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Article: Album Review

Evan Parker - Paul Dunmall - Tony Bianco: Extremes

Read "Extremes" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

In the album notes, eminent drummer Tony Bianco advises that the various discourses of this program “were about the times we live in." It's a fitting correlation to the album moniker, featuring two legendary British improvisers, saxophonists Paul Dunmall and Evan Parker engaging in kinetic and at times, calamitous dialogues. Moreover, the Canadian label Red Toucan ...

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News: Recording

Van Der Graaf Generator Release New Live Album "Merlin Atmos" On Esoteric Antenna

Van Der Graaf Generator Release New Live Album "Merlin Atmos" On Esoteric Antenna

London, UK - ESOTERIC ANTENNA, are pleased to announce the release of the marvellous new live album by Van Der Graaf Generator, Merlin Atmos on February 2, 2015. Recorded in 2013, the limited edition 2CD Digipack features the first ever full live performance of “FLIGHT” and “A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS” In June 2013, Peter Hammill, ...

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Article: Album Review

John Law's New Congregation: These Skies In Which We Rust

Read "These Skies In Which We Rust" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard

One of the things that is characteristic about British pianist John Law is that he does not stand still. He keeps on studying music and constantly adds new sounds and expressions to his vocabulary. So far, his career has included many highlights, among them, a series of solo piano albums influenced by plainchant ...

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Article: Album Review

Kenny Wheeler: Songs for Quintet

Read "Songs for Quintet" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Songs for Quintet marks celebrated Kenny Wheeler's final recording. He passed away on Sept 18, 2014. And while it's quite apparent that a lengthy illness zapped some of the trumpeter/flugelhornist's strength, his hallmark musical persona remained intact. Wheeler's yearning notes, distinctive phrasings and enchanting lyricism are resident throughout this production. In the '70s, Wheeler ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Merlin Atmos (Deluxe Edition)

Read "Merlin Atmos (Deluxe Edition)" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

For a group that has released only three studio albums since reforming in 2005 after a quarter-century hiatus--longer when considering the “classic" lineup with singer/pianist/guitarist Peter Hammill, keyboardist Hugh Banton and drummer Guy Evans was last heard on World Record (Charisma, 1976), and forgetting about 2012's atypical ALT (Esoteric), an album of improvisation-driven instrumentals--Van der Graaf ...

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Article: Rediscovery

No-Man: Together We're Stranger

Read "No-Man: Together We're Stranger" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

No-Man Together We're Stranger (remastered/expanded)Kscope2014 (2003) With Steven Wilson on the cusp of releasing Hand. Cannot. Erase. (Kscope, 2015), and Tim Bowness' Abandoned Dancehall Dreams (Inside Out, 2014) one of 2014's best releases, now's as good a time as any to revisit the pair's music together as No-Man--specifically, Together We're Stranger ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Real World Records: Passion and Authenticity are Fundamental

Read "Real World Records: Passion and Authenticity are Fundamental" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski

Last year Real World Records celebrated its 25th anniversary with an exclusive box set that dig deep into the label's vaults and shed light on the plethora of artists that have released for the renowned world music label. Founded in 1989, with collaboration with singer Peter Gabriel, it exposed some of the finest world music artists ...

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Article: Album Review

Daphna Sadeh: Born in Parallel

Read "Born in Parallel" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Bassist/composer Daphna Sadeh may have left her native Israel over a decade ago but the country's colorful musical potpourri is firmly embedded in her DNA. For Sadeh, the confluence of Arabic, Eastern European and Mediterranean influences that resound throughout Israeli culture have provided the building blocks for her longstanding, UK-based ensemble The Voyagers on albums like ...

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Article: Album Review

Mike Collins: And Suddenly, Evening

Read "And Suddenly, Evening" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

Based in the Georgian splendour of the west of England town of Bath, pianist Mike Collins writes and plays music characterized by a melodic sensibility that seems to match his home town's air of respectability. Of course, the respectable surface of this Georgian town can readily hide an undercurrent of romance and powerful emotions--as Jane Austen ...

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Article: Album Review

Tubby Hayes: Symphony – The Lost Session

Read "Symphony – The Lost Session" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey

This newly unearthed archival recording took place on February 8th 1972 at The Hopbine, a public house and popular jazz venue in Wembley, on the northern outskirts of London and as with all Tubby Hayes' music, is of great historic importance. The gig happened just a few months after Hayes' comeback following heart valve ...


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