Proyecto Lazarus – Universe
MIST040 (A-B)
Proyecto Lazarus
“Universe”
Spanish noise/ambient.
Released by m.i.s.t. records.
Released by m.i.s.t. records.
Double disc.
posted 17 September 2013
music tagged with: improvisation
Geometrie Variabili – the Breath
[LBN021]
Geometrie Variabili
“the Breath”
The lesson of Steve Lacy: starting from a single element like a scale, a broken chord, a sound, a breath in order to work it up by assembling and disassembling, tearing apart and rebuilding. Fragments of ideas taken freely in an exercise of rearrangement always looking for coherence, always trying to get back to basics.
posted 02 September 2013
nicolás chientaroli trío – ViajeraMente
[pyr079]
nicolás chientaroli trío
“ViajeraMente”
based in buenos aires, pianist nicolás chientaroli is an active member of the city’s jazz scene where, in addition to his trio, he leads the group, la gran cena; and co-leads the groups los improvisadores gráficos and las formas avanzan. he has also performed with the groups andrés elstein trío, caravana colemanica, proyecto orgánico rave, trío dumpty, francisco salgado cuarteto, and la hormiga.
ViajeraMente is the third album from the trio and the first on pan y rosas. for this album the lineup features chientaroli on piano, carlos álvarez on bass and sebastián groshaus on drums. the album contains a mix of compositions by chientaroli, group improvisations and a cover of dizzy gillespie’s be-bop.
posted 20 August 2013
cátodo dúo – al tiro
[pyr073]
cátodo dúo
“al tiro”
based in chile, the cátodo dúo consists of amanda irarrázabal on double bass and ramiro molina on electric guitar. they began playing together in 2012 as a way of sharing their experiences in the field of the improvised music. built around a string concept, the duo easily moves from intense rhythmic situations to dense layers of noise. the music is totally improvised and their sound arises from treating instruments as sources of sound in every sense of the word using prepared instruments and avoiding conventional playing.
al tiro, their first album for pan y rosas discos, documents their first public performance. the sound is: chime snake swirl. metal scratch skree. quiet long note bends. physical percussion. staccato footstep notes. process vibrato. glass string flow. reverse polarities, cross streams. pierce pulse. low drone feedback string punch. objects falling down hills. black lodge bass descension glissando treble string ambiance.
posted 14 August 2013
andrea pensado – teraz, tak!
[pyr074]
andrea pensado
“teraz, tak!”
andrea pensado works with sound as a performer, composer and teacher. she has been using digital media and live interactive musical systems since 1995. she studied in argentina and poland. at first she composed mainly for acoustic instruments, however, she gradually felt more attracted by different sound realms. today, the abrasive digital noise of her improvisations is far away from her earlier pieces. harsh dense layers of sounds, often interwoven with her voice, combine hybrid synthesis and sampling techniques to create a highly personal sound language, which reflects an intuitive, emotional and paradoxically also logical approach to music making. she currently lives in the united states.
teraz, tak!, her first album for pan y rosas, begins with a solo performance by andrea and is followed by a series of duets between andrea and the musicians: walter wright, davindar singh, adriana de los santos and alexei borisov who provide additional electronics, saxophone, piano and guitar respectively.
posted 06 August 2013
EFFICIENT REFINERIES – Spéléonaxis
[NN_LP042_07_13]
EFFICIENT REFINERIES
“Spéléonaxis”
Spéléonaxis is the newest acoustic document by Miguel A. Ruiz and Siegmar Fricke who collaborate since the mid 90s on their project EFFICIENT REFINERIES. Produced again like the former three albums at Pharmakustik’s studio in Germany, the album contains six improvisational studiosession-recordings involving lots of new hardware and plugin-synthesizers. On Spéléonaxis EFFICIENT REFINERIES combines retrocosmic structures similar to the late 60s with innovative glitch-electronics and the newest technical possibilities in sound-processing. In addition very contrary elements are involved, ranging from melodic minimalism to pulsating psychotronics. Spéléonaxis can therefore be characterized as the most accessible and at the same time most experimental E.R. album so far.
posted 29 July 2013
Claudio Nuñez – End of a story
[BS081]
Claudio Nuñez
“End of a story”
“I use the same modus operandi for most of my albums (except the ones that are composed): I lay some free improvised moods (usually on rhythm instruments) that serve as the frame or background for the rest of the piece… I call this process ¨real time compositions¨ as I never have any ideas or plans before the actual recording starts… When I feel that the group or orchestral feelings reflect the mood I stop adding new layers or instruments… On my solo guitar or piano sets & albums I do the same, just once… Sometimes I decide that format for the instrument group that is going to appear on the album (a piano trio, a guitar trio= piano/guitar, bass & percussion), do so that all the pieces are going to feature those elements as in real group or just limit myself to focus on one of my main instruments… Little games that add to the music a little more mystery… or (as in this album) I use any combination randomly…” – Claudio Nuñez
Electric guitar, fretlles bass, percussion & voice by Claudio Nuñez.
