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music tagged with: improvisation

Solaris – Summer Edits

Solaris – Summer Edits
[LOR069]

Solaris

“Summer Edits”

Solaris – Summer Edits
Solaris was formed by Mark Sanderson, Richard Sanderson and Mark Spybey as young krautrock fans in Teesside in 1974, when they were aged 12 and 13. As the members grew up through post-punk, electronic music and free improv they have remained friends and still occasionally record together. These sessions were produced by Mark Spybey in Northumberland in 2010 and 2012 during the Summer holidays, and although the musicians have matured in the intervening decades, the influences of those original favourites (particularly the improvisational alchemy of Can and the cut-ups and aggression of Faust) are still audible.

Linear Obsessional is delighted to present their debut album- some 42 years after forming!

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posted 22 June 2016

Matt Turner & Hal Rammel – Orchestra of Storms

Matt Turner & Hal Rammel – Orchestra of Storms
[PT034]

Matt Turner & Hal Rammel

“Orchestra of Storms”

Matt Turner & Hal Rammel – Orchestra of Storms
Matt Turner – cello
Hal Rammel – amplified palettes

Recorded by Hal Rammel, December 2015.
Mastered by Alex Inglizian at the Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, IL.

The title of this disc and track titles are drawn from the writings of American journalist and amateur ethnographer Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904); in particular, his novel Chita: A Memory of Last Island (1889) and the travel diary Two Years in the French West Indies (1890)

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posted 17 June 2016

Plasman 51 – Endless Wave

Plasman 51 – Endless Wave
[SE069]

Plasman 51

“Endless Wave”

Plasman 51 – Endless Wave
Plasman 51 searches for new forms of expression to communicate with extraterrestrial worlds. Long sessions with synthesizers made of endless arpeggios drive the listener toward distant horizons, where forms become blurry shapes, memory fades away leaving space to cosmic contemplation.

The release is collection of impro material recorded in 2015/2016. Gears used: Roland mks50, Roland sh101, Oberheim matrix1000, Novation nova, Gotarmann’s demoon, Dave Smith’s mopho, MAM map1, Roland analog echo, Electrix filterfactory.

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posted 15 June 2016

Marcel Rocha – Clouds Formations

Marcel Rocha – Clouds Formations
[SCM-1604]

Marcel Rocha

“Clouds Formations”

Marcel Rocha – Clouds Formations
“Clouds Formations” is a concept release coming from the brazilian brilliant musician and guitarist Marcel Rocha. The artist, with his fine guitar mastery, explores that enchanted part of the sky where clouds form, giving body to our visions and emotions. It is a rich sonic journey through the amazing world of “haze and vapours” that flows onward, everchanging like clouds drawing in the sky on and on and on… From sparse melodies to harmonic atmospheres, from spontaneous phrases to complex notes mazes, Marcel leads us by the hand into his personal multiform land.
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posted 27 May 2016

Daniel Barbiero & Chris Lynn – Doubting All Things Aligned

Daniel Barbiero & Chris Lynn – Doubting All Things Aligned
[PT032]

Daniel Barbiero & Chris Lynn

“Doubting All Things Aligned”

Daniel Barbiero & Chris Lynn – Doubting All Things Aligned
NEW RELEASE on PLUS TIMBRE
Daniel Barbiero & Chris Lynn | Doubting All Things Aligned
Chris Lynn: field recordings; piano; chance piano; Yamaha synthesizer (6); implicit Super 8 imagery.
Daniel Barbiero: Double bass; prepared double bass (2, 4); analogue synthesizer app (5); virtual duet (9).
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posted 22 May 2016

Stefano Balice – Senza titolo col troglodita

Stefano Balice – Senza titolo col troglodita
[0kbps099]

Stefano Balice

“Senza titolo col troglodita”

Stefano Balice – Senza titolo col troglodita
Stefano Balice
Senza titolo col troglodita (cinque sfoggi d’ignoranza e due musichette per spirito di contraddizione) [0kbps099]

01 – no
02 – usignoli
03 – sbruffone due volte
04 – animaletti del mare
05 – non umano
06 – malelingue
07 – carcasse

MAV [0kbps] Records, May 2016

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posted 10 May 2016

Mauro Sambo, Marco Colonna & Ivano Nardi – “​.​.​.​non così lontano dal cuore”

Mauro Sambo, Marco Colonna & Ivano Nardi – “​.​.​.​non così lontano dal cuore”
[PT029]

Mauro Sambo, Marco Colonna & Ivano Nardi

“”​.​.​.​non così lontano dal cuore””

Mauro Sambo, Marco Colonna & Ivano Nardi – “​.​.​.​non così lontano dal cuore”
Sambo, Colonna, Nardi | “…non così lontano dal cuore”
PT029(2016)
Mauro Sambo – electronics, live electronics, electric guitar, piano, double bass, shakuhachi
Marco Colonna – alto clarinet
Ivano Nardi – percussion
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posted 09 April 2016

Manb – Dialogue Alone

Manb – Dialogue Alone
[SCM-1603]

Manb

“Dialogue Alone”

Manb – Dialogue Alone
“Dialogue Alone” is the second Manb offering at Sucumusic.

