SPILL, Mycelium, Germany, Corvo Records, core 022 vinyl LP (2023) In 2022, Berlin-based duo SPILL (Magda Mayas on clarinet and
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Folk: free acoustic jazz improv with imagination, power and a wicked sense of humour
“A” Trio, Folk, Lebanon, Al Maslakh Records, MSLKH 025 limited edition vinyl LP (2022) Claiming to be the oldest free
Continue readingSymphony No. 107 – The Bard: cacophonous improvisational music reflecting the chaos and lack of purpose in modern Western society
MEV, Symphony No. 107 – The Bard, Australia, Black Truffle Records, BT104 vinyl LP (2023) Surprise, surprise, Black Truffle master
Continue readingAfar Ways: discovery of a virtuoso singer with a unique and idiosyncratic style
Yanna Momina, Afar Ways, Germany, Glitterbeat, GB131 CD (2022) In its own way, this album is very remarkable: it was
Continue readingReal: a grand work of rich soundscapes filled with sorrow and melancholy
Giulio Aldinucci, Real, Germany, Karl Records, KR096 cassette / vinyl LP (2022) Quite a busy and prolific artist with eight
Continue readingMiddle Eastern / North African and sub-Saharan West African musics come together in “Gnawa Music of Marrakesh: Night Spirit Masters”
Various Artists, Gnawa Music of Marrakesh: Night Spirit Masters, Germany, Zehra, zehra006 180 gram vinyl (reissued 2022) A very interesting
Continue readingThe Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab: homage to a major mid 20th-century Egyptian singer / composer filled with mystery and intrigue
Simon Shaheen, The Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Germany, Zehra, zehra008 vinyl LP (reissued 2022) This work of love and
Continue readingOmukade: a strange and wondrous journey through free-form death metal / jazz / grindcore
Ukakuja, Omukade, United Kingdom, Centipede Abyss, limited edition CD (2023) If the front cover artwork doesn’t put you off, you
Continue readingModern Sorrow: quiet minimalist electronic experimentation yields deep emotion and longing
Richard Youngs, Modern Sorrow, Australia, Black Truffle, BT101 vinyl LP (2023) English experimental folk / electronica musician Richard Youngs probably
Continue readingback,before: an improv dream world of lightness, beauty and wistful melancholy
Great Waitress, back, before, Australia, splitrec, splitrec30 CD (2022) Not for the first time and most certainly not for the
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