Gunda Gottschalk: violin, voice
Xu Fengxia: guzheng, voice

Recorded May 18, 2008.
"Impressive in its own way was the duo of violinist Gunda Gottschalk and guzheng virtuoso Xu Fengxia, in whose hands contrasting roots in Western and Ea

Huge 23 piece band directed by Vancouver composer John Korsrud. This band uses elements of jazz (of course), but with a decidedly modern esthetic. You will also hear elements of rock, 20th century composition (Korsrud studied with Louis Andriessen), mi...

This has Lars' engaging compositions with his great Looping Home Orchestra, & includes guest shots by Jean Derome & Fred Frith. Fabulous & fun! IMO, this is one of Lars' great ones! If you are going to own just one Lars Hollmer album, this is certainly one to consider (but if you get it, don't be surprised if you want more!) Hugely recommended!

One hour of acoustic, completely free, ''open'' improvisations; duets, trios, & quartets on acoustic guitars, violin, and alto saxophone.

"Violinist/vocalist Carla Kihlstedt (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, 2 Foot Yard, Tin Hat, Cosa Brava), Bassist/Guitarist Shahzad Ismaily (Ceramic Dog, Secret Chiefs 3, 2 Foot Yard) and drummer/storyteller Mattias Bossi (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Cosa...

These three noted improvisers on guitar, percussion, turntables, electronics & vocals, recorded live 5/20/94. [Victo]

Kovac is a composer from the former Yugoslavia. This features the composer's clarinet as he leads the ''Ritual Nova'' Ensemble (soprano voice, violin, cello, piano & percussion). The music sounds deceptively sparse at first, but these are both yet mor...

Sax, piano & double bass. "The choices Leimgruber, Demierre, and Phillips have made are everywhere unexpected and unexplained, but fit together as aural expression in the ambiguous area between imagination (a belief without experience to support it) an...

Something a little different for guitarist Lussier, as he leads a 15 piece band through a series of both densely composed sections as well as sections that allow for a much greater amount of improvisation & freedom. [Victo]

"2 guitars, 3 turntables, one spy-microphone, and 201 spectators." Recorded live at Victoriaville, 5/19/08.

''My impetus for founding this 16 piece orchestra was based on the desire to have a hybridized, inter-cultural, electronic-friendly, inter-media orchestra that could perform my compositions...''-Miya Masaoka.

I have rediscovered the pleasure & the emotion to play free again. This music is full of warmth, melody, energy & fantasy, with, of course, a Mediterranean soul... Pino Minafra-trumpet, Sandro Satta-alto sax, Georgio Occhipinti-piano, Vincenzo Mazzone-...

For many folks, free improvised vocals is one of the hardest genres to ''get''. While this is hardly an easy listen, Minton is a very talented & amusing artist & this set with John Butcher-saxes, Veryan Weston-piano & Roger Turner-drums has 16 short wo...

Guitarist Moore appears with drummers Tom Surgal & Wm. Winnant. A powerful improvisation, recorded at the 13th Victoriaville Festival. ''The 3 musicians are carried away by the power of pure sound & energy.'' [Victo]

Cellist Murray & bassist Hopkins 1st worked together in Henry Threadgill's Sextett. With the Sextett's demise, they've struck out on their own with this unique duo concept. Great playing here from both. [Victo]

Maurizio Opalio-cosmic guitar, mini xylophone, meteor percussion and Roberto Opalio-astral guitar, piano, extraterrestrial electronics, harmonica, planetary percussion, voice. “Each album or performance by My Cat Is An Alien is an invitation to leave...

The three players of New Winds (Robert Dick-flutes, Herb Robertson-trumpet/flugehorn & Ned Rothenberg-reeds) are some of the of the finest reed/horn players around. [Victo]

The NNCK band's performance at Victo from 5/21/05 is a great, heaving, post-psychedelic-but-still-psychedelic record from this seven piece improvising rock collective from New York City. They have been a band since 1992 and have had their own practice...

10th album by this dada-esque quartet of guitar, bass, drums & vocals (by the incomparable Han Buhrs). ''Palinckx wants to astonish, cofuse, move & make you think.'' ''...fun loving, post-punk, post-Beefheart frenzy.''-Jazziz. [Victo]

Evan Parker's trio with Paul Lytton and Alex Schlippenbach and Peter Brotzmann's trio with Hamid Drake and William Parker were on North American tours at the same exact time in Spring, 2003. Why not arrange a meeting for them at FIMAV? This, then, was ...

New release by Evan and an all-star unit, recorded live at the 30th FIMAV (Victo Festival) in May, 2014.
Peter Evans : pocket trumpet, trumpet
Okkyung Lee : cello
George Lewis : electronics, trombone
Ikue Mori : electronics...

Recorded at the Victo Festival on May 22, 2005, this has a great band of moderately well known players and up 'n' comers, all led by bassist Parker: Sabir Mateen-tenor saxophone tenor, alto clarinet, Darryl Foster-tenor & soprano saxophones, Rob Brown...

Disc One: live FIMAV 5/2019
Disc Two: live at the Western Front 5/1989

“That distinguished history at once evaporates into and illuminates the inspiring presence of these two Phillips performances, another leap in time, linking the 1989 concert Camou¬age, a then state-of-the-art account of bass possibilities, to Ahoy! a voyager’s greeting shouted across time. It documents Phillips’ appearance on the stage of Victoriaville’s Colisée in May 2019, a slight and almost spectral presence standing...

A tribute to bassist Peter Kowald, one of the pioneers of European free improvisation, and also someone who set up the world-wide network of free music performers, performed by four double bassists who had previously worked with him. [Victo]

The Paul Plimley Trio seeks to expand the dimensions of composed and improvised music making. This recording focuses on the elements of beauty, rhythm, and the diversity of ways in which piano, bass and drums can create telling textures and how the lead..