"The new 2 cd magnum opus by If, Bwana (Al Margolis) has been almost 3 years in the making. It is the first time he has composed works (usually with prerecorded sounds) specifically for another ensemble. Gilmore's Girls, Ringing (Ano)the(r) Bell, and...

"Consisting of 3 compositions, Tripping India is the 3rd If, Bwana release on Pogus. On this recording If, Bwana is joined by, among others, Paul Marotta (Styrenes/Electric Eels/Mirrors) on 3 Out of 4 Ain't Bad, a conceptual work for 3 different...

"Agartha, the debut full-length album by Japanese producer Wata Igarashi, is a mysterious, divine thing. Named for the mythical secret kingdom, understood as a complex maze of underground tunnels, perhaps designed by Martians who colonised the Earth tens of thousands of years ago, it’s a similarly mystical, perhaps even cosmic trip – but this time, exploring an inner, deeply personal cosmos. Beautifully detailed and bustling with rich incident, it takes Igarashi’s music to new places, which still...

"In 1972, the Stooges were near the point of collapse when David Bowie's management team, MainMan, took a chance on the band at Bowie's behest. By this point, guitarist Ron Asheton and bassist Dave Alexander had been edged out of the picture, and James Williamson had signed on as Iggy's new guitar mangler; Asheton rejoined the band shortly before recording commenced on Raw Power, but was forced to play second fiddle to Williamson as bassist. By most accounts, tensions were high during the recording of....

"The experimental guitar-driven musician collective, iH8 Camera (='i hate camera') from Antwerp, Belgium was formed by 2004, around the nucleus of the Love Substitutes. iH8 Camera performs rarely but frequently live and in changing line-ups and Trip In...

Wolf Dieter Strunz (organ, piano), Jochen Petersen (guitars, alto/tenor saxes, flute, clarinet, vocals), Manfred Schulz (guitar, vocals), Wolfgang Kracht (bass, vocals), Lorenz Köhler (vocals), Bernd Schröder (drums, percussion).

One and done German underground rock band from early 1971, with some jazz/rock band overtones & wonderful electric saxes that will make you smile if you love David Jackson in early VDGG, especially when the Hammond organ kicks in!

It was originally released on...

This is a pretty great piano release from a quietly inventive talent. Give a listen; it may surprise you!

“This album could easily have turned top-heavy. After all, here's a record which, in just under 40 minutes, covers anything from arabic scales to Japanese sounds, from free jazz references to concepts by Kari Ikonen's favourite painter Vasiliy Kandinsky. To realise his vision, Ikonen even personally developed a device allowing him to play micro-intervals on his piano. And yet, things turned...

"Kari Ikonen is not afraid of the light. His 'ultra-positive' afro-pop-jazz project Trio Toffa is living proof of that. Lately, however, his Finnish background seems to have drawn him to the wintertime and darker moods of the soul. Wind Frost & Radiation is a search for his roots, a quest for the Nordic qualities in music. Spaces of biting cold and horror, of inhumanity and transience - these are the fundamentals of the Ikonen Trio's third studio album. The contrast with the sensual late-night-jazz of...

“#entrainments is the latest album from bassist and composer James Ilgenfritz. The album features his European quartet, consisting of Köln-based saxophonist Angelika Niescier and cellist Nathan Bontrager, and Zürich-based percussionist Gerry Hemingway. #entrainments presents the first documentation of Ilgenfritz's new series of #entrainments compositions, which draw primarily on jazz, contemporary classical, and conceptual art practices. This system of compositions de-couples structure and intuition in...

“From Boston, but light years away from the excesses of the notorious Bosstown sound , Ill Wind are revered as one of America s best late 60s underground bands.
Mixing taut acid rock with gorgeous ballads, and featuring outstanding guitar interplay and the beautiful vocals of Connie Devanney, Flashes is rightly regarded as one of the key artefacts of US psychedelia.
Originally issued in the summer of 1968, and much bootlegged since, Sunbeam is delighted to announce its first proper reissue...

