Results for "MoonJune Records"

Cipher And Decipher

Label: MoonJune Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Into the Subatomic; Free At Last!; Mud Becomes Mind; I Don't Believe; Matter Is Energy; Comprehensible; Infinite Strength; Where No One Can Win; Step Out Of Your Body; The Cauldron.

Live Adventures

By Theo Travis

Label: MoonJune Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: 01. Has Riff II; 02. Grapehound; 03. The Nodder; 04. In The Back Room; 05. Song of Aeolus; 06. The Relegation of Pluto / Transit; 07. Gesolreut; 08. Facelift; 09. The Last Day.

Moraine: Metamorphic Rock: Live at NEARfest

By Dennis Rea

Label: MoonJune Records
Released: 2011

Marbin: Breaking the Cycle

by Chris M. Slawecki
November 29, 2011

At its jazz-rock core, Marbin is the Israeli duo of guitarist Dani Rabin and saxophonist Danny Markovitch, sort of a Israeli version of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, the essence of Steely Dan. Bassist Steve Rodby and drummer Paul Wertico, who cumulatively won 18 Grammy Awards as members of the Pat Metheny Group, provide the rhythm ...

MoonJune Records: A Decade of Progressive Rock Documentation

by Mark Redlefsen
October 5, 2011

On a moon of this past June, appropriately enough, Leonardo Pavkovic, owner of the progressive jazz label MoonJune Records, gave All About Jazz an interview at the label's office in Union Square, New York City. The name MoonJune Records, which Pavkovic started back in 2001, is taken from the title of a song, “Moon In June," ...

Boris Savoldelli: Biocosmopolitan

by Glenn Astarita
May 28, 2011

The polyphonic vocal expertise of Italian artist Boris Savoldelli alters implications for the proverbial one-man band format. Although he receives assistance from revered session bassist/solo artist Jimmy Haslip, and some additional help from trumpeter Paolo Fresu--both appearing on selected tracks--it is Savoldelli who propagates the mesmeric performances. The vocalist uses electronics and voice overlays, ...

Copernicus: Cipher And Decipher

by Mark Redlefsen
April 16, 2011

For those new to work of New York City performance poet Copernicus (aka Joseph Smalkowski), Cipher and Decipher, might be an appropriate onramp. This release of improvised music plus poetry appears to be aimed at a wider, more cynical audience than those that pioneered the form in previous decades in the jazz world, such as Gil ...

Soft Machine Legacy: Live Adventures

by Chris M. Slawecki
March 26, 2011

Many have found elements of jazz in the music of European progressive rock artists such as Gong, Can, King Crimson and even, to a certain improvisational extent, Yes. Soft Machine Legacy continues this...umm, legacy with an amoeba-like lineup (mostly) from alumni of the original progressive instrumental group Soft Machine: guitarist John Etheridge, bassist Roy Babbington and ...

Boris Savoldelli: Biocosmopolitan

by Mark Redlefsen
March 11, 2011

What a contrast Boris Savoldelli's Biocosmopolitan is to the vocalist's predecessor, Protoplasmic (MoonJune Records, 2009), which featured guitarist Elliot Sharp as his chief collaborator. While Protoplasmic was a brave dive into the experimental, Biocosmopolitan is a bright, infectious and singable work. The right balance of passion, delivery, and technology come together for 16 enjoyable tracks with ...

douBt: Never Pet a Burning Dog

by Mark Redlefsen
February 4, 2011

Guitarist Michel Deville, of the Belgian Wrong Object, and British keyboardist Alex Maguire team up to form a power trio with drummer Tony Bianco as doubt, on its debut, Never Pet a Burning Dog. Deville steps out with a louder, more direct tone, affectionately and more overtly exposing the influence of Terje Rypdal--even including one of ...