Audio restoration and digital mastering of 1951 "The New Sounds From Boston With Charlie Mariano And His Groups " (Prestige 130) and of 1953 "Boston All Stars " (Prestige 152)

“I titled the album ‚Vernacular‘ because I focused solely on production and sound quality, drawing inspiration from vernacular art, as a self-taught and artisanal approach in the noblest sense of the term“, Blake Reyes explains. „The musical references can primarily be found in Jeff Mills and his Millsart project, and more broadly in the works of composers like Bruno Nicolai, Piero Umiliani, Piero Piccioni, Brian Bennett, John Cameron, and even Raymond Scott. For ... read more

"CLASSICA ORCHESTRA AFROBEAT is an italian chamber 14-piece ensemble, conducted by MARCO ZANOTTI. It creates a border land that combines the sounds and expressive peculiarities of the instruments of the European classical tradition as strings, woodwinds and harpsichord with percussion, chants and African polyrhythms"

This Eva-Maria Karbacher's first solo album offers an insight into her musical world through three freely improvised soprano saxophone solos.
She has developed a unique style that combines technical precision with creative expression. The improvisations are both intimate and powerful and show Karbacher's ability .

"The upcoming coveted 35-track compilation places Luke alongside legends Frankie Knuckles, Masters at Work and DJ Gregory, presenting a musical journey of un-edited and un-mixed tracks from the producer’s illustrious three-decade career. From his ground-breaking work as part of the legendary Powerdance collective, ‘A Safe & Happy Place’, to his work with Justin Harris as Freaks, with their single ‘The Creeps’ catapulting them into the UK charts, ... read more

"Reconfiguring the Landscape was an artistic research project investigating how 3-D electroacoustic composition and sound-art can evoke and provoke a new awareness of our outdoor sound environment.

The integration of art and technology was central to the investigation that focused on sound, space, time and the utility of outdoor areas. The ideas were tested in artistic creations, and during a three-year period Natasha Barrett created a series of site-specific, outdoor sound installations. ... read more

"There is hardly any art of the German Middle Ages that is still as important today as the Minnesang — the Middle High German poetry of courtly love. Ensemble Céladon and Paulin Bündgen explore the poetic and musical tradition of the Minnesänger or "singers of love".

Like the Occitan troubadours and the trouvères of northern France, the Minnesänger celebrated courtly love and gave medieval German its letters of nobility. These "singers of ... read more

The Cantoría ensemble present their own interpretation of the famous Ensaladas by Mateo Flecha "El Viejo", masterpieces of the Spanish Renaissance polyphony.

Progressive rock meets the punk/new wave era. A hidden gem.

"For Böser Herbst, Thomas Fehlmann returns to the sediment of ages, drawing from a similar lexicon of sounds to that used on 2018’s ‘1929 – Das Jahr Babylon’. Like that album, Böser Herbst was produced as the soundtrack to a documentary made by Matthias Luthardt, ‘Herbst 1929, Schatten Über Babylon’, which offers historical insight to the third season of the television series Babylon Berlin. It adds yet another string to the bow of this ... read more

"Nearly 30 years after Kids’ seismic release, Music For KIDS—a deluxe reissue of The Folk Implosion’s original compositions that soundtracked Larry Clark’s and Harmony Korine’s 1995 cult classic film—compiles for the first time all of the songs the duo of Lou Barlow (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr.) and John Davis wrote for the movie, newly remastered, including the surprise Top 40 hit single “Natural One,” B-sides and previously unreleased ... read more

"Born in 1990, pianist Elias Stemeseder has become a creative force of contemporary jazz in recent years. Based primarily in New York since 2015, the Austrian-born pianist has made a name for himself in a wide variety of advanced improvisational contexts. Up to now, Stemeseder has been content to work as a sideman, though all those familiar with his work in the Jim Black Trio will know that he is a musician of remark - able skill, flair and imagination. His diverse playing ranges from song ... read more

"After seven albums spearheading Hedvig Mollestad Trio (still very much active!) and three solo albums, the guitarist is here introducing a brand new, exciting trio while breaking some new ground in the process. Ståle Storløkken (keys) is known from Supersilent and Elephant9, while Ole Mofjell (drums) is part of a young generation making waves on the European improscenes. Weejuns is a solid step into shimmering, hardcore improvisation and breathtaking instrumental interplay, ... read more

"Half Baroque, half contemporary, half French, half British: that is the challenge taken up here by Franck-Emmanuel Comte and Le Concert de L’Hostel Dieu. This recording presents in the same programme pieces by Lully and by Purcell, together with contemporary creations by the Frenchman David Chalmin, inspired by Purcell, and by the British composer Martyn Harry, inspired by Lully. Both contemporary composers combine the sounds of Baroque instruments with their own expression, thus ... read more

Jazz Band – Advancing on a Wild Pitch: 81
Rock Band – Unspeakable Garbage: 77
Dance Band – Acceleration Due to Gravity 85

"Bassist Moppa Elliott is best known as the leader of the surrealistic jazz group, Mostly Other People Do The Killing, but his musical universe, encompassing work with symphony orchestras and new music ensembles, stretches much farther than that band's frantic music. This is reflected in this 2 CD set of Elliott leading three different types of ... read more

"Harps and synthesized beats all have a home here; and it feels futuristic in a way that reminds me of Ursula LeGuin and Todd Barton’s Music And Poetry Of The Kesh: synthesizer based folk music as the imagined legacy of a future indigenous culture. "[WIRE Sep 2023, p.67]

Credibile jangle pop venato di post-punk. Ottimo.

"[...] una band che non ha certo inventato la ruota ma che al momento sa farla girare come pochi altri"
Fabio Polvani - Blow Up

At the turn of the ‘90s, British dance music gave birth to two interconnected styles that put heavy sub-bass front and centre: bleep techno and breakbeat hardcore. Such was their popularity that the styles inspired countless imitations and mutations, both within the UK and far beyond.

This is the story told in a major new retrospective from Musique Pour La Danse, Bleeps, Breaks + Bass, a carefully curated and well-informed collection of rare and sought-after tracks from the early ... read more

The Quietus Album of the Week 15th June 2023

"Philip’s laugh was infectious. Our conversations would usually begin with exchanges around the enthusiasm we had for each other’s work and the respect we shared for other Touch artists. However, as we were most likely to have met over drinks at the Philharmonic Dining Rooms in Liverpool the evening would gradually dissolve into convivial disarray. What did emerge from these soirées over recent years was a desire to find ways ... read more