Ramanan/Jackson/Thompson: Zubeneschamali
"Zubeneschamali," a title inspired by the brightest stars in the firmament, it would be a special adventure of cosmic observation, certainly an exploration not in line with musical convention, where the real musical references...
Antonio Bertoni: 1/2 h(our) drama
Joseph Beuys holds a special place in the history of those human "meteors" who did not have the right weight: in the sixties the equivalent in Europe of the spectacular and unconventional art-pop of...
Alberto Novello & Rob Mazurek – Sun Eaters
Italian, Trieste-based modular synth and light wizard Alberto Novello (a.k.a. JesterN) repurposes found or decontextualised analog devices to investigate the connections between light and sound in the form of contemplative installations and performances, in...
Tanja Feichtmair / Fredi Proll / Uli Winter: Trio Now!
"Trio Now!" is based on a strong charge of enthusiasm, with the conscious (but not identical) pride of the "now" of Max Roach's times (We insist!); we are on the border between free, abstract...
Irving Fine’s Twelve-tone Neoclassicism
Mid-20thcentury art music in America was largely dominated by twelve-tone composition. Other types of music were being composed, neoclassicism among them, but in the postwar years it was serial and other forms of composition...
Verhoeven/Lopes/Serries: Invincible Time
Invincible Time brings together three wilful free improvisers into the beautiful resonance of the Oude Klooster chapel in Brecht, Belgium. Partners in life and music - Belgian pianist Martina Verhoeven, who plays on the...
Potage du jour: Go South!
"Go south!" draws the potential of Franziska Baumann's voice, without distinctions, following a path entirely fortuitous: piano and sax (Christoph Baumann and Jurg Solothurnmann) provide an excellent and fantasious coverage of free jazz, useful...
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...
On Alberto Posadas’ poetics
Today, the need to find a poetics for our life does not seem to be part of our primary needs. It is something that has been increasingly overlooked after humanity has accelerated its ambitions...