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Wildbirds and Peacedrums: Heartcore
by John Eyles
Wildbirds and Peacedrums is a Swedish duo that combines Mariam Wallentin's voice and Andreas Werlin's drums into a fresh, heady brew that is part pop, part improvisstion, part tribalism. Although sparingly augmented by other instruments on Heartcore, the combination of voice and drums never feels too sparse; the twosome has perfectly tailored their material to their ...
Evan Parker's Psi: Fifty Not Out
by John Eyles
With its three latest releases, saxophonist Evan Parker's Psi label has reached the significant milestone of having put out fifty CDs. In their way, the three latest CDs typify the label's output since its first release in late 2001; that output has several strands running through it, and each of these releases continues one strand. Over ...
Alexander von Schlippenbach: Twenty Minutes
by John Eyles
This spring, Alexander von Schlippenbach celebrated his 70th birthday--on April 7th, 2008, to be precise. By way of celebration, he undertook a short tour of England in the company of Eddie Prevost. On some dates von Schlippenbach and Prevost each played a solo set and then played together; on others, Schlippenbach also played with Prevost's trio, ...
Another Timbre
by John Eyles
Another Timbre is the newest label to appear on the UK scene. Its first batch of releases appeared in autumn 2007--to considerable acclaim--and its second batch in spring 2008. The music that Another Timbre releases is a fascinating blend of improv, eai and modern composition, unlike that of any other current label. The label ...
London and Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra: Separately and together
by John Eyles
Recorded at the 2007 Freedom of the City Festival, the album features the London Improvisers Orchestra and its Glasgow counterpart. (Guest performers are a fine tradition at FOTC.) The LIO did a set, then the GIO and then they played together. Given the number of musicians involved, and the absence of rehearsal, listeners will be surprised ...
Lionel Loueke: Karibu
by John Eyles
Guitarist Lionel Loueke, from Benin, has enjoyed a steadily rising profile since arriving in the USA in 1999. Karibu is his fifth album as a leader, his first for a major label. When Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter endorse a rising star and then agree to be sidemen on his album, it is time to sit ...
Joelle Leandre: The Art of the Duo
by John Eyles
"I was interested in the political sense, what is the position of the bass? Why does the bass have that position in the orchestra? Why only the low sounds? Why only as an accompanying instrument? I was bored with the hierarchy of the bass in the classical music. I did not want this position. It is ...
Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Bare Essentials 1972-3
by John Eyles
John Stevens and Trevor Watts are vitally important in the history of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble (and so of improvised music) but the only previous album of the duo alone is Face to Face (Emanem, 1974). From 1968 to 1976 the two often were the SME. But when recording opportunities came up, Stevens usually opted for ...
Barkingside and The Convergence Quartet: Young and Free
by John Eyles
Between them, these two quartets feature six young players, four from the UK, one from America, one from Canada. As the oldest of the six is not yet 35 years old--and several are much younger--they provide heartening evidence that there are plenty of good young improvisers around and that not all young players aspire to be ...
Sainkho Namchylak / Jarrod Cagwin: In Trance
by John Eyles
This album is well named. At the mundane level, its title derives from the fact that it was recorded live at the “In Trance" festival in Vienna, in October 2006. But it also contains music able to induce a trance like state, literally, to entrance. The music was inspired by, and is dedicated to, the great ...
