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Nico Muhly - Gift Of Fire



Nico Muhly
Nico Muhly - Gift Of Fire
Nico Muhly - Gift Of Fire
Nico Muhly - Gift Of Fire

Released: October 29, 2021
Label: Bedroom Community

Bedroom Community is excited to announce a new release from one of the label’s founding members, Nico Muhly, with the stunning new score for Japanese film Gift Of Fire. The release sees Nico team up with esteemed Bedcom alumni Nadia Sirota for some of the most stirring performances for film we’ve heard in some time. Mixed and mastered by Valgeir Sigurdsson at Greenhouse Studios in Reykjavik, this is the first release that sees so many of the original stable of label creatives working together in a long while.


Simon Denizart - Nomad



Simon Denizart
Simon Denizart - Nomad
Simon Denizart - Nomad

Released: April 23, 2021
Label: Laborie Jazz
Label: Arte Boreal Records

Composer: Simon Denizart
Piano: Simon Denizart
Percussion: Elli Miller Maboungou

Nomad is the result of a three-year collaboration between pianist and Canadian percussionist Elli Miller Maboungou and features primarily the encounter between the calabash (West African percussion) and the piano. Influenced by world music, jazz, classical and electronic music, the album features original instrumental compositions that allow the listener to experience a story about travel, migration and human relationships.
The album will be released on April 23, 2021 by Laborie Jazz (France) and Arté Boréal Records (Canada).

Simon Denizart - Teaser "Nomad"

Yiorgos Parisis - Monologues



Yiorgos Parisis
Yiorgos Parisis - Monologues

Released: December 23, 2021

Music & Piano by Yiorgos Parisis
Guitar by Sotiris Tsakanikas

Yiorgos Parisis (born in Serres GR, based in Berlin) is a composer, piano and sax player.
Monologues («Μονόλογοι») are an ode to a simple life, to inner balance and to lower speeds. Inspired by the frequent need to undock ones emotional base from the noisy fast-changing modern reality and let it flow towards the dream.

Stavros Lantsias Trio Live at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Athens



Stavros Lantsias
Stavros Lantsias Trio Live at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Athens
Stavros Lantsias Trio Live at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Athens
Stavros Lantsias Trio Live at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Athens

Released: November 22, 2021

Stavros Lantsias: piano, glockenspiel, floor tom
Andreas Polyzogopoulos: trumpet, flugelhorn
Yiorgos Kaloudis: cello, cretan lyra, udu, tabla, bendir

Kate Moore - Revolver



Kate Moore
Kate Moore - Revolver
Kate Moore - Revolver
Kate Moore - Revolver

Released: October 30, 2021
Label: Unsounds Label

Inspired by the kinetic physicality and aesthetics of balance found in Ken Unsworth's work, the music embodies a feeling of suspension between movement and stasis. Evolving and revolving melodies, poised skilfully in polyrhythmic structures, the music creates an intoxicating and emotional impression. There is a feeling of constant motion and flow of sonic currents that typifies much of Kate Moore's music.

Kate Moore, composer
Anna McMichael, violin
Genevieve Lang, harp
Claire Edwardes, percussion
Rowena MacNeish, cello
Kirsty McCahon, double bass
Bob Scott, sound engineer

Mario Batkovic - INTROSPECTIO



Mario Batkovic
Mario Batkovic - INTROSPECTIO
Mario Batkovic - PRIMORDIUM FINALE
Mario Batkovic - INTROSPECTIO

Released: December 3, 2021
Label: Invada

Mario Batkovic is a Swiss virtuoso solo accordion player born in Bosnia. His playing can be challenging and experimental, yet it maintains a masterfully beautiful quality.

Mario Batkovic PRIMORDIUM FINALE

Dine Doneff - Lost Anthropology (Live)



Dine Doneff
Dine Doneff - Lost Anthropology (Live)
Dine Doneff - Lost Anthropology (Live)

Released: November 22, 2021
Label: neRED music


Mathis Mayr cello
Antonis Anissegos piano, prepared piano
Stamatis Pasopoulos bayan
Dine Doneff double bass, guitar, percussion, composition

Recorded live July 2, 2015
HALLE 1, Einstein Kultur, Munich


Snowdrops - Inner Fires



Snowdrops
Christine Ott
Snowdrops - Inner Fires
Snowdrops - Inner Fires

Released: November 18, 2021
Label: Forwind


All music composed & performed by Snowdrops
Christine Ott : Ondes Martenot, Piano, Gong
Mathieu Gabry : Piano, Keyboards, Tubular Bells
featuring Richard Knox (electric guitar) on « Rüptur 47 »


Favio López Bruno - Solo Pianos



Favio López Bruno
Favio López Bruno - Solo Pianos

Released: November 16, 2021

Favio López Bruno - Music Composer/Solo Artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Living in the UK since 2013.
Favio López Bruno: Composition, arrangements, pianos, recording engineering, production.

