Masterful trombonist Bauer with Peter Kowald-bass & Gunther Sommer-percussion, ''(they) achieve the spontaneous coherence free play often aspires to.''-Coda.

"On the final day of the Festival, Eugene Chadbourne, the unique North Carolina advocate of hillbilly anarcho-improv, took the stage with Florida-born techno-conceptualist Kevin Blechdom (born Kristin Erickson) -- with long hair and gender-ambiguous...

"Borbetomagus and Hijokaidan sharing the stage. Noise music fans are getting goosebumps reading those words. Others, well... others should be scared, very scared! Two monster proponents of noise aesthetics, representing two continents whose cultures...

This is a rousing live recording of his great quartet of Marilyn Crispell-piano, Mark Dresser-bass, & Gerry Hemingway-drums. [Victo]

Taylor Ho Bynum : cornet, bugle, trompbone, iPod
Mary Halvorson : guitare électrique, iPod
Jessica Pavone : alto, violon, iPod
Jay Rozen : tuba, iPod
Aaron Siegel : percussion, vibraphone, iPod
Carl Testa : contrebasse...

“... a titanic performance that moved from machine-gun bursts to airy harmonics, whether welded to his own structures or lightly tethered to the chord changes of ancient American songs.”-Stuart Broomer, MusicWork, Issue 128

“In Victoriaville, Braxton unveiled a vast but measured and mature volley of musical content, clearly of the jazz variety in the specific and symbolic sense. He was right at home.”-Josef Woodard, DownBeat, August 2017

"From the 2005 Victoriaville Festival, Anthony Braxton and Fred Frith, two graying lions of free improvisation, innovation, and rugged determination to follow their own individual paths, come together for just under an hour -- and in five different enc...

"In 2011, FIMAV celebrated Peter Brotzmann's 70th anniversary with two concerts that shook our 27th Festival like an earthquake. Such creativity! Such stamina! Brotzmann is truly an impressive artist and a model for the younger generations of musicians...

The under-known pianist Burrell with very recognized saxist Murray. [Victo]

Two of today's most important guitarists meet for the first time in an homage to the great Derek Bailey! [Victo]

Amazingly it was only the second time the two guitarists had ever played together, and the first time in North America. Both are strongly influenced by the country and folk traditions, and it was a real twisted hoedown that took place, with each bringi...

Three great players, Nels Cline on guitar, Andrea Parkins on accordion and sampler and (the amazing) Tom Rainey on drums. “Rainey was a surprise hero of this year’s FIMAV, a critical one-third of an improvisational encounter with guitarist Nels Cline...

The commitment and camaraderie in the group are extraordinarily high, something a listener immediately picks up. Above all there's a sense that Cram's music is leading somewhere. It's a voyage into the unknown in which familiar terrain is oddly distort...

Trombonist & electronic sampler Deane has worked in a variety of musics, but may be best known for the six years spent with Jon Hassell during one of Hassell's best periods. These works for dance show a lot of influence of Hassell, & this is a great tr...

One of my very favorite Ambiances Magnetiques groups is this ongoing project by Jean Derome. This has a crack band and is another winner from les Dangereux Zhoms. Jean Derome : flûtes et saxophones Tom Walsh : trombone Guillaume Dostaler : piano Pi

''This music, rock solid, is almost tactile in our hands. It is performed by the American flautist Robert Dick, this Irish-Swiss pianist John Wolf Brennan & the Italian contrabasse player Daniele Patumi.'' [Victo]

A postmodern setting for French reedman Doneda, as he battles Eric's turntables & Jean-Marc Montera's guitars & table guitars. [Victo]

KONRAD BAUER : tromboneJOHANNES BAUER : tromboneUWE KROPINSKI : guitare acoustiqueJOE SACHSE : guitare lectriqueTHE HIGHLIGHT OF THE 15th FIMAV 1998It was a rare opportunity to hear DOPPELMOPPEL, the wondrous Berlin quartet. The group presents a contin...

''When I saw Denman Maroney & Mark Dresser perform at Victoriaville in May of 2000, I was on the edge of my seat, breathless, agog. It had been a long time since a concert had drawn me in & held me in that way, and I was fascinated by the effortless me...

Bassist/composer Ellis works with saxists Glenn Spearman, Larry Ochs, Joe McPhee & Christopher Cauley, guitarist James Ruthier & drummer Donald Robinson in varous combinations. [Victo]

I'd heard that these three master players were all working together and finally, this is the recorded evidence.

What can you say about these three: Evan is a member of Bang On A Can and a master clarinetist. Gyan, the son of Terry, is a...

"Evan played mostly soprano sax and Fred often had his guitar on his lap with a table filled with objects: an e-bow, chopsticks, an ashtray, paintbrush, etc. Each of these men have their own vocabulary of sounds so they took their time to work their...

This was recorded live 10/4/86, with some studiowork performed on it later. This is a mostly composed album by these 2 guitarists, with guest work by Chris Cutler, Tenko Ueno, & Christoph Anders. [Victo]

Compatriots Satoko Fujii and Tatsuya Yoshida thrillingly demonstrated the virtues of speed metal improv. The piano/drums duo threw itself headlong into a wild and bogglingly precise exchange of hammering percussion and jabbering voices - part battle, p...

Solo studio recordings by Gayle on tenor sax, bass clarinet, piano & drums. [Victo]