Øyvind Brandtsegg: Persistent Disequilibrium

What is the virtuous path of a musician? The answer is obviously not univocal and admits several solutions, but certainly virtuosity must be interpreted, it cannot be seen only as the achievement of an...

Free improvised on the experimental side from the Barcelona scene

I deal with two improvisers from the Barcelona scene: Àlex Reviriego and Tom Chant. Catalan, Barcelona-based experimental double bass player-electronics player-label owner Àlex Reviriego is known for his role in the free improvising trios Phicus...

Ricardo Jacinto – SOLO

Portuguese, Lisbon-based Ricardo Jacinto is an experimental cellist, conceptual composer, sound artist and designer, and architect who thinks of solo free improvisation as an exploration of the relation between sound and space. He is...

Beyond the Machine with Gonçalo Gato

The focus of much of the music of Lisbon-born, London-based composer Gonçalo Gato (b. 1979) is on the incorporation of computer algorithms into the compositional process. To judge from the work included in NowState,...

Robert Erickson’s Orchestral Colors: Auroras & Other Works

I lavori orchestrali di Robert Erickson sono importanti per il modo con cui incarnano molti dei principi della composizione timbrica elaborati nel suo libro "Sound Structure in Music". I quattro pezzi orchestrali raccolti sul...

Two Argentinian cellists: Violeta García and Cecilia Quinteros

Two experimental Argentinian cellists from Buenos Aires - Violeta García and Cecilia Quinteros - keep exploring and expanding the sonic palettes of their instrument. Violeta García is a composer and curator now based in Bern,...

Gesture – Event – Structure

di Daniel Barbiero   In questo sito, del contrabbassista Daniel Barbiero ho già avuto modo di parlare (1). Residente a Washington DC, Daniel è uno dei più attivi ed oculati musicisti di quella zona, sempre proteso...

Zooom Trio: What’s for dessert

Zooom trio renews the feelings of the language of Davis's Bitches Brew, but changes two essential parameters: there is more space for freedom of the rhythm section and the climate of improvisation is immersed...

Mimmo, Mevel, Waziniak: Constellative Trio

The Constellative Trio is the improvising trio of French musicians Gaël Mevel and Thierry Waziniak, along with the Italian soprano saxophonist Gianni Mimmo. Although this self-titled album is their debut release as the Constellative...

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Peter Ablinger RIP

E' incommensurabile il contributo che Peter Ablinger (1959-2025) ha dato alla musica. Tutto ha un enorme valore nella sua vita e nel suo percorso...

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