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Emil Karlsen (b.1998) is a Norwegian improvising drummer currently based in the UK. Described as a “significant addition to the UK free jazz scene” and an “exceptional improv drummer”, he’s establishing himself on the improvised music circuit working the span from free improvisation to free jazz. Occupied with exploring the timbral and sonic possibilities of the drum kit, he performs with Philipp Wachsmann, Matthew Bourne, Phil Durrant, Ed Jones, and the London Improvisers Orchestra to mention some.

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Jonny Mansfield, Nisha Ramayya, Jonathan Crossley, And More

by Colin Muirhead
October 3, 2026

Featuring new improvised music, with tracks by Jonny Mansfield, the Pete Roth Trio, Nisha Ramayya, Sia Ahmed & Raymond MacDonald, Jonathan Crossley, and more. Playlist John Pope Quintet “Rain for the Moment" from The Changing Sky (New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings) 0:00 Pete Roth Trio “Improvisation on the Largo from Dvořák's Symphony #9" ...

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The Exu

By James Mainwaring

Label: Discus Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Riddle Me This; Know Time; B4B; Pancakes; Waffles; That'll Do It!; The Field Next To The Road; Kurt; Versus Medici; Bug Glass; In That Case; Berne It Up.

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Aspects of Memory

By Lawrence Casserley

Label: Bead Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Imagining, Discerning, Embodying, Evoking, Experiencing

Article: Album Review

James Mainwaring / Dave Kane / Emil Karlsen: The Exu

by John Sharpe
May 3, 2025

The Exu, a lean and volatile threesome, makes a forceful first impression on its self-titled debut. Composed of Leeds-based pairing of tenor saxophonist James Mainwaring (best known for his tenure in the Mercury Prize-nominated Roller Trio) and Irish bassist Dave Kane (a longtime collaborator of Paul Dunmall and Matthew Bourne), alongside British-domiciled Norwegian drummer Emil Karlsen, ...

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Michael Bisio, Erik Fratzke, Lisa Ullen & Barber Mouse

by Maurice Hogue
March 30, 2022

This episode is packed with music from some terrific new releases you should check out— St. Paul guitarist/bassist Erik Fratzke's Fake Accent, Gordon Grdina's Arabic-flavoured Haram, Mostly Other People Do The Killing, bassist Michael Bisio's excellent Mbefore , and European trios led by Sweden's Lisa Ullén, Germany's Felix Hauptmann, and Italy's Barber Mouse with a novel ...