Recorded in January 26 & 27 2013 in Caballito, Buenos Aires.
01 – electric dream blues
02 – eternal sorrow dance
03 – he closed his eyes…
04 – end of a story
posted 17 July 2013
Buben vs.Nasta Labada – Live at Improvisation Music Festival AGA
[NN_Perform015_07_13]
Buben vs.Nasta Labada
“Live at Improvisation Music Festival AGA”
Live at Improvisation Music Festival AGA
Azgur Memorial Museum
April 27th 2013
Azgur Memorial Museum
April 27th 2013
posted 15 July 2013
volcano radar – refutation of time
[pyr075]
volcano radar
“refutation of time”
volcano radar is a fusion of ecstatic improvisational energy and apollonian intellect. a power quartet with dual free jazz/noise/avant guitarists elbio barilari and julia a. miller, legendary bassist harrison bankhead and incendiary drummer avreeayl ra, volcano radar moves fluently through a stylistic range from noise-funk improvisation to structured sonic forms.
their debut album, refutation of time, consists of an improvised set that was recorded at experimental sound studio in chicago on february 26, 2013.
– See more at: http://www.panyrosasdiscos.net/2013/03/pan-y-rosas-discos-release-refutation-of-time-by-volcano-radar/#sthash.OUt5uAz5.dpuf
posted 20 June 2013
claudio nuñez – ninguna libertad/baladas
[pyr084]
claudio nuñez
“ninguna libertad/baladas”
claudio nuñez was born in buenos aires in 1959. he studied classical guitar during the 1970s and composition with hilda dianda. he received a choral conductor degree in 1980. he’s participated in several projects in los angeles and new york – storacci sextet, carlos miralles group, bhrama nada, the charlie martins quartet. he has also performed with sam hendrix, john riley, larry granadier, matt wilson, charles gayle, william parker, george fernandez, etc.
his music covers space modern jazz, free jazz, avant garde classical, indian classical music and new tango. he has long been a proponent of netlabels and free music
his first album for pan y rosas, ninguna libertad/baladas, is a double album that features free improv piano meditations with wordless vocal action underneath.
posted 20 June 2013
David Inexacte – Live at Spring Break 2013
[NN_Perform014_06_13]
David Inexacte
“Live at Spring Break 2013”
Live at Sping Break Hoteler 2013 Festival
March 28th 2013 Vic, Barcelona
March 28th 2013 Vic, Barcelona
posted 17 June 2013
posted 14 June 2013
philip corner – java improvs
[pyr076]
philip corner
“java improvs”
philip corner is an: action musician. trombone/alphornist, occasional vocalist, pianist, percussionist, theorist, visual artist. composer, improvisor, educator, collageur, assembleur, calligrapher. student of jahoda, cowell, messiaen, luening, borduas, cage, taubman. teacher in new york high schools and livingston college. fluxologist, resident composer for judson dance theatre, experimental intermedia foundation. member of: tone roads chamber ensemble. sounds out of silent spaces gamelan son of lion. his focus is: listen. silence. resonance. surroundings. action. ecstasy.
philip corner’s second album for pan y rosas, java improvs, is a box set that collects eight improvisations that were recorded over the course of a year during his travels in indonesia. from philip:
Surely what drew me to Indonesia was the gamelan. A connection through years of practice with the New York new-music group “Son Of Lion.” And there I met three marvelous musicians and played with them, drawn together by shared mind-in-the-moment music making – the only way it becomes an “universal language.”
the collection is divided into three boxes and contains six and a half hours of music. the first box consists of two separate performances with percussionist yasudah s. and the dancers susana miranti kroeber and phoebe neville. the second box consists of four performances with the singer and dancer restu kusumaningrum. the third box consists of two performances with the percussionist jalu pratidina and dancer phoebe neville.
posted 11 June 2013
nicolás chientaroli trío – ViajeraMente
[pyr079]
nicolás chientaroli trío
“ViajeraMente”
based in buenos aires, pianist nicolás chientaroli is an active member of the city’s jazz scene where, in addition to his trio, he leads the group, la gran cena; and co-leads the groups los improvisadores gráficos and las formas avanzan. he has also performed with the groups andrés elstein trío, caravana colemanica, proyecto orgánico rave, trío dumpty, francisco salgado cuarteto, and la hormiga.