The so called “art-quantum” concept manifested in his previous music, here continues its course in a series of tracks where improvisation is still the major Ermanno’s approach. Textures of sounds and synths are less broken, here. The time quantum is scanned by the minimal rhythm interventions and variations. This release, like all Manb’s music, has a natural vocation to cinematic purposes. You can easily imagine still poses that slowly mutate from A to B in a non linear, imperceptible and unpredictable path. Quoting David Byrne, at the end of the journey, “you may find yourself” asking “where did I get there?”http://sucumusic.weebly.com/uploads/2/3/8/4/23844610/8963418.jpg

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posted 17 March 2016

Martin Rrach – Piano Attic

Martin Rrach – Piano Attic

Martin Rrach

“Piano Attic”

Martin Rrach – Piano Attic
These are improvised pieces using grand piano samples and playing them through some simple software programs i found on the net (www.ixi-software.net) – for the first piece it was lauki, for the second – crystals. Both of them (pieces) owing a lot to the abilities/failures – especially the second one – of my already ‘dead’ pc.
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posted 13 March 2016

Oscar Santis – Desde La Caja

Oscar Santis – Desde La Caja
[pn103]

Oscar Santis

“Desde La Caja”

Oscar Santis – Desde La Caja
“Óscar Santis, great artist of respect and renown, it has already been several years since I’ve known and recognized his trajectory, and it never ceases to be a true luxury and pleasure to hear his sounds. On this occasion he delivers sounds sufficiently well worked, so much so that they remind me of the late Akifumi Nakajima in the sense of achieving true soundscapes, with a density still greater than that to which one might become accustomed.

Each sound is a story and if you expand your mind, you will be able to capture to the maximum all the sounds that he manages to collect on these eight sound pieces. Glitches, sound strikes, all very well worked, note the treatment in each of the sounds, and the dedication to destroy each fragment, every millisecond, every detail delivers a different perception, its worth really disconnecting and hearing that which was dusted off from the box.”

“Óscar Santis, gran artista de respeto y renombre, hace varios años ya que conozco y reconozco su trayectoria, y no deja de ser un verdadero lujo y placer escuchar sus sonoridades. En esta ocasión entrega unos sonidos bastante bien trabajados, tanto así que me recuerdan al difunto Akifumi Nakajima en el sentido de lograr verdaderos paisajes sonoros, con una densidad aún mayor a la cual se pudiese estar acostumbrado.

Cada sonido es una historia y si expandes tu mente, lograrás captar al máximo todos los sonidos que logra recoger en estas ocho piezas sonoras. Glitches, golpes sonoros, todos muy bien trabajados, se nota el tratamiento en cada uno de los sonidos, y la dedicación a destrozar cada fragmento, cada mili-segundo, cada detalle entrega una percepción distinta, vale la pena realmente desconectarse y escuchar lo que desde la caja fue desempolvado.”

Sebastián Ortiz
Amigos de la Contaminación Sonora
(Rancagua, Chile, Febrero / February 2016)

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posted 01 March 2016

José Guillén – Conversaciones con el demiurgo

José Guillén – Conversaciones con el demiurgo
[PT025]

José Guillén

“Conversaciones con el demiurgo”

José Guillén – Conversaciones con el demiurgo
It is with great pleasure that we are able to present for the second time José Guillén as a guest in our experimental home and we would like to thank him for giving us this opportunity.
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posted 20 February 2016

Purple Mountain Peal – The Day That Forgot To Break

Purple Mountain Peal – The Day That Forgot To Break
[SCM-1602]

Purple Mountain Peal

“The Day That Forgot To Break”

Purple Mountain Peal – The Day That Forgot To Break
“The day that forgot to break” is the third album by Purple Mountain Peal.

This release marks a more piano driven declination of what the duo has to offer in terms of improvisation, creativity and madness. To sum up, what you are about to witness is less chaos and more melody. Take it with a grain of salt by the way, it’s Purple Mountain Peal after all…

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posted 28 January 2016

Jim And The Galaxy – Cosmic Conspiracies

Jim And The Galaxy – Cosmic Conspiracies
[Edp076]

Jim And The Galaxy

“Cosmic Conspiracies”

Jim And The Galaxy – Cosmic Conspiracies
João and João have been playing together since the early nineties. First in a death metal band, then in a covers band, now in a quartet, always taking it as heavily or lightly as possible.
Jim And The Galaxy was their first incursion as a duo – then electric bass, double bass, fx and magnetic tape – when a collective of friends commissioned a piece for a special evening.
Now, probably 20 years after, the first recording of a “live at home” session (no overdubs!) is released as the corollary of the many musical experiences they’ve had throughout the years.
Plain and simple, straight to the point and laid-back.

João Santos: electric bass, fx;
João Ricardo: electric guitar, fx.

Graphic design by Shutupandance!

