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music tagged with: improvisation

malaqh – Aun tenemos donde descansar

malaqh – Aun tenemos donde descansar
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malaqh

“Aun tenemos donde descansar”

“Aún tenemos donde descansar” is the first EP produced by Santiago-based dúo “malaqh” (Francisco Sánchez, drums; Felipe Zenteno, electronics and programming). The EP is composed of three tracks. Each of them has an individual identity in terms of timbres and textures, but all of them have movement as the underlying premise. A risky proposition, this EP inhabits the rudimentary and futuristic giving way to a fresh and rhythmatic listening experience.

At its core, this release is about improvised music. Elements of ambient, jazz, and noise come together to create a soundscape where digital language is conjugated by the body language of the drummer, resulting in a hybrid plasticity that is felt as pure possibility.

The cover was made by Chilean visual artist Camila Vilches, who represented malaqh‘s proposed soundscape of apparent opposites.

malaqh
(Santiago, Chile. July, 2022)

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posted 01 July 2022

Ladisa / Giannandrea / Magliocchi – SE

Ladisa / Giannandrea / Magliocchi – SE
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Ladisa / Giannandrea / Magliocchi

“SE”

Stefania Ladisa / french violin
Marcello Giannandrea / bassoon,de-compositioned
Marcello Magliocchi / drums,perc.,traps
recorded on April 16, 2022 by Stefania Ladisa for SETTILE lab-prod at
Trullo Improvisations, Monopoli / IT
Mixed by Adrian Northover,OXO Studios – London
© all the music by Ladisa/Giannandrea/Magliocchi
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posted 01 July 2022

João Tavares, Michael Smith, Filipe Larsen – April 21 Vol. 1

João Tavares, Michael Smith, Filipe Larsen – April 21 Vol. 1
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João Tavares, Michael Smith, Filipe Larsen

“April 21 Vol. 1”

It’s 2022 and jazz returns to MiMi. We couldn’t return to jazz without musicians like João Tavares, Michael Smith and Filipe Larsen. Fernando Resendes is the guest who brings with him the electronics that are perfectly involved with the saxophone, the electric bass and the drums.

This first volume prod our curiosity. Four improvised parts that take us to Casa Grande da Caloura, on the island of Azores, in 2021. The island is an important part of this narrative. Anyone who has been there knows that the climate is different, that the lightness of the island is reflected in the sounds that are part of this record. Music that remind us of the sudden change between the sun and the rain, between the heat and the goosebumps on the skin. Cadences that make us wait for the next step.

Dynamic and memorable.
Close your eyes and absorb the story. It is obvious that it will not end in this volume.

Part I
Michael Smith > soprano Saxophone
Filipe Larsen > electr. bass
Fernando Resendes > electronics
João Tavares > drums

Part II
Michael Smith > alto Saxophone
Filipe Larsen > electr. bass
Fernando Resendes > electronics
João Tavares > drums

Part III
Michael Smith > tenor Saxophone
Filipe Larsen > electr. bass
Fernando Resendes > electronics
João Tavares > drums

Part IV
Michael Smith > tenor Saxophone
Filipe Larsen > electr. bass
João Tavares > drums

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posted 08 March 2022

Various Artist – Samsin Els

Various Artist – Samsin Els
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Various Artist

“Samsin Els”

[To read with your own voice]

Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
(Jeremiah 1:9)

The process of language formation, understood as a vertical, generational transfer, repeated and replicated with fidelity and precision, has evolved into the recognition of a horizontal, public reservoir, shared and in constant de/re/construction: inexhaustible, continuous, simultaneously giving and receiving, taking what already exists and giving it back, reformulated, recombined, reconfigured. Almost like a loop.

The media for storing information lost their static, inflexible and canonical character with digitalia, becoming malleable, like clay, and susceptible to multiple variations and articulations. The institutions of analog archiving, which may be understood almost like a cemetery, were disrupted by this oxymoron, this new plane of coexistence or cohabitation between conservation and re-elaboration. “Writing on electronic platform is not only writing but doubles as archiving,” says visual artist, DJ, non-creative writer, and amateur archivist Kenneth Goldsmith; «Both processes have become inseparable.»