ViajeraMente is the third album from the trio and the first on pan y rosas. for this album the lineup features chientaroli on piano, carlos álvarez on bass and sebastián groshaus on drums. the album contains a mix of compositions by chientaroli, group improvisations and a cover of dizzy gillespie’s be-bop.
posted 07 June 2013
marta sainz – tres piezas
[pyr081]
marta sainz
“tres piezas”
marta sainz is an improviser who uses her voice and body to conduct her investigations of sound. her work draws from butoh, german expressionism as well as artaud’s theater of cruelty. she seeks to create an emotional shock for the spectator as they experience all aspects of her total performance. she also performs with lali barrière in the duo, un coup de dès; with miguel a garcía and enrique zaccagnin in the group destruction des animaux nuisibles; and in a duo with maryah marymoto.
her first album for pan y rosas consists of three pieces of free improvisation, recorded at home, in one take, in november of 2012 and january of 2013. she used her voice, objects, a ukelele, an analog synthesizer and various effects to create this, el sonido de las entrañas.
posted 07 June 2013
Avelino Saavedra – MUD
[at063]
Avelino Saavedra
“MUD”
MUD, is basically a systemic study of an instrument and its resonance capabilities. Also is the culmination of the mixture between sound processing and live improvisation with a very limited palette of sounds and effects.
As usual in Saavedra’s work one can grasp the enormous amount of time invested on developing, to get the finest results, in terms of sound. Earlier in spring, Saavedra stated (while talking about this album) that his idea was to squeeze all the capabilities of this instrument until depletion. So he did, and this is the modus operandi of Saavedra, to be able to extract the most of it of his instruments and deliver a closed-up project, without cracks, a full album, enclosed and finished.
posted 22 May 2013
ASTMA and Els Vandeweyer – Live at Naherholung Sternchen
[zero146]
ASTMA and Els Vandeweyer
“Live at Naherholung Sternchen”
Performed and recorded by Olga Nosova, Alexei Borisov and Els Vandeweyer (Berlin, Germany, 25 July 2012)
Alexei Borisov: guitar, voice, electronics
Olga Nosova: snare drum, citra, recorders, sound objects, voice, effects
Els Vandeweyer: vibraphone, percussion, voice
Special thanks: Meli Anders
Alexei Borisov: guitar, voice, electronics
Olga Nosova: snare drum, citra, recorders, sound objects, voice, effects
Els Vandeweyer: vibraphone, percussion, voice
Special thanks: Meli Anders
posted 20 May 2013
Ayqix – Awkish (Abstract Ballet Rework)
Wonderful combination of dubby chords and guitar improvisations. Thanks Ayqix from Argentina!
Downloadpage: http://archive.org/details/Ayqix-QhispikayEp
Releasepage: http://www.temiongrecordings.com.ar/blog/releases
posted 12 May 2013
N.O.F.P. – Live @ Sonoscopia
[EdP061]
N.O.F.P.
“Live @ Sonoscopia”
The event, held on March 15, 2013, marks the centenary of the publishing of Luigi Russolo’s manifesto “L’arte dei rumori”.
Recorded live @ Sonoscopia before a live audience.
N.O.F.P. is: Henrique Fernandes – intonarumori, wooden laptop, devices; Alberto Lopes – infinito, wooden laptop, intonarumori; João Martins – wooden laptop, devices; João Mascarenhas – intonarumori, percussion; João Ricardo – laptop, samples.
posted 08 May 2013
Sergi Boal – Cercle
[AT036]
Sergi Boal
“Cercle”
“A transposition of the soul into sound waves” NetMusic Life
“Cercle” is my most spiritual project. the most introspective. In this little EP the music flows, the themes don’t have any concrete structure, and maybe this gives the sensation of a visual dream, the sensation that you are floating, and you could create images, thoughts, sensations…. Not having a concrete structure, there’s no beginning, no end ; it’s like a circle! All the songs were recorded in one or two takes.only with a nylon guitar.
The music was almost improvised, except the theme “NILS” that was a rework of the pianist Nils Frahm, from one song of his album “Screws”, trying to “move” the sounds of his personal piano, to the guitar..
I recorded this EP with Hector Xiqués ( I/O Estudi de Gravació, Barcelona),and we tried to give that especial sound of the guitar, with some delays, and reverbs.
Nuvol ( Cloud) Angel Blau ( blue angel) Cercle (circle) Nils ( rework of Nils Frahm Composition ” LA” Sense tu…res… ( without you…..nothing)
please, sit down and dream……………..
