"Raw, wild and untainted, this is a new world envisioned, produced and realized by the mystical figure On Ka'a Davis. Drawing inspiration from the outer realms of blackness, On Ka'a channels Sun Ra, P-Funk, Hendrix, Fela Kuti and more into the squat...

Here’s one I never even heard until some time after it was reissued on CD and which I had put off hearing, as I was afraid it would be awful. I was wrong.
It's an extremely good 1970-style, English, proto-progressive album of songs featuring Graham Bell-electric piano, acoustic guitar, lead vocals, Geoffrey Peach-reeds, backing vocals, Alan Cartwright-bass, John Hedley-gutar and Brian Davison-drums (yes, Brian of The Nice and Refugee). If you like that very late 60s/very early 70s progressive/song...

''Davka is an acoustic group at the forefront of the new Jewish Renaissance. Based in San Franciscol these three masterful musicians have been performing modern Jewish music since 1992. Their third release features their flowing melodic compositions an...

Always at the forefront of the New Jewish Renaissance, the San Francisco based ensemble Davka here performs Daniel Hoffman's brilliant and dramatic score to the silent film masterpiece The Golem. Condensed and sequenced into a satisfying suite for this...

“Requiem for Jazz is a 12-movement suite composed and arranged by Angel Bat Dawid, inspired in part by Edward O. Bland’s 1959 film “The Cry of Jazz". The suite includes sounds of live performance at the 2019 Hyde Park Jazz Festival; Angel conducted a Black multigenerational fifteen-piece instrumental ensemble, alongside a four-person choir, with dancers. The final movement of Requiem for Jazz features Marshall Allen and Noel Scott of the Sun Ra Arkestra.”

I've been watching this unusual acoustic piano, double bass and drums 'jazz trio' for a few years now and they have finally come up with their first 'real' release with this one.

And a fine one it is if you are into the trance-jazz school of...

“The figure of a Cosmic Turtle occurs in various mythologies and eras, from the ancient Hindu Akupara to Terry Pratchett’s Great A’Tuin. Hurtleturtled Out of Heaven borrows its title from James Joyce, and envisions the turtle spirit as a cosmic Finnegan, whose fall is a journey from interstellar space to the seas, swamps, and woodlands of earth. It’s turtles all the way down.
Hurtleturtled Out of Heaven is divided into two parts, or “Regions,” separated by a short “Inturtlude.” Region One looks to...

Christoph Gallio soprano, alto & c-melody saxophones
Silvan Jeger double bass, voice & sequenzer
Gerry Hemingway drums & percussion

“In 2023 DAY & TAXI celebrates its 35th anniversary. Bassist Silvan Jeger celebrates his 10th DAY & TAXI anniversary and drummer Gerry Hemingway has now also been with the band for 5 years. Reason enough to release a live production after 18 years (LIVE IN SHENZHEN, SHANGHAI AND TAIPEI). LIVE IN BADEN was recorded on 29 November 2021 and is, so to speak...

"Déficit Des Années Antérieures are one of the most important French avantgarde groups ever. "Les Ambulants", their second album, came out in 1984 on the band's own Illusion Production label. It is considered a milestone in DDAA's career, establishing their trademark sound and developing further after "Action and Japanese Demonstration". For this re-issue, the original album has been complemented with bonus material so that playing time is now around an hour. The original artwork has been reproduced to...

"We are proud to present the new album by legendary French avantgarde group DDAA. Active since 1979, they have developed their unique sound that has produced classic albums like "Ronsard", "Action and Japanese Demonstration" or more recently the collaboration "Cinq Faux Nids Six Fauz Nez" with jazz band Palo Alto. One of the longest surviving groups from the classical avantgarde. If you like Jacques Berrocal, Ghedalia Tazartes or HNAS (with whom the band have released a split 7"), you will love DDAA....

A limited edition, 24 bit remastered, gold disc, digi-pack version at a stupendous price. This hard to find album is by Italian cantautore (which basically means a singer/songwriter with an acoustic guitar). Other than this release, I don't know much a...

Fulco Ottervanger, piano / Lieven Van Pée, double bass / Simon Segers, drums.
"After the acclaimed partnership with Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos Silva, put to record in “The Detour Fish” (2014), the Belgian trio De Beren Gieren is back to explore new territory. The main focus is still on the piano-double bass-drums format, but now, as the band announces, «adding an electronic sediment to our acoustic trio sound to create a multilayered, kaleidoscopic work of art». The music keeps flowing...