Marina Baranova - The Canopy of Heaven



Marina Baranova
Marina Baranova - The Canopy of Heaven
Marina Baranova - The Canopy of Heaven
Marina Baranova - The Canopy of Heaven

Released: October, 2021
Label: Label: Neue Meister


Die Pianistin und Komponistin Marina Baranova veröffentlicht heute die zweite Single 'The Canopy of Heaven'. Das Stück basiert auf zwei berühmten Kompositionen - dem 'Venezianischen Gondellied' von Felix Mendelssohn und dem Jazzstandard 'This Masquerade'. Die Single ist Teil des anstehenden Albums 'Atlas of Imaginary Places'.

Hiromi The Piano Quintet - SILVER LINING SUITE



Hiromi
Hiromi The Piano Quintet - SILVER LINING SUITE

Released: October 08, 2021
Label: Concord

Hiromi's latest album, Silver Lining Suite pairs her virtuosic and emotive piano with a string quartet assembled by violinist Tatsuo Nishie.
+ violinist Sohei Birmann, violist Meguna Naka, and cellist Wataru Mukai

Hiromi – Silver Lining Suite (Teaser)

Asger Baden - If the music stops, they’ll eat him up



Asger Baden
Asger Baden - If the music stops, they’ll eat him up
Asger Baden - If the music stops, they’ll eat him up
Asger Baden - If the music stops, they’ll eat him up

Released: September 24, 2021
Label: Neue Meister

Asger Baden - Danish composer, pianist and producer.
“If the music stops, they’ll eat him up” invokes through its nine tracks a sense of mysterious and highly visual storytelling. As is expected of a composer who has worked with cinema extensively, the music unfolds much like a motion picture, conjuring images that are rich and textured...
The accompanying cover art imagery, by Danish illustrator John Kenn Mortensen.

Asger Baden - Crooked Spoke (Official Cover Animation Music Video) | Artwork by John Kenn Mortensen

The Lovecraft Sextet - In Memoriam



The Lovecraft Sextet
The Lovecraft Sextet - In Memoriam
DENOVALI The LΩVECRAFT SEXTET
The Lovecraft Sextet - In Memoriam

Released: September 24, 2021
Label: DENOVALI Records

Jason Köhnen (Mansur / The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble / The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation) returns to his experimentations within the realms of Darkjazz.
The Lovecraft Sextet is his new creative outlet regarding further explorations into cinematic jazz orientated compositions.
'In Memoriam' is a debut inspired by death, release and rebirth. Jason Köhnen has chosen to incorporate funereal aspects of classical, operatic and Gregorian music for this debut release.
In Memoriam is a debut inspired by death, release and rebirth.
In Memoriam - это дебют, вдохновленный смертью, освобождением и возрождением.


Hania Rani & Dobrawa Czocher - Inner Symphonies



Hania Rani
Hania Rani & Dobrawa Czocher - Inner Symphonies
Hania Rani & Dobrawa Czocher - Inner Symphonies

Released: October 15, 2021
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Music by Hania Rani & Dobrawa
Pianos, synths - Hania Rani
Cello - Dobrawa Czocher
Ensemble:
Violin - Kornelia Grądzka
Viola - Paweł Czarny
Cello - Mateusz Błaszczak
Double bass, moog - Ziemowit Klimek

Hania Rani & Dobrawa Czocher – Malasana (Official Music Video)
Hania Rani & Dobrawa Czocher – Con Moto

Theodore Wild Ride - Theodore Wild Ride



Christine Ott
Snowdrops
Theodore Wild Ride - Theodore Wild Ride
Theodore Wild Ride - Theodore Wild Ride

Released: October 1, 2021
Label: Icarus Records

Theodore Wild Ride is :
Christine Ott — Ondes Martenot, Piano, Mellotron & Effects
Mathieu Gabry — Piano, Mellotron, Keyboards, Effects
Ophir Levy — Oud

Theodore Wild Ride started from the collaboration between French keyboardists Christine Ott (regular collaborator of Yann Tiersen, Tindersticks, Oiseaux-Tempête...), Mathieu Gabry (Snowdrops) and Oed player Ophir Levy. Theodore Wild Ride celebrates musical freedom and redefines the relationship between space and time with a special, unexpected orchestration.

