Results for "Taiga"

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Ben Allison, Anais Drago, Reinier Baas and Other Great New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 20, 2018

The new albums bonanza goes on! And we happily oblige, revelling in some gorgeous new releases, some of which will definitely end up on the “Best of 2018" lists of many critics. Surprises, confirmations, re-releases, unexpected collaborations and much more make up this week's playlist full of aural pleasures... Happy listening!

Album

Confirmation

By Tatsuya Nakatani

Label: Taiga
Released: 2016
Track listing: Confirmation 1; Confirmation 2.

Article: Album Review

Tatsuya Nakatani: Confirmation

Read "Confirmation" reviewed by Nicola Negri

by Nicola Negri
September 5, 2016

Percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani moved from Japan to the U.S.A. in the mid 1990s, and since then he has worked with many important jazz and free improvisers, both historical figures like Peter Kowald or Fred Van Hove, and younger musicians like Ingrid Laubrock and Mary Halvorson. A specialist of the solo set, he builds his own instruments ...

Album

Taiga

By Ooioo

Label: Thrill Jockey
Released: 2006
Track listing: UMA; KMS; UJA; GRS; ATS; SAI; UMO; IOA.

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Article: Album Review

Ooioo: Taiga

by Brad Glanden
September 24, 2006

A basic principle of science is that experiments are bound to fail as often as they succeed, a point usually glazed over by devotees of experimental music. Because the cookie-cutter recording industry thrives on the preservation of niche markets, artists who refuse to play it safe receive automatic approval from many outsider music enthusiasts. Take the ...