Improv and Avant-Garde

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  Ryuichi Sakamoto Announces New Album '12'

  PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2022

  Ryuichi Sakamoto has returned with details of a new solo LP. The composer will deliver 12 on January 17 via Milan Records/commmons. 12 fol...

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  Malibu Returns with New EP 'Palaces of Pity'

  PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2022

  Malibu has returned with a new mini-album. The French artist's five-song Palaces of Pity can be heard in the player below. Out today via U...

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  Colin Stetson's 'Chimæra I' Is a Foreboding Beast

  PUBLISHED Nov 10, 2022

  While every saxophonist breathes into their instrument, Colin Stetson brings an entire world to life when he puts lips to reed. His explora...

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  Le Phoque OFF Announces First Wave of 2023 Artists, with METZ, Atsuko Chiba, Jessica Moss

  PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2022

  Quebec City's Le Phoque OFF is due to return for its ninth edition in 2023, and the festival has now announced the first wave of performing...

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  Toronto's 21C Music Festival Returns This Winter with Tanya Tagaq, Kronos Quartet, Jean-Michel Blais

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2022

  With the early 2022 edition of Toronto's 21C Music Festival left hanging in the midst of the Omicron surge, the Royal Conservatory has now...

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  Kristin Hayter to Retire Lingua Ignota in 2023: "I Am Taking a New Direction with My Music"

  PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2022

  Kristin Hayter has announced plans to retire her Lingua Ignota project in 2023: "I am retiring this catalog, this pain." Following her fir...

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  Vancouver's Only a Visitor Announce New Album 'Decay'

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2022

  If only to visit, Vancouver avant-pop quintet Only a Visitor are back — and not empty-handed: they have a new album on the way and have sha...

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  BIG|BRAVE Detail New Album 'nature morte'

  PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2022

  BIG|BRAVE have returned with details of a new album. The exploratory Montreal trio will share nature morte on February 24 via Thrill Jockey...