Igbó Alákọrin (a phrase in Yoruba which can be loosely translated as The Singer’s Grove) is the realization of pianist David Virelles’s long-held dream to document the under-sung musicians of his birthplace, Santiago de Cuba. Virelles, who was named the #1 Rising Jazz Pianist in the 2017 Downbeat Critics Poll, is one of the most in-demand pianists on the contemporary jazz scene, recording with the likes of Henry Threadgill, Chris Potter, and Tomasz Stanko. He also has four prior releases under his own...

"Recorded in Switzerland, in the family home of longtime friend and collaborator Misha Hering within the domesticity and gentle routine of communal life, the album represents a world as predisposed to solemn introspection as it is to blithe conviviality.
Ecstatic Arrow borrows from the heterogeneous terrain of The Flying Lizards Fourth Wall, the exuberant technology assisted pop of Yellow Magic Orchestra and the playful sophistication of Lizzy Mercier Desclouxs Press Colour, arriving at the...

Henryk Karlowski - Synthesizer [ARP], Electric Piano [Rhodes], Piano [Acoustic], Keyboards
Juraj Galan - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer
Udo Kistner – Bass
Clemens Schuster – drums, cello
Wilson de Oliveira – Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Alto Recorder, Bass Clarinet

This was the third of four albums released by this fusion band of the mid to late 70s, comprising Czech, Polish and German musicians. Their albums were released on Bacillus in Germa

Previously unreleased live recording in quite good sound for the time period (April 28th, 1973) by this band who started their life as a cross between Krautrock and spacerock, but, by this time, had metamorphosed into a more hard-rock/progressive style...

“Serenitatem, the fifteenth installment of FRKWYS, joins VisibleCloaks with Yoshio Ojima and Satsuki Shibano, two trailblazers of the Japanese avant-garde music and visual arts scenes of the 1980s and 90s. While the music excels on an environmental level, serenitatem aims to be more than that, burning away the easy cynicism of the day and presenting itself as the kind of delocalized work of art the internet promised us decades ago - a synthesis of artistic visions, technological sophistication, futurist...

Very good, somewhat out of time, fusion release from 1978 featuring English and American players that has never seen a reissue in the 45 years since it came out...until NOW!
“In the midst of the chaotic energy of the punk and new wave movement in London at the end of the 1970s, a group of young experimental musicians burst onto the scene with their debut album. Creating a unique blend of jazz, prog rock and electronic music counter to the culture of the day , Visitor 2035 were improvisational, iconic..

“This is the first four Steve Smith & Vital Information albums in a four CD set. Originally recorded for Columbia Records, the albums have been newly mastered from original 1/4" masters & sound far better than the original releases. Two bonus tracks included.
Featured players: Steve Smith, Tim Landers, David Wilczewski, Mike Stern, Dean Brown, Barry Finnerty, Frank Gambale, Andy Narell, Tom Coster, Jay Oliver, Lenny Castro, Mike Fisher & Armando Peraza.”

Miroslav Vitous Bass
John Surman Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet
John Taylor Piano
Jon Christensen Drums

“This quartet was the primary context for the Czech bassist Miroslav Vitous’s creativity in the late 70s and early 80s.
“Like Mingus, Vitous is a real leader from the bass, and the music is all the stronger for it” – Gramophone.
With three excellent writers in the line-up (John Surman and John Taylor as well as the leader) the quartet had a

Claudio Dantas / Drums, Percussion
Eduardo Aguillar/ Keyboards, Bass
Luiz Zamith / Guitars
Marcus Moura / Flutes

Vitral is a new combination of four Brazilian musicians, two of whom are known from their work with Bacamarte (Marcus) and Quaterna Requiem (Markus). This is very straightforward, instrumental, symphonic progressive rock.
"Brazilian prog band Vitral are very good at what they do. What they do might not be considered “reinventing prog” but that’s okay with me. They pla

Keith Gladysz-vocals (Diet Kong, Typical Reptiles)
Karl Demata-guitars, synths, programming (ex-Crippled Black Phoenix)
Elisa Montaldo -keyboards and synths (Il Tempio Delle Clessidre)
Chris Heilmann-bass (ex-Crippled Black Phoenix, Bernie Torme', Shark Island)
Mattias Olsson-drums & keyboard (ex-Änglagård. White Willow, Necromonkey)

"Vly began as strangers sending 1's and 0's across the Atlantic Ocean. British based guitarist Karl Demata had a vague idea and a few demos, when.

One doesnt normally think of the tuba as a sexy, dark electronic instrument, fronting a megalithic industrial soundscape band. Here Michael Vogt, lead tuba player with the Berlin Symphony orchestra, seems to have done just that. One very childish trace...

