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  1. Zombik/Richard/Jahsun + Chretien/Beverly/Goudreau + Foisy-Couture/Eckerlin

    Error 403, Thursday, September 17 at 07:00 PM EDT

    Eclectic Guitar Fest and Small Scale Music Present a night of local free improvisation with:

    + A trio featuring Kim Zombik (vocals), Julie Richard (sousaphone), and Jahsun (percussion)

    + A trio featuring Rosalie Chretien (percussion), Graham Beverly (electric guitar), and Antoine Goudreau (bass clarinet)

    + A duo featuring Raphaël Foisy-Couture (percussion) and Jesse Eckerlin (prepared banjo)

    $15–$20, NOTAFLOF

    ~~~

    Festival Guitare Eclectique et Small Scale Music présentent une soirée d’improvisation libre locale avec :

    + Un Trio composé de Kim Zombik (voix), Julie Richard (sousaphone) et Jahsun (percussions)

    + Un trio composé de Rosalie Chretien (percussions), Graham Beverly (guitare électrique) et Antoine Goudreau (clarinette basse)

    + un duo composé de Raphaël Foisy-Couture (percussions) et Jesse Eckerlin (guitares acoustiques)

    15-20$, NOTAFLOF

    montreal.askapunk.net/event/zo

  2. Zombik/Richard/Jahsun + Chretien/Beverly/Goudreau + Foisy-Couture/Eckerlin

    Error 403, Thursday, September 17 at 07:00 PM EDT

    Eclectic Guitar Fest and Small Scale Music Present a night of local free improvisation with:

    + A trio featuring Kim Zombik (vocals), Julie Richard (sousaphone), and Jahsun (percussion)

    + A trio featuring Rosalie Chretien (percussion), Graham Beverly (electric guitar), and Antoine Goudreau (bass clarinet)

    + A duo featuring Raphaël Foisy-Couture (percussion) and Jesse Eckerlin (prepared banjo)

    $15–$20, NOTAFLOF

    ~~~

    Festival Guitare Eclectique et Small Scale Music présentent une soirée d’improvisation libre locale avec :

    + Un Trio composé de Kim Zombik (voix), Julie Richard (sousaphone) et Jahsun (percussions)

    + Un trio composé de Rosalie Chretien (percussions), Graham Beverly (guitare électrique) et Antoine Goudreau (clarinette basse)

    + un duo composé de Raphaël Foisy-Couture (percussions) et Jesse Eckerlin (guitares acoustiques)

    15-20$, NOTAFLOF

    montreal.askapunk.net/event/zo

  3. Zombik/Richard/Jahsun + Chretien/Beverly/Goudreau + Foisy-Couture/Eckerlin

    Error 403, Thursday, September 17 at 07:00 PM EDT

    Eclectic Guitar Fest and Small Scale Music Present a night of local free improvisation with:

    + A trio featuring Kim Zombik (vocals), Julie Richard (sousaphone), and Jahsun (percussion)

    + A trio featuring Rosalie Chretien (percussion), Graham Beverly (electric guitar), and Antoine Goudreau (bass clarinet)

    + A duo featuring Raphaël Foisy-Couture (percussion) and Jesse Eckerlin (prepared banjo)

    $15–$20, NOTAFLOF

    ~~~

    Festival Guitare Eclectique et Small Scale Music présentent une soirée d’improvisation libre locale avec :

    + Un Trio composé de Kim Zombik (voix), Julie Richard (sousaphone) et Jahsun (percussions)

    + Un trio composé de Rosalie Chretien (percussions), Graham Beverly (guitare électrique) et Antoine Goudreau (clarinette basse)

    + un duo composé de Raphaël Foisy-Couture (percussions) et Jesse Eckerlin (guitares acoustiques)

    15-20$, NOTAFLOF

    montreal.askapunk.net/event/zo

  4. This morning's #workout #music is from Roscoe Mitchell & Moor Mother performing in 2019. It was The Art Ensemble of Chicago's "We Are On The Edge" that introduced me to Moor Mother, so I was excited to see this concert come across my feed. A must-see collaboration.

    youtube.com/live/03nA7WqStg8
    #Poetry #jazz #FreeJazz #SpokenWord #KettleBells #DumbBells #Wellness

    We Are On The Edge on #bandcamp
    artensembleofchicago.bandcamp.

