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Albatre: A Descent into the Maelstrom

Read "A Descent into the Maelstrom" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
April 5, 2014

Albatre is a Pan-European trio based in Rotterdam, comprised of two Portuguese living in this city--alto saxophonist Hugo Costa and bassist Gonçalo Almeida, member of the Portuguese Lama Trio--joined by German drummer Philipp Ernsting. The trio's debut offers its schizoid vision of free jazz on metal and punk steroids with electronic sonic neurosis. Albatre's aesthetics stick ...

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Melphi Presents Debut Album Through The Looking Glass

March 29, 2014

Easy listening songs full of jazz and soul MELPHI is a contemporary Dutch band representing singer Lotte van Drunen, pianist Rogier Telderman, bassist Jurriaan Dekker, and drummer Willem van der Krabben. Their music can be characterised by good musical interaction, original compositions and the powerful and versatile voice of singer Lotte. Their album will be released ...

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Dominic J Marshall Trio: Spirit Speech

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by Bruce Lindsay
March 22, 2014

Dominic J Marshall has clearly absorbed a lot of influences in his 24 years. The pianist, born in Scotland and now resident in Amsterdam, brings many of them to Spirit Speech, the third album by his trio. Hip-hop, jazz, classical, folk: it's a disparate bunch and while it isn't exactly chalk and cheese there's still a ...

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The Ambush Party: Circus

Read "Circus" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
March 12, 2014

The aptly named, Amsterdam-based The Ambush Party is a band that aims to take you by surprise. This international quartet-- Argentinian Natalio Sued, Norwegian cellist Harald Austbø, Dutch pianist Jan Hoogland and Brazilian drummer Marcos Baggiani--knows no boundaries. All is thrown into its inventive, joyful stew--noise, tango, drum n' bass, opera and obviously jazz. The quartet ...

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Achim Kaufmann & Michael Moore: Furthermore

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by Glenn Astarita
March 6, 2014

Award-winning alto saxophonist, clarinetist, Michael Moore has performed on seminal modern and avant-garde jazz albums, spanning several decades via numerous projects and stints that include Clusone, The ICP Orchestra, bands led by drummer Gerry Hemingway and bassist Mark Helias; the list goes on. He's a California native who has resided in Holland since 1982 and is ...

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Bob van Luijt's Square Orange: The Core

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by Bruce Lindsay
March 3, 2014

What's the appeal of a square orange? Place it on a table and it stays put. That's about it. The musical equivalent, in the shape of Dutch bass guitarist Bob van Luijt's Square Orange, has much greater appeal. The quintet's debut album, The Core, features van Luijt's original compositions: a set with impressive stylistic range.

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Spinifex: Hipsters Gone Ballistic

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by Vincenzo Roggero
February 27, 2014

Basso elettrico e chitarra elettrica acchiappano da subito con spietata inesorabilità, con la violenza del rock più aggressivo e la capacità di infiltrarsi e stravolgere le trame musicali attraverso la sensibilità e la prontezza del jazz. Poi i fiati, magmatici e cristallini, imprevedibili e sarcastici, laceranti come un urlo nella notte, inquietanti come una ninna nanna ...

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Spinifex: Hipsters Gone Ballistic

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by Eyal Hareuveni
February 26, 2014

The Amsterdam-based group Spinifex--named after a tough Australian species of grass--is a modular collective of Dutch musicians. The Spinifex quintet that released its debut, the aptly titled Hipsters Gone Ballistic, is a part of a collective that includes the Spinifex Orchestra (that released its debut Triodia back in 2008 on Karnatic Lab Records), Spinifex Tuba Band ...

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Ab Baars - Ig Henneman: Autumn Songs

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by Libero Farnè
February 25, 2014

Come precisano le note di copertina del CD, inciso al Bimhuis di Amsterdam, “questa suite di brani liberamente improvvisati e in minima parte composti è stata concepita da Ab Baars e da Ig Henneman in occasione del tour statunitense dell'autunno 2012." Ognuno dei dieci brani s'ispira ad una poesia o a una composizione di tema autunnale ...

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The Two Al's: And the cowgirls kept on dancing

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by Eyal Hareuveni
February 18, 2014

The Two Al's are Dutch explorers of the prepared piano Albert van Veenendaal and Scottish, Amsterdam-based percussionist Alan Purves. Both offer a wild ride of inventive, bizarre, cheerful, squeaky, absurd and freaky spontaneous improvised songs on their first recorded collaboration. Both musician are experienced in solo and intimate, chamber formats with adventurous ...