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..

Piano, bass & drums improvised/composed trios from 3 musicians who are probably best known for their links with the work of Cecil Taylor. [Victo]

Live duets from the festival between the Sonic Youth guitar explorer & noted downtown improvising drummer Hooker. About half the release adds saxist Gianni Gebbia & Jim O'Rourke on keyboards & electronics. [Victo]

Made up of trombonist/violinist Roelofs, guitarist Johannes Krmer & saxophonist Dirk Marwedel, this is sometimes intense, proudly electric, non-idiomatic free improvisation. [Victo]

In their 20 years ROVA have greatly expanded the language of sax music, & have performed with a wide variety of collaborators & composers. I don't think they could make a bad record if they tried! [Victo]

“ROVA is flying high at 40 years old: virtuosity, friendship, resistance, constantly renewed relevance; its members have developed a phenomenal sense of togetherness in their playing!”-François Couture, janvier 2018

Sharp + an ''orchestral'' Carbon line-up; 3 violins, viola, 3 cellos, bass, percussion, & Elliott's double neck guitar/bass. [Victo]

Improvisations on double neck guitar/bass, dobro, Hawaiian guitar, electronic percussion, electric & acoustic harps & tapes. [Victo]

A wild disc by 4 noted musicians/improvisors; Jon Rose (violin, electronics), the great Peter Hollinger (drums), Johannes Bauer (trombone), & Dietmar Diesner (saxes & electronics). Very hot stuff. [Victo]

Tanya Tagaq : voix
Jean Martin : batterie, ordinateur, trumophone
Jesse Zubot : violon, alto

Recorded at the 26th FIMAV festival on May 23, 2010.

"Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq redefined the idiom with passion-filled.

A historic reunion of 3 great masters; a summit meeting of historical proportions. The magical triangle of Cecil Taylor (piano), Bill Dixon (trumpet) and Tony Oxley (drums) belies the contention that Musique Actuelle is a young man's music only. In thi...

"This tandem’s fusion seemed strange on paper, but true pleasure came out of their meeting, one of the best surprises at FIMAV this year."-David Cantin, Le Devoir

"A real springboard to imagination, those two DJs with very different...

A nice collection, this has 3 by Davey Williams & LaDonna Smith, 2 Hans Reichel solos, & 1 each by Paul Plimley/Lisle Ellis, New Winds, J.D. Parran/Ned Rothenberg, Rothenberg solo, & Nicols/Cooper/Schweizer. [Victo]

Elliott Sharp : guitare électrique, électroniques
Colin Stetson : saxophones basse, ténor et alto
Billy Martin : batterie, percussion
Payton Macdonald : marimba, vibraphone et gyil (xylophone africain)
Enregistré au 39e Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville le 20 mai 2023.

“The quartet sounded like they had been working together for many years. Everyone got to solo and stretch out at some point and all four members shined at different times. This was a..