Different Noises

Different Noises

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Different Noises episodes

  • World of Jazz 772

    This playlist delves deep into the vibrant landscape of contemporary independent jazz and improvised music, showcasing an eclectic mix of sounds that defy easy categorization. From the rhythmic sophistication of Latin fusion and the intricate melodies of modern piano trios to boundary-pushing avant-garde improvisations, the selections deliberately cross genre lines. The journey takes listeners through structured compositions released on labels like Smoke Sessions and Harmony Pacific, into the raw, unscripted dialogues found in the catalogues of Relative Pitch and Klanggalerie. It is a sonic exploration that highlights a diverse range of global influences and innovative instrumental voices currently shaping the modern jazz scene

    PLAYLIST

    • Billy Hart “Sonnet for Stevie” from Multidirectional (Smoke Sessions Records) 00:00
    • Frank Gratkowski’s In Cahoots featuring Ingrid Laubrock “Hainot -  Madeleines” from Frank Gratkowski’s In Cahoots (Klanggalerie) 12:25 
    • Greg Rahn “Brand New Bad Idea” from  Side Hustle (Harmony Pacific Records) 25:32 
    • Patrick Smith “Hazel” from Words Underlined (Lit Soc Records) 32:52 
    • Kim Kaskiw “Black Rooster (Gallo Preto)” from The Latin Fusion Project (Self Released) 38:38 
    • Laura Camacho Tango Project “Tifón” from Todo Tiempo Pasado (Self Released) 45:40
    • Laura Altman “Threshold Poetry” from Holy Trinity (Relative Pitch) 51:33 
    • Zeena Parkins “berlin bedroom - little field feb 10.2024” from Lament for the Maker (Relative Pitch) 1:00:06 
    • Kelsey Mines  Vinny Golia “Improv 5” from Collusion and Collaboration (Relative Pitch) 1:12:45  
    • Peter Evans, Mike Pride “Substance T” from A Window, Basically (Relative Pitch) 1:20:42  
    • Vance Thompson “Lost and Found” from Lost and Found (Moondo Records) 1:31:24 
    • Karim Saber “No Virgos” from Sundance (Self Released) 1:38:29 
    • Travis Jenkins Piano Trio “River Man” from Jazz in Meanjin 20 : Live at JMI (4000 Records) 1:42:36 
    • Laurent Ziliani “Skybound” from Skybound (Self Released) 1:51:32
    • Luke Marantz and Simon Jermyn “Passages” from Echoes (Chill Tone) 1:56:26 
      • 2 hr 4 min
    • Different Noises 123

      For Christmas Eve an eclectic mix delivering the best in new Australian Music, tidbits from recent releases on Half Edge Records, tracks from some of the best releases of 2025 and a dip in the archive for some magic from The Cramps. We kick off with a new tune from the excellent Melbourne band The Silversound.

      PLAYLIST

      The Silversound - Rose City 

      The Cramps - Call of the Wighat 

      Adventures of Salvador - Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? 

      Inca Babies - Daniella 

      Beta Voids - MeatHead Look 

      Paul Kidney Japanese Experience - Manual Of Error 

      2 Lost Souls - Cartoon Humans 

      Breath After Coma - Lunatics 

      Bleak Squad - Ghost of the Bad Humour Man 

      Saapato - Ravens 

      Géraldine Eguiluz & Michel F Côté - Les grands départs 

      Ember Rev - Subterranean 

      Moff Skellington - ebrethnok oostyann gassop 

      2 Lost Souls - Collision Man

      Lowsunday - Innocence (2025 Electromix) 

      The Dream Syndicate - Armed With An Empty Gun 

      Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - Scorched Earth Love Affair (Live) 

      The Go-Betweens - Sign Of The Unicorn (Airlock Demo) 

      The Apartments - That’s What the Music Is For (When the Fair’s Over) 

      Mark Snarski - That Machine 

      Jodie Langford - Breastmilk Cheesecake 

      2 Lost Souls - Satan Chuckles 

      Tortoise - Layered Presence 

      Marcel Gidote’s Holy Crab - Sooner or Later 

      kandodo - Solstice  

      Agent Starling - Jokul Frosti 

      Mark Corrin - Christmas Grump by Ian Moss 

      2 hr 7 min
    • World of Jazz 771

      A raft of new releases is dominated by female pianists offering cutting edge music. In between two new discoveries of Rahsaan Roland Kirk playing live plus other exciting ground-breaking albums and to close something to reflect the season.

