Year archive

2018

Articles published in 2018.

54 articles
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Six-Ring Circus - Six-Ring Circus (2018) review

From France, this highly inventive quintet has already spent three years in collaboration before releasing their debut recording. Winning prizes since 2015 (as best emerging band, best band in some events, etc), the group…

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Syrinx Call - The Moon On A Stick (2018) review

A gorgeous sophomore album by masters of expression Volker Kunke (who directed this project) and Jens Lueck (who did sound engineering and production). Both have worked together on many previous recordings other than Syrinx…

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Soft Machine - Hidden Details (2018) review

An ambitious ascendancy by a superior revolving free jazz, avant jazz, quirky jazz rock, classical jazz fusion, whatever you call it, jazz infused progressive music praiseworthy group. Fifty years ago, the birth of this…

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Dwiki Dharmawan - Rumah Batu (2018) review

From the initial moments, there is euphoric beauty with flute, piano, and floating percussion, followed by nimble eastern integration with a collision of Weather Report, Il Baricentro, Arti+Mestieri, and ECM polish. So tight, so…

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Dialeto - Live With David Cross (2018) review

A Bartok/Crimson/Cross smorgasbord performance that must have made grown men cry, and now everyone can cry, with joy. A powerful live concert that was actually recorded in 2017 to promote Dialeto's 'Bartok in Rock'…

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Bernadette Zeilinger - Acoustic Solo (2018)

Austrian born Bernadette Zeilinger creates pure magic with her techniques. This is the definitin of being inventive, in its highest form and on a most elevated plateau. This is a true to the word…

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Marbin - Israeli Jazz (2018) review

Great new fusion release from band presently based in Chicago. In 2007, Marbin was founded by saxophonist Danny Markovitch and guitarist Dani Rabin who were at the time, living in Israel (where they were…

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Folknery - Son (2018) review

This is the second full length recording from Ukrainian world ethnic fusion duo who are a sure love for Dead Can Dance fans and groups like Vas. The two are Yaryna Kvitka (vocals) and…