OUI076 : Elton Dean & The Wrong Object / The Unbelievable Truth

 

OUI076 : Elton Dean & The Wrong Object / The Unbelievable Truth

A sizzling session recorded live in Paris in October of 2005 (less than four months before Elton Dean's untimely passing), The Unbelievable Truth demonstrates the remarkable breadth of the late British saxophonist's reach. The repertoire highlights the range of his compositional skills, as well as The Wrong Object's equally-diverse writing and freewheeling improvisational abilities. From quirky Zappa-esque complexity to ominous material reminiscent of Dean's 1970s tenure with Soft Machine (and even a hint of swing), The Unbelievable Truth documents how Dean remained a vital musical force to the very end.This disc features some fine playing by all, as the group performs some of their brilliant, quirky originals -- as well as rendering versions of some of Elton's best-loved tunes. Included are Elton Dean's old signature piece "Seven For Lee", the classic "Basho" (from what many consider his finest album, 1980's Boundaries), and the more recent "Baker's Treat". This is an incredibly fresh, vibrant performance, and one of Elton Dean's very last.A classic, timeless performance by a true progressive music legend; a deep communication between some great musicians.

Originally released on Moonjune in 2007.

ELTON DEAN: saxello, alto sax
LAURENT DELCHAMBRE: drums, assorted percussion
FRED DELPLANCQ: tenor sax
MICHEL DELVILLE: guitar, voice
JEAN-PAUL ESTIEVENART: trumpet
DAMIEN POLARD: bass, electronics

Recorded live in Paris, France at Glaz’Art, on October 18, 2005.
Mastered by Bastien Gilson, Brussels, Belgium, in June of 2006.
All tracks are copyrighted by The Wrong Object & MoonJune Records.
Executive Producer: Leonardo Pavkovic

Digital release on the 29th of May 2026.

Track listing:

1: Seven for Lee

2: Millenium Jumble

3: Baker's Treat

4: The Unbelievable Truth

5: A Cannery Catastrophy

6: Cunnimingus Redux

7: The Basho Variations

8: Baker's Treat, live at Le Triton 2006 - Bandcamp only Bonus track

Apple Music, Itunes, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/the-unbelievable-truth

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ODG240 : Akira Film Script / Bidirectional Dissociations

 

Cover art by Ryan Watts

ODG240: Akira Film Script / Bidirectional Dissociations

Akira Film Script 'Bidirectional Dissociations' is an album about trauma dissociations, and the chemistry behind the molecular split that produces mental health states like PTSD, depression, and sleep-related issues as mental protections, and not viewed as society does, with them being considered undesirable in the larger social fabric.

Written alongside the 'Bidirectional Associations' album that explores themes of life and death (due out later this year), 'Bidirectional Dissociations' explores our disconnect (as a way to serve and protect us) from external factors on our bidirectionally associated life journey.

Many look at life as a one-way street (especially when viewed under the premise of time being a consistent, ever-forward-moving constant), however, it's a continuous series of cycles with bidirectional associations that keep us tapped into ourselves, and our place in the universe, outside of the 5 main senses - and our mind is powerful enough to split molecules to create recessive states to physically warn or protect us of incoming, or currently happening, external harms.

'Bidirectional Dissociations', much like its sister album, 'Bidirectional Associations' is an electronic ambient album rooted in jazz ideas and modal chord structures, all presented using classic Detroit Techno sounds in a modern ambient presentation.

Digital release on the 21st of May 2026.

Track listing:

1: A Closure (Of Sorts)

2: In All Actually, It's You

3: Of It

4: Ramona

5: 625

6: El Palo Alto

7: 278

8: Asian Conversations

Apple Music, Itunes, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/bidirectional-dissociations

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OUI075 : Daniele Morelli / Sentieri

 

Cover art by Daniele Morelli

OUI075: Daniele Morelli / Sentieri

Daniele says:

'Sentieri” is an introspective album that explores the many stages of life’s journey. Through each track, I aimed to capture moments of change, growth, and reflection.