Mary Halvorson (guitar)
Tomas Fujiwara (drums)
Benoit Delbecq (piano, piano prepare)
Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet, flugelhorn)

This is 3/8ths of the great Living By Lanterns + Benoit! "Experimental and accessible music, a name revolutionary and royal. Four individuals, one ensemble!"

"Ian Jones has a knack for teaming up with quality singers. His past associations in various bands have set the bar high. I’d wager that Illuminae has arguably given that bar more than just a gentle nudge. More like a hefty shoulder charge from an uncompromising Italian defender. Nevermind the fact that the contributors include Steve Hackett (we”ll try to avoid putting ex-Genesis), John Helliwell (Supertramp), Troy Donockley (Nightwish), Craig Blundell (Steven Wilson and Steve Hackett band), Luke Machin....

Joe McPhee pocket trumpet & tenor saxophone
Pascal Niggenkemper double bass
Ståle Liavik Solberg drums and percussion

"A living legend of the open-form kind of jazz he plays since the Sixties, Joe McPhee is one of the most requested players of several musical fronts besides jazz, from Pauline Oliveros’ “deep listening” approach to new music to the free rock coalition formed by The Thing and Cato Salsa Experience (he played the music of Led Zeppelin with them), going through a...

Personel: Alípio C. Neto (ts), Els Vandeweyer (vib), Jean-Marc Charmier (t), João Hasselberg (b), Rui Gonçalves (d)

"If you still think jazz is an American music, think again. This is jazz indeed, and none of the artists involved was born on the...

“Impetus Group is Dirk Serries' big band formation. The band name naturally refers to the Latin meaning: urgency, driving force, but even more spiritually to the moving language and strength of each musician in the ensemble to realize this free improvisational music. Impetus group is also a tribute to the improvisation scene of the sixties and seventies, more specifically the London scene led by guitarist Derek Bailey with his Company group. The album title describes exactly what the music brings to the...

"This transatlantic jazz supergroup featuring Steve Swallow, Steve Rodby, Adam Nussbaum, Mike Walker and Gwilym Simcock returns with a highly anticipated second album of honest, joyful and humorous improvised music. Expect strong melodies and thrilling gr

"Imagine guitarist Pat Metheny's trio masterpiece, Day Trip (Nonesuch, 2007), add a pianist of commensurate genius, and you are banging on the disc's front door. It is that good."—Chris May, All About Jazz...

"In Gowan Ring is one of those bands that I first read about a long time ago in the Soleilmoon catalog. That was back during my "World Serpent" phase, when I was first getting to know the works of David Tibet, Douglas P, Steven Stapleton, et al. Now....

Valentin Ceccaldi-cello
Theo Ceccaldi-violin
Sylvain Darrifourcq-drums, percussion, zither
This very unique trio were the surprise killers of Rock In Opposition 2017. Is it avant-progressive rock? modern classical? jazz? Yes. I suppose it is. It's also really good and surprising!

"French drummer-percussionist Sylvain Darrifourcq describes Axel Erotic, his trio In Love With's debut album, as "the curves of the desire imprisoned somewhere, in a space with an implacably rectilin

"This is the second full-length release from In The Country, a Norwegian-based piano trio led by pianist Morten Qvenild (Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, Shining, Damp), along with bass player Roger Arntzen and drummer Pål Hulsken. Since their debut...

"Ambitious, epic and grand in scale, the third album by Norway's piano trio In The Country could very well be their magnum opus. Most of the music was performed and written as a thank you, as is the tradition, after leader Morten Qvenild (Susanna and...

Freaks? check! Creative? check! Influencial? check! Utterly uncommercial, even in their most popular heyday? check! The one 60's band who is probably the single largest influence on the new folk or "new weird America" scene? check and double check! Thi...

Here are the five albums that launched a hundred US freak folk bands: The Incredible String Band, The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion, The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, Wee Tam and The Big Huge.

"These 14 demos were recorded in early 1967 shortly before the making of the ISB's second album, The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion (though the liner notes speculate that "God Dog" might date from later than the other tracks). Only six of...