In the same way, if we think of remixes as speaking with someone else’s words, we find ourselves in the middle of a fluid and incessant conversation, where each sound finds new containers and is reproduced according to the circumstantial emphases of those who emit them: first, as in early childhood, they are reiterated and repeated, to the beat of other rhythms and tempi; with more age, we concentrate on some and discard others; when youth arrives, we pervert them in frank confrontation or embrace and defend them in full identification; at the time we present final papers in higher education, they become the starting point for completely new discourses. What this mini album offers are, precisely, fully autonomous reworks of some pieces of mine, by new and active generations:

Orquesta Pandroginia rejoices recomposing “instant records” 4 and 5 and “instant album” #1, reflecting on the process in the previous text. Emilio Adasme chooses revisiting #soloshow, multiplying it by three and compacting it into eight minutes and more. Groovestastik, on the other hand, plays with sources as disparate as the fifth episode of Voltajes Aleatorios podcast, “Tsonaramps” radio play, and “Almost Automatic Remicc #0”, which came to light thanks to the invitation of Cristóbal Cornejo, who is always in our hearts. All this is braided by one of the passes that Seiten Wall made through Planderfonia five years ago, taken from a still unpublished call, shared through historic radio program Perdidos en el espacio (Lost in space). And concerning the cover art, the self-portrait shared by Leonor unconsciously dialogues with the poster for the film “Les hautes solitudes”, by French director Philippe Garrel.

The selection of works was random, as a result of an online dialogue, intensified during the first year of the pandemic; the carte to approach them, absolutely blanche. As results arrived, the country was trembling until reviving the plebiscite of 1988, with a new victory for the People. It is powerfully striking that, this time, the face and body of hope were the same people leading the student revolt during their university years a decade ago.

What else to do but to celebrate that the words said before, almost whispered, resonate in those who choose to share their creative expression from this corner of the globe. And more than happy with the role to play now: paving their way and cheering their arrival.

Gerardo Figueroa Rodríguez
(Santiago, Chile. Febrero / February 2022)

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posted 23 February 2022

Charles Rice Goff III & Michael LaGrega – Indefinite Endeavor

Charles Rice Goff III & Michael LaGrega – Indefinite Endeavor

Charles Rice Goff III & Michael LaGrega

“Indefinite Endeavor”

The works of this presentation were edited from over two hours of live and unrehearsed recordings made on November 26, 2021, at LaGrega Studios in Leawood, Kansas. Editing and production by C. Goff III, January-February, 2022.

The Tools Of The Trek :

Goff:
Yamaha VSS-30 Sampler/Synthesizer
Korg R3 Vocoder/Synthesizer
Voice
Billiard The Theremin
Boss RC 20X Loop Station Loop Duplicator
Monkey Drums
Diane The Mannequin Hand

LaGrega:
Alesis Andromeda Synthesizer
Korg Prologue Synthesizer
Korg NTS-1 Synthesizer
Moog Matriarch Synthesizer
Korg 01/W Synthesizer
E-MU PX7 Command Station Synthesizer
Voice

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posted 15 February 2022

"Invenir" Marcelo von Schultz & Pablo Díaz – al mar

"Invenir" Marcelo von Schultz & Pablo Díaz – al mar
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“Invenir” Marcelo von Schultz & Pablo Díaz

“al mar”

Pablo Díaz, drums, percussion (right channel)
Marcelo von Schultz, drums, percussion, electronics on 2 (left channel)

recorded on june 2021 on Magma Centro de Artes by Pablo Díaz.
mixed and mastering by Sam Nacht on Estudio Libres, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

all pieces are improvisations based on poems by Pablo Díaz and paintings by Marcelo von Schultz.

cover art by Pablo Díaz

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posted 05 February 2022

Mauro Sambo & Alberto Collodel – Personal mountains

Mauro Sambo & Alberto Collodel – Personal mountains
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Mauro Sambo & Alberto Collodel

“Personal mountains”

Mauro Sambo – electronics, double bass, percussion, cymbal, gong, zither, field recording
Alberto Collodel – bass clarinet
Venice, October 2021
Cover Mauro Sambo photo from the series “Personal mountain” 2021
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posted 27 November 2021

Neurologick Thunder Rkdz x Filmy Ghost – MΛGYCΛL SWΛMP

Neurologick Thunder Rkdz x Filmy Ghost – MΛGYCΛL SWΛMP

Neurologick Thunder Rkdz x Filmy Ghost

“MΛGYCΛL SWΛMP”

Stems, instrumentals by Neurologick Thunder Rkdz collective.
artwork by Astarte 23.
sounds remixed by Sábila Orbe.

