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"Pinkcourtesyphone, the ongoing project by Los Angeles-based sound artist Richard Chartier (b.1971), sends a new coded message of sumptuous distant drones and glacial orchestral heart-rendings. Poised and polished - slow motion pulsations tug at your emotions (but only a portion of them). For those listeners desirous of the output of The Caretaker, Angelo Badalamenti, William Basinski, and other such dark wistful wonderment. Pinkcourtesyphone is dark but not arch, with a slight hint of humor - amorphous...

Pinski Zoo celebrate 25 years of kicking down the barriers and sticking doggedly out for individualism with a new double album - "After Image" - is a collection of live tracks from tours between 2003 - 2005, mixing their new material with classic upda...

Live recordings from Austria, New York and England by this UK quartet of saxes, synths/samples, bass & drums. The track from NYC was recorded at the Knitting Factory the same night that Curlew recorded "The Hardwood". "Shows how exciting a band like Pi...

Alberto Pinton baritone & alto saxophone, clarinet & bass clarinet
Niklas Barnö trumpet
Torbjörn Zetterberg bass
Konrad Agnas drums

"The Italian, but living in Sweden, saxophonist and clarinetist Alberto Pinton continues to explore the post-bop heritage of the Sixties with his new album, “Opus Facere”, stretching it to include what is coming after free jazz in a non-conformist attitude. The name of his quartet, Noi Siamo (meaning We Are in English) has “This is Our Music” (because.

Alberto Pinton, baritone saxophone and clarinet/Jonas Kullhammar, tenor and baritone saxophone/Torbjörn Zetterberg, double bass/Kjell Nordeson, drums and vibraphone.

"Jazz turns open and flexible again with this quartet. The music follows the...

Mats Gustafsson, tenor saxophone
Ken Vandermark, clarinet, tenor saxophone
Fredrik Ljungkvist, clarinet, tenor and baritone saxophone
Guillermo Gregorio, clarinet, alto saxophone
Jeb Bishop, trombone
Per-Äke Holmlander, tuba
Joe Morris, guitar
David Stackenäs, guitar
Sten Sandell, piano
Jim Baker, ARP synthesizer, piano
Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello
Kent Kessler, bass
Johan Berthling, bass
Michael Zerang, drums, percussion
Raymond Strid, drums

“In Side is a collection combining newly composed pieces and material that I've been performing live for many years. I have long been a fan of solo guitar recordings that do not shy away from the use of overdubbing (John Abercrombie - Characters, Sonny Sharrock - Guitar, Bill Frisell - Ghost Town) and have always wanted to create a release using this approach.
In Side was recorded at my home in Washington, DC during the Summer of 2020 and was mixed and mastered by Mike Reina at The Brink in...

Anthony Pirog – guitar and electronics
Michael Formanek – acoustic and electric bass
Ches Smith – drums, percussion and electronics

“[Pocket Poem] is AAA+++
Best guitar album of the year so far; he did everything right.
I am super impressed.” – Henry Kaiser

“Anthony Pirog’s work is otherworldly – feverish in its delivery and interstellar in its complexity – but his feet have long been planted on the ground in Washington DC...

“This is a solo / noise guitar recording”

A side of Anthony that DC folks know but folks who only know his records haven’t heard. I first encountered him in DC at the late, lamented Sonic Circuits shows, playing closer to this...!!

"Both solo and as a member of many groups (including The Messthetics and Janel & Anthony), Anthony Pirog is a wide-ranging guitarist, capable of solid rock riffs, free-flying improv, and all kinds of textural experiments. But he’s rarely been as all-out noisy...

"[Palo Colorado Dream] covers a sprawling musical terrain–avant jazz, atmospheric soundscapes, earthy Americana, math-rock...with an arsenal of effects hardware and studio production techniques..." – JazzTimes...


"Channeling Serge Gainsbourg through the lens of Hassidic porn and the loving erection of the soul, Pissuk Rachav is the bastard child of Holy Land poetic visions and Brahmachari Circus Music. Marimba, ney, theremin, drums and voice weave a remarkably...

Pitom are one of my favorite Tzadik bands, and that's really saying something when you have a catalog as strong as they do. I saw them open for Gutbucket at a tiny little club in VA a few years ago and I didn't even connect them...

"Bayou Electric is the final installment in an unplanned trilogy, with Feel Free and Bridges making up the first and second installments in the series, respectively. All three works share similar characteristics, compositional processes, alternate tuning schemes, instrumentation, and a certain ethos that the composer views as cohesive whole. There is a progression toward refinement over the course of this trilogy, in the overall sound of the albums and in their dependence on other musicians to realize....

Quite splendid release of long, slow Terry-Riley influenced drone/minimalistic works by a real band. If you enjoy this sort of very long form, patience-required work, this is probably the best thing I've heard of its kind this year!...

Chris Pitsiokos-alto sax

“This is Pitsiokos' second solo saxophone release for Relative Pitch. His first one, "Speak in Tongues" was a tribute to his forbears on the horn. On "Art of the Alto" Pitsiokos stakes his claim to stand amongst them.”