The chameleon embodies the passage of life itself — constantly shifting, adapting, and redefining its identity. Just like us, it moves through different environments, never fixed, always becoming.

My friends on this journey — Tommaso Iacoviello, Federico Bertelli, Fabio Di Tanno, and Abraham López Calderón — truly connected with the music, interpreting it with depth, intuition, and extraordinary musicality.'

Daniele Morelli:

Daniele morelli is an Italian jazz guitarist who spends his time mostly in Mexico where he plays a lot with various formations from solo to quartet. 
He composed and released already 5 albums on Off.

When not in Mexico he spends his time in his beloved Toscana or play live in a lot of different European cities with always different formations. 

Abraham López Calderón:

Abraham López Calderón drummer is originally from SanCristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. He studied drums inMexico City at the DIM music school with teachers such as Beto Díaz, Hernán Hetch, Gabriel Puentes, among others. 

He has developed his drumming within jazz, rock and pop, playing in numerous festivals inside and outside Mexico. He has participated in more than 20 musical productions, such as the album "la metamorfosis » by the pop singer Reyli Barba which was nominated for the Latin Grammy 2020 and for whom he has been drumming since 2016.

Tommaso Iacoviello:

Tommaso Iacoviello was born in Cecina (Livorno) on July 16, 1991. He graduated in 2009 with a degree in trumpet from the "Pietro Mascagni" Institute of Musical Studies in Livorno and in October 2016 he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Trumpet from the Siena Jazz Foundation.

From 2007 he started to perform with numerous orchestras, bands and toured extensively with those and still is buzzy touring 

Fabio Di Tanno:

Bassist, composer and arranger Fabio Di Tanno is a versatile musician with over twenty years of professional experience. His artistic identity seamlessly bridges the gap between the rigor of classical music and the freedom of jazz improvisation, extending into modern sounds such as funk, prog, and electronics.

Federico Bertelli:

Born in the outskirts of Pisa, he has been playing diatonic harmonica since 1987 and gained experience in several blues bands. Few years later he collaborated with the Blues Harbour, Michael Coleman, Nick Becattini & The Serious Fun.

Digital release on the 15th of May 2026.

Track listing:

1. Té negro

2. L'Aruspice

3. Perso in un sogno

4. Tsikuaki

5. Cinco petalos 

6. Onde

7. Moodscape 

8. El beso del agave 

9. Tra i silenzi  

10. La ruota della memoria 

11. Suspiros

12. Cambiaventi

13. Bosque de niebla 

14. Sentieri  

Apple Music, tunes, Deezer, etc./

https://bfan.link/sentieri

And on Bandcamp:

OUI073 : Laurence Cousseau Quintet / Les Groseilles de Novembre

 

Cover art by Cécile Nierenberger

OUI073: Laurence Cousseau Quintet / Les Groseilles de Novembre

Les Groseilles de Novembre, the debut album of the quintet, is framed within an aesthetic of magical realism, at the boundary between the tangible and the dreamlike. Inspired by the eponymous book by Andrus Kivirähk, the project explores themes of transition and memory, inscribed in bodies, landscapes, and traditions. The quintet draws from these in-between spaces a narrative material full of poetry, which structures forms, improvisation, rhythms, and sonic textures.

The group’s distinctive sound notably relies on the combination of alto flute and bass clarinet. Jazz energy (Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus) meets colors of modern music (Olivier Messiaen) and language from contemporary jazz (Magic Malik, Pierre Van Dormael, Bo Van der Werf). The result is a sonic experience where tension and release, mystery and playfulness, fragility and raw beauty converge.