Theodore Wild Ride (Teaser)

Paola Prestini and Jeffrey Zeigler - Houses of Zodiac - Poems for Cello



Jeffrey Zeigler
Paola Prestini and Jeffrey Zeigler - Houses of Zodiac - Poems for Cello
Paola Prestini and Jeffrey Zeigler - Houses of Zodiac

Released: September 10, 2021

vocals composed by Tanya Tagaq
Nels Cline, guitar
Cornelius Duffalo, violin
David Cossin, percussion
Paola Prestini, piano and electronics
Featuring poetry by Pablo Neruda, Anaïs Nin read by Maria Popova, Brenda Shaughnessy, and Natasha Tretheway

Houses of Zodiac | Official Trailer

Gaspar Claus - Tancade



Gaspar Claus
Gaspar Claus - Tancade
Gaspar Claus - Tancade
Gaspar Claus - Tancade

Released: September 10, 2021
Label: InFiné

Gaspar Claus - French Cellist based in Paris.
Written, performed, and produced by Gaspar Claus
Except 1999 composed by Gaspar Claus & Benoit de Villeneuve
E.T. (Extra Terre Version) composed by Michel Banabila & Gaspar Claus, performed, arranged & recorded by Gaspar Claus



Christina Vantzou - Régime des Fleurs



Christina Vantzou
Christina Vantzou - Régime des Fleurs
Christina Vantzou - Régime des Fleurs

Released: August 21, 2021

Recorded at Echo Collective Studio
Voice - Lieselot de Wilde
Violin & piano - Margaret Hermant
Viola - Neil Leiter


Edouard Ferlet - Pianoïd



Edouard Ferlet
Edouard Ferlet - Pianoïd
Edouard Ferlet - Pianoïd

Released: August 10, 2021
Label: Mélisse

Édouard Ferlet: Piano SILENT™ + Piano Disklavier™
Fidèle à son goût pour les pas de côté, les collaborations et les expériences, le pianiste Edouard Ferlet prend à nouveau des libertés avec les genres et s’éloigne du jazz pour arpenter des territoires plus proches de la musique contemporaine ou de la pop. Patiemment mûri au fil des ans autour d’un dispositif imaginé avec le réalisateur sonore Joachim Olaya, Pianoïd trouve des points d’équilibre entre composition et improvisation, complexité et simplicité, humain et mécanique, au fil de morceaux où résonnent les échos du travail de Philip Glass ou Nils Frahm.

PIANOID compilation capsules
Edouard Ferlet - Chi (teaser)
Chi · Edouard Ferlet

Shida Shahabi - Cloud No. 26 (Piano Sonata No 26, Les Adieux, Andante) - Beethoven Recomposed



Shida Shahabi
Shida Shahabi - Cloud No. 26 (Piano Sonata No 26, Les Adieux, Andante) - Beethoven Recomposed
Shida Shahabi - Cloud No. 26 (Piano Sonata No 26, Les Adieux, Andante) - Beethoven Recomposed
Shida Shahabi - Cloud No. 26 (Piano Sonata No 26, Les Adieux, Andante) - Beethoven Recomposed

Released: August 06, 2021
Label: FatCat Records

Composer: Shida Shahabi
Shida Shahabi is a pianist / composer, currently based in Stockholm.

Shida Shahabi - Cloud No.26 (Piano Sonata No.26, Les Adieux, Andante) - Beethoven Recomposed teaser


Alice Sara Ott - ECHOES OF LIFE



Alice Sara Ott
Alice Sara Ott - ECHOES OF LIFE
Alice Sara Ott - ECHOES OF LIFE

Released: August 06, 2021
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Works by:
Tristano · Ligeti · Chopin
Rota · Gonzales · Takemitsu
Pärt

Alice Sara Ott on #EchoesOfLife : The Story

Daniel Herskedal - Harbour



Daniel Herskedal
Daniel Herskedal - Harbour
Daniel Herskedal - Harbour

Released: July 20, 2021
Label: Edition Records

Daniel Herskedal - tuba and bass trumpet
Eyolf Dale - piano and celesta
Helge Andreas Norbakken - drums and marimba

Daniel Herskedal is the epitome of brilliance - an esteemed composer of beautifully lyrical, rhythmically charged music and a world-class performer and technically proficient on an instrument he has made uniquely his own.

