Dave Rempis / Tomeka Reid / Joshua Abrams
Allium
Aerophonic Records
“Allium is the second recording by this chamber trio, a follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2018 release Ithra. On that record they made a singularly powerful statement delving into non- soloistic group interaction and compositional development in a free-improvised context. Allium ventures even further down that fertile path.”
Ig Henneman
Outside The Rain Has Stopped
Wig
“"Pianist/improviser Cecil Taylor’s intuitive, energetic, loosely structured flow is an important source of inspiration for this composition. Endless, nearly exhausting variations, caused by material I often employ as an improviser. Open strings are an essential colour throughout the composition. The Luna String Quartet was a great sparring partner in developing the material. The title is a sentence taken from Nicole Krauss’s novel 'The History of Love', which stuck in my memory. 'Outside the Rain has stopped' will be released at the Wig label together with other pieces performed on my 75th birthday Composers portrait." -Ig Henneman”
Tashi Dorji & Susie Ibarra
Master of Time
Astral Spirits
“Like a terma passed down to us from another era, Master of Time is a capsule uncovered from a specific moment in time, a ritual performed and then sealed in a bottle for the people of the future. This is an album which deserves to be heard, again and again, by those who would discover the secret to making some of the best improvised music out there today." -Peter Tracy, A Closer Listen”
Giovanni Di Domenico / Peter Jacquemyn / Chris Corsano
A Little Off The Top
NoBusiness Records
“'Three adept protagonists in the free improv arena assemble in a multinational gathering on A Little Bit Off The Top. Both Italian pianist Giovanni di Domenico and Belgian bassist Peter Jacquemyn are active on the Brussels scene, while American drummer Chris Corsano shares experience with the pianist of hook ups with the likes of guitarist Jim O'Rourke and veteran Japanese saxophonist Akira Sakata. The limited edition LP presents a threesome with an egalitarian outlook, manifest in the how the focus doesn't remain settled on any one participant but shifts restlessly around the group." -John Sharpe, All About Jazz”
Jaap Blonk
Possible Gardens
Kontrans
“This new product of Jaap Blonk's abundant phantasy is a book of 81 colourful and playful drawings, adding new dimensions to writing. Myriads of little beings populate each page. As in the artist's 2019 book "111 Recipes" they are distant descendants of Blonk's earlier phonetic signs. From the introduction by Canadian writer, artist and scholar Derek Beaulieu: "Each possible garden is a harvest of sound and image, of script and performance, which asks the reader to be open to a new menu."”
Columbia Icefield
Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes
Pyroclastic Records
“"This album is dedicated to those who recognize living as a heroic act: the occupiers of sunup barstools; the cubicle-planted; the ghosts of Greyhounds; the reasonably sketchy. A burlap hero is one who marches—consciously or not—back to the sea in hopes of making no splash, who understands and embraces the imperfection of being, and in that way, stretches the definition of sainthood to fit." - Nate Wooley, February 2022”
Ab Baars / George Dumitriu / Ig Henneman / Pau Sola Masafrets
Aforismen Aforisme Aforismes
Evil Rabbit Records
“"Romanian George D wanted to know more about the viola and so became ig h's viola friend. she heard the catalan pau s play a cello solo set and invited him to play duo improvisations. he suggested to do a string trio session another time. a date was set with d s and h. the neighbor upstairs ab b was invited to join on shakuhachi for the last hour. the absolute joy of improvising on wooden instruments... a quartet was born. in the summer of 2019 george and pau spontaneously organized a recording session in the bernard haitink hall of the amsterdam university of the arts. this culminated in the album aforismen aforisme aforismes. all track titles are named after the various soil types from the countries we are born in: holland romania spain. " -Ig Henneman”