Laurence Cousseau: alto flute, composition
Luis Miguel Aguilar: bass clarinet
Joseph Nowell: piano, FX
Emanuel Van Mieghem: double bass
Pierre Ferrand: drums

Emanuel, Pierre, Laurence, Joseph and Luis Miguel

Laurence Cousseau:

Trained in jazz from childhood on the drums (Collège de Marciac, France), Laurence Cousseau first pursued a scientific path, earning a doctorate on the social behavior of birds. Discovering the alto flute at 24 marked a decisive turning point, leading her to the Royal Conservatory of Brussels  where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in 2023 and presented her final master recital with the highest distinction in 2025.

Her musical universe sits at the crossroads of jazz and contemporary languages, explored within ensembles where diverse colors and musical traditions meet. In 2024, she founded a quintet around her own compositions, alongside Luis Miguel Aguilar, Joseph Nowell, Emanuel Van Mieghem, and Pierre Ferrand.

Active on the Belgian scene, she regularly performs in clubs and at festivals such as the Brussels Jazz Weekend, and internationally, including a 2026 tour in Réunion with the group Nacelle, presenting a repertoire blending spiritual jazz and local influences.

Her dual artistic and scientific background also fuels an interdisciplinary research project on the links between musical improvisation and social organization in animals.

Joseph Nowell:

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 is the leader of a trio which has released an album on Off.

Emanuel Van Mieghem: 

Double bass, Composer, Music Teacher born in Brussels (Belgium) on January 6, 1994, Emanuel Van Mieghem started playing the bass at the age of 15.

Emanuel has become a highly in demand double bass player in the jazz and avant-garde music scene of Brussels. He collaborates with a new generation of talented musicians such as Roeland Celis, Umberto Odone, Diogo Alexandre, Hyiung Jin Ee, Nicolas Van Belle, Joseph Nowell, Gaspard Six, Stan Maris, Yarno Hoedemakers, and many more.

He has also performed with established musicians such as Erik Vermeulen, Frans Van Isacker, Erik Bogaerts, Toine Thys, Daniel Stokart, Lieven Venken, and Free Desmyter.

He has released an album on Off with his band Mojo Jojo.

Pierre Ferrand:

Pierre is a drummer and percussionist based in Brussels. He first studied at the Conservatory of Chambéry, then in Lyon, and completed a Master’s degree in Brussels under the guidance of Stéphane Galland. He now performs in the world of jazz and its many related genres.

Luis Miguel Aguilar:

He is engaged with a wide range of musical languages and traditions, cultivating versatility and a cross-disciplinary approach. Initially trained as a classical musician, he performed with the Youth Orchestra of Andalusia, the Barenboim-Said Academy, and the European Union Youth Wind Orchestra. Today, he is involved in various bands.

Digital and physical release on the 8th of May 2026.

Track listing:

1: Terre de Sienne

2: Forêt de Nuages à l'Aube

3: Danube

4: Le Roi des Aulnes

5: Les Voussures du Tympan

Itunes, Apple Music, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/les-groseilles-de-novembre

And on Bandcamp:

OUI077: Daniele Morelli / Té negro

 

Cover art by Daniele Morelli

OUI077: Daniele Morelli / Té negro

'Té negro' is the first single from the forthcoming new album 'Sentieri' which will be released on the 15th of May 2006.

A journey between life, death, and the memories we leave behind.

Step into the unknown.

Daniele Morelli: guitars, composition

Tommaso Iacoviello: trumpet

Fabio Di Tanno: double bass,

Abraham López Calderon: drums

Digital release on the 4th of May 2026.

Track listing:

1: Té negro

Itunes, Apple Music, Deezer, etc.:

Daniele Morelli - Té negro

And on Bandcamp:

ODG238 : EyeSkreem / EyeSkreem - Vol.III

 

ODG238 : EyeSkreem / EyeSkreem - Vol.III

EyeSkreem sees the third union between avant-garde experimentalist Andrew Leslie Hooker on No-imput mixing board and Russ Grant on guitar for their follow-up Vol.III.

They offer us 3 powerful tracks which bring you to a certain state of (un)consciousness.
To listen at full volume to interact the best with the music.

