"Many brightly shining planets orbit the twin central star of Cluster (Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius). To be clear: as soloists Roedelius and Moebius have long since worked with all kinds of musicians whose congenial contributions add even...

"Dieter Moebius - one half of the legendary duo Cluster and the godfather of electronic krautrock - passed away in the summer of 2015. Bureau B are reissuing his final four solo albums. Following on from Blotch and Nurton, reissued in 2016, Kram and Ding now complete the quartet."

"If Dieter Moebius' previous album Kram was an irreverent mélange of bright synthetic textures, 2011's Ding might be considered Moebi's industrial album. There is a cyclical, mechanical feel to many of the pieces here...

"On the second album of his late solo work, 2006's Nurton, krautrock legend Dieter Moebius (1944-2015) searches for flaws and uses them as a creative impulse. As usual, he blithely ignores any mainstream expectations. In science, an experiment is defined as an attempt to methodically gain information by systematically varying parameters. The results then confirm or refute the hypothesis or the model of the experiment. In art, however, confirmation is not of interest. Far more exciting are the flaws. They...

"Atomic, the 2016 album by Scottish experimental rock legends Mogwai, is composed of reworked versions of the music recorded for the soundtrack to director Mark Cousins' acclaimed documentary Atomic: Living In Dread and Promise, which first aired on BBC Four last summer. Constructed entirely of archive film, Atomic is an impressionistic kaleidoscope of the horrors of our nuclear times - protest marches, Cold War sabre-rattling, Chernobyl and Fukishima - but also the sublime beauty of the atomic world...

"Meiningslaust Oppgulp (trans. "meaningless regurgitation") is a compilation of rare, limited and hard-to-find tracks from singles released between 2008 and 2011 by MoHa!. Out of Norway's super-fertile improv scene, MoHa! have boldly been leading the...

-{-hird full-length release from Norway's noise spastics MoHa!. The Wire has called them an "extremist hybrid between free improv, gutter electronics and darkwave scuzz," and they have elsewhere simply been proclaimed the future of Norwegian...

Three well known British players(Moholo-drums, Parker-saxes & Guy-bass) + African newcomers Pule Pheto-piano & Gibo Phetond bass. Variations of solos, duo, trios, quartet, & over 45 minutes by the full five piece band.

Alexander Hawkins-piano, John Edwards-bass, Louis Moholo-Moholo-drums, Jason Yarde-saxes.

"It’s the feeling that differentiates free jazz and its offshoots from every other species of contemporary western music: the sensation that the body and...

Marilyn Crispell, Piano / Louis Moholo-Moholo, Drums.

I was *at* this concert!
"Call it inspiration, magic or what you will. The music then takes on a larger aspect, one that is extremely vivid to the senses, but is fundamentally resistant...

This double CD presents two seperate sessions, both led by drummer Moholo. Spirits Rejoice is from 1978 and is an all-star Brit-jazz session (Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler, Nick Evans, Radu Malfatti, Keith Tippett, Johnny Dyani and Harry Miller), while Br...

Stan Tracey is probably the living (grand)father of modern British jazz; starting in the more typical post-bop style and as the house pianist at Ronnie Scott's internationally known club in London, by the late 60's, he was also playing a more adventuro...

The Molecules, brainchild of PAK, RonRuins member Ron Anderson, formed in 1990 in Oakland, CA and created a sound of discordant spazz-jazz-improvisational-rock that would later be recreated by bands such as Hella, Lightning Bolt, Upsilon Acrux & many...

"Fernando Molinari is a fantastic bassist, hailing from Brazil. The music here is heavy, progressive, instrumental fare. It reads like really well done shred, with some fusiony touches. Lead track, Tropical Rain reminds me of Canadian stalwarts, Spaced Out, as well as having some Meshuggah heaviness in parts. Guitar duties on this tune are handled by Andre Nieri, most recently seen on the Virgil Donati tour cycle. Trouble Tones is a driving, funky number, with a jaw-dropping bass solo. Fernando whips out...

They’re back and the riffs are harder hitting than ever!