  5. Drť (SK) + Donikąd | free jazz, avant rock, alt/indie rock

    Oddolne Centrum Spoleczno Kulturalne Postój, Friday, January 23 at 08:00 PM GMT+1

    PL:

    Muzyczny start nowego roku w postoju, już 4 razem, zaczynamy od wielkiego słowackiego wpierdolu feministyczno math rockowo free jazowo popierdolonego, czyli DRT. Do tego lokalne "donikąd", czyli kolejny nowy wrocławski zespół który rośnie szybciej niż inflacja, wpadajcie zobaczyć bo zaraz nam wyjdą z undengroundu, a nie ma lepszej piwnicy niż nasz salon, tak nam się przynajmniej wydaje. 

    Drť (free jazz, avant rock | Słowacja)
    Zespół Drť powstał w 2019 roku z inicjatywy Miroslava Tótha. Od tego czasu wydał cztery albumy studyjne. Na żywo grupa wystąpi w nowym składzie, prezentując materiał z aktualnej płyty Drôtenky (Lowbottomy Records) – intensywny, skondensowany dźwięk czteroosobowego zespołu. Obok wokalu Zuzany Husárovej i barytonowego saksofonu Miroslava Tótha usłyszymy Jana Faixa na klawiszach oraz perkusistę Mariána Leskovskiego, znanego również z zespołu Shibuya Motors. Album Drôtenky wykorzystuje motyw błędnych ogników – świateł pojawiających się w ludowych przesądach, które nocą wabią ludzi na bagna – jako metaforę mierzenia się z kłamcami i manipulatorami:
    „Kłamcy potrafią patrzeć prosto w oczy – tak długo, aż oszukany spuści wzrok, aż odwróci spojrzenie”.
    https://drtband.bandcamp.com/album/ep-o-i-bez-bielok

    Donikąd (alt rock, indie rock | Wrocław)
    Donikąd to wrocławska grupa rockowa łącząca agresywne gitarowe riffy z chwytliwymi melodiami. Ich brzmienie czerpie zarówno z alternatywnego rocka lat 90., jak i ze współczesnego indie rocka. Teksty zespołu opowiadają o zmaganiach z trudnościami, które stawia życie, inni ludzie, a czasem my sami. W lipcu 2025 roku ukazała się ich debiutancka EP-ka „Rozmowy o Godzinie Trzeciej”.
    https://linktr.ee/donikad.band

    Oddolne Centrum Społeczno-Kulturalne Postój,
    Wrocław, ul. Metalowców 59b
    https://postoj.org/adres-kontakt
    Przestrzeń bezpieczna i wolna od alkoholu i środków odurzających.

    Prosimy też o wsparcie nas finansowo, co bardzo pomoże nam działać dalej! https://postoj.org/fund/

    Wydarzenie objęte patronatem Stowarzyszenia Nigdy Więcej w ramach akcji Muzyka Przeciw Rasizmowi: https://nigdywiecej.org

    ------

    EN:

    Musical start of the New Year in Postoj, already 4th times together, we start with the great Slovak feminist math rock free jazz - DRT. In addition, the local "donikąd", the new Wrocław's band that is growing faster than inflation, come and see because they are about to leave the underground in a moment, and there is no better basement than our living room, at least it seems to us.

