Cerca’s mesmerizing Mod Pink Relic was inspired by the sounds of the Chesapeake Bay.
Author: Pat Padua
A Dream Come True: by Juan Carlos Onetti
With prose that in translation is wandering and aimless, the work does have something in…
Victor Cavini: Japan
A kind of tone poem about the move away from old folk traditions to the…
Rediscover: Angshally: Inaka no Basu
Can somebody at a label drawn to Japanese musicians track down Angshally and put his…
Various Artists: Taiwan Disco
It’s not all disco, but who can blame the compilers for such an attention-getting ploy?
Deux Baleines Blanches: Singende Drahte
Alternating darker modes with more melodic pieces, Schneider finds poetry in cold infrastructure.
A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves: by Jason DeParle
You think you have it hard making ends meet in America? Try out life in…
Cry Babies: Cry Babies
Not only a solid collection of funky covers, but, given the times, kind of psychedelic.
Hareton Salvanini: Xavana, Uma Ilha do Amor
While its optics may lure the cheesecake collector, its music is not erotic at all;…
Arto Lindsay/Ken Vandermark/Joe McPhee/Phil Sudderberg: Largest Afternoon
Free improvisation can appear to be little more than chaos. But under the right circumstances,…