02 Jun

[ June 7th, 2024 release on Gateway Music Matt Choboter, John Arne Ranes & Jan Kadereit – Synaptic Biosphere ]

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release date: 07.06.2024 on Gateway Music

” … this is Requiem to the Dreams, this recording, the space in your head occupied only in your subconsciousness, one you have no access to in a daylight, unless you can pass the secret gates, which are hidden in those tracks, and only if your inner sensitivity is capable to track & find them … ” – Greg Drygala Jazzpress

Synaptic Biosphere comes as a gatefold CD with a 12-page booklet, prominently featuring the drawings of nine phantasmal animals – one for each track – by painter Dorian Noel. The listener is invited to follow the music into the Biosphere of these Animals: From the tranquil serenity of soaring skies to the eerie depths of echoing caves, the music conjures landscapes filled with life and countless details.

01 Jun

[ June the 7th, 2024 release on Green Bean Records: Michael O’ Neill – Arrival ]

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release date: 07.06.2024

Fans of guitarist Michael O’ Neill know him best for his more than 25 year stint with guitarist for George Benson. He is also known for being one of the most recorded guitarists over the past 30 years on the LA studio circuit. Michael is currently composing for film in Los Angeles. “Arrival” says O’Neill “is a good ole recording of some of LA’s best sessions players that I have had the pleasure of recording with over the years. Enjoy“

30 May

[ June the 1st, 2024 release on Orbis Music: Bruno Raberg’s Tentet – Evolver ]

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Bassist/composer Bruno Råberg convenes a stunning and versatile Tentet for his far-reaching new album Evolver, due out June 1, 2024 via Orbis Music Records. It showcases Råberg’s evolution with a gifted ensemble joined by special guests Kris Davis and Walter Smith III.

“Råberg is a bass virtuoso, a sophisticated composer, a seasoned veteran of jazz and other musics, and a respected teacher [with] an enormous sound.” – Steve Elman, The Arts Fuse

“This is bass playing at its most enchanting.” – Ian Patterson, All About Jazz

28 May

[ May 31th, 2024 release on Odin Records: FLUKTEN – Flukten ]

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With their first album «Velkommen håp» [Welcome Hope], Flukten won a Norwegian Grammy in the jazz category. Now, four years later, they´re releasing their much anticipated second album called «Flukten».

It has become an album that feels very much like ‘us.´ Flukten’s uniqueness lies in the strong interplay we have developed over time, says guitarist Marius Klovning. The studio process was straightforward; Hanna Paulsberg (saxophone) and Marius Klovning (guitar) in the large recording room, Bárður R. Poulsen (bass) and Hans Hulbækmo (drums) in their respective spaces.

27 May

[ May 31th, 2024 release on SOFA Records: Peder Simonsen & Jo David Meyer Lysne – SPEKTRALMASKIN ]

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SOFA is proud to announce the release of Spektralmaskin [Spectral Machine], a collaboration by the Norwegian experimental musicians Jo David Meyer Lysne and Peder Simonsen. This capacious, shimmering record owes its title to a sort of prospecting: the process of sliding e-bows—small magnetic motors of adjustable speeds used to sustain strings, here of Lysne’s own design—along guitar strings to produce harmonics.

26 May

[ May 24th, 2024 release on Crammed Discs: AQUASERGE – La Fin de l’Economie ]

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out on 24.05.2024 on Crammed Discs

‘La Fin de l’économie’ is Aquaserge’s most overtly political album, colliding with present-day’s most acute intranquillity and revolt, in a jump over the flames (says rock magazine Magic)

The band reinvent themselves once again, balancing pop fluidity, electric tensions, and poetry connected to social facts and essential struggles. (Les Inrockuptibles)

The album enthralls us with twelve compositions full of inventiveness and melodic clarity. (Le Monde)

It’s a shimmering palette, bubbling from start to finish with a multi-faceted creative fever. The band are having more fun than ever with words and styles. And so are we. (Libération)

24 May

[ May 24th, 2024 release on Traumton: Fabian Dudek – Distant Skies, We Dream ]

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release date:24.05.2024 on Traumton

In 2019, Fabian Dudek released Creating Meaning, the debut album of his quartet, which had formed the previous year. In February 2022, the following album Isolated Flowers came out, consolidating Dudek’s reputation as a “high-flyer of contemporary jazz” (FAZ). Both productions as well as the band’s concerts received enthusiastic acclaim, and the second album was nominated for the German Record Critics’ Award.

23 May

[ May 24th, 2024 self-release: Tom Maor – Dunes ]

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May 24th, 2024 self-release by Tom Maor – Dunes

… from Tom himself, about the recording:

I’m beyond excited to introduce you to my debut album, “Dunes“, which showcases a blend of jazz, world music, post-rock, and draws influence from other genres. This project is deeply personal to me, as it’s a culmination of my experiences and inspirations from a life-changing journey I took through Asia, as well as a collection of stories and melodies inspired by significant moments in my life.

23 May

[ May 24th, 2024 release on Traumton: Michael Schiefel & David Friedman – Hiptoe ]

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release date: 25.05.2024 on Traumton

I made up a definition, solely for myself, a highly subjective description of the result of a truly spontaneous musical interaction. I call it “pure music”. It’s not some term that musicologists might use to analyze musical phenomena. It’s personal.

22 May

[ May 24th, 2024 release on Hubro: SPLASHGIRL + Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe – More Human ]

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release date: 24.05.2024 on Hubro Records

Hibernation may be unsettling but Randall Dunn’s mastery of intimate space and dynamics provides moments of heart-stopping beauty – 9/10 – UNCUT

synths and electronica infiltrate their customary sparse drama, and they still possess the knack of creating what’s best described as uplifting melancholy – PROG

The seventh album from Splashgirl, “More Human” is made in collaboration with singer/sound artist Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, and producer Randall Dunn. The album title, “More Human,” explores the role of humanity in a society increasingly reliant on technology, where artists face direct competition from artificial intelligence. What is the difference between what humans create and what machines create as technology becomes more sophisticated? And how can we preserve the genuinely human in music produced by live musicians coming together to create music?