Daniel Herskedal 'The Mariner's Cross'

Alexei Aigui · Ensemble 4'33 - Palimpsest



Alexei Aigui · Ensemble 4'33
Alexei Aigui · Ensemble 4'33 - Palimpsest
Alexei Aigui · Ensemble 4'33 - Palimpsest

Released: July 16, 2021

Alexei Aigui
Ensemble 4'33.
Alexei Aigui - violin;
Denis Kalinsky - cello;
Andrey Gontcharov - trumpet;
Erkin Yusupov - trombone;
Arkady Marto - piano, electronics;
Sergey Nikolsky - bass;
Vladimir Zharko - drums.

Alexei Aigui - Dark Days

TSR - Midnight


TSR - Midnight
TSR - Ivory

Released: July 06, 2021

Epic trailer - style music.



Sebastian Plano - Save Me Not





Sebastian Plano
Released: July 02, 2021
Label: MERCURY KX

Associated Performer, Recording Arranger, Piano, Cello, Vocals, Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer, Mixer, Producer: Sebastian Plano. Studio Personnel, Mastering Engineer: Zino Mikorey. Composer Lyricist: Sebastian Plano



Sebastian Plano - Soul I (Avow)
Sebastian Plano - Soul II (Elan)
Sebastian Plano - Soul III (Ylem)
Sebastian Plano - Save Me Not

Sebastian Plano - Soul I (Avow) (Visualiser)
Sebastian Plano - Soul II (Elan)
Sebastian Plano - Soul III (Ylem) (Visualiser)

Brekky Boy - Setsuko



Brekky Boy - Setsuko
Brekky Boy - Setsuko
Brekky Boy - Setsuko

Released: June 20, 2021

Montreux Jazz Award nominees Brekky Boy are a piano-driven powerhouse ‘jazznotjazz’ trio hailing from the South Coast NSW.


Dustin O'Halloran - Silfur



Dustin O'Halloran
Dustin O'Halloran - Silfur
Dustin O'Halloran - Silfur

Released: June 11, 2021
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Dustin O'Halloran - Oscar-nominated film composer of Lion, Transparent, Old Guard, Ammonite & more.

Dustin O’Halloran, Bryan Senti – Opus 55 (Official Music Video)

Philip G Anderson - FIGMENT



Philip G Anderson - FIGMENT
Philip G Anderson - FIGMENT

Released: June 11, 2021

Composed + Produced by: Philip G Anderson
Piano: Philip G Anderson
Violin: Laura Masotto
Cello: Alistair Sung, Ardie Son (additional cello on "Structures")


Lars Danielsson Liberetto - Cloudland



Lars Danielsson
Lars Danielsson Liberetto - Cloudland

Released: May 28, 2021
Label: ACT Music

Lars Danielsson / double bass, cello
Grégory Privat / piano
John Parricelli / guitars
Magnus Öström / drums & percussion
Arve Henriksen / trumpet

Lars Danielsson Liberetto "Cloudland"

jóhann gunnarsson - Songs for Albinos





jóhann gunnarsson
jóhann gunnarsson - Songs for Albinos
jóhann gunnarsson - Songs for Albinos [Ep]
jóhann gunnarsson, Thomas Morgan, Joseph Branciforte - One for Henry Grimes & Mr. Haden
jóhann gunnarsson - Songs for Albinos [Ep]
jóhann gunnarsson, Thomas Morgan, Joseph Branciforte - One for Henry Grimes & Mr. Haden

Released: May 10, 2021
Label: Skippinghigh Records

Composition & Production j.G
jòhann gunnarsson -Akùstikbass - electronic's -sound generators electricbass-Kontracello - voice -perc-guitar and more. Thomas Morgan - Kontrabass
Arve Henriksen - Trumpet & Saxopet
Jozef Dumoulin - Rhodes
Joseph Branciforte Mix & mastering
Artwork by Steve Byram

jòhann gunnarsson comes from the Avant-garde [jazzrock] scene in Reykjavik his music journey started, early age playing&touring in project that he was involved in. Collaborated with many great musicians on his Album Bird'y & [Songs For Albinos]


Yazz Ahmed - Solo 7"s Vol​.​1



Yazz Ahmed - Solo 7"s Vol​.​1

Released: May 07, 2021

'High priestess of psychedelic Arabic jazz’.
Yazz Ahmed – trumpet/flugelhorn/electronics/handclaps/composition
One Girl includes extracts from One Girl Among Many (Asmara Remix)

Dictaphone - Goats & Distortions 5



Dictaphone
DENOVALI Dictaphone - Goats & Distortions 5
Dictaphone - Goats & Distortions 5
Dictaphone - Goats & Distortions 5
Dictaphone - Goats & Distortions 5