Chris Pitsiokos alto saxophone
Brandon Seabrook electric guitar
Tim Dahl electric bass
Weasel Walter drums
"With only 26 years of age, alto saxophonist Chris Pitsiokos is the face of the new generation of musicians who are changing the New York scene. Wild, fierce and raw, his personal playing style is making waves all around, and it’s not a real surprise to find in his Unit some of the most adventurous figures active in the frontier between jazz and rock, namely Brandon Seabrook...

“This new kid on the block saxophonist often works solo and gets a lot of attention. Pitsiokos' saxophone draws equal measure from Peter Brotzmann, John Zorn and Ornette Coleman. His sound has the Brotzmann lung capacity, the Zorn fluttered notes and the blues tinge of Coleman. This one was recorded live in New Haven CT in January 2019.”

Chris Pitsiokos alto saxophone, wind controller, sampler, analog synthesizer
Sam Lisabeth guitar
Tim Dahl electric bass on tracks 4, 6, 9, 10
Henry Fraser electric bass on tracks 1-3, 5, 7, 8
Jason Nazary drums and electronics on 4, 6, 9, 10
Connor Baker drums on 1-3, 5, 7, 8

"Chris Pitsiokos is indeed what everybody says about him: the most representative face of a new generation of musicians commited to change the New York jazz scene. Or the New York rock scene..

Chris Pitsiokos alto saxophone
Susana Santos Silva trumpet
Torbjörn Zetterberg double bass

"When the music we call jazz continues to reveal a number of new values with the surprising qualities of Chris Pitsiokos, Susana Santos Silva and Torbjorn Zetterberg, you have the final confirmation: this musical genre is in very good health these present days. And when musicians like the ones reunited in “Child of Illusion” distinguish themselves on the scene, you can only hope to find them in..

''La Piva Dal Carner is the name of a bagpipe of the Emilian Apennine. Beside the bagpipe, the instrumentation sees the presence of voices, hurdy-gurdy, two rows melodeon and modern ones like guitar, double-bass and saxophones to perform the rich tradi...

''La Piva Dal Carner is the name of a bagpipe of the Emilian Apennine. Beside the bagpipe, the instrumentation sees the presence of voices, hurdy-gurdy, two rows melodeon and modern ones like guitar, double-bass and saxophones to perform the rich tradi...

"...a quirky, catchy blend of pop hooks and jazz-centric soloing...it's rare for a group so young to emerge with such a fully formed and distinctive concept, but Pixel seems to have accomplished just that." – AllAboutJazz...

Pixel, the powerhouse indie-jazz ensemble from Norway, makes an indelible first impression with Reminder. Led by bassist, vocalist and composer Ellen Andrea Wang, the band also features drummer Jon Audun Baar, saxist...

"... one of the most memorable moments of the [Match and Fuse Festival]." – DownBeat

"Jazz doesn't usually equate to instant enjoyment or accessibility, but this Norwegian quartet...is great fun. Bassist/bandleader Ellen...

"ANTONIO PAOLO PIZZIMENTI's new album presents his soundtrack for the theatre work Chimera, taken from Sebastiano Vassalli's novel "La Chimera", starring Lucilla Giagnoni and produced by Teatro Giacosa, Ivrea. The album comprises sixteen inspired and...

Japanese-only CD release of the second album (of three) by this now quite legendary and retroactively hip Belgian jazz/rock band! There have been compilations out of their work before, but this is the first time that their albums have been legitimately...

Japanese-only CD release of the first album (of three) by this now quite legendary and retroactively hip Belgian jazz/rock band! There have been compilations out of their work before, but this is the first time that their albums have been legitimately released in full on CD.

Marc Moulin was a Belgian keyboardist/producer who has had great success and influence as a electro-pop star with Telex in the early 1980s and now as someone who has had a lot of samples used and done production for newer....

FINALLY released on CD. It’s short, but it’s pretty damn great.

“The first ever live performance and recording by Marc Moulin's sought-after jazz-funk band Placebo, captured at Casino Kursaal during the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1971 and never released before. June 17th, 1971, the Montreux Riviera, its delightful microclimate and postcard scenery, its fabled music history and the luscious wines of the region. A dream setting for Marc Moulin to lead his ensemble on a 26-minutes+ jazz adventure ...

Planet X was an instrumental rock supergroup, founded by keyboardist Derek Sherinian and drummer Virgil Donati in addition to a number of revolving players, depending on the album. Other featured artists here included Brett Garsed, Allan Holdsworth, Jimmy Johnson, Tony MacAlpine, Dave Larue, and Tom Kennedy.
They were active for a decade, releasing three studio albums and a live album, each with a variety of guest musicians and oft-changing lineups.
This is all of their releases; 3 studio albums.

As long-time fans of the 'Canterbury School' style of jazz/rock, a very appealing, very English, sometimes slightly whimsical blend of electric jazz with complex rock have sadly learned, this style and sound is rarely invoked nowadays...

