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Lao Dan / Vasco Trilla: New Species

Read "New Species" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
October 17, 2026

A fortuitous meeting between Spanish drummer Vasco Trilla and Chinese reed player Lao Dan at a festival in the latter's homeland led to a concert and subsequent studio session. Yet it is that first encounter, recorded at Old Heaven Books in Shenzhen, a hub of the country's improvised-music scene, that New Species preserves. Both musicians share ...

Article: Album Review

Lao Dan / Vasco Trilla: New Species

Read "New Species" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
June 3, 2026

There is a moment on “Tea Horse Road," the album's fourth track, where the saxophone drops to a near whisper and the percussion seems to breathe rather than strike. You realize you are not listening to two musicians from opposite sides of the world so much as two people who have agreed, without a word, on ...

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