Source: Guitar Player. If there’s one thing that unifies the extraordinarily pluralist catalog Zappa created over his lifetime, it is this combination of “popular” and “unpopular” music. From the Mothers of Invention’s 1966 debut, Freak Out!(opens in new tab), to landmark titles like Hot Rats(opens in new tab), Apostrophe (’)(opens …
Read More »Zorn and Others to Perform at a Concert for Ukraine – Avant Music News
Source: The New School. Join us for A Concert for Ukraine presented by John Zorn and The College of Performing Arts at The New School. General admission tickets are free with a suggested donation of $50 and above to Razom. Doors will open at 11:30am. Line-up: LAURIE ANDERSON-JOHN ZORN DUOLaurie …
Read More »‘Fremde Zeit – Addendum’, by Jakob Ullmann
Beautiful & haunting . . . ‘Fremde Zeit – Addendum’ collects five pieces of etheric, liminal composition by Jakob Ullmann (1958), the widely acknowledged master of Quiet music. For us, as we’d imagine many others, it’s a striking first introduction to the German minimalist’s very particular body of work. Comprising 4 …
Read More »Albert Ayler Profiled – Avant Music News
Source: Jazzwise. Albert Ayler was a progenitor of free and spiritual jazz, an innovator whose influence on the music is profound. Stuart Nicholson assesses his career and the complex personality that shaped his singular sound Like this: Like Loading… Related Source link
Read More »Mayhem, Auckland New Zealand, 2023
Mayhem 26th January 2023Galatos, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Cameron Miller. Photography by Doug Peters. Mayhem at Galatos last night was a helping of a lot of the best the extreme metal scene has to offer – and few isolated aftertastes of the worst. It’s rare that you arrive at …
Read More »Andrew Raffo Dewar, John Hughes, Chad Popple – Reflejos IV-VII [Waveform Alphabet WA002] – Avant Music News
Reflejos IV-VII is the second release from the transatlantic trio of soprano saxophonist Andrew Raffo Dewar, double bassist John Hughes, and percussionist Chad Popple. Like 2018’s Reflejo, the work on which this release continues and extends, Reflejos IV-VII was recorded in Hamburg, Germany, where Hughes and Popple are currently based. …
Read More »Music of Brandon Lopez and Friends Coming to NY – Avant Music News
Source: ARTS FOR ART. In a new partnership with 411 Kent, AFA proudly presents a three week residency for bassist, Brandon Lopez. Music takes time to develop. It takes time to develop a band that really comes together. To bring his music to life, Brandon Lopez has put together a …
Read More »Doug Lynner – Avant Music News
Source: Modulisme. Doug Lynner is a lifelong musician whose career started as a keyboardist and guitarist in Psychedelic rock bands in the 60s. In parallel he got a college degree in electronic music composition from the California Institute of the Arts where he studied with Morton Subotnick, Harold Budd, James …
Read More »They Sounded Featured Performances – Avant Music News
Source: They Sounded. Since February 2018, Nameless Sound and Lawndale Art Center have hosted “They, Who Sound”, a weekly concert series featuring experimental musicians, sound artists, improvisers, noise-makers, art performers, and more. The series centers Houston’s vibrant and diverse community of sonic artists, but also includes regional, national and international …
Read More »The Battle Rages . . . !
We primarily mix within 2 categories: #ambient & #etherjazz. As to which one rules a particular day/week/month . . . that depends on the level of schizophrenia working in our mixological brains (and ears)! u n f o c u s e d (ambient) v|s elements (ether-jazz) ;- ) Like this: …
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