A New Radioshow

If nobody else does it, we’ll do it better. The modus operandi of KOOL KAST (one of the originators is French experimentalist and free improviser ANTON MOBIN), an alternative radiostation in France, that decides to draw upon their own strength and expertise and broadcast the music they produce and want to promote. We proudly join this alliance to spread the word. Affliliated partner and excellent label RAW TONK RECORDS already joined them. Now we’re bringing a bi-monthly journal of our label. Tonight KOOL KAST is airing the first episode at 9pm (UTC), replay is set for tomorrow morning at 11amp (UTC), later on we’ll upload our shows to mixcloud and add a seperate page to this new radioshow on our website. Listen tonight here.

A NEW WAVE OF JAZZ journal March 2021

1. TONUS – Texture One
from ‘Texture Point’ (2019)

2. DANIEL THOMPSON – Improvisation Two
from ‘Finch’ (2020)

3. COLIN WEBSTER & ANDREW LISLE – Discoed
from ‘New Invention’ (2020)

4. BENEDICT TAYLOR & ANTON MOBIN – Love Song
from ‘Close½Quarters’ (2019)

5. CHRISTOPH SCHILLER & ANOUCK GENTHON – Die Stille
from ‘Zeitweise Leichter Schneefall’ (2019)

6. ARVIND GANGA & RICCARDO MAROGNA – The limp leaves waited for rain, while the black clouds gathered far distant, over Himavant
from ‘Ballads From A Wrecked Ship’ (2021)

7. ANTOINE BEUGER – Now Is The Moment To Learn Hope (excerpt)
from ‘Now Is The Moment To Learn Hope’ (2019)

Bandcamp Friday

It’s bandcamp Friday once again. Bandcamp is waiving their revenue share to support artists in need due to the covid19 crisis. If you want to put your shoulders under our DIY principle, jump over to our bandcamp site and choose one or more from our catalogue. THANK YOU.

Benedict Taylor & Dirk Serries

To promote their debut duo album ‘PUNCTURE CYCLE’ viola player BENEDICT TAYLOR & guitarist DIRK SERRIES did a small 2019 tour in the Lowlands. On the tone-setting CONFRONT RECORDINGS label, curated by Mark Wastell, ‘LIVE OFFERINGS 2019′ features 3 performances from this tour, finding them in concert at Koffie & Ambacht in Rotterdam (NL), artgallery De Werkplaats in Amersfoort and at Guy Peters’ living room (Geraardbergen, Belgium). Beautifully mastered at the Sunny Side Inc. studio. Artist photo by Jan Kees Helms at De Werkplaats. Go here to buy this digital live document.

KODIAN TRIO

KODIAN TRIO in full fury at the BRAK festival (Hundred Years Gallery, London) last year, right before we all went into a lockdown. The trio’s only performance. This album is out on OEM Records, go here to order your copy.

Portamento tonight

Tonight on PORTAMENTO we highlight a fantastic and epic work of Rutger Zuydervelt. ‘Stay Tuned’ is a composition he created out of contributions from more than 150 musicians. A very impressive work, Stay Tuned’ is presented as a multiple-speaker installation, as a live performance piece, here you can hear the stereo version. And he’s creating another one, this time with drummers and percussionists (featuring some of our favorite ones like Kris Vanderstraeten, Tom Malmendier and Andrew Lisle). ‘With Drums’ you can pre-order here. Rutger is also known for our lovely designs and bringing the label’s vision to life !

Listen to PORTAMENTO tonight at 11pm (UTC) or stream it afterwards at your own convenience.