Step on up, come one, come All! All are welcome (and required) at All’s Fair – a Fair where every tit has its tat. All’s Fair, in love and war, serves the needs of All, whether pliantly or peremptorily.
A carnival of topsy-turvy exchange, All’s Fair provides the circus – though you may pay dearly for the bread.
Featuring alto sax.
SWENGLITCH new album by PSYCHTRUM, Psychiceyeclix & TrumTrum collab –
a mix of jazz, hip hop, noise, industrial & organ jungle!
Wondering what will, we.
Originate our own –
Understanding, until:
Later lives, listening,
Do drought – doubt – death.
Featuring piano.
Luneta Freedom Jazz Collective is an experimental jazz group from Manila, Philippines. Their first studio album “Ethos”, was recorded and released in 2015, followed by “Inland Empire” in 2017. In 2021 the project debuted on Mahorka with their third album, “Slaves and Masters”.
“Mga matang pumipikit sa langit” (translates to “Eyes closing to the sky”) is their fourth album and second on Mahorka, released December 7, 2024
“Mga pinagbabatayang kaisipan at paniniwala tungkol sa pinakapuso ng kalikasan ng tunay na nandito at umiiral, na nagsisilbi namang pinakasahig ng iba pang mga kaisipan at paniniwala.”
The album as a whole is grounded on the profound engagement with the foundational ideologies and convictions concerning the nature of that which genuinely exists and prevails, serving as the primary basis for all subsequent thoughts and beliefs that underpin human thought and belief. Offering a nuanced perspective, each moment delves into different facets of human cognition, reality, and perception, mirroring how foundational ideologies about reality shape and are shaped by these elements.
Luneta Freedom Jazz Collective are:
Hamzah Nubia – Guitar
Rahiem Tashan – Percussion
Althea Segunda Katigbak – Keys
Akilah Marasigan – Sax
Dustin “Xenokrates” Bones – Bass
Maleeq Ras Nashiem – Drums/Theremin
Artwork by Maleeq Ras Nashiem
The Necrophile Hummingbird Netlabel presents L’Autre Dans le miroir (aka In The Mirror by The Other)
“Nu Trip Hop for Self Reflection”
L’Autre is Antonella Porcelluzzi and Ed End.
Antonella Eye Porcelluzzi (lyrics and voices + voice pedals)
https://www.linktr.ee/AntonellaEyePorcelluzzi
Ed End (electronic noise + turntablism + khoomei voice)
http://www.horsnorme.org
Recorded live at the Cave Haven in Foucherans the 9th of March 2024.
Special thanks to jazz pioneer Art Blakey without whom this album wouldn’t be.
Dedicated to those who are not afraid to break through the mirror
“An anthropological journey…” —a concept I overheard from one of the attendees at the end of the presentation by the trio led by Fake Samo (computer, composition), plus Edén Carrasco on tenor saxophone and Francisco Sánchez on drums, last August 7, date on which was presented live this album that today you can know, listen and appreciate in its digital version.
As a privileged witness to the history of this recording, which took several months to reach its final form, I can only highlight the result, both in its digital recording and in its performative aspect—two sides of the same coin, or rather, a mirror that faithfully reflects either side of its surface. “Interzona”, the concept that gives this album its title, originates from the idea developed by William S. Burroughs in his novel Naked Lunch. This concept connects to music in multifaceted ways, as Burroughs’ work has profoundly influenced musical culture, especially in electronic music, punk, and experimental rock, with a particular emphasis on Free Jazz in this case. Burroughs’ “Interzona”, as a concept, has become a powerful metaphor for musicians seeking to explore and transgress the boundaries of artistic creation, particularly in genres that value experimentation and the breaking of conventions.
With his computer, software, mouse, attentive ear, and remarkable auditory memory, Fake Samo invites us to engage with his own musical interests, bringing together both performers (Carrasco and Sánchez in this case) and listeners to be part of this collage of crossed references, chaotic worlds, alienated dreams, and ruptures in reality. As in John Cage’s “Music Circus”, where everything and everyone can sound at the same time, this album might evoke the sounds of Throbbing Gristle, Swans, Can, Peter Brötzmann, among others that are sonically more recognizable.
