A great, subtle set from masterful trombonist Bauer. This consists of solo trombone + electronics, including long delays & much more. [Victo]

Five improvising vocalists meet on stage at FIMAV on May 16th, 2003. You had to be there! [Victo]

"Borbetomagus and Hijokaidan sharing the stage. Noise music fans are getting goosebumps reading those words. Others, well... others should be scared, very scared! Two monster proponents of noise aesthetics, representing two continents whose cultures...

The Anthony Braxton Sextet treated a receptive and enthusiastic audience with an interpretation of Composition 345. With the possible exception of trumpeter Taylor Ho Bynum and, obviously, Braxton himself who insufflate more of their own personality, t...

"This concert offers a striking opportunity to hear the ensemble in full force. The 70-minute piece builds an inner logic of staggering detail, while never loosing the propulsive flow. The shifting layers and counter-structures mount with scorching...

Two large scale works written especially for this performance, & featuring the amazing line-up of Evan Parker, Bobby Naughton, Joelle Leandre, Gerry Hemmingway, Paul Smoker, & George Lewis. [Victo]

This is by Anthony's current trio with Taylor Ho Bynum on trumpet and cornet and Mary Halvorson on electric guitar.

"Diamond Curtain Wall is relatively new. Here is an intimate opportunity to hear Braxton feature his recent foray into the world..

A very interesting pairing of the under-appreciated experimental French electric guitarist Jean-Franois, who has played with Arto Lindsay, Rhys Chatham, LaMonte Young, Lee Ranaldo & Keiji Haino, among others, with Helene, a harpist who specializes in c...

Burn is a superb pianist, both as an interpreter of contemporary music & as an improviser. This is improvised music for piano & prepared & extended piano, & his unique attack upon the instrument's normal sound really makes this something to hear. [Victo]

This renowned improvising band has had a 20 year residency (!) at Toronto's Music Gallery. The current lineup includes the legendary avant-garde musician & film maker Michael Snow (piano/synths), plunderphonic-meister John Oswald (alto sax) & Paul Dutt...

A quite successfull & less ''humorous'' release than much of Eugene's output of late, this is serious improvisational music, featuring his banjo & dobro work in a straight improvisational format with drummer Paul Lovens. [Victo]

This was one of the more extraordinary sets up at Victo last year, since it was as visually stimulating as it was sound-wise. This brilliant quintet of electro-acoustic French and French-Canadian improvisers performed on an elevated circular stage in ...

Three great players, Nels Cline on guitar, Andrea Parkins on accordion and sampler and (the amazing) Tom Rainey on drums.

“Rainey was a surprise hero of this year’s FIMAV, a critical one-third of an improvisational encounter with guitarist Nels Cline (longtime L.A. “out cat” getting wider play through his gig with Wilco) and Andrea Parkins, accordionist/pianist with a textural flair. Somehow, Rainey was the primary source of musical mojo, whether venturing abstractly or setting up inventive...

The commitment and camaraderie in the group are extraordinarily high, something a listener immediately picks up. Above all there's a sense that Cram's music is leading somewhere. It's a voyage into the unknown in which familiar terrain is oddly distort...

Trombonist & electronic sampler Deane has worked in a variety of musics, but may be best known for the six years spent with Jon Hassell during one of Hassell's best periods. These works for dance show a lot of influence of Hassell, & this is a great tr...

One of my very favorite Ambiances Magnetiques groups is this ongoing project by Jean Derome. This has a crack band and is another winner from les Dangereux Zhoms. Jean Derome : flûtes et saxophones Tom Walsh : trombone Guillaume Dostaler : piano Pi

''This music, rock solid, is almost tactile in our hands. It is performed by the American flautist Robert Dick, this Irish-Swiss pianist John Wolf Brennan & the Italian contrabasse player Daniele Patumi.'' [Victo]

A postmodern setting for French reedman Doneda, as he battles Eric's turntables & Jean-Marc Montera's guitars & table guitars. [Victo]

KONRAD BAUER : tromboneJOHANNES BAUER : tromboneUWE KROPINSKI : guitare acoustiqueJOE SACHSE : guitare lectriqueTHE HIGHLIGHT OF THE 15th FIMAV 1998It was a rare opportunity to hear DOPPELMOPPEL, the wondrous Berlin quartet. The group presents a contin...

''When I saw Denman Maroney & Mark Dresser perform at Victoriaville in May of 2000, I was on the edge of my seat, breathless, agog. It had been a long time since a concert had drawn me in & held me in that way, and I was fascinated by the effortless me...

Bassist/composer Ellis works with saxists Glenn Spearman, Larry Ochs, Joe McPhee & Christopher Cauley, guitarist James Ruthier & drummer Donald Robinson in varous combinations. [Victo]

I'd heard that these three master players were all working together and finally, this is the recorded evidence.

What can you say about these three: Evan is a member of Bang On A Can and a master clarinetist. Gyan, the son of Terry, is a...

''The extended improvisation moved from open, free sections to heated intensity, ending with an intimate interchange of flamenco-like dancing guitar patterns, Arabic modal clarinet & tinkling percussion....improvisations with a clear sense of intersec...

Compatriots Satoko Fujii and Tatsuya Yoshida thrillingly demonstrated the virtues of speed metal improv. The piano/drums duo threw itself headlong into a wild and bogglingly precise exchange of hammering percussion and jabbering voices - part battle, p...

''From the 1st fluttering notes, Gebbia (alto sax), Miriam Palma (vocals/perc), & Vittorio Villia (drums/perc) joined for music full of charm & invention. Gebbia has managed to absorb both his native Sicilian folk music & the playing of saxists like Ev...