      PLAYLIST

      Yelena Eckemoff  “Strandvägen Pier” from Rosendals Garden (L&H Production) 00:00

      Juan Bayon “Anti-Monitor” from Como Enfrentar al Mundo Entero (ears&eyes) 07:58

      B.I.T. DUO with Danielle Di Majo and Manuela Pasqui “Luce di mezznotte” from R-Esistenze (Filibusta Records) 15:38 

      Nadia Labrie “Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio - Part 2. Sentimentale” from Flûte Passion — Hommage à Claude Bolling (ATMA Classique) 20:46

      Rahsaan Roland Kirk “Kirk’s Delight” from Vibrations in the Village: Live at the Village Gate (Resonance Records) 29:20 

      Amir ElSaffar New Quartet “Orientations I-V” from Live at Pierre Boulez Saal (Maqam Records) 41:45

      Haeun Joo “Until The End” from Just Gravity (577 Records) 58:26

      Satoko Fujii Quartet “Solar Orbit” from Burning Wick (Libra Records) 1:05:33 

      Hugo Blouin “Un camion pizza” from Le buffet (Ambiances Magnétiques) 1:18:21 

      Carl Ross “Freetime Blues” from Distant Colours (Jazz Hang Records) 1:25:10 

      Bellbird “The Call” from The Call (Constellation) 1:34:57 

      Rahsaan Roland Kirk “Prelude To A Kiss” from Seek & Listen : Live at The Penthouse (Resonance Records) 1:41:29 

      Out Of/Into “Juno” from Motion II (Blue Note Records) 1:49:11

      Maria Kaushansky “So Long Centrepoint Mall” from Northbound To Finch  (Flat 6th Records) 1:57:09

      Kevin Brown Quintet “Phos Hilaron” from Adventus (Self-Released) 2:02:19 

      2 hr 11 min
    • Different Noises 122

      Starting and finishing in the Greater Manchester region this playlist provides and aural journey around the more obscure nooks and crannies of the world of music. Some familiar names are mixed in with new artists providing for a rich palate of unique offerings, some of them quite sonically unsettling.

      PLAYLIST

      Inca Babies - Buster’s On Fire

      Mellowdeath - 1772 

      Nuclear Dudes - The Octopus

      The Residents - Betty’s Body

      Self-Immolation Music - Hearing Voices

      Black Rose Burning - Roses In The Dark

      AudioGust - I Didn’t Hear What You Said 

      Oliver James Brookes - Too Dark To See 

      Hansan - Gunga 

      taupe - Lemonade Tycoon

      Zihua Tan & No Banda - Remnants Present

      Algol, Camilo Ángeles, Christian Lillinger, Elias Stemeseder - III 

      Captain Narwhal - Sweet Lady of The Proverbs

      Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Where I Hide (Live)

      The Apartments - Another Sun Gone Down

      On Diamond - Another Sip 

      Mark Snarski - Less Than Tender Arms

      The Go-Between - Spirit (Airlock Demo)

      Ember Rev- Creepers Crawl

      Moff Skellington - Hevverstock vaunts paglish

      West Coast Sick Line - Smells Like Family

      The Dream Syndicate - Burn

      2 Lost Souls - Asphyxiate

      2 hr 2 min
    • Different Noises

      Starting and finishing in the Greater Manchester region this playlist provides and aural journey around the more obscure nooks and crannies of the world of music. Some familiar names are mixed in with new artists providing for a rich palate of unique offerings, some of them quite sonically unsettling.

      PLAYLIST

      Inca Babies - Buster’s On Fire

      Mellowdeath - 1772 

      Nuclear Dudes - The Octopus

      The Residents - Betty’s Body

      Self-Immolation Music - Hearing Voices

      Black Rose Burning - Roses In The Dark

      AudioGust - I Didn’t Hear What You Said 

      Oliver James Brookes - Too Dark To See 

      Hansan - Gunga 

      taupe - Lemonade Tycoon

      Zihua Tan & No Banda - Remnants Present

      Algol, Camilo Ángeles, Christian Lillinger, Elias Stemeseder - III 

      Captain Narwhal - Sweet Lady of The Proverbs

      Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Where I Hide (Live)

      The Apartments - Another Sun Gone Down

      On Diamond - Another Sip 

      Mark Snarski - Less Than Tender Arms

      The Go-Between - Spirit (Airlock Demo)

      Ember Rev- Creepers Crawl

      Moff Skellington - Hevverstock vaunts paglish

      West Coast Sick Line - Smells Like Family

      The Dream Syndicate - Burn

      2 Lost Souls - Asphyxiate

      2 hr 2 min
    • World of Jazz 770

      This set moves through solo sketches, trio interplay, and full ensemble fire, tracing acoustic and electric textures across studio, live, and archival formats. It opens with flowing piano, moves into exploratory trio improvisation, and shifts between guitar meditations, reworked soul and rock standards, and tightly arranged ensemble writing. Abstract textures and ambient passages emerge mid-set, followed by groove-based phrasing, UK archival material, and layered acoustic duets. The final track dips into the archive for a rhythm-forward piece built around bass and percussion.