Stupendous bass and drums duo taking the "Ruins" esthetic and doing even more with it. They are touring with Ahleuchatistas in July, which is how we heard about them. Short, fast, dynamic and different!

"Planets is a dynamic bass and drums duo...

Quite entrancing spacey/psych released in a DVD case in a limited edition of 500 copies. The label calls it psych-folk, but this is pretty much a rock band as far as I am concerned. No matter what you call it, it's excellent, especially the almost 20'...

Improvisationen, Konzepte, Kompositionen von Mani Planzer mit seinem MorschAchBlasOrCHester. This is a very obscure release from the excellent German jazz/new music label Sound Aspects, which has been out of business for over a decade. I suspect that t...

"New release on CD from the masters of American Psych punk. This one finds Chicago's Plastic Crimewave Sound taking a more song oriented take on psychedelia after their double album adventure, No Wonderland. Mind burning guitars mix with throbbing...

One of the band's better known titles, at least here in the USA, as this was the 2nd of two releases to come out in Canada, and it was relatively well distributed here. A good one

Legendary Czechoslovakian underground band who were jailed & banned many,many times in their lifetime.

"Recorded in late 1983 & finished in January, 1984, this studio recording was intended for release in Canada, but that plan...

"The Plastic People of the Universe are back with a new album entitled Maska za maskou [The Mask behind the Mask], their first release in nearly a decade, and the first written since the death of their previous lead songwriter Milan “Mejla” Hlavsa...

Legendary Czechoslovakian underground band who were jailed & banned many,many times in their lifetime. "Recorded in late 1983 & finished in January, 1984, this studio recording was intended for release in Canada, but that plan never reached fruition......

"The long-awaited title extends cooperation with sculptures of the Agon Orchestra. Monumental concert I walked around the field follows the same pet project of Plastic People of 1979, How then will be dead and whose only public performance took place...

Legendary Czechoslovakian underground band who were jailed & banned many many times in their lifetime during the 70's and 80's, only to emerge triumphant when the wall fell and their old friend, Vaclav Havel, became President of the country! Originally...

“An archival release of early singles, formative demos, and unreleased songs from the first recording sessions by this seminal Milwaukee psych band, Mink Dress and Other Cats is a great way to discover (or rediscover) Plasticland. One of the great neo-psych bands of the '80s, the quartet, led by singer/songwriters Glenn Rehse and John Frankovic, was occasionally dismissed as fashion-conscious lightweights due to their sartorial obsessions, but the records themselves are glorious blends of Syd Barrett...

“Hard-to-find band-authorized CD version of the 1984 debut album from these neo-psychedelic greats—pure 1960s influenced psychedelic/garage magic, a trip not to be missed for any reason!
This Milwaukee band released some of the most interesting psychedelic records of the 1980s. Leader Glenn Rehse's songwriting talents combined with fine musicianship from the band to create some old-fashioned songwriting at a time when it was decidedly out of style. Plasticland's acid-drenched neo-psychedelic sound...

Xavier Charles clarinet
Katrine Schiøtt cello
Jan Martin Gismervik drums
Jonas Cambien piano, casio SK1

"Flux Reflux is the second recorded outing of this improvising quartet, and the first one for Clean Feed. While Platform’s first album Anthropocene, was recorded right after the French clarinetist Xavier Charles joined three young musicians from Oslo to form a quartet, Flux Reflux is the result of several years of live experience.
The album consists of 6 acoustic, improvised

Joe Williamson, bass / Ken Vandermark, tenor sax / Magnus Broo, trumpet / Michael Vatcher, drums / Steve Swell, trombone.

"Ken Vandermark can be a musician of many projects, but even the name "Platform 1" indicates that this is not...

The trio formed at Havana's Plaza Jazz Festival, with Steve Waterman, trumpet, flugelhorn and electronic valve instrument; George Haslam, baritone sax. and tarogato; Robin Jones, congas and shakere. A progamme of mostly standards in free Latin form, co...

“A third collection of previously unreleased recordings by this late 1960’s British psychedelic band fronted by Peter Dunton, who went on to form the legendary band T2. Dunton was a key figure in UK psychedelia, founding or playing a key role in many important bands. In brief, here’s Dunton’s pedigree: Neon Pearl (1967), Please (1967) and (1969), Flies (1968), Gun (1969), T2 (1969-1972), and Infinity (1969-70).
This release follows on from two other superb albums of unreleased music by Please, "1968...

(UK) W/ T. Tomkins/J. Clyne.

The Paul Plimley Trio seeks to expand the dimensions of composed and improvised music making. This recording focuses on the elements of beauty, rhythm, and the diversity of ways in which piano, bass and drums can create telling textures and how the lead..

Paul Plimley Piano, Voice / Barry Guy Bass, Voice / Lucas Niggli Drums, Voice.

"In the spring of 2012, during a tour of Europe, Plimley, Guy and Niggli recorded this album at a studio session in the "Loft" in Cologne, Germany. Barry Guy and...