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Pascal Battus / Michel Doneda: Miracle
by John Eyles
Following hard on the heels of Sillons -Reflets by Patricia Bosshard, Onceim and CoÔ, the first album from the Potlatch label since its lone release in 2019, it is a pleasure to welcome the label's second release of 2021, Miracle by the duo of Pascal Battus and Michel Doneda. Each of them has a long history ...
Fredrik Rasten: Svevning
by John Eyles
Fredrik Rasten is a guitarist, vocalist and composer who was born in Norway in 1988, these days being based in Oslo and Berlin. He works in the field of experimental improvised and composed music. In recent years he has been working with just intonation. He has been inspired by Wandelweiser music, traditional British folk, and early ...
Yuka Shibuya / Satoko Inoue: Works for Piano
by John Eyles
For years the Japanese Ftarri label has enjoyed an enviably high reputation for its releases by improvising musicians from Japan, such as Toshimaru Nakamura and Seijiro Mutayama, as well as further afield, such as the duo of Rhodri Davies and John Butcher, or The International Nothing (clarinettists Kai Fagaschinski and MIchael Thieke). In September 2021, in ...
Francois Carrier: Glow
by John Eyles
As is true of countless other players, the output of French-Canadian saxophonist Francois Carrier took a nosedive after the arrival of covid-19 and lockdown. Where he had been averaging two album releases a year, Glow is his first release since Japan Suite (NoBusiness) which was released eighteen months before, in May 2020. In addition, Carrier's globe-trotting ...
Noam Bierstone: Mountains Move Like Clouds
by John Eyles
Mountains Move Like Clouds is Canadian percussionist Noam Bierstone's first album release in his own right; he has featured on three previous albums, the most recent being Mani. Giacometti (Kairos, 2020) which featured two compositions by the Vienna-based Italian composer Pierluigi Billone, one of them performed by Bierstone's duo called scapegoat, with Australian saxophonist Joshua Hyde. ...
Alvear / Bondi: Sigh (Carried Away) / Grado de potencia #2
by John Eyles
Sigh (carried away) / Grado de potencia #2 is the first in a series of three albums which are part of a project by the duo comprising Chilean guitarist Cristian Alvear and Swiss percussionist & Insub co-ordinator Cyril Bondi. The series' recordings will feature interpretations of six new compositions commissioned by the duo from three Chilean ...
Guy Vandromme - Bruno Duplant: l'infini des possibles
by John Eyles
This double CD comprises twelve etudes for solo piano, ranging in length from eight-minutes-forty-seconds up to fifteen minutes, altogether totalling two hours and eight minutes. The etudes were written in 2019 by the French composer Bruno Duplant, and mark his second appearance on Elsewhere, previous compositions of his having been performed by the Dutch pianist Reinier ...
Patricia Bosshard / Onceim - CoÔ: Sillons - Reflets
by John Eyles
Aside from the music, the best thing about this album is that its release signals the Potlatch label is alive and well. (Having released four CDs in 2016 and three in 2017, Potlatch released none in 2018, one in 2019, none in 2020.) In addition to this album, 2021 sees the release of a second, a ...
Jordan Dykstra - Koen Nutters: In Better Shape Than You Found Me
by John Eyles
As is true of so much music released in 2021, Covid-19 and the lockdown played vital roles in the creation of In Better Shape Than You Found Me, the first album by the duo of American composer & violinist Jordan Dykstra and Dutch composer Koen Nutters. Having previously had an interest in one another's work, and ...
Beresford Vasseur: Beresford Vasseur
by John Eyles
Guitarist and vocalist Charlie Beresford has reached the point where he needs no introduction; his recordings in the duo Beresford Hammond, the trio Beresford Hammond Hume, the quartet Fourth Page and the larger ensemble Crystal Moth have cemented his reputation as a musician who can successfully combine elements of folk with improv and make the results ...