      PLAYLIST

      • Kerry Politzer “Watercolor” from Alternate Route (Whirlwind Records) 00:00
      • The Kris Davis Trio “Lost In Geneva” from Lost In Geneva (Pyroclastic Records) 06:38 
      • Jack West “Closer To The Sky” from Essential Curvature (Otá Records) 10:31
      • Leo Genovese “Trotamundos” from Solo Brooklyn (577 Records) 17:18
      • Bill King Trio “What’s Going On” from Live From The Jazz Room - Mint Julep Sessions (7 Arts) 31:53 
      • Keith Oxman “Owen’s Defense” from Home (Capri Records) 39:28 
      • Camila Nebbia, Marilyn Crispell, Lesley Mok “Driving Through Flood Water” from A Reflection Distorts Over Water (Relative Pitch Records) 46:22 
      • Convergence “Cauldron” from Reckless Meter (Capri Records) 56:39 
      • Dave McMurray “The Wheel” from I LOVE LIFE even when I’m Hurting (Blue Note Records) 1:07:32
      • Tony Coe’s Axel “Cela” from What Say We Play Today (Jazz In Britain) 1:14:55 
      • microplastique “Many Roads” from Many Roads (Irritable Mystic) 1:27:12 
      • Jack West & Walter Strauss “OO” from Guitars On Life (Otá Records) 1:56:49
      • Cornelius Claudio Kreutsch “So!” from Black Mud Sound (Enja Records) 2:00:52
        • 2 hr 8 min
      • Different Noises 121

        What is cool? What is trendy? Who decides these things? In the context of this show what constitutes “Different”? In simplistic terms people send me things, or I buy them, based on past listening experience. I listen to them, if they sound sufficiently interesting, or they tug at some emotional string somewhere in the brain or heart, then they get on the show. This music sounds good to me, not stuck in some mainstream dreamed up in a committee meeting somewhere. It feels like Miles Davis Birth of the Cool did when I first heard it, recognisable as jazz but somehow completely unique in its’ construction of delivery. So this is “cool” music, or is it?

        PLAYLIST

        • Jesse Sykes And The Sweet Hereafter - Forever, I’ve Been Being Born
        • Old Dirty Buzzard - Death Becomes Your Dying World
        • microplastique - Propane
        • Dubmatix - Echoes In The Smoke
        • Ugly Stick - Pig Pen 
        • Perpacity - Lille Flamme
        • Kariti - Fragile 
        • Joe’s Truck Stop - Midnight On The Ohio
        • Coleman Williams - Alley Song
        • Oromet - Forsaken Tarn
        • Denial Of Life - Love Sting
        • Paitra - A Universal Feeling
        • Scissorgun - Gone Rogue
        • Kawol Samarqandi - The Mirage of Khor Fajklan (part two)
        • Mark Corrin - Stone Tape Recorder
        • Jessie Kilguss - Lost Causes
        • Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - Night of the Wolverine (live)
        • Mark Snarski - I Need Convincing
        • On Diamond - Hold the Cloak of Time
        • The Apartments - A Handful of Tomorrow
        • West Coast Sick Line - Break In Play
        • Moff Skellington - fark nebrous yelkin
        • 2 Lost Souls - Ballad Of A Lost Soul
        • The Parasite - The Men Who Drop The Bombs
        • The Go-Betweens - The Clock (Airlock Demo)
        • Tortoise - Vexations
        • Ember Rev - Esprit De Corps
          • 2 hr 7 min
        • World of Jazz 769

          Another eclectic mix of Jazz from around the world includes a good portion of self-released material. Traditional jazz forms mingle with ambient, rock and fusion to create a fascinating playlist. The show concludes with two recent live albums from the formative years of British jazz.

          PLAYLIST

          1. ung Stratmann Quartet “Tree Huggers” from Confluence (Self Released) 00:00

          2. Sam Pilnick’s Nonet Project “Southbound Train” from The Project (Self Released) 06:43

          3. Lena Bloch “I Refuse” from Marina (Fresh Sound Records) 14:12

          4. Josh Rager “Fathers and Sons” from Heart’s Pace (Bent River Records) 22:26

          5. David G White Trio “The Novitiate” from While Your Were Sleeping (Self Released/Burning Chairs Records) 29:44

          6. The Jellyfish “Shadows” from The Jellyfish (Self Released) 36:34

          7. N∆BOU “Unpersuadable Extern” from Indigo (Edition Records) 42:02

          8. Nikola Bankov “5AM” from Everwanted (AMP Music & Records) 49:20

          9. Dave Douglas “Demigods” from Alloy-Extras (Greenleaf) 56:43

          10. Guano Padano plays with Enrico Rava “Lynch” from La Giostra (Hora Records) 1:03:45

          11. kansha 感謝 “Portrait” from Jazz in Meanjin 019 - Live at Echo & Bounce (4000 Records) 1:09:55

          12. Thomas Strønen : Time Is A Blind Guide “Fall” from Off Stillness (ECM Records) 1:18:49

          13. Dan Kinzelman and Stefano Costanzo “Coil” from Infinite Ramp (Hora Records) 1:25:51

          14. Wojtek Mazolewski “Slavic Forest” from Solo (WMQ Records) 1:32:37

          15. Johanna Linnea Jakobsson “Out Of Mind” from Don’t Overthink It (Zack’s Talent) 1:37:04

          16. Larry Stabbins, Keith Tippett, Louis Moholo-Moholo “Shield (Excerpt)” from Live in Foggia (Cadillac) 1:39:49

          17. Mike Osborne/Stan Tracey “Original Part 1 (Excerpt)” from Original (Cadillac) 1:54:15

            2 hr 8 min
          18. Different Noises 120

            An eclectic mix of mostly new material with more than average Antipodean content, lots of Mancunian elements, and a blend of styles and movements that on first examination might appear contradictory but when listened to in sequence there is an organic flow.

            PLAYLIST

            1. Bugg Music - Bugg Season
            2. Inca Babies - Two Rails To Nowhere
            3. Occult Character - Her Guts, My Graveyard
            4. Jodie Langford - Bowling (Off With Her Head)
            5. Illustration - Danceable
            6. Dubmatix - Rough Likkle Town (ft Brother Culture)
            7. hedfog - I Won’t Go
            8. The Mick Medew and Ursula 4 - Will The Train Ever Stop At Banyo?
            9. Walking Bombs - Bake Parkway
            10. TAB-D - It’s Better Not To Know
            11. House of All - The Devils House
            12. Sonitus Missarum - Golden Bloom
            13. Pile of Knives - Stabbed
            14. Sakna - Alltid
            15. Mascot Moth - Psychedelynores 
            16. Lilian King - Tiber Creek 
            17. Philip Blackburn - Sounding Xibalba 
            18. The Go-Betweens - Caroline And I
            19. Danny Short - Tomorrow’s World 
            20. Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - I’ve Got To Have You
            21. Moff Skellington - ya chowst ewah donklyn
            22. The Last Caboose - Train Train
            23. Mark Snarski - When Our Worlds Collide
            24. The New Eves - Volcano
            25. The Dream Syndicate - Daddy’s Girl
            26. On Diamond - It’s Me Calling
            27. The Parasite - Poor Rich Boy Insecure 
            28. The Apartments - Afternoons 
            29. Tortoise - Vexations 
            30. West Coast Sick Line - Superfanatical Man
            31. Ember Rev - I Dreamt Of Forests
              32. 2 hr 5 min
            32. World of Jazz 768

              On this edition a set of twelve pieces tracing rhythmic invention, ensemble interplay, and tonal contrast across multiple continents and decades. The selections move from suite-based composition and archival live recordings to contemporary quartet work, solo piano abstraction, and layered studio arrangements. Formats include trio, orchestra, and collaborative studio ensemble, with instrumentation spanning reeds, brass, percussion, electronics, and voice. Styles range from modal jazz and Latin jazz to avant-garde improvisation and structured groove, with label origins including independent, cooperative, and legacy imprints.

              PLAYLIST

              1. Sean Lovato “Frequent Flyer” from Biotic (Endectomorph) 00:00

              2. Greg Burrows “It Just Gets Better” from Let’s Not Wait : The Music of Ed Bonoff (GreBu Records) 05:30

              3. Socrates Garcia Latin Jazz Orchestra “Sultry Villa Mella Twilights” from Shadows of Tomorrow (Summit Records) 13:40

              4. Amaury Faye NOLA Quartet “The Railyard” from RUST (Hypnote Records) 24:20

              5. Greenhouse Ensemble “The Martha Suite” from The Martha Suite (Self Released) 31:38

              6. Black Unity Trio “Birth, Life & Death” from Al - Fatihah (Gotta Groove Records) 43:00

              7. Camila Nebbia, James Banner, Max Andrzejewski “Lugar” from Presencia (ears&eyes) 53:11

              8. Marko Zorec Group “Streets Of Paradise” from Imaginary Garden (Self Released) 59:53

              9. Ola Onabule ft. Hazelrigg Brothers “Condition Of The Heart” from It’s Never Over (Aliud Records) 1:09:15

              10. Denman Maroney “Long Odds” from Umwelt (Neuma Records) 1:15:30

              11. Thelonious Monk “Rhythm-A-Ning” from Bremen 1965 (Sunnyside Records) 1:23:51

              12. The Necks “Warm Running Sunlight” from Disquiet (Northern Spy/Fish of Milk) 1:34:02

                2 hr 7 min

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