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Just a note on this marvelous release, otherwise unrelated to the usual stuff here. Steve Roden, who, I guess, is actually a bit related to...

Greg Kelley/Olivia Block - Resolution (Erstwhile) Jérôme Noetinger/Will Guthrie - Face Off (Erstwhile) The two new Erstwhile releases stand ...

Two LPs by Mattin that were apparently released in early 2010 but showed up on my doorstep only recently. The first deals, more or less trad...

Sean Baxter - Solo Drumkit Improvisations (Bocian) Bocian had preciously released a couple of Baxter solos on 45rpm vinyl; sometimes I thoug...

Christian Wolff - Kompositionen 1950-1972 (Edition RZ) Wolff occupies a rather unique position in my evaluative process, always has. There...

Echtzeitmusik Berlin - Self-Defining a Scene Burkhard Beins, Christian Kesten, Gisela Nauck, Andrea Neumann - Editors (Wolke) If one was goi...

Tomek Chołoniewski - Un (Mathka) Percussionist Chołoniewski presents five solo pieces. My first exposure to his work, I believe, and the ini...

mites - something to ponder upon for a restless soul like you (Mystery Sea) mites - it's something but it's not tomorrow (CDR) Tryin...

Robert Schumann - Dichterliebe (Bôłt) I should say up front that, although I've heard Dichterliebe on any number of occasions in the...

MIMEO - Wigry (Bôłt/Monotype) I love LPs, Still. Admittedly, however, I'd have preferred this to have been issued on CD, or two CDs. The...

Tetuzi Akiyama/Takuji Kawai - Transition (ftarri) What a nice surprise this is! While Akiyama is a known, if widely ranging in style and qua...

Loren Connors - Red Mars (Family Vineyard) Five tracks, recorded at home and live in NYC in 2010, accompanied by Margarida Garcia on electri...

Moniek Darge - Sounds of Sacred Places (kye) Five pieces recorded at various public sites between 1984 and 1987. My favorite is the opening ...

Taku Unami/Takahiro Kawaguchi - Teatro Assente (Erstwhile) I'm not sure if it was beneficial or detrimental, in terms of assessing this ...

Toshimaru Nakamura - Maruto (Erstwhile) In many ways, Nakamura's music has shifted rather decidedly over the past few years, say since h...

Chris Cochrane/Dennis Cooper/Ishmael Houston-Jones - Them (Tzadik) "Them" was initially conceived in 1985 by choreographer Ishmael...

Lee Noyes/Phil Brownlee/Jerome Poirier - White & Red/Lux (Ideal State) Two works, the first, "White & Red" with Noyes on s...

Michel Doneda/Jonas Kocher - Action Mécanique (Flexion Records) Gotta love a sandpaper outer sleeve... Doneda on soprano and sopranino, Koch...

Joe Panzner - Clearing, Polluted (Copy for Your Records) Ah, so satisfying. I remember stumbling across an unusually well-written review of ...