Happy 2023 to all of you good people!

 

OVD065 : Pierre Vervloesem / Oh!

 

Cover art by Michel Clerbois

OVD065: Pierre Vervloesem / Oh!

To celebrate X-Mas what is a better option than listening, celebrating and dancing on the electronic bravura from Pierre Vervloesem! The most modern album to enter in the less modern world and year! Merry X-Mas!

Pierre Vervloesem says:
'It sounds like boom boom but you can be sure that it's never the same thing twice.

Crazy how long it takes to do this kind of thing.

Ps : fuck christmas.'

Digital release on the 23rd of December 2022.

Track listing:

1: Oh!

2: Whinners

3: Red Radasse

4: Virus Interlude

5: I already told you that I don't Want Your Jazz

6: Le Piège à Cons

7: Stop That Immediately

8: Kinoafouf

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/oh

And on Bandcamp:

ODG164 : Ruben Van Rompaey / Orienbient

Cover art by A.L. - pic by Ruben Van Rompaey

ODG164 : Ruben Van Rompaey / Orienbient

New album from Dutch electronic composer Ruben Van Rompaey (see also his albums feat. Toshinori Kondo OJP057, OJP061, OJP062 and OJP065) doing a mix of orientalist ambient music, therefore the title of the album: Orienbient! Perfect to bring you to another mood in this cold December month!

From Ruben's words:
"The long-awaited sequel to Tokyo Fusion, Orienbient represents a coalescence between worlds of ambient and oriental music in the broadest sense of the word. 
More precisely: ambient with an oriental touch. For this album I wanted to create a fresh musical realm, letting musical outings naturally blend with organic beats, layers of oriental percussion instruments such as riqq and darbuka surrounded by invigorating vibes."
 
With a strong Pan-Asian, Japanese spirit obviously present as ever, the music takes the listener through mystic, hypnotic sound palettes laced with sonic oscillating structures and mesmerizing melodies. 
 
Listen to the music, close your eyes and…for a brief instant you imagine yourself in another, magical state. 

Credits:

Written, performed and produced by Ruben van Rompaey, Bergen op Zoom Holland 2022

Mastered by Bob Salmieri at Cultural Bridge, Roma Italy

Featuring & special thanks to: 

Toshinori Kondo - electric trumpet (11, 13), Rutger van Rompaey - electric guitar (11, 12) 

Bianca Jonkers - flute (5), Mateo van Rompaey - programming (4)

Digital release on the 16th of December 2022.

Track listing:

1: Kogarashi

2: Ichi-Go Ichi-E

3: Rendez-vous

4: Tête-à-tête

5: Sakura

6: Pachinko

7: Light Years

8: Zaman Zaman

9: Flatland

10: Attoiuma

11: Trip (feat. Toshinori Kondo) - Bandcamp only

12: Ichi-Go Ichi-E [Remix] (feat. Rutger van Rompaey) - Bandcamp only

13: Régénération (feat. Toshinori Kondo) - Bandcamp only

14: Light-years [Remix] - Bandcamp only

15: Subdivisions - Bandcamp only

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/orienbient

And on Bandcamp:

OMT013 : El Gueye / Tameu

 

Cover art by A.L.

OMT013: El Gueye / Tameu

Tameu is the new single from Senegal star El Gueye (see also OMT005). 

It means 'inseparable' in wolof.
A simple story of 2 people that cannot live separately.

El Gueye has already recorded 3 albums and is recognised as one of the best singer and composer in Senegal. 
The Senegalese musical heritage is better known than that of most African countries, thanks to the popularity of this mbalax style and Sabar drumming is particularly popular.
El Gueye is preparing a new album that will include lots of new different elements going further away from Mbalax.

Tameu:
Damala tameu tameu
Damala tameu tameu
Ba soumala guissoulé
Sama yaram dafay Lass
Yow dagua bokkeu thi mane
Damala tameu tameu
Basoumala guisoulé 
Sama yaram dafay lass
Danio minanetey 
ba melni ay domi baadiéne
Légui sakh danio dem ba 
daniou nouro oh nioune niar.
Ba leppeu louma beugua wakh khamgua co 
Lo beugua wakh khamnaco.
Yone winiou dieule bilay sorina
Wayé fékkeu nio gui diapane té lokho ma dila séne.
Douma ragual- Douma ragual finiou dieum.
Beutou mbeuguel dafa andak yeurmandé.
Beutou mbeuguel dafa andak yeurmandé .
Té mbeuguel dou lénéne loudoul 
Lakkeu séddo oh
Té guathiakh sokhlawoul lénéne loudoul ndokh so tawé ma contane.
Damala tameu tameu
Damala tameu tameu 
Ba soumala guissoulé
sama yaram dafay lass.
Yow dagua bokkeu thi mane
Damala tameu tameu 
Basoumala guisoulé 
sama yaram dafay lass
Bayil samay lokho mou lale la
Bagua mana yeuk sama taguayou yaram
Mayma sama beut bama kholla
Ba mane la diokh 
thieur biga yellole.
Say diatay dafmay doundeul
Sa mélocane dima bégue lo.
Kanam kasso la
Ko thi teuth mou khamco
Mayma say rétaaane. 
Kanam kasso la 
Ko thi teuth mou khamco
Mayma say rétaaaane.
Beutou mbeuguel dafa andak yeurmandé 
Beutou mbeuguel dafa andak yeurmandé. 
Yaw yay guarap gui may fékhal dima kéral 
Dokh sama diguentek dianteu biii.
Haaaaaaaheuuuheuuu heeey
Thi yow lay yeugué sama boppeu 
Deugue guagui thi samay beute khana kholoulomaa.

Digital release on the 9th of December 2022.

Track listing:

1: Tameu

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/tameu

And on Bandcamp:

OPN010 : Domenico Solazzo's PaNoPTiCoN / 2011 / 2012 - 10th anniversary 2022 remastered version

 

Cover art by Domenico Solazzo

OPN010 : Domenico Solazzo's PaNoPTiCoN / 2011 / 2012 - 10th anniversary 2022 remastered version

Final volume from Domenico Solazzo's PaNoPTiCoN covering some of the best tracks from the years 2011/2012 recorded at various places live or in studios by the best contemporary free improvisations jazz combo in Belgium.

IMPROVISED AND RECORDED LIVE IN BELGIUM AND FRANCE AT VARIOUS PLACES THROUGHOUT 2011 AND 2012

LINE UP:

Christophe Bouquelle (guitar on 8)
Olivier Catala (bass on 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 10)
Pieter Claus (vibraphone on 4)
Diego Delgado Lopez (guitar on 3 & 8)
Yves Dellicour (bass clarinet and soprano saxophone on 2 & 9)
Pierrot Delor (percussions on 9)
Michel Delville (guitar on 4)
Nicolas Drici (trumpet on 5 & 12)
Jean-Jacques Duerinckx (baryton saxophone on 8)
Fabrice Fardelli (guitar on 8)
FrÈdÈric Gerchambeau (keyboards on 1)
Antoine Guenet (kayboards and piano on 6, 10, 11 & 12)
David Kintziger (upright bass on 9)
Jean-Paul Lossignol (trumpet on 3)
FranÁois Lourtie (bass and soprano saxophones on 6)
Bart Maris (trumpet on 4)
Marti Melia (tenor saxophone on 6)
Pierre Mottet (bass on 1)
Bruno Nobi (tenor saxophone on 5)
Daniel Palomo Vinuesa (soprano saxophone and ewi on 1 & 11)
Constantin Papageorgiadis (bass and analogic synthesizer on 8)
Simon Rigot (sitar on 10) 
Jan Rzewski (soprano saxophone on 7)
Matthieu Safatly (electric cello on 11)
Catherine Smet (keyboards on 3)
Rik Staelens (flute on 10)
Juan Salvador Tello (guitar on 3)
Luc Van Lieshout (trumpet on 2)
Daniel Wang (guitar on 8, 9 & 12)
Domenico Solazzo (drums, percussions, laptop, loopstation, sound engineer and postproduction)

Digital release on the 2nd of December 2022.

Track listing:

1: Wake of The Surgeon General
2: The Sound of The Drum
3: Circle In The Ground
4: Jaguar Force Thunderbolt
5: Healing Angels
6: Release
7: Love is a Simple Thing but I'm Too Complicated
8: Here Comes The Sandman
9: Buy You A Conscience on Ebay
10: Stone Edge
11: Ludo
12: Orphans

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/2011-2012

And on Bandcamp:

OVD064 : Pierre Vervloesem / Artsy - Fartsy

 

Cover art by Pierre Vervloesem

OVD064 : Pierre Vervloesem / Artsy - Fartsy

Arsty - Fartsy or when a record passes so easily from Klaus Schulze to the Melvins, you buy it!

Very obvious influences all over the place, but neatly arranged. PV.

Pierre Vervloesem : everything
Elie Gouleme : Drums

Digital release on the 25th of November 2022.

Track listing:

1: Artsy

2: Fartsy

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/artsy-fartsy

And on Bandcamp:

ODG163-OUI004 : MACONDO / Macondo Trio

 

Cover art by A.L., pic by Sylvain Debaisieux

ODG163-OUI004 : MACONDO / Macondo Trio

Macondo trio is the union of Beninese drummer Angelo Moustapha, accomplice of Philip Catherine, Lionel Loueke, winner of numerous awards (best drummer in Africa, 2017; Talent d'Afrique, 2021) and Belgian saxophonist Sylvain Debaisieux, essential player in the jazz and improvised music in Belgium (Stéphane Galland, Pentadox, Lynn Cassiers, Ghalia Benali). 

For this trio formula, they added the talented Italian double bassist Federico Stocchi (Toots Thielemans Awards 2018).

The sharing and richness of their respective musical journeys created immediate emulation, and their ability to listen and adapt quickly led to a strong musical connection. They joyfully and naturally take the audience into their world rich in polyrhythm and melodious stories.

Inspired by African hymns or trips to Europe, the melodies are built on cyclical and captivating bass lines. The listener is carried away by the flow and energetic sound of the trio, engrossed in repetitive patterns and confusing grooves. They share voices, exchange high-level solos and improvisations, always in a spirit of dialogue and in communion with the public.

Federico, Angelo and Sylvain, pic by Roger Vantilt

Angelo Moustapha: drums - https://angelomoustapha.com

Sylvain Debaisieux: sax - https://sylvaindebaisieux.com

Federico Stocchi: double bass 

Digital release on the 18th of November 2022.

Track listing:

1: MACONDO

2: K’AWA ELESE

3: LA PARFUMERIE

4: DOKOUE

5: HAWEN VIVE DE

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/macondo-1

And on Bandcamp:

ODG162 : Lark Wool / Blurs In The Margin

 

Cover art by Jack Ison

ODG162 : Lark Wool / Blurs In The Margin

Lark Wool  (see also his previous album ODG033) "Blurs In The Margin" is a contemporary digital palette and common electronic instrumentation conjuring and forging  a hybrid mix of "The Otherworldy" with "The Traditional".

The 6 tracks conjugue an impeccable sense of equilibrium and a crafted balance between the instruments. The music is sometime paisible but at times brings forces with subtle drumming and percussions.

Lark Wool's music is maybe a reminder of many atmospheric / cinematic genres but his approach of building track is one of his own which succeeds in a beautiful and orgasmic album!

Listen with earphones for a total enlightenment!

Composed and Recorded by Jack Ison in Norwood, Ohio from April, 2021 to May, 2022

Jack Ison aka Lark Wool

Alternative covers:

Digital release on the 11th of November 2022.

Track listing:

1: Object Subject
2: Static Report
3: Sightseer
4: Outside World
5: Blurs In The Margin
6: Crystal Patina (Icy Pearl)

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/blurs-in-the-margin

And in Bandcamp:

OPN009 : Domenico Solazzo's PaNoPTiCoN / 2009 / 2010 - 10th anniversary 2022 remastered version

 

cover art by Domenico Solazzo

OPN009 : Domenico Solazzo's PaNoPTiCoN / 2009 / 2010 - 10th anniversary 2022 remastered version

The years 2009 / 2010 of the Belgian avant free contemporary jazz combo revisited and remastered with some of the best tracks recorded during those years with some of the Belgian musicians cream!

IMPROVISED AND RECORDED LIVE IN BELGIUM AT VARIOUS PLACES THROUGHOUT 2009 AND 2010

LINE UP:

Fred Becker (tenor saxophone on 4)
Olivier Catala (bass on 3, 5, 8, 9 & 10)
Diego Delgado Lopez (guitar on 8)
Yves Dellicour (bass clarinet and soprano saxophone on 5, 9 & 11)
Pierrot Delor (percussions on 4)
Michel Delville (guitar on 7)
Jean-Jacques Duerinckx (baryton and sopranino saxophones on 3, 5 & 6)
Nicolas Gitto (guitar on 5)
Mike Goyvaerts (percussions on 5)
Antoine Guenet (keyboards except 1, 5, 10 & 11)
FranÁois Lourtie (saxophones on 5 & 10)
Bart Maris (trumpet on 2)
Stèphane Mercier (saxophone on 6)
Pierre Mottet (basse on 2, 4, 6, 7 & 11)
Daniel Palomo Vinuesa (soprano saxophone and ewi on 10)
Jan Rzewski (soprano saxophone on 7)
Catherine Smet (piano and electric piano on 10 & 11)
Rik Staelens (tenor and soprano saxophones on 8)
Vincent Stefanutti (alto saxophone on 5)
Iris Thissen (cello on 12)
Marijn Thissen (alto violin on 12)
Daniel Wang (guitar on 3 & 10) 
Domenico Solazzo (keyboards on 1, drums, percussions, sound engineer and postproduction)

Digital release on the 4th of November 2022.

Track listing:

1: Elegy for Mothers

2: Soul Mystic

3: Electric Stimuli

4: However

5: After the Apocalypse

6: Horripilations

7: Wrath of Haboob

8: Minus One

9: Rise of Atlas

10: Depression

11: Upside Town

12: Opus 213 n°2

Itunes, Spotify, etc:

https://bfan.link/2009-2010

And on Bandcamp:

OVD063 : Pierre Vervloesem / Dark Matter 3 Dark Matter 4

Cover art by A.L.

OVD063: Pierre Vervloesem / Dark Matter 3 Dark Matter 4

The other side of Dark Matter!  2 long tracks, 2 masterpieces!

Pierre Vervloesem : Guitar, bass, mix and mastering
Bruno Vansina : all kind of saxophones (sometime at the same time) flute, cuíca, xylophone and probably other things
Elie Gouleme: drums

Recorded live at La Grange Casteau (no edits and no overdub except for the bass)

Digital release on the 28th of October 2020.

Track listing:

1: Dark Matter 3

2: Dark Matter 4

Apple music, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/dark-matter-3-dark-matter-4

And on Bandcamp:

ODG161 : Friendly Fire / Friendly Fire

 

ODG161 : Friendly Fire / Friendly Fire

Polyrhythmic Grindcore? Dark Metal meets Drone...??
Prevalent use of saxophone feed back...dense bass drones, countered with layered drum structures. Flying on top of all this are vocal rant`s in an unknown language! Not easy perhaps, but you will not be bored! As a great actress once said in an well known film: “ fasten your seat belts it`s going to be a bumpy ride”.

Pic by Johanna Saxen

Friendly Fire is the new trio from :

Steve Buchanan - Sax, Electronics, vocals
Maxime Hansenberger – Drums
Flo Götte – Bass,Electronics

Flo Goette, Zürich (1975)
Lives in Zurich, works as a freelance musician, composer and music educator, plays electric bass and electric guitar in local bands like FRACHTER, Der Grosse Bär, Die Fermentierten as well as international projects, especially in experimental music. He composes and produces for his own bands, film and theater. Works in his own recording studio G5-Studio in Zurich.

Maxime Hänsenberger (1988)
Active in several musical scenes for fifteen years. He started to play drums in the metal/grindcore scene, then he got into Jazz and improvised music. While he’s still involved into these previous mentioned scenes, he's also a part of the experimental,
noise, contemporary music scenes since 2013. Some of his past/actual projects: Mumakil, Nostromo, Convulsif, Secrétariat, Exorbitant Prices Must Diminish, Insub Meta Orchestra.

Steve Buchanan (1955)
Steve Buchanan in his 40 year + career has the rare distinction of having made a name for himself professionally in two fields, music and dance respectively. As well as playing alto sax and guitar, he is also the inventor of the Interactive dance / music instrument 2nd Line. Currently based in Zurich he continues Touring extensively worldwide; giving workshops as well as concert engagements.

Digital release on the 21st of October 2022.

Track listing:

1: Bug Control

2: Have a Nice Day

3: Seagull 

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/friendly-fire

And on Bandcamp:

OCD052-OUI003 : CLIFFS feat. Floy Krouchi - Benjamin Sanz - James Brandon Lewis / CLIFFS

 

Cover art by A.L. - Cliffs pic by by Matthieu Lombard

OCD052-OUI003 : CLIFFS feat. Floy Krouchi - Benjamin Sanz - James Brandon Lewis / CLIFFS

When the best American sax player of the moment ( grammy, pools, magazines) James Brandon Lewis (see also OCD038 and OCD046) meets one of the most interesting French Fretless bass electronic visionary Floy Krouchi (see OCD047) and French avant-garde drummer Benjamin Sanz and they spend a week improvising in the south of France, they come with one of the best contemporary jazz album of the year!

Thrilling!

Floy, Benjamin and James - pic by Aïda Belhamd

Floy Krouchi: Fretless Bass, Pedals

Benjamin Sanz: Drums

James Brandon Lewis: Tenor Saxophone

All titles are improvisations except 'The Three Streams' composed by J.B Lewis, F. Krouchi and B. Sanz.

Recorded on 25 and 26 March 2019 by Bruno Levée @ l’Ajmi d’Avignon.

Mixed by Mark Bingham @ Prairie Des Femmes, Arnaudville LA, March 2022.

Mastering by Pierre Vervloesem @ Fiasco Studio.

Review in the New-York City Jazz Record:

"Lewis ventures off the map on Cliffs, an eponymous triumvirate completed by the French pair of fretless electric bassist Floy Krouchi and drummer Benjamin Sanz. The former, whose Bass Holograms project in New York enlisted the likes of drummer Ches Smith, cellist Hank Roberts and singer Emilie Lesbros, supplements her sound with effects ranging from ambient washes to jagged distortions while with his combination of textural mischief and locomotive meter, the latter shows why his credits include David Murray, Archie Shepp, Oliver Lake and more. The centerpiece, and at 22-minutes by far the longest track, the jointly composed “The Three Streams” evolves through multiple moods from brooding sustains, from which emerge a searching melody sketched by feathery tenor, to an electric bass meditation over a sparse soundscape, to a percolating vamp, which finds Lewis stretching out too, his rhythmic cadences echoing Sanz’ pulse, before uniting in a repeated ostinato to finish. On the remaining five improvs the trio carve an egalitarian path, but one which often breaks into mesmeric beats and not only during the descriptively titled “Transe With Arabesques”, but also in the rocky opening “The Door To The Cliffs”, where Krouchi comes on like a revving motorbike and Lewis brings a reflective whiff of John Coltrane. Even in such almost entirely uncharted territory, Lewis’ penchant for form shines through, in the alternation between a siren-like oscillation and strings of pneumatic squeezed-out notes and in his juxtaposition of similarly contrasting figures elsewhere."

The magazine: http://www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr202301.pdf

Physical and digital release on the 14th of October 2022.

Track listing:

1: The Door To The Cliffs

2: The Three Streams

3: Heavy Interlude

4: Transe with Arabesques

5: Mallets Ballad

6: Freqsnetics

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/cliffs

And on Bandcamp:

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OPN008 : Domenico Solazzo's PaNoPTiCoN / 2007/2008 - 15th anniversary from the death with a vengeance 2022 remastered version )

 

Cover art by Domenico Solazzo

OPN008 : Domenico Solazzo's PaNoPTiCoN / 2007/2008 - 15th anniversary from the death with a vengeance 2022 remastered version ) 

A compilation of some of the most thrilling tracks from the fabulous combo of the cream of Belgian jazz and rock musicians recorded live or in studio between 2007 and 2008. Specially remastered for its 15th anniversary reissue! Enjoy!

IMPROVISED AND RECORDED LIVE IN BELGIUM AT VARIOUS PLACES THROUGHOUT 2007 AND 2008

LINE UP:

Fred Becker (tenor saxophone on 6)
Olivier Catala (bass from 1 to 9, 13 & 15)
Geraldine Clement (flute on 2 & 15)
Pascal Dalmasso (guitar on 4 & 14)
Diego Delgado Lopez (guitar on 3 & 7)
Pierrot Delor (percussions on 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 13 & 14)
Michel Delville (guitar on 12)
Michel Dethier (guitar on 13)
Lewis Dijkstra (alto saxophone on 11) 
Jean-Jacques Duerinckx (baryton and sopranino saxophones on 1, 7, 8, 9 & 14)
Fabrice Fardelli (guitar on 2, 11 & 15)
Ivan Georgiev (keyboards on 2, bass on 14)
Vincenzo Grosso (guitar on 10)
Antoine Guenet (piano and keyboards except 2 & 10)
Chervin Laporte (Fender Rhodes on 9 & 11)
Jean-Paul Lossignol (trumpet on 2, 3, 6 & 15)
FranÁois Lourtie (soprano and tenor saxophones on 2, 7, 12 & 13)
Peter Malfliet (trumbone on 7, tenor saxophone on 9)
Bart Maris (trumpet on 1)
Benoit Minon (guitar on 9)
Pierre Mottet (bass on 12)
Bruno Nobi (alto saxophone on 5)
Daniel Palomo Vinuesa (soprano saxophone and ewi on 4, 10, 11 & 14)
Constantin Papageorgiadis (upright bass on 7, bass on 10 & 11)
R.E.D.A. (turntables on 5 & 10)
Jan Rzewski (soprano saxophone on 5)
Catherine Smet (Fender Rhodes on 10)
Rik Staelens (soprano and tenor saxophone on 7 & 8)
Daniel Wang (guitar on 6)
Domenico Solazzo (drums, percussions, sound engineer and postproduction)

Christophe Bouquelle (guitar on 5, 10 & 11)

Digital release on the 7th of October 2022.

Track listing:

1: The Loner

2: Jungle Jazz

3: Ancrod Drip

4: Weather Stone

5: Say John

6: Taste of Defeat

7: Mellow Syndrome

8: Beauty (not of this world)

9: Lets Put a Smile On That Face

10: Buzz Aldrin

11: Narcoleptic Nightmare

12: Missing Ones are Always Wrong

13: Frank My Saviour

14: Pan O Metric

15: Flight 07

Itunes, Spotify, etc:

https://bfan.link/2007-2008

And on Bandcamp:

OVD062 : Pierre Vervloesem / Dark Matter 1 Dark Matter 2

 

Cover art by A.L.

OVD062 : Pierre Vervloesem / Dark Matter 1 Dark Matter 2 

2 long pieces so intriguing and intense, so full of (dark) matters that you have to listen to find your own language to describe the music! 

Track listing:

Dark Matter 1 : 

Pierre Vervloesem: guitares, basses, keys, percs 
Bruno Vansina: a lot of flutes 
Elie Gouleme: drums

Dark Matter 2 : 

Pierre Vervloesem: guitares, basses, keys 

Jan Kuijken: a lot of cellos 

Elie Goulem : drums

Mixed and mastered by Pierre Vervloesem 
Drums recorded at La Grange Casteau by Jean-Pierre Jonckheere

Digital release on the 30th of September 2022

Itunes, Spotify, etc:

https://bfan.link/dark-matter-1-dark-matter-2

And on Bandcamp: 

OUC042-OJP068 : Shintaro Kamijyo / Erik Satie Vexations - Loops, computer, electronics

Cover art by A.L.

OUC042-OJP068 : Shintaro Kamijyo / Erik Satie Vexations - Loops, computer, electronics 

A very special hypnotic dub micro house version of the Vexations which will surprise you and move you like Satie never did!

In addition to working as a film recording engineer/sound engineer/programmer on numerous projects, Shintaro Kamijyo runs the online electronic music label "+MUS" and has produced works by Japanese electronic music artists such as DUB-Russell, Seiho and Yaporigami. He also produces his own remix work. 

He is Currently a member of the famous Japanese art collective "Rhizomatiks" and has a long career as a DJ. 

ra.co/dj/shintarokamijyo

Itunes, Spotify etc:

https://bfan.link/erik-satie-vexations-2

And on Bandcamp: 

ODG160-OUI002 : Joseph Nowell Trio / Sketches

 

Cover art by A.L.

ODG160-OUI002 : Joseph Nowell Trio / Sketches 

From Joseph words: 
'I met Manolo at a jam in Antwerp in 2018 while I was studying there for my master in jazz piano. We then began having sessions in Brussels together with Gaspard, playing standards, originals and improvising. I moved back to Italy before the pandemic, but we stayed in touch and in 2021 we decided to make a recording of my compositions, in Manolo's home studio in Brussels. The compositions are quite diverse, some are quite old and others more recent, and they have various influences ranging from 20th century classical music and dodecaphony, to free jazz, to more traditional jazz harmonies, etc...the 2021 recordings which make up the album were the first time we had played together after 2 years of pandemic. We spent four days recording, with a great, vibrant yet relaxed atmosphere. On the last day we felt like we had good takes of all the tunes, so Manolo and I decided to try some duo versions, treating the material very freely. This is where the "sketch" takes come from. The album is called "Sketches" because our intent in the compositions was for them to be merely starting points for us to improvise as freely as possible, whilst maintaining ourselves to the material, in the same way that a sketch is a rough, preparatory drawing and not something completely defined or organised.'

credits

All pics by Erik Bogaerts

Joseph Nowell piano 
Manolo Cabras double bass 
Gaspard Sicx drums 

All compositions by Joseph Nowell except for Blurp, by Manolo Cabras 

Recorded in September 2021 by Manolo Cabras in Brussels, Belgium 
Mixed and mastered by Manolo Cabras 
Produced by Joseph Nowell

Joseph Nowell was born in England in 1994, half Italian. He started playing piano when he was 4 and studied at Pimlico Academy, London, with trips and concerts in Paris and Prague. At the age of 14 he moved to Siena (Italy), winning the third prize in the “G. Burrini” classical music competition a year later. I followed studying jazz at various places and with various teachers, participating in a lot of workshops.

