New Arrivals / Last week
Rumanikos, Kokin, Mixolydian, Kourd Atar, Pigmy, Slendro
In a sonic dialogue that balances delicacy and depth, Clinton Green and Barnaby Oliver explore the shifting textures of acoustics and resonance. Employing bowed aluminum bowls, strings, and a grand piano, their work unfolds in patient layers that probe the very essence of sound and its environment, evoking an atmosphere of quiet tension and subtle transformation.
Anxthelic Onghesont
Dervish-like guitar spirals by Ghent-based musician Benoît Monsieurs, following two excellent releases on Kraak under his Venediktos Tempelboom moniker. Ecstatic music that takes cue from psychedelism, modern and ancient - from Hildegard von Bingen to Vincent le Masne et Bertrand Porquet. Splendid stuff.
Unlike France, Belgian underground scenes never ceased to be consistent since the early 1970's and onwards, constituting vast, sprawling networks, that reaches present days via very active label…
Jacknife
Recorded at the legendary Van Gelder Studio in September 1965 and released on the prestigious Blue Note label, this remarkable album spotlights alto saxophone virtuoso Jackie McLean leading a powerhouse quintet through five original compositions. This recording captures a pivotal moment in post-bop jazz, highlighting McLean’s bold, expressive style and his commitment to pushing the boundaries of the genre.
Joining McLean are two celebrated trumpeters, Charles Tolliver and Lee Morgan, each bringi…
1960 Sessions
The killer tandem of Lee Morgan and Clifford Jordan takes center stage in these exhilarating 1960 studio sessions, delivering an unforgettable Hard Bop experience. Known for their fiery improvisations and melodic mastery, Morgan on trumpet and Jordan on tenor saxophone demonstrate their exceptional chemistry and technical brilliance throughout the recordings.
These sessions are enhanced by a rotating lineup of jazz heavyweights, featuring the elegant piano stylings of Barry Harris or Wynton Kell…
Wranglin'
First released in 1964 under the expert production of Blackwell for Island Records, this remarkable album captures the essence of Jamaican soulful jazz through the extraordinary talent of Ernest Ranglin. As a pioneering guitarist and composer, Ranglin delivers an impeccable performance that blends the rich traditions of jazz with the vibrant rhythms of Jamaica.
Accompanied by a highly swinging rhythm section, featuring Malcolm Cecil on bass and Alan Ganley on drums, the album explores a captivat…
Guitar In Ernest
Born in 1932, Ernest Ranglin stands as one of the most influential session guitarists in the history of Jamaican music. His iconic playing features on countless recordings by legends such as Alton Ellis, Jimmy Cliff, Bunny Wailer, Max Romeo, the Skatalites, the Heptones, and the Congos, among many others.
Produced by Chris Blackwell and originally released in 1961 on Island Records, "Guitar in Ernest" showcases the sophisticated jazz side of Ranglin’s artistry. This exceptional album highlights …
More Songs of Civilization
Excavating new sonic layers from archives and homemade instruments, Darrell DeVore extends his panoramic collage with More Songs of Civilization - the third volume of his highly personal, genre-scrambling series. This edition continues the kaleidoscopic fusion of outsider jazz, synthetic textures, chants, and fragmented ensemble dialogues, casting a wide net through decades of radical experimentation and archival recovery.
Another Song of Civilization
Unearthed from decades of cassettes, live sessions, and scattershot archive, Darrell DeVore’s Another Song of Civilization expands his collage of experimental Americana, global chant, tape concrète, and found-instrument jazz. The album takes his freeform, cross-generational vision still further—organizing fragments, improvisations, and irreverent juxtapositions into a warm, searching portrait of creative persistence.
A Song of Civilization Up to Now
With a panoramic sweep spanning ancient chant, synth experiment and fractured jazz, Darrell DeVore crafts a heady multi-part journey in A Song of Civilization Up to Now. Homemade instruments, electronics and stuttering ensemble work animate an unpredictable collection that tunnels between traditions, collage and improvisation, reflecting on humanity’s creative arc through uncompromising sonic invention.
