses a vastly experimental and often fascinating series of works that intertwine into a multipart suite of indexed titles directed by bassist Frederick Galiay. As the press material states, the bassist “was a laureate for a Hors les murs residency program initiated by the French Institute," spanning Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and ...

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Barclay

By SCOTT FIELDS

Label: Ayler Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Krapp's Last Tape; ... but the clouds ...; Catastrophe.

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW March 14, 2019

Scott Fields Ensemble: Barclay

By GLENN ASTARITA

Guitarist Scott Fields' distinctive approach to composition marches to the next level on this third installment of the “Beckett Trilogy," where he uses additional Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906-1989) plays as an inspiration for these three extended works, based on the novelist's text/plots. The ensemble seemingly weaves some of Beckett's black comedy and humor into ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW January 17, 2019

Marc Ducret - Joëlle Léandre: Chez Hélène

By GLENN ASTARITA

The audience in attendance at the 19PaulFort venue in Paris, France must have been spellbound after witnessing these prolific and highly influential improvisers wield their magic. As leaders and collaborators bassist Joëlle Léandre and guitarist Marc Ducret have pretty much done it all over the years, evidenced by their extensive discographies. Here, the bassist is a ...

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Jericho Sinfonia

By CHRISTOPHE MONNIOT

Label: Ayler Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Veni Veni Emmanuel; Pré-Hymne; Hymne 1 - Fil Rouge 1; Paix Nombres; Hymne 2 - Fil Rouge; Sonne, Heure!; Hymne 3; Fil Rouge 3; Ultime Atome; Dans Cité.

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Chez Hélène

By MARC DUCRET

Label: Ayler Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Observation; Ponctuation; Vibration; Invocation.

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Zebres

By DAVID CHEVALLIER

Label: Ayler Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: NOIR; OIRN; IRNO; BLANC; LANCB; ANCBL; NCBLA.

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW November 27, 2018

David Chevallier - Valentin Ceccaldi: Zebres

By GLENN ASTARITA

These two laudable French improvisers share their collective imaginations with the willing listener via these capacious works that include numerous trade-offs, mimicking lines and fastidious dialogues, occasionally intersected by nouveau chamber motifs. Essentially, the musicians are all over the map with a strong focus and a wealth of interesting propositions. The duo seemingly ...