In just over half an hour, “Interzona” unfolds in roughly four movements, with abstract preludes, noise-laden crescendos, and mysterious endings, where the blend of multiple sound layers finds its defined space, shining through and making itself heard. With the recording and pre-mix by Antonia Valladares and the hands of AtomTM on the mixing and mastering, this should come as no surprise. What should be noted, however, is how the realization of an idea that seems simple in its conception can come to such a strong conclusion, both aesthetically and conceptually, becoming a powerful proposal and a manifesto of the will to create.
Mika Martini
(Santiago, Chile. August 2024)
Time and time again:
A cycle, not late – a circle, not straight.
Time, and time again:
A moment, not passed – a question, not asked.
Time, and time, again.
Featuring improvised piano.
released August 15, 2024
Artwork by Jaze Baqti.
While awake at 3 AM, many thoughts occur. Silence belies quiet, as worries faintly stir. Processing unevenly, subconsciously subsumed – at an unknowable moment, placid dreams will bloom.
Featuring Rhodes electric piano.
cut me some slack, it’s just a dayjob
we’re alone in here, the spiders already left
What is the nature of uncertainty? Is it a true thing that is unknown, or an unknowable thing that is true? How can we search for things when we don’t know their shape? And what is an answer if it is simply more questions in disguise?
Featuring improvised piano.
10 PLAY(groove)
20 PLAY(solo)
30 GOTO 10
Featuring a synthesized jazz sextet of drum kit, bass, piano, guitar, sax, and flute.
Needing no truss (superfluous). One must discuss, without a fuss. Nonplussed, and thus – I am pond-rous.
Featuring improvised unaccompanied alto saxophone with reverb.
Matt and Dave named their project Felsteg, which is Swedish for misstep. And this is certainly not due to a lack of conviction in their shared musical work. Rather, and on the contrary, the name describes their approach to music quite well for me. On “Hold” you can hear two experienced live musicians who consciously decide to “misstep” when playing. Misstep as an opportunity!
The music on the album was created live and spontaneously. Starting with rudimentary song ideas, they played sessions together in which improvisation became the means to flesh out the basic ideas. At the same time, these sessions were professionally recorded on multiple tracks in the studio, then supplemented with additional elements and mixed at the end.
On their debut album, Matt and Dave managed to create songs that, despite all their complexity and jazz affinity, are characterized by a pleasant lightness and catchiness, even naturalness.
One can count one by one, or two and three, or three and two. One can count the ways to count – and how one counts counts.
Featuring jazz quartet of brushed drums, upright bass, piano, and muted trumpet.
Mixed and mastered by ABOOMBONG in the basement at Pen & Mallet Studios.
See the writing on the wall – after Summer comes the Fall. Winter soon, and then it’s Spring; to these seasons many cling.
Yet larger changes are afoot – familiar things become hard put. Missing what we’ve yet to lose, we must adjust prospective views.
Featuring piano.
Prepare a pan, lightly greased – the corn is ready, we shall feast! With colors that delight the eye, maíz verde truly satisfies.
Featuring a latin jazz band of flute, saxophones, trumpets, trombones, piano, upright bass, and percussion.
Slip and slide
from note to note –
I see icy land
and Boats
Sailing through
Uncertainly
Ice, for now –
Not endlessly.
This jazz blues waltz features clarinet, piano, upright bass, and drum kit.
releases January 11, 2024
Stanislav Diviš – dirigent
Jan Faix – klávesy
Vojta Havel – violoncello
Jan Havlín – zpěv
Jakub Havlín – zpěv
Mikoláš Chadima – saxofob, příčná flétna
Martin Janíček – ozvučené artefakty
Ondřej Ježek – kytara
Josef Jindrák – basová kytara, zpěv
Jan Jirucha – trombon
Martin Záchod Choura – zpěv
Zdeněk Konopásek – bicí
Michal Kořán – elektronika
Martin Kyšperský – zpěv, hračky
Petr Marek – housle, zpěv
Marcín – zpěv
Dan Mráz – zpěv
Petr Nikl – rozličné drobné nástroje
Zdeněk Hmyzák Novák – zpěv
Roman Plischke – saxofon
Pepa Pondělík – zpěv
Petr Komár Soudek – zpěv
Ivo Štefan – zpěv
Jára Tarnovski – Sampling, Field Recording, Fx, Noises
nahráll Lukáš Polák na koncertu v Kasárnách Karlín 2. 11. 2022
mix Ondřej Ježek, Studio Jámor, 2023
koncertní plakát: Carton Clan
foto: Soňa Pokorná