“Only nine months after Hedvig Mollestad momentous debut solo album Ekhidna, the guitarist is back fronting her trio. With their previous album, Smells Funny, this explosive and expansive trio experienced a breakthrough of sorts, having gone from strength to strength through five albums since their 2011 debut Shoot!, gathering respect from both rock and jazz camps, sharing big stages with the likes of John McLaughlin and Black Sabbath...

Sixth great release from one of the greatest, most electrifying ‘jazz/not jazz’ bands out there today! Highly recommended.

“With Smells Funny being their sixth album in seven years, the explosive and expansive Hedvig Mollestad Trio have gone from strength to strength, gathering respect from both rock and jazz camps, sharing big stages with the likes of John McLaughlin and Black Sabbath, and being equally comfortable in jazz and rock clubs. Smells Funny sees Mollestad truly coming into her own...

“Hedvig Mollestad says her new album, Maternity Beat, is her most ambitious work to date, and that's not a proclamation to be taken lightly. Mollestad, after all, has been one of Norway's most adventurous and hardest-working musicians since the Molde International Jazz Festival named her the "Young Jazz Talent of the Year" in 2009.
Recorded with the 12-piece Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (who have previously worked with legends like Chick Corea and Joshua Redman), Maternity Beat is a sprawling double...

A classic of modern Irish folk music.

"The three most influential groups in traditional Irish music – The Bothy Band, Planxty, and The Chieftains – have only one man in common. He is Matt Molloy and this is his landmark solo album which shows...

Nils Petter Molvaer was first discovered and championed by ECM. He plays trumpet and electronics, releasing a post-millenium kind of fusion. You can hear Bitches Brew in here for sure, but you can also hear Jon Hassell's "Fourth World" sound, and also...

Brandon Terzic, oud/Ravish Momin, percussion/Sam Bardfeld, violin.

"This is a new Tarana. The trio recorded here includes violinist Sam Bardfeld and oud player Brandon Terzic occupying Jason Kao Hwang's and Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz's seats on...

“In recent years, Southern California has proved to be fertile ground for heavy psych, prog, and free rock. The amount of excellent bands growing out of the San Diego soil is simply unparalleled. Among the youngest generation of these bands are the five-piece Monarch, a band rooted in psychedelia and experimental prog, with a view towards broader horizons. There's something refreshing about Monarch's take on psychedelic rock: they aren't afraid to weave Allman Brothers-esque dual guitar lines with...

Chris Lamont: Drums
Dino Verginella: Bass
Ken Baird: Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Guitars on tracks 1 and 5, Recorder, Penny Whistle
Kelly Kereliuk: Guitar on "Twenty K"
Steve Cochrane: Guitars on "Moon to Follow"

Very good, predominately instrumental symphonic rock from a Canadian trio [with guitar / guest guitar on four of the five tracks] that is instrumentally evocative of Wind & Wuthering.
As they say, “effectively a “double album” of 74 minutes which fits onto one

Ben Monder - acoustic and electric guitar
Matt Brewer - acoustic - electric bass
Ted Poor - drums

“The idea of presenting a collection of arrangements of other composers' works had long been a goal for Monder, but one that until now had not been realized. In 2014, he was awarded a grant from The Shifting Foundation, and saw this as an opportunity to finally pursue this vision. For a few months he sequestered himself in an apartment in Saugerties, New York, and began the process of...

"This cd is a must have for every serious guitarist. Ben Monder takes electric guitar playing to heights that have never been reached before. His modern language and technique - both in composing and improvising -, although sometimes resemblant...

Ben Monder - guitars
Theo Bleckmann - voice (1-3, 1-4, 2-2, 2-3, 3-5)
Charlotte Mundy - voice (1-1, 3-2)
Emily Hurst - voice (3-5)
Theo Sable - voice (3-6)
Chris Tordini - bass (1-2, 2-2, 2-3)
Ted Poor - drums (1-2, 1-3)
Joseph Branciforte - drums (2-2)
Satoshi Takeishi - drums (1-1, 3-3)

For my money, Ben’s one of the greatest contemporary guitarists current running, with incredible chops, excellent ideas and a tone to die for.

“Though the

"Picking up where 2007's surprise release 'Fates" left off. Equilibrium is the second release from acoustic guitar genius and #1 Youtube sensation, Erik Mongrain. Features special guests Michael Manring and Bill Plummer. Recorded at Paul Reed Smith's...