Appreciating less obvious music. Also https://xitter.cf/t.co/SjSBkKyqL6 & https://xitter.cf/t.co/3x5ON4eybh.

Bath, England
Joined March 2009
#TheNecks #Disquiet 'really showcases the full range of areas we are into as an ensemble right now - from the densely convoluted, mesmerising multiple polyrhythmic ensembles of 'Ghost Net' to the real-time-trio-improv-with-judicious overdubs model of 'Rapid Eye Movement'...'
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Turning Coil's 'SwSR' into (it says here...) 'a throbbing ouroboros of glitches & free flowing energy'. earslend.blogspot.com/2025/0… coilofficial.bandcamp.com/al… @RyanDais
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Actual Cherry aider Christer Bothen & crew '[track] down the "traces" of the legendary Don Cherry's legacy while paving their own way in contemporary creative music expression'... earslend.blogspot.com/2025/0… @wejazzhelsinki #christerbothen @gorankajfes
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Begin the Benin! Mid-70s tastes of El Rego, Gnoassas Pedro & - of course - TP Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo... earslend.blogspot.com/2025/0… @DaptoneRecords @analogafrica #NangaBokoRecords
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From @zoviet_france to @_AnnettePeacock & Milton Nascimento via The Dwarfs of East Agouza & Gil Scott-Heron, impeccable open-eared work by @cjherbert for #WrongSpeedRecords... mixcloud.com/WrongSpeedRecor…
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'Ancient / Future Music for the Now & Beyond' Three versions of @KahilElzabar's 'Great Black Music' - most recent on 'Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit' (@SpiritmuseRec): 'Celebrating 50 years of EHE’s legacy & unwavering contribution' earslend.blogspot.com/2024/0…
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Gritting out the wait for the new Necks, 'Bleed' (@northernspyrecs), to far, far off October... & they're not here again in person til November (sigh). Tempting to (fractionally) shorten the wait for @strangebrewbriz w/a fanboy jaunt to lovely 🇳🇱 duo @TiVre_Utrecht & @Bimhuis!
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'some of the finest improvisational music that's been played since Trane checked out in 1967...' @AliceColtrane2 @impulselabel
A review of Alice Coltrane's Carnegie Hall performance in Downbeat Magazine, 1971, courtesy of the Downbeat Archive.
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'no flutes, no electronics, no guests & no extras...expressive power & glowing intimacy' firesweden.bandcamp.com/trac… @runegrammofon @AlbiniSteve #Fire! #MatsGustafsson #JohanBerthling #AndreasWerliin
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After 'tre's 'fresh fields of fusion', 'en', 'tva' & 'fyra can't came through fast enough for these thirsting ears! ambarchiberthlingwerliin.ban… @orenambarchi @dragcityrecords #JohanBerthling #AndreasWerliin #CedrickEymenier #GhostedII
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Wow. youtube.com/watch?v=tsT-ZyTZ… Alice Coltrane - piano, harp Pharoah Sanders - tenor/soprano sax, flute, percussion Archie Shepp - tenor/soprano sax, percussion Kumar Kramer – harmonium Cecil McBee, Jimmy Garrison – bass Clifford Jarvis, Ed Blackwell – drums Tulsi – tambora
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'@AliceColtrane2: Live at Carnegie Hall' Commissioned by @impulselabel 'but wasn’t released at the time'...
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Exemplary 'Juju Space Jazz', as Eno once termed it... @pglolo & Love of Life Orchestra's 'Piety Street': petergordonloveoflifeorchest…
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From Dennis Young & Randall Kennedy's alt funk poetics to modal Duke Pearson pleasures, via Benelux post-punk (Jo Bogaert), biscuit tin productions (Betty P, Arnie L) & DJ Nature & @jamie___xx bangers (& even @FourTet's first LMYE appearance in an age)... earslend.blogspot.com/2024/0…
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From the post-punk/synth pop of Talking Drums & Linear Movement to the majestic Don Cherry/Johnny Dyani & @JohnColtrane via @BillNelsonMusic, Astrud Gilberto, Bessie Jones, Afro 70, @sevendavisjr/@therealjohncale, @Lloyd_Cole/@mogwaiband, @paulhaig et al earslend.blogspot.com/2024/0…
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