EAR INFLUXION

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Eli Keszler: Stadium (Shelter Press)

Eli Keszler: Stadium (Shelter Press)

It’s that time of the year again, when I finally have more time on my hands to both listen to music as well as some time to read about and listen to some of the myriad fine releases that so many...

Erik Truffaz & Murcof: “Chaos” (Being Human Being, Mundo Recordings 2014)Truffaz’s trumpet decays and reverberates within and around Murcof’s grimy structure, a really winning combination on...

Colin Stetson: All This I Do For Glory (52Hz)Colin Stetson has made a name for himself as a musical force of nature. His weapon of choice is the unwieldy baritone saxophone, one of the...

Black Cube Marriage: “Fractal Signal Clone” (Astral Cube, El Paraiso 2017)Dense avant-jazz abounds on Black Cube Marriage’s new album Astral Cube, available on El Paraiso. The 11-person ensemble is...

Qluster: Echtzeit (Bureau B)Hans-Joachim Roedelius continues carrying the Kluster torch, again with another album as the latest incarnation as a trio, Qluster. Roedelius changed the name...

Whitetree: “Mercury Sands” (Cloudland, Ponderosa Music & Art 2009)Robert and Ronald Lippok of To Rococo Rot collaborated with Italian composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi as Cloudland in 2009....

Beatrice Dillon: Face A/B (Where to Now?) This three-track EP from Beatrice Dillon is fascinating to me. It has all of the tropes of minimal techno with a dash of house, but equally it...

Vilod: Safe In Harbour (Perlon)Do you ever put on a record for the first time, and within a minute or two it’s startled you for its uniqueness or ingenuity? Safe in Harbour is such...

John Coltrane: “Mars” (Interstellar Space, 1967) Coltrane’s spastic free improvisations with percussionist Rashied Ali are not easy listening, but there are some truly mesmerizing...

John Coltrane: “Mars” (Interstellar Space, 1967) Coltrane’s spastic free improvisations with percussionist Rashied Ali are not easy listening, but there are some truly mesmerizing...

Isotope 217: “New Beyond” (Utonian Automatic, Thrill Jockey 1999) Isotope 217’s first EP was my favorite of theirs, but this follow-up album is still solid. Quintessential Chicago...

Colin Vallon Trio: Le Vent (ECM) Swiss pianist Colin Vallon is new to me, but his collaborations with Patrice Moret (double-bass) and Julian Sartorius (drums) are stunning. Le Vent is...

Airchamber3: Peripheral (Frattonove) Airchamber3 consists of Andrea Ferraris (guitar, bass, laptop, effects, drums), Luca Serrapiglio (alto, tenor & baritone saxophone, bass clarinet,...

Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek: Do You Know Otahiti? (Faitiche) Jan Jelinek, the keen mind behind projects such as the Exposures, Farben, Gramm, and a plethora of releases under his...

Chris Abrahams: Memory Night (Room40) Chris Abrahams works more conventionally as the pianist for the Necks, but his solo music is far more interesting to me. The first time I heard him...

Barry Adamson: “On the Wrong Side of Relaxation” (Moss Side Story, Mute 1988) Barry Adamson’s Mute debut in the late 80s remains odd and interesting 25 years later. It’s by...

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