free improvisation
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A minute of mayhem from guitarist Bill Orcutt and drummer Jacob Heule, taken from their new record Colonial Donuts, out October 16 via Palilalia. Cover art game on point!
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Baltimore’s Dope Body drops a short but exciting album of new material based off noisy, intense improvs.
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Excerpt from enduring Japanoise act Hijokaidan’s new album Emergency Stairway to Heaven, out August 31 via Cold Spring. Enjoy!
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The opening track from improvisational rock duo MANAS’ self-titled debut LP, out September 4 via Feeding Tube. If you dig what you hear, there’s a lot more where that came from on the double-cassette they put out last month: MANAS by MANAS
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Free jazz/improvisation titans Akira Sakata, Jim O’Rourke, Chikamorachi (Darin Gray + Chris Corsano), and Merzbow are teaming up for Flying Basket, a double LP out September 18 via Family Vineyard. You can check out the trailer above, though it’s safe to assume this will be one intense experience.
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Aurora by Alchimia Some pretty moody free jazz coming from Seattle three-piece Alchimia, via Kraków label Instant Classic.
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Zs’ latest album shows the band taking a more stripped back approach to their hypnotically repetitive approach to experimental rock, jazz, and drone.
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Brian Chippendale and Greg Saunier by Brian Chippendale and Greg Saunier Of all the team-ups and collabs in recent memory, this has to be among the most chaotic, noisy and boisterous of them all. Greg Saunier and Brian Chippendale are two drummers behind some of the more experimental punk bands
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https://soundcloud.com/sige-1/black-spirituals-radiant With Of Deconstruction, Oakland free improvisation duo Black Spirituals has delivered one of the year’s greatest potpourri albums. Bassist and electronics operator Zachary James Watkins and percussionist Marshall Trammell found each of the album’s three substantial pieces on simple and vague grooves, exploring
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Kijinoise by Kijinoise Here’s something that caught my ears while wading through Bandcamp earlier today. Kijinoise is a Chinese musician who has been uploading projects quite prolifically since late last month, using solely a guitar to deliver a fuzzy fusion of drone, noise, progressive rock, doom, and free improvisational