You Must Be Certain Of The Devil
CD Edition. In 1988, with America's AIDS death toll at 46,000 and antivirals still years away, Diamanda Galás released You Must Be Certain of the Devil, the final installment of her Masque of the Red Death trilogy. Her brother Philip had died of AIDS-related illness in 1986. She had been attending Act Up protests. Critics dismissed her as "the AIDS lady," unwilling to reckon with what she was actually doing: creating a work she described as "begun in 1984 and not completed until the end of the e…
Melophobia
Melophobia spins tension out of spontaneous contact - Dave Tucker (guitar) and Pierpaolo Martino (double bass and electronics) improvise with sharp attention to rhythm, fracture, and digital manipulation, conjuring environments that threaten – and then dissolve – melodic order.
Semiotic Drift
Semiotic Drift is a living conversation - Maggie Nicols uses voice as a map to possibility, Matilda Rolfsson provides creaking, insistent percussion, and Mark Wastell frames everything in the deep resonance of amplified tam-tam. The work rides the edge between storytelling and pure abstraction.
Juno
Juno invites deep contemplation through slow-moving layers of sound - Barry Chabala’s guitar, David Forlano’s electronics, and Drew Gowran’s percussion work in unhurried mutual orbit, exploring patience, resonance, and negative space rather than technical bravura.
Ensemble A
Ensemble A is a turbulent meeting of three fiercely individual improvisers - Ignaz Schick harnesses live electronics and turntables, Anaïs Tuerlinckx dismembers and reinvents the piano, and Joachim Zoepf twists reeds into guttural shapes. The result is a volatile sound collage, sometimes blunt-force, sometimes eerily restrained.
Oneiric
Oneiric evokes drifting memories and waking dreams - an album created by Jane in Ether where recorders, piano, and violin/voice entwine in gauzy, tactile improvisations. Their music moves in soft spirals, trading clarity for a haze of overlapping tones and near-silence, aching toward something just out of reach.
Whistle and I'll Come To You
Whistle and I’ll Come To You by Death and Vanilla is an evanescent, cinematic dream-pop companion to the cult 1968 BBC ghost story film. Through shimmering synths, vibraphone, and spectral loops, the Malmö trio crafts an atmospheric journey where hauntology, vintage electronics, and melancholy motif intertwine, conjuring equal parts nostalgia and spectral unease.
The Last Sacrifice
The Last Sacrifice by Mike Lindsay—co-founder of Tunng and the creative force behind Lump—offers a meticulously crafted folk-horror soundtrack that doubles as a standalone listening experience. Written as the audio companion to Rupert Russell's sinister true crime tale, Lindsay’s score winds through moods of spectral dread and rustic eeriness, shaped by analog warmth and otherworldly textures. The resulting album is immersive and haunting, deftly blending traditional English folk motifs with chi…
Howl
Howl by Daisy Rickman offers a luminous journey through Cornish and English folk, steeped in mythic sun worship, nocturnal dreamscapes, and meditative storytelling. Recorded and performed entirely by Rickman herself, this second album channels solitary creativity and multi-instrumental textures into ten radiant pieces where sun, memory, and spirit intertwine in slow-burning, ornamental songforms.
Let the Spirit Out/Live at 'Mu' London
Big tip! This is it! Chicago spiritual jazz master Kahil El'Zabar delivers one of the most powerful live recordings in recent memory! Captured over two unforgettable nights at "mu" in London - July 15th & 16th, 2024 - this is music as ancient ritual, as communion, as healing force. El'Zabar created new material specifically for these performances, alongside reimagined arrangements of classics like Wayne Shorter's "Footprints", Gershwin's "Summertime", and Duke Ellington & Juan Tizol's "Caravan".…
A Little Death
Claire Rousay completes her trilogy with A Little Death, where field recordings intertwine with strings and piano like voices in a chamber ensemble. A return to her core practice after sentiment's pop forms, the album transforms tactile samples into emotional archaeology—fragile, honest, vital.