JOHN SURMAN, JACK DEJOHNETTE & LONDON BRASS - FREE AND EQUAL

• john surman, jack dejohnette & london brass: free & equal
      (2003, cd, --, ecm)

Music for brass choir and improvising reeds and drums. Classical ensemble London Brass joins the Surman/DeJohnette duo in a live recording from London’s South Bank.

And this is a pretty amazing album.
9 tracks. 
I love the brass sounds and how it delivers the perfect setting (and contrast) for John Surman and Jack DeJohnette.
Recorded in 2002 and released in 2003.

Beautiful.

Here's a sample :

STEPHANE GALLAND IN CONCERT

Next Thursday, Stéphane Galland will perform with two of his projects at the BOZAR in Brussels.

Stéphane Galland and The Rhythm Hunters will open the evening, followed by a concert by The Gallands.

This should be fun !!

https://www.bozar.be/nl/kalender/stephane-galland-carte-blanche-rhythm-hunters-gallands

20:00 - 21:00 h
Stéphane Galland & The Rhythm Hunters

• Shoko Igarashi - tenor sax
• Sylvain Debaisieux: alto sax
• Pierre-Antoine Savoyat: trumpet
• Wajdi Riahi: piano
• Louise van den Heuvel: electric bass
• Stéphane Galland: drums

21:30 - 22:30 h
The Gallands

• Stéphane Galland: drums
• Elvin Galland: keyboards
• Louise van den Heuvel: electric bass

NEW SOFT MACHINE ALBUM AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER

The Cuneiform record label is making the new Soft Machine album available for pre-order.

"H​ø​vikodden 1971" will be released both as a 4 CD and as a 4 LP set, and as a digital download.
As the album title explains, it will present a 1971 concert recording.

While the two sets from the second night (February 28, 1971) have been released before, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE ENTIRE TWO-NIGHT STAND HAS BEEN RELEASED. So half of this is previously completely unreleased.

This is a excellent, stereo recording of the band performing in a relatively small hall; the balances between the instruments are not perfectly balanced, but there is no other recording by Soft Machine that I know of that sounds as much like the band are performing *right* in front of you!

Additionally, we were able to improve in a modest but definitely noticeable way the not-perfect balance between the instruments on this edition.

EIDON - EXPERIMENT0

Eidon.
'Experiment0'

 

VARIOUS ARTISTS - REIMAGINING THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING

'Moonchild' with Chester Thompson had already been released as a teaser but since last week, the entire album is available !

"Reimagining The Court Of The Crimson King"

Out on LP, CD and as a digital download.

1. 21st Century Schizoid Man
    feat. Todd Rundgren, Arthur Brown, Mel Collins, Chris Poland & Ian Paice
2. I Talk To The Wind
    feat. Mel Collins, Django Jakszyk & Jakko M Jakszyk
3. Epitaph
    feat. Alan Davey, Paul Rudolph, Nik Turner, Adam Hamilton & Danny Faulkner
4. Moonchild
    feat. Joe Lynn Turner, Marty Friedman, Jah Wobble & Chester Thompson
5. The Court Of The Crimson King
    feat. James LaBrie, Carmine Appice & Steve Hillage
6. 21st Century Schizoid Man (Alternate Version)
    feat. Arthur Brown, Brian Auger, Chris Poland & Ian Paice
7. 21st Century Schizoid Man (Instrumental)
    feat. Mel Collins, Chris Poland & Ian Paice

MARCUS MILLER & THE METROPOLE ORKEST

From 2013

 

ANOTHER SUN RA RSD RELEASE

2 lp set, released by Strut Records:

"Inside The Light World: Sun Ra Meets The OVC"

STRUT288LP

DARIO AND THE CLEAR

From GlassOnyon PR

Prog Ensemble Dario and the Clear Release Third Album “Banquet of Noise” Featuring King Crimson’s Trey Gunn

Multi-instrumentalist Dario and his prog ensemble, Dario and the Clear, have released “Banquet of Noise,” the third album in his pop, rock, progressive trilogy reflecting the world’s journey politically and socially over the last several years. The album marks the return of impressive collaborations with Trey Gunn (King Crimson), Eric Person (Ben Harper), Sue Leonard (back-up vocalist for k.d. lange), and experimental guitar player, Gabriel Marin, all of whom are ideal matches instrumentally for Dario’s diverse and expressive sound palette.

MADLIB

Madlib released "Rock Konducta Part 1" in 2013.
At least two tracks included Zappa samples.

I only learned yesterday that "Rock Konducta Part 1" got a re-release on clear vinyl on the U.S. 2023 Record Store Day.

Tempting...

RE-ISSUE OF ALTERNATIVE TV'S "THE IMAGE HAS CRACKED" ON RED VINYL

Alternative TV released their version of FZ's 'Why Dontcha Do Me Right" on their "The Image Has Cracked" album in 1978.
The album has been re-issued on red vinyl by Radiation Records.

https://shop.radiationrecords.net/products/alternative-tv-the-image-has-cracked-lp-album-color-re-new