Released: April 30, 2021
Label: Denovali Records

The Belgian-German band Dictaphone around mastermind Oliver Doerell returns with their fifth album.
Oliver Doerell - electronics, bass, guitar
Roger Döring - clarinet/saxophone
Alex Stolze - violins
Helga Raimondi - voice

Island 92

jóhann gunnarsson-Arve Henriksen-Derya Türkan-Arslan Hazreti - Birdy [special edition]



jóhann gunnarsson
Arve Henriksen
jóhann gunnarsson-Arve Henriksen-Derya Türkan-Arslan Hazreti - Birdy [special edition]

Released: April 22, 2021
Label: Skippinghigh Records

This is an Edit version of the Album When the Birds start to Sing with added electronics elements ,composition & Production j.G

jóhann gunnarsson - Akùstikbass,electronics ,perc & more.
Arve Henriksen - Trumpet & Voice,electronic
Derya Türkan - Kemence
Arslan Hazreti -Kamanche

Florian Sighartner Violin On Moonflower
Mehdi Aminian -Ney oN Lotus Garden




Cecilie Strange - Blikan



Cecilie Strange
Cecilie Strange - Blikan
Cecilie Strange - Blikan

Released: April 16, 2021
Recorded at The Village Recording, June 10th & 11th, 2019

Cecilie Strange: Saxophone
Peter Rosendal: Piano
Thommy Andersson: Bass
Jakob Høyer:anish city of Odense with the great jazz saxophonist Hans Ulrik and in New York with top saxophonist Chris Cheek, and her deep and soulful tenor sound has gained international acclaim. So far, she has released two solo albums and her third solo album, 'Blikan', will be released on April Records on April 16th, 2021...


Christine Ott - Time To Die



Christine Ott
Snowdrops
Christine Ott - Time To Die
Christine Ott - Time To Die
Christine Ott - Miroirs
Christine Ott - Time To Die

Released: April 9, 2021
Label: GIZEH RECORDS

All music composed by Christine Ott
Christine Ott — Harp, Vocals, Piano, Ondes Martenot, Jupiter8, Percussions, Timpani, Tubular bells, Monotron, Vibraphone
Mathieu Gabry — Mellotron, Keyboards, Vibraphone, Effects, Processing and Arrangements on 1,4,5,8
Casey Brown — Spoken Voice on 1

French composer and multi-instrumentalist Christine Ott returns to Gizeh Records for her fourth album ‘Time to Die’. ‘Time To Die’ is a musical fresco in eight chapters, a sensory journey between the world of the living and the dead, for which the musician weaves a unique dramaturgy between contemporary classical and electro-acoustic music.

Christine Ott - Time To Die (teaser)
Tears In Rainfall: Christine Ott’s ‘Time To Die’ - Written By Teri Woods
Have you ever heard music that was recorded so beautifully, played by such excellent musicians and composed with such a feeling, that it took your breath away?
Вы когда-нибудь слышали музыку, которая была записана так красиво, сыграна такими прекрасными музыкантами и сочинена с таким чувством, что захватывает дух?

Thomas Strønen, Ayumi Tanaka, Marthe Lea - Bayou



Thomas Strønen
Thomas Strønen, Ayumi Tanaka, Marthe Lea - Varsha
Thomas Strønen, Ayumi Tanaka, Marthe Lea - Varsha
Thomas Strønen, Ayumi Tanaka, Marthe Lea - Bayou

Released: April 9, 2021
Label: ECM Records, ECM 2633

Thomas Strønen: percussion
Ayumi Tanaka: piano
Marthe Lea: clarinet, vocals, percussion

A fresh and open music, delicate and space-conscious, is shaped as drummer Thomas Strønen and Ayumi Tanaka, previously heard in the ensemble Time Is A Blind Guide on Lucus, resurface in a new trio with clarinettist/singer/percussionist Marthe Lea.

Thomas Strønen - Varsha (from the upcoming album "Bayou")

John R. Campbell - in the chamber of the april wind



John R. Campbell
John R. Campbell - in the chamber of the april wind

Released: April 4, 2021
Recorded at Hovering Horse studio, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

John R. Campbell: electric guitar, bowed archtop guitar, piano, flutes, yanquin, harp, and shakuhachi samples, electronics, loops, keyboards, harmonica, toy shamisen, kalimba, percussion, voice, electric drums
Juan Ramon Rodriguez: double bass
All compositions by John R. Campbell

John R. Campbell's progressive music explores landscape / soundscape dynamics via jazz, new roots, and contemplative textures.




Alexei Aigui & Ensemble 4'33 - Alcohol



Alexei Aigui & Ensemble 4'33
Alexei Aigui & Ensemble 4'33 - Alcohol
Alexei Aigui & Ensemble 4'33 - Alcohol

Released: March 30, 2021

Alexei Aigui is a russian violinist and composer, founder of avant outfit ENSEMBLE 4'33".