Neurologick Thunder Rkdz // is a collective/label of multiple different projects by Sanja. (aka Agitation Phi) and also of her collaborations with other artists. Also with the collaboration in visual artworks by Astarte23.
neurologickthunder.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/user-685450274/tracks
www.deviantart.com/astarte23/gallery

Filmy Ghost. is an experimental, ghostly electronic project from Rancagua, Chile. Created by Sábila Orbe.
humanfobia.jimdofree.com/filmy-ghost/
archive.org/details/fav-sabila_orbe02
hearthis.at/filmy-ghost/

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posted 13 October 2021

An octopus in the bathtub – Lucky 13

An octopus in the bathtub – Lucky 13
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An octopus in the bathtub

“Lucky 13”

an octopus in the bathtub is the solo project of Ricardo Ramos (member of Dirty Coltrane / The Dirty Coal Train, Tiger Picnic, Puny, Cloudland, and much more…).

After the debut in 2000 with volumes 1 and 2 of 4 track demos where the first improvisations were compiled he released multiple EPs and Albums inside the spectrum of experimental improvised music, noise and contemporary composition.

“Lucky 13” compiles 3 tracks starting with the title track: 13 minutes of double guitar and drums with interpolated tribal rhythms and dissonant chords. The 2nd track “fisga” has a bass drum pattern leading the way while a bowed inverted guitar creates ambients that are punctuated with short drones. The last composition “dead punks” has a trumpet and ambiental guitar singing 2 different songs over a hyper-reverbed percussion.

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posted 03 October 2021

PIRATE Tapes – A Live Au Sanctuaire

PIRATE Tapes – A Live Au Sanctuaire
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PIRATE Tapes

“A Live Au Sanctuaire”

The Necrophile Hummingbird presents “A Live Au Sanctuaire” by PIRATE Tapes. Last of 2 concerts recorded before and after the first lockdown. A way to show how the spontaneous music that we call “improvisation” is slightly closer of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s intuitive music than of the jazz improvisation. Indeed it’s mostly a live session as we use to do when we record one of our album before split it in several parts and title them as tracks… but with public.
Merely nothing prepared, we plug and play that’s all : total improvisation.

Free Download in Wav & Flac on the bandcamp zonefusion.bandcamp.com/album/a-live-au-sanctuaire

Improvised music recorded live in the sanctuary of the Mont-Roland (france) the Sunday 28th June 2020.

Members :
Alain Grille studio112.bandcamp.com
Ed End ello.co/ed_end
Krackers https://soundcloud.com/doktorkrackers

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posted 27 September 2021

PIRATE Tapes – In Extremis Ex Nihilo Sound Artefact Capture Performance

PIRATE Tapes – In Extremis Ex Nihilo Sound Artefact Capture Performance
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PIRATE Tapes

“In Extremis Ex Nihilo Sound Artefact Capture Performance”

The Necrophile Hummingbird presents “Performance d’extraction d’un artefact sonore ex nihilo in extremis” by PIRATE Tapes. First of 2 concerts recorded before and after the first lockdown. A way to show how the spontaneous music that we call “improvisation” is slightly closer of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s intuitive music than of the jazz improvisation. Indeed it’s mostly a live session as we use to do when we records one of our album before split it in several parts and title them as tracks… but with public.
Merely nothing prepared, we plug and play that’s all : total improvisation.

Improvised music recorded live the 23th February 2023 at the 36 Art Gallery of Dole (france) “In Extremis Ex Nihilo Sound Artefact Capture Performance” aka “Performance d’extraction d’un Artefact Sonore Ex Nihilo In Extremis”. Musique quasi totalement improvisée à la Galerie du 36 de Dole (france) le 23 février 2023. Si le titre n’est pas assez explicite, la performance improvisée consistait a dévoiler les mystères de la capture d’un Objet Sonore Non Identifié…

Free Download in Wav & Flac on the bandcamp zonefusion.bandcamp.com/album/performance-dextraction-dun-artefact-sonore-ex-nihilo-in-extremis

Original Photography by Aurélien Benoist
www.abenoist.com

Members :
Alain Grille (Electric Guitar & FX)
www.studio112.bandcamp.com
Ed End (Kaossilator, electric frequency generator, turntable & FX)
www.ello.co/ed_end

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posted 25 September 2021