“This is an anthology of folk songs produced by Topic Records containing recordings of traditional singers and musicians from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The traditional singers and musicians were celebrities within their own community but the majority were unknown to the world at large until the 1950s and 60s when collectors arrived with portable tape recorders. A few of them recorded enough material for an entire album, [but] most are only known for a couple of songs.
In a few...

“This is an anthology of folk songs produced by Topic Records containing recordings of traditional singers and musicians from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The traditional singers and musicians were celebrities within their own community but the majority were unknown to the world at large until the 1950s and 60s when collectors arrived with portable tape recorders. A few of them recorded enough material for an entire album, [but] most are only known for a couple of songs.
In a few...

“This is an anthology of folk songs produced by Topic Records containing recordings of traditional singers and musicians from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The traditional singers and musicians were celebrities within their own community but the majority were unknown to the world at large until the 1950s and 60s when collectors arrived with portable tape recorders. A few of them recorded enough material for an entire album, [but] most are only known for a couple of songs.
In a few cases.

“This is an anthology of folk songs produced by Topic Records containing recordings of traditional singers and musicians from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The traditional singers and musicians were celebrities within their own community but the majority were unknown to the world at large until the 1950s and 60s when collectors arrived with portable tape recorders. A few of them recorded enough material for an entire album, [but] most are only known for a couple of songs.
In a few cases.

Elliott Sharp : guitare électrique, électroniques
Colin Stetson : saxophones basse, ténor et alto
Billy Martin : batterie, percussion
Payton Macdonald : marimba, vibraphone et gyil (xylophone africain)
Enregistré au 39e Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville le 20 mai 2023.

“The quartet sounded like they had been working together for many years. Everyone got to solo and stretch out at some point and all four members shined at different times. This was a..

"An expanded reissue of Voigt/465's 1979 album Slights Spoken, titled Slights Still Unspoken (1978-1979). Formed in Sydney in 1976, Voigt/465 was a truly unique band from the exciting days of the Australian post-punk scene.
Heavily influenced by such luminaries as the Velvets, Stooges, Syd Barrett, Pere Ubu, Can, Faust, Henry Cow, Slapp Happy, and Eno's Roxy Music, they created an abrasive sound in which krautrock, DIY, avant-garage, post-punk, psych, art-rock, and free improv-noise combined to...

These guys have been kicking around for a long time, releasing a number of records, but this is the first time I have been able to really hear them. This is great and all I can say is, man, if you have been missing This Heat, this will bring a big...

Jan Erik Vold – spoken word
Jan Garbarek – tenor sax
Terje Rypdal – guitar
Bobo Stenson – keyboards
Arild Anderson – bass
Jon Christensen – drums

Jan Erik Vold is a Norwegian poet, writer, translator and spoken word performer, born 1939 in Oslo. Vold has recorded several poetry + albums (starting with 1969's Briskeby Blues and extending to the present day) in collaboration with Norwegian jazz musicians.
This is a strikingly rare album, reissued and issued on CD for th

Heavy instrumental quartet from Argentina playing a keyboard dominated progrock with the heaviest fusion influences as well. Even though the keyboardist is the leader and dominates, there's some hot shredding from the guitars too. Maybe most comparable to Liquid Tension Experiment.

“Electronic musician Adelbert Von Deyen's debut and sophomore album were released just a year apart from each other. Sternzeit was followed by Nordborg, which featured only one track on each side. Again, Von Deyen took his time crafting a meditative maelstrom of ambient sounds. Von Deyen's debut album Sternzeit had caused quite a stir in 1978 in his home town of Lübeck, where the unconventional young artist found himself inundated with fan mail and booked for autograph sessions. His contract with Sky...

"What are the differences and similarities between human and artificial sound, between oscillations generated by vocal cords and synthesizer voices, voltage amplified by speakers? On Silencio, Moritz von Oswald works with a 16-voice choir to explore this concept. Drawing from the ensemble works of long-standing inspirations Edgard Varèse, György Ligeti, and Iannis Xenakis, von Oswald and Vocalconsort Berlin delve into the space between sounds, creating a deeply textured collection that shifts between...

“In 1966, pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach assembled his first large ensemble to play his compositions “Globe Unity” and “Sun.” This 14-piece band, which brought together some of the leading figures in European improvised music, would eventually expand – incorporating not only Europeans but also American and Asian musicians – and assume its rightful name: Globe Unity Orchestra.
In this, its nascent outing, beautifully recorded at Ariola Studio in Cologne, Schlippenbach’s band was already

"Among the lesser known dark-electro/post-punk bands of the early 1980s, the Berlin duo Vono really stood out. The radical nature of their music, the cold sound and sparse lyrics -- Vono were arguably on a par with the more prominent ambassadors of the genres (Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, Liaisons Dangereuses, etc.). Extreme even for the early eighties, their minimalism was constructed purely on synthesizers and heavy on bass. With lyrics to match, their debut album Dinner Für 2 was unique...