This is a joint release with Alchemistica netlabel
posted 06 May 2013
Pioggia d’ambra – Musick for ghosts
[SPNet112]
Pioggia d’ambra
“Musick for ghosts”
Italy’s Pioggia d’ambra is back with another collection of self-described Depressive Ambient entitled Musick for ghosts. Recorded some time ago, but never released until now, this hour-long album was inspired by a lost love and its seven tracks, in the words of the artist, “range from freakish lo-fi folk to depressive drones and noise assault.” Despite the wide swings in style, the feeling of loss is pervasive throughout Musick for ghosts. Much like a ghost itself, melodies hover vaguely in the air, more of a suggestion than a framework upon which the songs are built. Occasionally there are vocals, seemingly moaned and whispered at no one in particular, and guitar pops up here and there, sometimes clean, but more often heavily processed through several effects until it sounds like mechanical wailing. When it comes to weird production techniques, Pioggia d’ambra pulls out all the stops: reversing phrases in post-production, overdubbing atmospheric drones, and filling the album with small expressions and eccentric details that keep the most droning parts of this collection as dynamic and engaging as the busier material. Above all else, and this project has a lot going for it, this attention to detail places Pioggia d’ambra a cut above much of the netlabel dark ambient jet set, and makes Musick for ghosts a haunting and inspiring experience.
posted 05 May 2013
Achnn – Vast
[ACHNN006]
Achnn
“Vast”
Five tracks made during 2012-2013 winter
Improvisations
Zither, bow, harmonica, objects, sanza, voice and computer
posted 04 May 2013
Rete del disagio – Concerto fantasma
[0kbps029]
Rete del disagio
“Concerto fantasma”
Rete del Disagio
Concerto fantasma [0kbps029]
01 – overture
02 – cuore di palma
03 – il fantasma di un concerto
04 – disagio e rivolta
05 – ciao gente seria
fabiorosho, stefano balice: electronics
recorded live in rome, 11-04-13
“disagio e rivolta” includes “rivolta di una città”, by 7tn4CC
Rete del disagio (the uneasiness network) is not a band, and has no stable line-up.
Rete del disagio was born when followers and supporters from different web communities as upupachan, vaporized art movement, deep lake records and mav [0kbps] records, start to physically meet to bring the noise from the net to the streets.
MAV [0kbps] Records, April 2013
posted 21 April 2013
KARST & VINCENT BARRAS – Corpusculairmetrique
[insubLP01]
KARST & VINCENT BARRAS
“Corpusculairmetrique”
Abstral Compost: voix & texte
Cyril Bondi: percussions, objets
d’incise: percussions, objets, feedbacks
Luc Müller: Percussions, objets, micro contact
Vincent Barras: Voix & texte (Face A)Karst brings together three musicians/percussionists/improvisors, playing in a fusional, abstract, eletroacoustic way, and voice/text/word/sound. This LP, third publication of the ensemble, grows around the theme/word “corps” (body). On the first side, the Abstral Compost’s random text is put in regard of the improvised speech by Vincent Barras (facinatinf character, speaker, medecin historian, sound poet, Cage’s translater, sound anthropogist, etc).
Karst present as well in 2012 a sound theatre play, “Besoin modeste assiette plate”, around Samuel Ernest Daibe’s outsider writings.
Cyril Bondi and d’incise team together since years, mainly with their duo Diatribes. Luc Müller is involved in the Lausanne based collective Rue du Nord. Abstral Compost oscillats between sound poetry and wild rap with the Labrats Bugband.
Cyril Bondi: percussions, objets
d’incise: percussions, objets, feedbacks
Luc Müller: Percussions, objets, micro contact
Vincent Barras: Voix & texte (Face A)Karst brings together three musicians/percussionists/improvisors, playing in a fusional, abstract, eletroacoustic way, and voice/text/word/sound. This LP, third publication of the ensemble, grows around the theme/word “corps” (body). On the first side, the Abstral Compost’s random text is put in regard of the improvised speech by Vincent Barras (facinatinf character, speaker, medecin historian, sound poet, Cage’s translater, sound anthropogist, etc).
Karst present as well in 2012 a sound theatre play, “Besoin modeste assiette plate”, around Samuel Ernest Daibe’s outsider writings.
Cyril Bondi and d’incise team together since years, mainly with their duo Diatribes. Luc Müller is involved in the Lausanne based collective Rue du Nord. Abstral Compost oscillats between sound poetry and wild rap with the Labrats Bugband.
posted 16 April 2013
Viktar Siamashka & Co – BIOTOPE
[BS077]
Viktar Siamashka & Co
“BIOTOPE”
“Free music from “the last dictatorship in Europe”. Spontaneous improvisation. Operative composing. Something at the intercrossing of free-jazz, folk, academic and electronic music. All compositions were created together, alive, “here and now” and without the using of phonograms or rehearse fragments.” – Viktar Siamashka & Co
Viktar Siamashka – winds, percussion
Eryk Arlou-Shymus – double-bass
Maxim Iukin – vocal, percussion
Raman Jarash – big drum
Recorded 08/11/2012 in anticafe “Fisher House”,
Miensk, Bielarus.
Art – Viktar Siamashka Sr.
Design – Ales Siamashka.
01 – Biotope (I, II)
part I (00:00 – 08:30),
part II (08:30 – 16:19)
02 – Risky men
03 – Without M.
04 – Thesis
05 – Dudaryki
posted 15 April 2013