Both of them were/are extremely involved in experimental improvised music having played with a huge amount of musicians from that scene since the early nineties in the UK.

Andrew Leslie Hooker - no-input mixing board & various boxes
Russ Grant - electric guitar & various boxes

See Vol.I for all the details of this trilogy.

Digital release on the 1st of May 2026.

Track listing:

1: C1 - I Have Met Them At Close Of Day Coming With Vivid Faces
2: C2 - Brittle With Relics
3: C3 - Bloodied Shavings Of Deteriorating Time

Vol III Collected Stories - by Russ Grant 

C1. I Have Met Them At Close Of Day Coming With Vivid Faces

Oh how we now sing the body mechanical Everybody was Kung Fu dancing
The sun sank sharply
Old Man Whiskey Horse hugged his granddaughter and left the rowdy Red Lion behind.

The kebab shop was empty.
He sat alone by the river enjoying falafel in pitta On the opposite bank familiar skeletons erupted Ghosts waved and blew him kisses
He remembered loves and friendships
A passing tabby cat miaowed
and that was that. 

CII. Brittle with Relics

‘Brittle Bob’ hobbled down the hill, hiding an LP under his Jerkin. Two teenage brothers were fixing an Italian moped on a driveway. They were Arnold and Eugene, the barbers’ sons,
A wireless distorted through the grapevine.

The brothers danced, passing spanners and tossing rags They revved and rolled their eyes.
They waved at Bob and called out
“Hey Bob, How y’doing buddy?”

Bob nodded to show he was OK... today.

Bob wobble-struggled on down the hill,
through school and the youth club into early adulthood. Sometimes traumatic memories
haunted, howled, horrified or helped,
especially if he dreamt of Emily
and woke up with Julia. 

CIII. Bloodied Shavings of Deteriorating Time

A documentary starts weaving
Through sunlit clifftop church ruins,
Gull shaped silhouettes en-shadow the sacred stones, A fast grey navy motor-boat trails the coast below.

He remembers taking his father’s horse without permission The audacity
The excitement
The speed

The danger The plain The tent The woman The tea The joy

His father’s anger and cruel revenge.

Now, In their city of wickedness.
They are teaching him to read and speak and think their way.

There are two women.
One who asks a question in the language of documentaries. and his sister who whispers and weeps.
He barely hears what she says.
The subtitle is completely wrong. 

Itunes, Apple music, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/eyeskreem-2

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OUI072 : Varv / Transit

 

OUI072: Varv / Transit

After their debut Lowlands ( see OUI032), the duo Varv continues their journey with Transit (Off Record, April 2026), a work that deepens their exploration across different musical genres, which lies at the heart of the project.

The album’s six tracks outline possible forms of dialogue between the two musicians, in a constant exchange where sound—through its modulation and continuous evolution—remains both the focus and the premise of their compositional research. Electronic sequences, written material, and improvisation intertwine in structures that are sometimes open, sometimes more rigid, yet always capable of transforming along the way.

Transit evokes precisely a condition of passage: a suspended space where nothing is rigidly defined, and every element remains in flux, malleable, and in a state of continuous possibility.

Varv is a crossover project (contemporary jazz, electronic) formed by Andrea Cappi on keyboards and Francesco Mascolo on drums. Their music blends written material, improvisation, and sound manipulation. The name of the project evokes both the evocative and structural nature of their research: a path that unfolds through layers, overlapping different influences and languages until it forms a narrative that opens onto distant landscapes. In geology, a varve is an annual layer of sedimentary rock that records the passage of time and its transformations, like wrinkles on a face. In the same way, the duo’s music seeks to build itself through accumulation and mutation.

Andrea Cappi: keyboards
Francesco Mascolo: drums

Digital release on the 24th of April 2026.

Track listing:

1: Bright

2: Wormhole

3: Place to digress

4: Vice

5: Arkose

6: Drifters' deal

Itunes, Apple music, Deezer, Etc.:

https://bfan.link/transit-2

And on Bandcamp: