Different Noises

Anticipating forthcoming concerts celebrating The Dream Syndicates Medicine Show album I begin a journey through a recently released massive collection of music from that part of the bands history. There’s also the current crop of featured albums plus some challenging new sounds that have recently arrived in my in-box. To close some Norwegian experimentation and jazz guitar mastery from John Abercrombie.

PLAYLIST

This episode includes recent studio releases, live recordings, and archival material spanning solo, trio, and large ensemble formats. The programme features work from Canada, the UK, the US, the Netherlands, and Israel, with contributions structured around ballad forms, extended improvisation, rhythmic studies, and ensemble arrangements. Albums range from self-released projects to material issued by independent jazz imprints.

PLAYLIST

Aretha Tillotson “Lullaby To Those Before” from Kinda Out West (Bent River Records) 00:00

Harry Christelis “Explorations Of One’s Self Inside A Caravan” from Half Truths (Clonmell Jazz Social) 06:21

Yelena Eckemoff “Rosendals Garden” from Rosendals Garden (L&H Production) 14:29

Ian Torres “The Legend of the Prince of Darkness” from Comprovisation (Self Released) 23:30

Jérémie Ternoy Trio “Rotation” from Survol à basse altitude (Circum-Disc) 29:02

The 3 Cohens/WDR Big Band “Lost and Found” from Lost and Found (Anzic Records) 37:02

Spinifex “Annie Golden” from Maxximus (Trytone Records) 47:58

Brandon Sanders “8/4 Beat” from Lasting Impression (Savant/High Note Records) 1:02:23

Aaron Parks “A Way” from By All Means!! (Blue Note) 1:09:41

Jane Ira Bloom & Brian Shankar Adler “Drums Like Dancing….” from Drums Like Dancing (Adhyâropa Records) 1:15:39

Mujician “Vienna Set 1” from In Concerts (Jazz In Britain) 1:19:11

The 3 Cohens/The WDR Big Band “Ah Li Lu Li Lu” from Ah Li Lu Li Lu (Anzic Records) 1:51:48

This weeks selection includes, amongst many other things, the return of Dusty and Stacey, a memorable new album from Mark Snarski, an anniversary release from The Dream Syndicate, and a look back at the work of Fini Tribe.

PLAYLIST

West Coast Sick Line - The House Of Paul

Jessie Kilguss - St Teresa In Ecstasy

Lucky And Love - Secret Is Out

Mark Snarski - Friday’s Big Black Car

Tombstones In Their Eyes - Under Dark Skies

Undead Guitars - Blazing Zombies 

On Diamond - I Cry To Think

The Dream Syndicate - Burn (Live at the Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, 1984) 

Fini Tribe - Cathedral 

Jessica Moss - One, Now (feat. Tony Buck)

Alta Vista - Interstate 80 

Tana delle Pigri - Musica Maestro

Moon - Sing To Me/The Spaniard 

Messiness - Eternity Unbound 

Chris Alford - Putting English On It 

Tim Brady - Really, Really Solo Electric Guitar Music 

Rain Parade - Depending On You 

The Go-Betweens - Sleeping Giant

Danny Short - It’s Not Me

Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - I’m Not Afraid To Be Heavy (Live)

Moff Skellington - Genkin Upta Poolsquand

The Last Caboose - So Do I

Mark Snarski - The Faster I Go

On Diamond - Melon On The Vine

Precogs - Wild Wind

Stepbrothers - Butterflies (A Nod to Moff)

Three double albums start a musical journey which includes, amongst other things, experimentation, a celebration of the legacy of Herb Robertson, a statement on the environment, previously unreleased material from a jazz legend, and a dip into the archives of British Jazz.

PLAYLIST

We lean towards the melodic to kick things off before taking a left turn into more esoteric material before recent favourites are featured and then there’s a closer from Sonic Youth which just happens to be the last track on the last studio album they released.

PLAYLIST

A rich selection of brand new releases from across the wide World of Jazz includes two new ECM Records albums, debut releases from break-through artists, and rare broadcasting recordings from a UK jazz icon. We close with two duo recordings from masters of their craft.

PLAYLIST

Frank Swart Funkwrench Blues “Reflections From The Future” from Mischief In The Musitorium (Need To Know Music) 00:00

Noam Lemish “San Francisco Is My Copenhagen” from There’s beauty enough in being there (TPR Records) 05:27

Drew Williams Quartet “Minor Blues” from Standard Quartet - Live at Weights and Measures (Weights and Measures Soundlab) 11:42

Steve Tibbetts, Marc Anderson, JT Bates “Remember Part 1” from Close (ECM Records) 18:21

Gert-Jan Dreessen “Way Through” from Angle of Incidence (Hypnote Records) 28:04

Noah Franche-Nolan “A Triangle Is A Bird” from Rose-Anna (Cellar Music) 35:33

Mike Westbrook Orchestra “Santarcangelo” from The Cortège Live At The BBC 1980 (Cadillac) 41:37

Mark Sherman “Love Always Always Love” from Bop Contest (Miles High Records) 47:19

Anthony D’Alessandro “Staying The Course” from City Lights (Three Pines Records (Self Released) 53:50

Christopher McBride & The Whole Proof “The Hang, The Hustle, The Path” from The Hang, The Hustle, The Path (CR McBride Music) 59:47

Bauke Meersman “Resolve” from Bauke Meersman (Den Hoed Music Records) 1:05:19

Joe Morris “Prosody 1” from Abstract Forest (Relative Pitch Records) 1:10:03

Rick Keller “Ahead Of The Curve” from Heroes (Vegas Records) 1:28:44

John Scofield and Dave Holland “Easy For You” from Memories of Home (ECM Records) 1:38:58

Mark Helias and Tim Berne “Luna” from Medium Cool (Self Released) 1:47:02

Mark Helias and Tim Berne “Television” from Medium Cool (Self Released) 1:56:26

“Pop Music” need not be obvious, safe, boring or trite. It should be unexpected, challenging, dangerous, and original. It should challenge your perceptions. This weeks selection does the latter - indeed if we are dealing in antonyms perhaps we should describe it as unpopular music - but that perhaps has all the wrong connotations. This music is from the edges, the nether regions of the music world. You won’t see it bothering the mainstream. It is exciting, fresh, novel, innovative, provocative, unconventional, and, it inspires. A little like hearing “Virginia Plain” by Roxy Music when you were mired in a world of Led Zeppelin and thinking “Hey! That’s Different?”.

PLAYLIST

This episode features music from Latin America, North America, Europe, and the Mediterranean region. It begins with rhythmically driven Latin jazz and piano-led ensemble work, followed by experimental compositions using layered electronics, extended techniques, and non-standard forms. Midway, the programme includes modal structures, bowed string textures, and vibraphone-led chamber jazz. The final third presents free improvisation, large ensemble writing, and live recordings with shifting metre and phrasing. The sequence spans solo, trio, quintet, and big band formats, with studio and live material released across independent and established labels.

PLAYLIST

Juan Borgatti “Rumbaltona” from El perezoso amanecer de los cipreses (ears&eyes) 00:00

Lisa Hilton “Momentary Mystery” from Extended Daydream (Ruby Slippers Productions) 03:47

Henry Threadgill “H” from Listen Ship (Pi Recordings) 10:03

Grammofon “Backwards” from Backwards (Zack’s Music) 16:22

Kate Wyatt Trio “Bardo” from Murmurations (Self Released) 20:05

Rich Brown “The Sum Of Our Tears” from Nyaeba (Whirlwind Recordings) 26:39

Sokratis Sinopoulos, Yann Keerim “Fast Dance” from Topos (ECM) 32:56

Patricia Brennan “Lyra” from Of The Near And Far (Pyroclastic Records) 41:25

Phil Haynes & Free Country “Higgens” from Liberty Now! (Corner Store Jazz) 48:48

Ivo Perelman & Nate Wooley “(nine)” from Polarity 4 (Burning Ambulance Music) 55:38

Ray Anderson, Ivo Perelman “Projection” from 12 Stages of Spiritual Alchemy (Fundacja Słuchaj) 1:03:46

Mark Turner “Movement 2 : Juxtaposition” from Reflections on: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Giant Step Arts) 1:13:21

Mike Clarke “Cherokee” from Itai Doshin (Wide Hive Records) 1:22:53

Nicholas Payton “Unconditional Love” from Triune (Smoke Sessions Records) 1:30:33

Webber-Morris Big Band “Microchimera” from Unseparate (Out Of Your Head Records) 1:38:40

Russ Macklem “Theme For Detroit” from Introducing: the Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet (TQM Recording Co.) 1:49:14

Camila Nebbia, Michael Formanek, Vinnie Sperrazza “II” from Live At Blow Out (Self Released) 1:57:42

Kristoffer Vejslev, Martin Brunbjerg, Rasmus Elhøj feat. Rudi Mahall “Ask Me Now” from Ask Me Now (Zack’s Music) 2:04:25

Spinifex “Smitten” from Maxximus (Trytone Records) 2:08:15

A mix old, new, strange, obscure and challenging. Rock meets contemporary classical, electronica meets outsider, jazz meets rituals, blended into a mix of infinite complexity coupled with punk basics.

PLAYLIST

Undead Guitars - Jake Angel Good Technology Cowboy Mix

Mac Gollehan & The Hispanic Mechanics - Pistoleros

Precogs - Tech Nation

The Prize - Silver Bullet

Sanam - Hamam

Kety Fusco - Nocturne

Mark Corrin - Halloween Discothèque

The Dwarfs Of East Agouza - A Body To Match

Promenade Cinema - Soulslike

Francesca Remigi - Liberation I/Liberation II

Sebastian Roachford and Finding Ways - Ashley

Finding Ways - Being Outside

Alan Brown - Isolation Tank

Kathy Kennedy - Hatsiko

James Wylie - Reflection On The Other

Michael Houstoun - Wanderings No. 3

Michael Norris - Violin Concerto _Sama_ for violin and orchestra Mvt 1. Arḍ

Nancy Braithwaite - Wonderings

Mark Corrin - The Terrid Tales Of Sebastian Pendulum

Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - Deep Inside A Song (Live)

The Go-Betweens - Heart and Home (Airlock Demo)

Moon - Storm Clouds

The New Eves - Astrolabe

Stepbrothers - Sawney Bean

This week's show takes a musical journey that begins with experimental and improvisatory sounds, moves through a selection of fascinating re-releases of archival material, gathers a fresh crop of guitar-focused releases, detours into two contrasting approaches to Big Band music, and wraps up with a dose of cool West Coast jazz.

PLAYLIST

Francesca Remigi “Longhaven” from Witchess (Hora Records) 00:00

Bjarke Falgren “Embrace” from Turkis (Zack’s Music) 04:15

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian “Chandra” from At The Deer Head Inn : Complete Recordings (ECM Records) 08:40

Snakeoil “Spectacle” from In Lieu Of (Screwgun Records) 17:58

Toc and Jean-Luc Guionnet “Quelques idées d'un vert incolore dorment furieusement (excerpt)” from Quelques idées d'un vert incolore dorment furieusement (Circum-Disc) 31:08

Remembrance Quintet “Pillars” from Do You Remember? (Sonboy Records) 37:58

Tomas Fujiwara “Tapestry” from Dream Up (Out of Your Head Records) 45:59

Ray Brooks “The Free Slave” from The Free Slave (Time Traveller Recordings) 52:30

Kenny Barron “A Flower” from Sunset To Dawn (Time Traveller Recordings) 1:04:44

Carlos Garnett “Kafira” from Cosmos Nucleus (Time Traveller Recordings) 1:11:22

The Jay D’Amico Trio “Celtic Minor” from Ginevra (Consolidated Artists Productions) 1:18:44

Joe Policastro Trio “The Way Of The Dragon” from Mending Wall (Jeru Jazz Records) 1:22:04

Steve Rosenbloom Big Band “In A Boppish Sort Of Way” from San Francisco 1948 (Gloty) 1:28:16

Webber-Morris Big Band “Just Intonation Etudes for Big Band - Pulse” from Unseparate (Out Of Your Head Records) 1:32:54

Trio of Bloom “Forge” from Trio of Bloom (Pyroclastic Records) 1:38:36

Jussi Reijonen “Thirst (extract)” from Sayr: Salt/Thirst (unmusic) 1:46:07

John Shannon “Star Travel” from A Day In Tarifa (Jazz Book Records) 1:50:55

Michael Dease “Love’s Lament” from Flow (Posi-tone Records) 1:56:47