Goldberg is the clarinetist & leader of the new Klezmer trio, & has records on the Tzadik, Knitting Factory, Songlines & Music & Arts label. This has Ben, 2 bassists, sax (Larry Ochs), guitar (John Schott) & drums (Michael Sarin). [Victo]

"This concert recording is something of a miracle. Nothing suggested that this album or even the performance it documents—produced in extremis, in the middle of a global pandemic, with ever-changing public health orders—would see the light of day. A few weeks prior to the event, no-one knew if the concert would happen, nor did I know what we would be performing!
Really. Almost half of the program was composed four weeks before the show. From the outset, I knew that the set list would include the epic..

Huge 23 piece band directed by Vancouver composer John Korsrud. This band uses elements of jazz (of course), but with a decidedly modern esthetic. You will also hear elements of rock, 20th century composition (Korsrud studied with Louis Andriessen), mi...

This has Lars' engaging compositions with his great Looping Home Orchestra, & includes guest shots by Jean Derome & Fred Frith. Fabulous & fun! IMO, this is one of Lars' great ones! If you are going to own just one Lars Hollmer album, this is certainly one to consider (but if you get it, don't be surprised if you want more!) Hugely recommended!

François Houle – clarinette de basset, clarinette, électroniques
Kate Gentile – batterie, percussion
Alexander Hawkins – piano

“The transatlantic trio of UK pianist Alexander Hawkins, NY drummer Kate Gentile and Canadian reedist Francois Houle are heard in four masterful spontaneous improvisations in their live performance at the 39th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, Houle performing on clarinets (sometimes two at a time) including the early, deep-note.

Two fabulous players give us improvised guitar duets, which get into a wilder, freer vein.

These three noted improvisers on guitar, percussion, turntables, electronics & vocals, recorded live 5/20/94. [Victo]

Kovac is a composer from the former Yugoslavia. This features the composer's clarinet as he leads the ''Ritual Nova'' Ensemble (soprano voice, violin, cello, piano & percussion). The music sounds deceptively sparse at first, but these are both yet mor...

''Though the four had never played together as a quartet, they had played with each other in other combinations, so each came with a familiarity of improvisational strategies and a willingness to push the music. What each of these musicians share is a ...

Something a little different for guitarist Lussier, as he leads a 15 piece band through a series of both densely composed sections as well as sections that allow for a much greater amount of improvisation & freedom. [Victo]

"2 guitars, 3 turntables, one spy-microphone, and 201 spectators." Recorded live at Victoriaville, 5/19/08.

''My impetus for founding this 16 piece orchestra was based on the desire to have a hybridized, inter-cultural, electronic-friendly, inter-media orchestra that could perform my compositions...''-Miya Masaoka.

I have rediscovered the pleasure & the emotion to play free again. This music is full of warmth, melody, energy & fantasy, with, of course, a Mediterranean soul... Pino Minafra-trumpet, Sandro Satta-alto sax, Georgio Occhipinti-piano, Vincenzo Mazzone-...

For many folks, free improvised vocals is one of the hardest genres to ''get''. While this is hardly an easy listen, Minton is a very talented & amusing artist & this set with John Butcher-saxes, Veryan Weston-piano & Roger Turner-drums has 16 short wo...

Guitarist Moore appears with drummers Tom Surgal & Wm. Winnant. A powerful improvisation, recorded at the 13th Victoriaville Festival. ''The 3 musicians are carried away by the power of pure sound & energy.'' [Victo]

This is the 1st new work by these Italian composers since their two ReR releases from 10 years ago. They've got a new partner too. ''...a stunning accomplishment...both exceptional & exceptionally strange.''-Cadence. [Victo]

Maurizio Opalio-cosmic guitar, mini xylophone, meteor percussion and Roberto Opalio-astral guitar, piano, extraterrestrial electronics, harmonica, planetary percussion, voice. “Each album or performance by My Cat Is An Alien is an invitation to leave...

The three players of New Winds (Robert Dick-flutes, J.D. Parran-saxes & Ned Rothenberg-reeds) are some of the of the finest reed/horn players around. [Victo]

The NNCK band's performance at Victo from 5/21/05 is a great, heaving, post-psychedelic-but-still-psychedelic record from this seven piece improvising rock collective from New York City. They have been a band since 1992 and have had their own practice...

10th album by this dada-esque quartet of guitar, bass, drums & vocals (by the incomparable Han Buhrs). ''Palinckx wants to astonish, cofuse, move & make you think.'' ''...fun loving, post-punk, post-Beefheart frenzy.''-Jazziz. [Victo]

Sainkho Namtchylak - voice
Barry Guy - bass
Paul Lytton - percussion, electronics
Phil Wachsmann - violin, viola, electronics
Marco Vecchi - sound broadcast, live electronics
Walter Prati - live electronics
Evan Parker - soprano and tenor saxophones

“The FIMAV performance is an extraordinary recording, an aural opportunity
to hear the Ensemble exploring at length, stretching the contemporaneous studio documentation, but even with the Ensemble’s brilliant a

Evan Parker's trio with Paul Lytton and Alex Schlippenbach and Peter Brotzmann's trio with Hamid Drake and William Parker were on North American tours at the same exact time in Spring, 2003. Why not arrange a meeting for them at FIMAV? This, then, was ...

Recorded at the Victo Festival on May 22, 2005, this has a great band of moderately well known players and up 'n' comers, all led by bassist Parker: Sabir Mateen-tenor saxophone tenor, alto clarinet, Darryl Foster-tenor & soprano saxophones, Rob Brown...

Disc One: live FIMAV 5/2019
Disc Two: live at the Western Front 5/1989

“That distinguished history at once evaporates into and illuminates the inspiring presence of these two Phillips performances, another leap in time, linking the 1989 concert Camou¬age, a then state-of-the-art account of bass possibilities, to Ahoy! a voyager’s greeting shouted across time. It documents Phillips’ appearance on the stage of Victoriaville’s Colisée in May 2019, a slight and almost spectral presence standing...

"The next set my favorite one of the entire fest, it featured Barre Phillips on acoustic bass, Catherine Jauniaux on voice and Malcolm Goldstein on violin. This set was completely acoustic and didn't really employ any extended techniques yet...