Improv and Avant-Garde

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  Luciane Cardassi Spans Continents and Generations on 'Going North'

  PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2020

  Brazilian-Canadian pianist and artist Luciane Cardassi has been actively pursuing her creative vision within the contemporary classical wor...

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  nêhiyawak's Matthew Cardinal Drifts into Astral Ambience on 'Asterisms'

  PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2020

  For such improvisational, airy music, there's little breathing room on Matthew Cardinal's Asterisms — no long stretches of silence, no piec...

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  Bell Orchestre Return with 'IX: Nature That's It That's All,' Sign to Erased Tapes

  PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2020

  Montreal's Bell Orchestre have announced plans to return with new music after signing to British independent label, Erased Tapes. Before th...

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  Boris and Merzbow Team Up for New Album '2R0I2P0'

  PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2020

  Boris and Merzbow are once again joining forces. The Japanese noise titans will be releasing their latest collaborative album, 2R0I2P0, on...

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  Ennio Morricone's Secret Side Unearthed on New Posthumous Album 'Morricone Segreto'

  PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2020

  While the world continues to mourn late soundtrack great Ennio Morricone, the maestro is being treated to a new posthumous album — complete...

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  Bruno Nicolai's Stunning 'Geminus' Gets First-Ever Vinyl Reissue via Four Flies

  PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2020

  While never reaching the same mainstream success as longtime collaborator Ennio Morricone, Bruno Nicolai most definitely held his own weigh...

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  Jenny Banai Takes Her Dazzling Vocals to the Next Level on 'couchwalker'

  PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2020

  On Jenny Banai's sophomore album, couchwalker, she has proven herself one of the most gifted vocalists on the scene today. While she had al...

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  R.I.P. Minimalist Composer Jon Gibson

  PUBLISHED Oct 13, 2020

  Jon Gibson, a beloved minimalist composer and founding member of the Philip Glass Ensemble, has died. Gibson passed away due to unspecified...