Formed in 2010 and featuring The Gloaming's Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (Hardanger d’Amore), Seán Mac Erlaine (clarinets & electronics), Nic Gareiss (percussive dance) and Petter Berndalen (drums), This is How We Fly is a contemporary folk group … [Read more...] about This is How we Fly: Foreign Fields
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Midori Takada: Through the Looking Glass
Born in 1951 in Tokyo, Midori Takada is a classically-trained composer and percussionist who was also influenced early on by free jazz, ambient and experimental music. The artist studied western minimalism while exploring African percussion … [Read more...] about Midori Takada: Through the Looking Glass
Hidden Orchestra: Archipelago
Traditional jazz drummers are usually only given a few bars to shine, and consequently these short solos are bursting with brilliant ideas and glimpses of pure rhythmic feel. I began to isolate and reprogram fragments of these rhythmic gems […] read … [Read more...] about Hidden Orchestra: Archipelago
Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana: Hungry ghost
American pianist Brad Mehldau and drummer Mark Guiliana have just released [amazon text=Mehliana: Taming the dragon&asin=B00GULA0TY], a fantastic electric duo recording for the Nonesuch record label. With Brad Mehldau on synthesisers, Fender … [Read more...] about Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana: Hungry ghost
Jan Garbarek: Knot of place and time
Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek released the marvellous [amazon text=In Praise of Dreams&asin=B0002IVZ2W] in 2004. More than a solo recording, the whole album works as a conversation between himself, American/Armenian violist Kim Kashkashian … [Read more...] about Jan Garbarek: Knot of place and time
Food: Moonpie
Food is an experimental jazz group formed in 1998 by Norwegian drummer and composer Thomas Strønen and UK saxophone player Iain Ballamy. Food originally recorded four albums as a quartet which included Norwegian musicians Arve Henriksen … [Read more...] about Food: Moonpie
