Pintura
1982 (Nils Okland, Sigbjorn Apeland, Oyvind Skarbo)
Modern, improvised chamber music from the trio 1982, comprising of fiddler Nils Økland and organist Sigbjørn Apeland (who together recently released a critically acclaimed homage to Norwegian violinist/composer Ole Bull on ECM) along…
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- Available on: Vinyl LP £16.19
Taking electro-fusion jazz to the next dimension is no easy job. But Tokyo-based futurists 9dw (Nine Days Wonder) aren’t afraid to gaze beyond the limits of the Milky Way, riding on a celestial quest toward a world where the atmosphere is analo…
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- Available on: Double vinyl LP £19.19
A superb double whammy wax hit this week from BR, the first of which is rotating right now. Acid Birds is the work of Andrew Barker (drums and percussion), Jaime Fennelly (harmonium and electronics) and Charles Wate…
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- Available on: Vinyl LP £4.99
Psycho Goulash is the second album from London based four piece band AGASKODO TELIVEREK. Sounding like a motorway pileup involving DEERHOOF, GOGOL BORDELLO and CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, AGASKODO produce a unique mashed-up style of guitar based music which c…
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Decades before the advent of 'World Music', bassist-composer Ahmed Abdul-Malik introduced Arabic music into jazz, creating a distinct, unique sound that was far beyond its time. Best known in jazz circles for his solid work with Randy Weston and T…
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Oud Vibrations brings together two complete albums from the late 1950s, which sit at the meeting point of eastern and western cultures, instruments and styles. Featuring Ahmed Abdul-Malik’s super rare ‘East Meets West’…
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In 2009 Family Vineyard released the first U.S. album by Japanese saxophone legend Akira Sakata in more than 20 years. That critically heralded release, Friendly Pants, was with Sakata’s long running rhythm crew Chikamorachi — drummer …
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- Available on: Vinyl LP £12.69
And that’s the story of jazz… Get it? Well, maybe you had to be there when legendary saxophonist Akira Sakata, guitarist Jim O’Rourke and bombast rhythm crew of percussionist Chris Corsano and double bassist Darin Gray (aka Chik…
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Alan Wilkinson's first solo release ‘Seedy Boy’ was on Bruce’s Fingers from 1994, which consisted of a collection of solo recordings made in a variety of situations over a number of years. ‘Practice’ on the other hand…
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Norwegian jazz is as vital as ever and one can but wonder where it all comes from. With ”Yonkers” Eyolf Dale (26) and André Roligheten (26) are already three albums into their career and showing a maturity in writing and playing…
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Format: LP / WHITE vinyl (in clear plastic sleeve with RED lettering) – ltd. ed. 500 copiesCatalogue: B144
Track listing
Side A:
1. In Heart Only 2. Spirits
Side B:
1. Holy Fa…
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Format: LP / GREY vinyl (in clear plastic sleeve with BLUE lettering) – ltd. ed. 500 copies
Catalogue: B145
Tracklisting
Side A: 1. Truth Is Marching In 2. Universal Message Side B: …
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The son of a prominent Nicaraguan politician, Alfonso Noel Lovo was a choice target for the Sandinista rebels who hijacked his homeward flight from Miami in December of 1971, ultimately putting several rounds through the talented musici…
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- Available on: Vinyl LP £17.29, CD £13.29
"Unemployed", Alog´s fifth album, was recorded in a wide range of spaces and places. From recordings of Haugan and Eide as street musicians in San Francisco while touring, to scavenging old collections of 78-records in the mining town of Bj&…
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- Available on: Vinyl LP box set £47.29, CD £12.09
Imikuzushi
Ambarchi/O'Rourke/Haino
This gets an extra star for Jim O'Rourke's cardigan on the inside sleeve but my, isn't he looking old? Obviously faffing around in Tokyo making unlistenable noise is putting years on that che…
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Take Off!
Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra
Whoever claims to have heard anything like this before must be lying..The twenty-piece ANDROMEDA MEGA EXPRESS ORCHESTRA, led by 25-year-old Berlin based composer Daniel Glatzel, set off a firework of energy, musicality and fresh ideas and juggle g…
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- Available on: Vinyl LP £14.19
Well the previous two soundtracks released by this chap have evaded my ears although I have heard them in the context of their particular allocated celluloid journeys, the score …
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- Available on: CD £9.39, Double vinyl LP £16.89
Originally released as two separate LPs on Blue Note and recorded at Manhattan Towers on March 7, 1957, NYC, this LP was the brain child of Art Blakey and founder of Blue Note Records, Alfred Lion. Although Blue Note recorded some of the biggest n…
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- Available on: Double vinyl LP £22.59
To coincide with the release of ‘Les Stances a Sophie’ for the first time on DVD, Soul Jazz reissue the Art Ensemble Of Chicago’s legendary soundtrack on CD & limited deluxe gatefold vinyl.The album and DVD features the epi…
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