He has collaborated with Emanuele Parrini, Tony Cattano, Amedeo Verniani, Tobia and Michele Bondesan, Giuseppe Sardina, Erik Bogaerts, Camilla Battaglia, Borrkia, Danny Bronzini, Finaz, Jesse Dockx etc. I have played at Pistoia Blues, Jaffa Jazz Festival (Tel Aviv), Footprints Jazz Festival (Gent), Vivi Fortezza (Siena), Teatro Sociale di Rovigo, Teatro Persio Flacco (Volterra) and dozens of other venues and clubs in Italy and Belgium.

Manolo Cabras is an established Sardinian double bass player based in Brussels with a long career, having collaborated with Ben Sluijs Quartet, Enrico Rava, Toots Thielemans Quartet, Chris Joris Quartet, Frederik Desmyter Quartet (feat. John Ruocco), Charles Gayle, Marshall Allen, Roswell Rud, Maria Pia De Vito, Marc Murphy, Jasper Blom, Jesse van Ruller and many others. 

Together with drummer Gaspard Sicx they form the rhythm section for many Belgian bands.

Digital release on the 18th of September 2022.

Track listing:

1: Mechelen

2: Collage

3: F

4: Blurp

5: Sketch of Tre Cipressi

6: Tre Cipressi

7: Sketch of Sketch

8: Sketch

9: Sketch of F

Itunes, Spotify, etc:

https://bfan.link/sketches

And on Bandcamp:

OJP067-OUI009 : Space808 / Dimensional Stairs

 

Cover art by Hiroto Uezi / Pic by Kenichi Iwai

OJP067-OUI009 : Space808 / Dimensional Stairs

The new album by this space adventurous quintet jazz combo (see also OJP047) was recorded on January 19, 2022 at Nakano Pignose in Tokyo. 

5 long tracks that navigate through ambient experimental space jazz. The sax, the guitar and the piano weave a spiritual fabric that make you float in your mind while the rhythm section bring a smooth but solid texture. 

The whole performance is again a total improvisation but a steady and thrilling one! An album that you can listen over again and again and always discover something new, being sounds or spirit! Enjoy!

SPACE808 are: 

Sax : Hiroshi Nakamura
Guitar : Taku Tajima
Piano : Eisuke Kato
Contrabass : Noboru Ando
Drums : Hiroto Uezi

Recorded on January 19, 2022 at Nakano Pignose in Tokyo.

Digital release on the 9th of September 2022.

Track Listing:

01 Feast in the Clouds

02 Memory of Reverse

03 Dimensional Stairs

04 Baseman Walks

05 Dimensional Stairs 0

Itunes, Spotify, etc:

https://bfan.link/dimensional-stairs

And on Bandcamp:

OPN007 : Domenico Solazzo's PaNoPTiCoN / Live at Periscope

 

Cover art by Domenico Solazzo

OPN007 : Domenico Solazzo's PaNoPTiCoN / Live at Periscope

7th release in the Panopticon series! 

Improvised and recorded live at Le Periscope, Lyon, France, on the  29th April 2011.

LINE UP:
Antoine Guenet (kayboards, piano) - see also OCD041, OCD042, OCD043, OCD049,ODG140 and ODG148
Daniel Palomo Vinuesa (soprano saxophone, ewi, laptop)
Matthieu Safatly (electric cello)
Domenico Solazzo (drums, voice, direction)

Sound Engineer, Post production & Artwork by Domenico Solazzo

Digital release on the 2nd of September 2022.

Track listing:

1: Supermarket

2: Treason

3: Replicant

4: Hiccup

5: Growth

6: Ludo

7: Dive

8: Square

9: Cleanse

10: Babylon

11: Chlorine

12: Quit

Itunes, Spotify, etc:

https://bfan.link/live-at-periscope

And on Bandcamp: