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Ernst Karel - Swiss Mountain Transport System (Gruenrekorder) As far as untreated field recordings go--now yer talkin'. It obviously hel...

Kim Cascone - the knotted constellation (Monotype) A cascade of Cascone (c'mon, you know that's hard to resist). Field recordings an...

Patrick Farmer/Kostis Kilymis/Sarah Hughes/Stephen Cornford - No Islands (Another Timbre) Maybe it's because I'm writing this at the...

As a kind of addendum to AMPLIFY:stones, we had two evenings of three sets apiece at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn, featuring various combi...

Been busy between returning to work and spending all evenings at AMPLIFY, but I guess I should post a few words about the three evenings of ...

Michael Pisaro/Greg Stuart - Hearing Metal 2 Giving a blow by blow account of Pisaro's music is becoming increasingly absurd. The pieces...

Not to leave out mention of other shows, including a superb duo improv from Keith and Radu, but last evening's solo Rowe performance is,...

Been a bit recalcitrant but also very busy, so a few more brief notes. Two night back Keith and Toshi played what was, at the time, my favor...

Briefly, wanted to comment on last evening's Rowe/Unami set. Keith, during his stay here, had been referencing Philip Ball's "T...

Last evening's first set was the "trio" of Richard Kamerman, David Barnes and Graham Stephenson, arrayed in three successive d...

Jason Lescalleet led off playing solo last night, speaking to the audience beforehand very movingly, describing how this weekend encompassed...

A few very quick thoughts about the first three nights of AMPLIFY:stones. I had to miss the opening set, Antoine Beuger's "appr...

Giuseppe Ielasi - 15 Tapes (Senufo Editions) As indicated, 15 brief, often blistering pieces derived from taped sources. It's almos...

Robin Hayward/Kristoffer Lo/Martin Taxt - Microtub (Sofa Music) [my pc is temporarily--I hope--out of commission so I can't scan an...

Apologies for the lack of posting...doing other things while on vacation and faced with a pile of stuff upon return, half of which I've ...

Keith Rowe - Concentration of the Stare (bottrop-boy) Spend any amount of time in the company of Keith Rowe and the names of certain painter...

Ferran Fages - Pèl Nord (Bocian) Robin Fox - More Impossible Futures (Bocian) And still another pair of 7" vinyl releases from Bocian.....

John Wall/Alex Rodgers - Work 2006-2011 (Entr'acte) A fascinating release. A bit has been written on what a departure this is for Wall, ...

Patrick Farmer - Green rings around the eyes, this grass in vibrant motion. (nadukeenumono) It's long been my belief that there are musi...

Anne Guthrie - Perhaps a Favorable Organic Moment (Copy for Your Records) Quite a wonderful very different kind of recording. Guthrie's ...