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A source for news on music that is challenging, interesting, different, progressive, introspective, or just plain weird. Since 2003, Avant Music News has been the daily source of new about weird, non-mainstream, complex music. We publish daily links to articles regarding tour dates, releases, reviews, interviews, and various other items of interest. From time to time, we also publish our own..
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Unus et Trinus (one and three) is an aptly titled release from collaborators Myers, Sonologyst (Raffaele Pezzella), and Bröndum. All are well-established sound artists, with Myers having a legacy of several decades. This offering features a 20-minute trio piece as well as a pair of shorter solo works from each artist. On the trio effort ..read more
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Source: TRITRIANGLE. Complacency Presents May 10th 2024 1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622-2008 Permutations: duos, trios, and quintet improvisations With Jim Baker (piano, Viola, ARP), Jeb Bishop (trombone, electronics), Daniel Burke (Bass VI, Piano, Synth), Jeff Goulet (Guitar, Sticks), Thymme Jones (Trumpet, Piano, sticks) Jim Baker has been playing in and around town and ..read more
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Source: MASS MoCA. This event in North Adams, Massachusetts features the following artists. Legendary composer-vocalist Meredith Monk and percussionist John Hollenbeck team up on opening night in Duet Behavior – an intimate evening of Monk’s music as it has never been experienced. Through a conversational approach, long-time friends and colleagues Monk and Hollenbeck expand and ..read more
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Source: FT. The inspirations for American saxophonist James Brandon Lewis’s explorations of circadian rhythms and 12-tone scales range from the molecular structures of DNA to the work of American painter/sculptor Jack Whitten. This high-octane gig, featuring his long-running quartet, revealed seemingly cerebral connections had earthy roots. The Lewis aesthetic warmed the phonics and fury of ..read more
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On this duo recording, Abul Mogard and Rafael Anton Irisarri explore colors and textures of ambiance over two long tracks, one studio and the other live. Each begins slowly – almost inaudibly – and builds to its respective crescendo. On Place of Forever, the studio track, Mogard employs Farfisa organ and modular synths that blend ..read more
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Source: The Curmudgeon. Nonesuch Records decided to celebrate its 60th birthday at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville last month. That made a lot of sense, because both the label and the event share not only an aesthetic but also a curatorial process. The 15 Nonesuch artists who performed at Big Ears included groundbreaking classical ..read more
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Source: Ars Nova Workshop. THU., APRIL 18, 8PMSETTING / BASICArs Nova Workshop presents the experimental drone trio Setting and the all-star Philadelphia unit BASIC at Solar Myth on Thursday, April 18. SUN., APRIL 21, 8PMSHABAKAFollowing extraordinary demand, Ars Nova is pleased to present a second performance with the extraordinary British multi-instrumentalist Shabaka Hutchings at Solar ..read more
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Source: CKCU. A Celebration of Keith Tippett, British jazz pianist and composer ..read more
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Source: The Wire. Musician and researcher Alejandra Cardenas aka Ale Hop selects and annotates music by some of the Latin American women composers of electronic music profiled in her new book Switched On: The Dawn Of Electronic Sound By Latin American Women ..read more