The latest (2012) from this fine French pianist/composer who has released albums that are both 'jazz' and 'jazz/rock' finds him squarely in the 'jazz' category with this one. He's leading a quartet of sax + rhythm and his usual tuneful playfulness is...

"This is the 4th CD by Arthur de Faria & seu Conjunto, a crazy band from southernmost Brazil. They mix tango, milonga, Brazilian folk music, lullabies with rock, jazz and improvisation. This is an instrumental CD and their line up here features piano...

"Composer Mario Diaz de León is a talented young composer who has studied with Maryanne Amacher and George Lewis. His work focuses on acoustic/electronic hybrids that often fuse the two elements into unified meta-instruments. Often structured as walls...

Rullio De Piscopo-drums, percussion
Sante Palumbo-piano, Fender Rhodes, Moog
Peter Guidi-soprano sax
Giorgio Baiocco-tenor sax
Sergio Farina-guitars
Tony De Piscopo-percussion
Gigi Bappellotto-electric bass

Extremely, extremely unknown 1975 jazz/rock album from a well known Italian jazz drummer who only really made this one electric album with ties to SWAY, another great one-off Italian jazz/rock release; IT SURE IS A GOOD ONE!

"Italian drummer from Napoli,

Gianluca de Rossi-Hammond C3, Mellotron M400, Mini-Moog, Fender Rhodes MKIII 73, Hohner Clavinet D6, Elka Rhapsody 610
Carlo Bordini-drums, percussion

“After years of coexistence and correspondence of loving senses, the artistic marriage between Carlo Bordini and Gianluca De Rossi is finally consummated, to the delight of all progressive rock fans. Two artists who certainly do not need introduction, given their past in bands like Rustichelli and Bordini, Goblin, Cherry Five and Taproban...

Paul Shaft - guitar, bass, synths, ethnic percussion, voice
Paul Hague - percussion, electronics
Martin Archer - saxophones, melodica, recorders, wood flute, electronics

“...who else in Britain never mind in Sheffield, is prepared to go on stage with nigh on a hundred instruments, very few of which are electric, and try to break through the insulation surrounding most rock gig goers minds…..”-Pink Flag fanzine 1979.

“The origins of de tian go back to 1978 when, as a result...

While best known for his over-the-top, high-energy electronica, Dan Deacon is also known for his work in the contemporary classical field, his soundtracks and for his deep knowledge of computer music and electro-acoustic music, which he studied in college. This is a great, ambient/electronic album; moody and very different from what he is best known for.

“Most people who are aware of Dan Deacon tend to associate him with the wacky, cartoonish side of his persona: the dance contests, the trippy...

" Into The Labyrinth (1993) is Dead Can Dance’s sixth album, one of their most successful releases, its title a reference to the Greek legend of Theseus going into the Labyrinth to slay the Minotaur. It came when Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard had embarked on more individual personal paths, now writing their songs independent of one another, and on separate continents. Engineered and produced by Brendan at his Quivvy Church studio in Ireland, the album is an audiophile benchmark and also noted for being...

“Don’t be fooled by the name; Dead Neanderthals are neither dead nor Neanderthal. What they are is a tight, energy driven cohort of musicians who know how to lay down a good vibe. Worship the Sun, sees Rene Aquarius on drums and Otto Kokke on sax get together for a lesson in genial, improvisational mayhem.
There are just two tracks, the first over 15 minutes and the second just a tad over 17. ‘Worship,’ the first track, is a percussive delight, interspersed with some screaming, devilish sax from...

PROMO

“The debut album was recorded while Dean was still with Soft Machine, and made largely with fellow-Softs, though it is clear that he was already interested in exploring new territory...Deservedly rescued from oblivion by Cuneiform, Just Us is a great introduction to a compelling voice.” – The Penguin Guide To Jazz Recordings

English jazz saxophone legend Elton Dean has been in the public eye for over 30 years, & has played in numerous acclaimed groups over the years, including the...

English jazz saxophone legend Elton was in the public eye for over 35 This was Cuneiform's first release by the great free-jazz saxophonist and composer Elton Dean and was also Elton's first-ever North American release under his own name. This album fe...