Pierluigi Billone: Sgorgo Y . N . oO
A good analysis of the new cycle of Pierluigi Billone's compositions for electric guitar and effects, can be well comprehended by the words of guitarist Yaron Deutsch. In the inner booklet of the CD,...
Michael Wertmüller – Shlimazl für Sinfonieorchester und Bigband
Swiss drummer-percussionist-composer Michael Wertmüller has worked as a percussionist in the Bern Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam and as a drummer in high-octane free improving bands like Peter Brötzmann’s Full Blast,...
Michael McNeill – Barcode Poetry
American, Buffalo, New York-based pianist-composer-educator Michael McNeill’s projects range from reinterpretations of music by Thelonious Monk, the free improvising trio with veteran double bass player Ken Filiano and drummer Phil Haynes, and his Baltimore-based...
Stefano Leonardi & Antonio Bertoni: Fuoco Sacro
Fuoco Sacro (Sacred Fire) is the second duo album of Italian flutist Stefano Leonardi and cellist (and double bass player) Antonio Bertoni, following Viandes (Astral Spirits, 2021. The duo project was based on Leonardi's...
Gato Barbieri (1932-2016)
Although probably best known for his soundtrack to the 1972 Bernardo Bertolucci film Last Tango in Paris, tenor saxophonist Leandro “Gato” Barbieri, who died on April 2, was an innovator in fusing elements of...
Open String Minimalism or, What Is the Sound of One String Vibrating?
Il contrabbasso è stato in prima linea nello sviluppo delle risorse timbriche della musica d'arte contemporanea, messe a disposizione dei compositori ed esecutori in egual modo. Paradossalmente l'espansione dei mezzi per l'esplorazione timbrica del...
About angles, modules and geometric shapes: a focus on Anna Webber
It could be objected that an angular art is not the result of the intuition of modern times, but that it was already installed in the minds of many very ancient men, as a...
Acqua Pesante – Shaping the Time
The Italian-Portuguese free improvising trio Acqua Pesante (Heavy Water)—Italian no-input trombonist Carlo Mascolo, drummer Giacomo Mongelli, and Portuguese double bass player Hernâni Faustino—was casually formed in between gigs at the Italian Free Flow Fest...
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Festival Archipel 2025
Inutile ribadire come l'Archipel, uno dei principali festival di musica in Svizzera che si tiene a Ginevra, abbia modificato le sue vesti nel tempo....