Now There Always Snows


Nils Frahm - Graz



Nils Frahm
Nils Frahm - Graz
Nils Frahm - Graz

Released: March 29, 2021
Label: Erased Tapes

Piano Day 2021 sees Nils Frahm surprise the world with his Erased Tapes debut. Wait, what? How? Anyone who has seen the trail blazing sonic pioneer live will know Nils likes to deadpan a joke. Graz is in fact the first studio album he recorded for the label back in 2009, that somehow remained a secret... until now.
All music written and played by Nils Frahm at Mumuth, Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Graz as part of the thesis Conversations for Piano and Room Vocals on Hammers by Peter Broderick

The Eye of Time - Acoustic II



The Eye of Time
The Eye of Time - Acoustic II
The Eye of Time - Acoustic II
The Eye of Time - Acoustic II

Released: March 26, 2021
Label: DENOVALI RECORDS

THE EYE OF TIME is the solo-project of French musician Marc Euvrie.

Diederik Wissels · Andreas Polyzogopoulos - Before You Go



Andreas Polyzogopoulos
Diederik Wissels · Andreas Polyzogopoulos - Before You Go
Diederik Wissels · Andreas Polyzogopoulos - Before You Go

Released: March 26, 2021
Label: Fever Music bvba

Diederik Wissels · piano
Andreas Polyzogopoulos · trumpet
All compositions of Diederik Wissels and Andreas Polyzogopoulos


Doppler Trio - Archean



Doppler Trio
Doppler Trio - Archean
Doppler Trio - Archean
Doppler Trio - Archean

Released: March 26, 2021
Label: BERTHOLD records

Daniël van der Duim: Piano, synths
Floris-Jan van den Berg: Double bass, voice
Hendrik Eichler: Drums, percussion, effects, throat singing

The Doppler musicians are story tellers. The album title ARCHEAN refers to the geological period in which the planet Earth developed its crust, but also hints at the powerful dramatic curve present in much of the music...

NIK BÄRTSCH - ENTENDRE



NIK BÄRTSCH
NIK BÄRTSCH - ENTENDRE
NIK BÄRTSCH - ENTENDRE

Released: March 19, 2021
Label: ECM Records, ECM 2703

As the album title implies Entendre is about hearing as a creative process, referencing the patient unfolding of Bärtch’s modular polymetric pieces, with alertness to the dynamics of touch, finding freedom in aesthetic restriction, serving the flow of each piece’s development while also taking the music to new places.

Nik Bärtsch - Entendre (New Album) | ECM Records

KALI Trio - LOOM



KALI Trio
KALI Trio - LOOM
KALI Trio - LOOM

Released: March 19, 2021
Label: Ronin Rhythm Records

The word loom has two distinct meanings. It can mean a machine that weaves individual threads together to form a fabric. As a verb, it describes the action of something appearing threatening, distorted or large in scale. By calling their ambitious, sprawling sophomore album LOOM, Swiss post-genre band KALI Trio simultaneously invoke intention, process and atmosphere.

Raphael Loher - Piano
Urs Müller - Guitar
Nicolas Stocker - Drums


Nenad Bicanin - New Swing



Nenad Bicanin - New Swing

Released: March 16, 2021

Nenad Bićanin, Serbia.
This album was recorded at the music school in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. Sebastian Büscher Saxophon, Ralf Hennigs drums, Bićanin Nenad Piano.



Volker Bertelmann Your Honor: Season 1 (Original Series Soundtrack)



Hauschka | Volker Bertelmann
Volker Bertelmann - Your Honor: Season 1 (Original Series Soundtrack)

Released: 2021
Label: Lakeshore Records

Music by Volker Bertelmann

Your Honor is an American limited series starring Bryan Cranston.
A respected judge's son is involved in a hit-and-run that leads to a high-stakes game of lies, deceit and impossible choices. First episode date: December 6, 2020.

JAKOB BRO, ARVE HENRIKSEN, JORGE ROSSY - UMA ELMO



ARVE HENRIKSEN
JAKOB BRO, ARVE HENRIKSEN, JORGE ROSSY - UMA ELMO
JAKOB BRO, ARVE HENRIKSEN, JORGE ROSSY - UMA ELMO

Released: February 27, 2021
Label: ECM Records, ECM 2702

Jakob Bro: Guitar
Arve Henriksen: Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet
Jorge Rossy: Drums

As the album title implies Entendre is about hearing as a creative process, referencing the patient unfolding of Bärtch’s modular polymetric pieces, with With Uma Elmo, his fifth album as a leader for ECM, Danish guitarist Jakob Bro presents a new trio featuring Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen and Spanish drummer Jorge Rossy.

