On Sundays I try to at least quickly note some of my favorite listening from the week prior — things I would later regret having not written about in more depth, so better to share here briefly than not at all.
▰ A fantastic Norwegian trio — Arve Henriksen: trumpet, piano and electronics; Eivind Aarset: guitars and electronics; Terje Isungset: drums and percussion — explore on Uncharted Waters varied territory, from mellifluous jazz (“The Drowned Beat”) to Fourth World atmospherics (“Echoes from the Shore”) to propulsive improvisation (“Jazz for Drowned Cities”).
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▰ The two tracks of En Mi contain heightened soundscape drones from Spanish composer Susana López, part of the Fifteen Minutes of Anonymity postcard series.
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▰ Ukraine-based Fedir Tkachov processing a cello, including extruding percussive elements, for a beautiful solo performance.