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Of the Near and Far

Label: Pyroclastic Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Antlia; Aquarius; Andromeda; Citlalli; Lyra; Aquila; When You Stare Into the Abyss.

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Laugh Ash

Label: Pyroclastic Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Minimalism; Remote Convivial; Sweatered Webs (Hey Mom); Shaken, Stirred Silence; The Most Fucked; Winter Sprung; Disco Inferred; Unyielding Daydream Welding; Exit Shivers.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Ches Smith & Shara Lunon: Dismantling Musical Conventions

Read "Ches Smith & Shara Lunon: Dismantling Musical Conventions" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer


Today, the Spotlight was meant to shine On drummer, percussionist, and composer Ches Smith and his album Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic Records). As we arranged to get together, Ches suggested we include Shara Lunon, the trans-disciplinary poet, vocalist, composer, and improviser featured on the album. Laugh Ash is one of the most intriguing records I ...

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Article: Live Review

Big Ears Festival 2024

Read "Big Ears Festival 2024" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


Big Ears Festival Knoxville, TN March 21-24, 2024 After last year's triumphant tenth anniversary, the festival returned with the slogan “The adventure continues." The iconic and influential Nonesuch Records' 60th anniversary was celebrated with performances by Brad Mehldau, Caroline Shaw, Darcy James Argue, Mary Halvorson, Davóne Tines, Sam Amidon, Hurray for the ...

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Article: Album Review

Ches Smith: Laugh Ash

Read "Laugh Ash" reviewed by Vic Albani


Dopo lo straordinario lavoro dedicato al Vudù haitiano del 2021 (Path of Seven Colors) anch'esso uscito per la straordinaria Pyroclastic Records di Kris Davis, il batterista, percussionista e compositore Ches Smith, acclamato dal New York Times come “uno dei batteristi più dinamici della scena sperimentale del pianeta," colpisce ancora con un nuovo sorprendente lavoro immensamente variegato, ...

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Hemingway

Label: In A Circle Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: El Torito; Flor De Mayo; Leaves Fall Early; La Plenitud; Un Gitanito En La Habana; Villalta; The Garden Of Eden; Flor De La Noche Mirando A Las Estrellas; La Despedida.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Sana Nagano, John Zorn, Sam Gendel, Zane Carney & More New Releases

Read "Sana Nagano, John Zorn, Sam Gendel, Zane Carney & More New Releases" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


We kick off this episode of Mondo Jazz with another gem from Georgia Anne Muldrow and land with John Zorn and the first (of what will certainly be many) box set dedicated to his delightful Bagatelles. In the middle, a mini-section on the Palladino bass-dynasty which acts as a bridge between two of the hot scenes ...

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Article: Album Review

Johnny Gandelsman: Hemingway

Read "Hemingway" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


Documentarian Ken Burns is an accomplished storyteller and on Hemingway he tackles the life of another masterful author, Ernest Hemingway. For the soundtrack of this intriguing, three-part film a group of genre-bending modern virtuosos perform nine mesmerizing originals. Released on award winning violinist Johnny Gandelsman's In A Circle label the album features, in addition ...

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Heard in Havana

Label: Innova Recordings
Released: 2020
Track listing: Details on the Strasbourg Rosace: Detail I, Detail II, Detail V, Detail IX (Spencer Topel); Immutable Dreams: II. Microconcerto [in memoriam György Ligeti] (Kati Agocs); Fantasy-Quartet (Ingrid Arauco); a crowd of twisted things (Christopher Wendell Jones); Mieko (Kai-Young Chan); Paean, Epitaph, and Dithyramb: I. Paean, II. Epitaph, III. Dithyramb (Jeremy Gill); Inexpressible (v. 2) (Amadeus Regucera); Radians Phase II (Michael Harrison); Wave: I. quietly urgent (Cindy Cox); Smash (Jennifer Higdon).


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