Joke Lanz & Petr Vrba – Mutants in Siberia

Czech experimental trumpeter-electronics player Petr Vrba (the founder of Prague Improvisation Orchestra with American double bass player George Cremaschi,  the dramaturgist for Alternativa festival in Prague and Radio DJ at Radio 1) and Swiss,...

Placebo Domingo – First Crash

Placebo Domingo is the wild, otherworldly alter-ego of the German, Cologne-based Philip Zoubek Trio, an electronic variant of the piano jazz trio. The prolific pianist Zoubek, the bandleader and the composer, leaves the piano...

Drank (Ingrid Schmoliner / Alexander Kranabetter – Breath in Definition

Austrian pianist Ingrid Schmoliner (who is also a vocalist and educator, known for her duo with master drummer Hamid Drake, and the sound-sculpting trio GRIFF with the Berlin-based percussionist Emilio Gordoa and bassist Adam...

Jean-Luc Hervé: Germination

In quella parte del mondo compositivo che ha una forte aderenza ai modelli acustici Jean-Luc Hervé occupa un posto speciale. Se analizziamo il suo pensiero ci rendiamo conto che non si tratta solo di...

Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg at Creative Sources R. + a concert with John Russell

Belgian vocal artist (and music reviewer) Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg has developed, as an autodidact, a unique form of vocal improvisation and extended vocal techniques, with almost three octaves, falsettos, harmonics, deep throat singing, yodels,...

I progetti Circles 44 e Panaleåke

Le mie riflessioni su un paio di progetti italiani di improvvisazione, ossia quelli del quartetto Circles 44 e del quartetto di Panaleåke. Il progetto Circles 44 giunge al suo secondo album intitolato In The Grip,...

Charlemagne Palestine & Seppe Gebruers – Beyondddddd The Notessssss

New York's legendary minimalist composer (who considered himself a maximalist), pianist, and visual artist Charlemagne Palestine (b. 1947) began his musical career as a 16-year-old carillonneur in the church directly across from the famous...

Fridolin Blumer – Anklam

Swiss, Zürich-based double bass player Fridolin Blumer works in the fields of modern jazz, free improvisation, and contemporary music. He says that his music is inspired by everyday life and seeks illiterate or musical...

Quentin Rollet & Jérôme Lorichon – Planisphère

French, Paris-based sax player and analog synth and phone apps player Quentin Rollet (and producer and founder of the legendary Rectangle Records, together with guitarist Noël Akchoté, and of Bisou Records) and modular synth...

Martina Verhoeven & Dirk Serries between Brecht and Café OTO

Belgian pianist-photographer (and bassist and mindfulness trailer) Martina Verhoeven began her career as a free improviser only seven years ago, most of the time joining the projects of her partner, prolific Belgian guitarist Dirk...

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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....

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