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posted 09 January 2016

Martin Rach – Late Autumn Quartets

Martin Rach – Late Autumn Quartets

Martin Rach

“Late Autumn Quartets”

Martin Rach – Late Autumn Quartets
here’s another set – late autumn quartets

with a doubling on picking up sound (more earphone recording heads for strings of zithers)

and:
double swing – both ziters, metalophone and recorder placed under metal bowl, zooming in and out

squared circles – both zithers, kalimba, bongo drum

raving threads – both zithers, kalimba, korg volca bass, bongo drum

root architecture – both zithers, bongo drum and mixer routed onto itself

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posted 03 January 2016

Various Artists – The Feel of DEFIL

Various Artists – The Feel of DEFIL
[BM15R15]

Various Artists

“The Feel of DEFIL”

Various Artists – The Feel of DEFIL
Polish DEFIL vintage guitars in action! 22 tracks, almost 70 minutes of guitar-music. Every artist or band use some model/models of DEFIL instrument (the oldest one: 1962’Mandolin… up to 1991’Aster Lux).

Visit project www site to get more details:
http://defil.fryvolic.pl

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posted 28 December 2015

Splicey and Tracky – Horses, Horses … Horses!

Splicey and Tracky – Horses, Horses … Horses!
[4295]

Splicey and Tracky

“Horses, Horses … Horses!”

Splicey and Tracky – Horses, Horses … Horses!
Horses, Horses … Horses! is the late October 2015 debut release from the collaboration, Splicey and Tracky (Dave Keifer & Jess Lemont). In this case, the tracks featured are from Keifer’s end of the ongoing project.
Recently, Vuzhh Music Blog (C. Reider) produced its annual list of Notable Netlabel Releases, which includes the debut. Reider’s description: “Skittering and simultaneously loping, riffing and simultaneously free-jazzing group work featuring the brilliant Jess Lemont. This coheres really well, and is very groovy, even when they’re at their most free-improv-y.”

And, they’re just getting started. Be sure to stay on the lookout for more Splicey and Tracky releases, and, if possible, listen with your eyes closed!

Credits:
Dave Keifer (Cagey House): virtual instruments, software, etc. Shifty editing, occasional brief embellishments.
Jess Lemont (Be a Waterwolf): all real instruments including drums, voice, guitar, bass, mallet percussion, keyboards, xaphoon, etc. Large-scale intricate lace improvisations.

(Tracks created jointly between April and August of 2015)

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posted 20 December 2015

Guy-Frank Pellerin, Matthias Boss and Marcello Magliocchi – THE SOUNDING DOOR

Guy-Frank Pellerin, Matthias Boss and Marcello Magliocchi – THE SOUNDING DOOR
[PT021]

Guy-Frank Pellerin, Matthias Boss and Marcello Magliocchi

“THE SOUNDING DOOR”

Guy-Frank Pellerin, Matthias Boss and Marcello Magliocchi – THE SOUNDING DOOR
New release on Plus Timbre and our last one for this year. We present Marcello Magliocchi once more as a guest in our home and we feel very happy to have him accompanied by two outstanding musicians: Matthias Boss and Guy-Frank Pellerin.
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posted 19 December 2015

Nada – Mirror Image

Nada – Mirror Image
[LOR 074]

Nada

“Mirror Image”

Nada – Mirror Image
Linear Obsessional is delighted to present this beautifully recorded collection of free improvisations by Nada. Nada is the duo of Roger Mills – Trumpet and Hervé Perez – alto sax. The improvisations that make up “Mirror Image” are revelatory, as both musicians explore a huge range of sonic textures through extended technique, and make for a fascinating and engrossing listen as they search out their common ground. Interestingly although both musicians had played together via internet collaborations “Mirror Image” is the result of their first meetings in person. The sound of two musicians communicating so naturally, but also with great control and subtlety, makes this an enormously rewarding album.
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released December 14, 2015

Mirror Image is the debut album of the duo Nada,
featuring UK based saxophonist Hervé Perez and
Australian trumpeter Roger Mills.
While Perez and Mills live on opposite sides of
the world, they met through their mutual work
with the telematic improvisatory music ensemble
Ethernet Orchestra.
The pair quickly realised a shared aesthetic and
continued developing their sound online.

Hervé and Roger would like to thank Elke Utermöhlen
and Martin Slawig (blackhole-factory) for bringing us
together, Richard Sanderson for releasing the album,
and Arman S. Haghi for the original artwork.

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posted 15 December 2015

Mike Adcock – Accord

Mike Adcock – Accord
[LOR 071]

Mike Adcock

“Accord”

Mike Adcock – Accord
Here at Linear Obsessional you may have noted we have a fondness for squeezeboxes and free improvisation, which is why we jumped at the chance to release an album by the amazing British accordionist Mike Adcock (once of Accordions Go Crazy amongst others). “Accord” is a collection of improvised duets with a series British improvising musicians – and is a wonderful showcase for Mike’s sensitivity as an improviser and his wonderful musicality as a accordionist.
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posted 12 December 2015