Morning Song (Var.) · Jakob Bro · Arve Henriksen · Jorge Rossy

Ivan Kapec 5tet - Crta



Ivan Kapec 5tet
Ivan Kapec 5tet - Crta
Ivan Kapec 5tet - Crta

Released: October 23, 2020
Vinil released: February 26, 2021
Label: Zona Muzika, Zagreb, Croatia

Ivan Kapec - baritone guitar
Mario Bočić - tenor saxophone
Šimun Matišić - vibraphone
Ivar Roban Križić - double bass
Borko Rupena - drums

"The line (Crta) separates the space of chaos from the space we think is organized in some way. That's how I imagine it. And then, relying on that assumption, I seem to discern where chaos is and where order is. It’s a nice feeling, but it lasts a very short time." I.K.


A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Invisible Cities



A Winged Victory for the Sullen
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Invisible Cities
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Invisible Cities
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Invisible Cities

Released: February 26, 2021
Label: Ninja Tune

A Winged Victory for the Sullen, the collaboration between Adam Wiltzie & Dustin O'Halloran, are set to release new album ‘Invisible Cities’ on the 26th February 2021, the stunning score to the critically acclaimed theatre production directed by London Olympics ceremony video designer Leo Warner. Released on their own Artificial Pinearch Manufacturing label, the album comes as part of an agreement with A Winged Victory for the Sullen’s current label, Ninja Tune.


Helena Basilova, Konstantyn Napolov & Maya Fridman - Obscure Atlas
Aart Strootman and Daniel Wohl



Trio Basilova | Fridman | Napolov
Helena Basilova
Maya Fridman
Konstantyn Napolov
Aart Strootman
Helena Basilova, Konstantyn Napolov & Maya Fridman - Obscure Atlas
Aart Strootman and Daniel Wohl

Helena Basilova, Konstantyn Napolov & Maya Fridman - Obscure Atlas
Aart Strootman and Daniel Wohl

Helena Basilova, Konstantyn Napolov & Maya Fridman - Obscure Atlas

Released: February 19, 2021

Album (29min) features works by Aart Strootman and Daniel Wohl.
Helena Basilova - piano
Maya Fridman - cello
Konstantyn Napolov - percussion

Helena Basilova is a classical pianist born in Russia and based in the Netherlands.
Born on 1989 in Moscow, Russia, Maya Fridman is a talented young cellist residing in The Netherlands.
Konstantyn Napolov is a touring concert percussionist and a great promoter of the contemporary percussion music. Konstantyn Napolov was born in Odessa (Ukraine) in 1987.


Amir Darabi - YAAL



Amir Darabi
Amir Darabi - YAAL
Amir Darabi - YAAL
Amir Darabi - YAAL

Released: February 6, 202

Composition & Piano: Amir Darabi
Kamancheh: Farzin Dehghan
Bass: Dana Roth
Drums: Ivanna Cuesta
Percussion: Kan Yanabe

Amir Darabi, is a 23-year-old Iranian pianist and composer.


Mats Eilertsen - Solitude Central



Mats Eilertsen
Mats Eilertsen - Solitude Central
Mats Eilertsen - Solitude Central

Released: February 5, 2021

Live solo-concert during pandemic lockdown at Sentralen, Oslo 30.03.2020 Mats Eilertsen, double-bass and live electronics All songs by Mats Eilertsen / Tono ©

Utsav Lal - Visangati



Utsav Lal
Utsav Lal - Visangati
Utsav Lal - Visangati
Utsav Lal - Visangati

Released: February 3, 202

Recorded by Robin Buyer at Pulse Music NYC in October 2020.
Piano : Utsav Lal
Tanpura : Arman Ali Dehlvi
Tabla : Nitin Mitta

Young Steinway Artist, creative pianist Utsav Lal has set a precedent with his innovative handling of Indian Classical music.
“Visangati as a word reflects an integral poly-semantic and ambiguous quality. It mostly translates as an “anomaly” but sometimes also hinting at absurdity or illogicality. When attempting to play Indian Classical Music on the piano, it is impossible to not acknowledge the contradictions at play in this endeavour. My goal is to embrace and revel in these discrepancies while trying to get as close as possible to eliminating them.


Olivia Moore - Islands



Olivia Moore
Olivia Moore - Islands

Released: February 01 2021

This track was created in 2016 in preparation for a one off performance at the Manchester Jazz Festival- "Happiness and the generational divide"

Olivia Moore - Violin
Shama Rahman -Voice and Sitar
Shirley Smart - Cello
Tom and Jasper Thorne - Spoken word

KALEIIDO - VOYAGE



KALEIIDO
KALEIIDO - VOYAGE
KALEIIDO - VOYAGE
KALEIIDO - VOYAGE

Recorder at The Village Recording
Realised: January 29, 2021
Label: ExoPAC Recordings

KALEIIDO is
Anna Roemer Guitar
Cecilie Strange Saxophone
Guests
Kasper Tranberg Trumpet
Stine Steendorph Vocal
Anders Christensen Bass
Jakob Høyer Drums

VOYAGE PART I
First single from KALEIIDO is out. Recorded in The Village Recording, Copenhagen on December 5th 2019.

Claude Maheu - SEE​.​.​.



Claude Maheu
Claude Maheu - SEE​.​.​.

Released: January 15, 2021

Claude Maheu is a contemporary jazz artist, composer, flutist, saxophonist and oboist.


Olivia Moore | The Owl Ensemble - Owl



Olivia Moore
Olivia Moore | The Owl Ensemble - Owl
Olivia Moore | The Owl Ensemble - Owl

Released: January 14 2021

A UK based violinist Olivia Moore making original music. Olivia fuses Indian Music with Jazz, also bringing in inspiration from Classical Music and Folk.

Olivia Moore - Violin
Claire Kirkpatrick - Violin
Katherine Barnecutt - Viola
Semay Wu - Cello
John Ellis - Piano/Keys
Glenn Sharp - Guitar
...


Olivia Moore - Tel Aviv



Olivia Moore
Olivia Moore - Tel Aviv

Released: January 07 2021

UK based violinist Olivia Moore making original music. Olivia fuses Indian Music with Jazz, also bringing in inspiration from Classical Music and Folk.

Steve Bewick, Jazz Broadcaster & author.
Olivia Moore, Violinist, composer.
Rupert Christie, Programming/beats on 1st mix.
John Ellis, Sound engineer in final mix.


Krzysztof Baranowski Trio - Live at Radio Katowice



Krzysztof Baranowski Trio
Krzysztof Baranowski Trio - Live at Radio Katowice

Released: January 06 2021

Live album recorded in Studio Koncertowe im. Jerzego Haralda, Radio Katowice
Krzysztof Baranowski - double bass/compositon
Mateusz Kaszuba - piano
Patryk Dobosz - drums

The group was formed in 2018 on the initiative of the multi-instrumentalist and composer Krzysztof Baranowski (born 1994 in Poland). The members of the formation combine jazz tradition with modern sound within the classic piano trio format. Fresh, harmonious compositions, stage creativity and emotional language of musical expression distinguish the trio on the contemporary jazz scene of Poland.


Mark Wingfield with Jane Chapman and Adriano Adewale - Zoji


Mark Wingfield with Jane Chapman and Adriano Adewale - Zoji

Released: January 01 2021
Label: Moonjune Records

MARK WINGFIELD - guitar, soundscapes
JANE CHAPMAN - harpsichord
ADRIANO ADEWALE - percussion, vocals

Liner notes by Sid Smith
Parallel Times. Dizzying constellations of notes netted within the soundboard of the harpsichord, quill-plucked and sent spinning in darting arcs and ascending steps. . . Harmonic fog adrift from which notes slip out in silvery streaks, gleaming with passion, while some, disconsolate, fall into dark silence snuffing out their glow...
All compositions by Mark Wingfield except Pasquali’s Dream and Prélude Sinueux. Pasquali’s Dream was taken from a figured bass example (1763), realised by Jane Chapman. Prélude Sinueux - inspired by an anonymous prélude non mesuré (1716) arranged by Jane Chapman and Mark Wingfield.

GrandBrothers - All The Unknown


GrandBrothers - All The Unknown
GrandBrothers - All The Unknown
GrandBrothers - All The Unknown

Released: January 15 2021

On the leafy cover for their third album, All The Unknown, Grandbrothers invite the spectator to peer through the thick foliage of a hawthorn bush, seemingly powered by a similar sense of curiosity that informed their exploratory new record. Ditching the restrictions of their former setup, with their new record the Turkish-German / Swiss duo took a leap into the dense unknown—and landed on their feet.
The album maps out a wide-open soundworld of compositional possibilities for pianist Erol Sarp and producer / electronic engineer Lukas Vogel, who have been putting their modern and unique electronic spin on prepared piano since first forming in 2012.






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