    Drt (free jazz, avant rock | Slovakia)
    The Drť team was founded in 2019 on the initiative of Miroslav Tóth. He has since released four studio albums. The group will perform live in a new line – up, presenting material from the current album Drôtenky (Lowbottomy Records) - the intense, condensed sound of a four-piece band. Alongside the vocals of Zuzana Husárová and the baritone saxophone of Miroslav Tóth, we will hear Jan Faix on keyboards and the drummer Marián Leskovski, also known from the band Shibuya Motors. Drôtenky's Album uses the theme of false lights – lights appearing in folk superstitions that lure people to the swamp at night – as a metaphor for confronting liars and manipulators: "Liars can look straight into the eyes – as long as the deceived look down, until he looks away."
    https://drtband.bandcamp.com/album/ep-o-i-bez-bielok

    Donikąd (alt rock, indie rock | Wroclaw)
    It is a rock band from Wrocław, combining aggressive guitar riffs with catchy melodies. Their sound draws both from the alternative rock of the 90s. as in modern indie rock. The band's lyrics tell about the struggles of life, other people, and sometimes ourselves. In July 2025, they released their debut EP "conversations at three o'clock".
    https://linktr.ee/donikad.band

    Grassroot Socio-Cultural Center Postoj, Wrocław,
    ul. Metalowiec 59b https://postoj.org/adres-kontakt
    Space safe and free from alcohol and drugs.

    We also ask you to support us financially, which will help us a lot! https://postoj.org/fund/

    Event under the patronage of the association Never Again as part of the action Music Against Racism: https://nigdywiecej.org

    event.nemo.earth/event/drt-sk-

  6. Drť (SK) + Donikąd | free jazz, avant rock, alt/indie rock
    23.01.2026, 20:00, 30 pln
    https://squ.at/r/by8u

    Muzyczny start nowego roku w postoju, już 4 razem, zaczynamy od wielkiego słowackiego wpierdolu feministyczno math rockowo free jazowo popierdolonego, czyli DRT. Do tego lokalne "donikąd", czyli kolejny nowy wrocławski zespół który rośnie szybciej niż inflacja, wpadajcie zobaczyć bo zaraz nam wyjdą z undengroundu, a nie ma lepszej piwnicy niż nasz salon, tak nam się przynajmniej wydaje.

    Drť (free jazz, avant rock | Słowacja)
    https://drtband.bandcamp.com/album/ep-o-i-bez-bielok

    Donikąd (alt rock, indie rock | Wrocław)
    https://linktr.ee/donikad.band

    Oddolne Centrum Społeczno-Kulturalne Postój,
    Wrocław, ul. Metalowców 59b
    https://postoj.org/adres-kontakt
    Przestrzeń bezpieczna i wolna od alkoholu i środków odurzających.

    Prosimy też o wsparcie nas finansowo, co bardzo pomoże nam działać dalej! https://postoj.org/fund/

    Wydarzenie objęte patronatem Stowarzyszenia Nigdy Więcej w ramach akcji Muzyka Przeciw Rasizmowi: https://nigdywiecej.org

    #trzezwakultura #trzezwaimpreza #muzyka #wroclaw #wydarzenie #koncert #impreza #nigdywiecej #freejazz #avantrock #altrock #indierock #drtband #donikadband

  7. ZAAAR at the Jacobikerk, Utrecht, last Saturday. Thank you Le Guess Who for this magic moment, and also Tianzhuo Chen for inviting us. We admire his work, so it was a honor to play in his crew
    #leguesswho #festival #psychedelic #freejazz #spiritualjazz #experimental #freeimprovisation #occult #improvisedmusic #freeimprov #ritual #darkambiant #weirdmusic #pouetradio #tootradio #mastoradio

  8. Thème De Yoyo from The Art Ensemble of Chicago's Les Stances A Sophie[1970] (vocals: Fontella Bass)

    youtube.com/watch?v=MZOqutLUJj4

    #music #Jazz #AACM #FreeJazz

  9. Thème De Yoyo from The Art Ensemble of Chicago's Les Stances A Sophie[1970] (vocals: Fontella Bass)

    youtube.com/watch?v=MZOqutLUJj4

    #music #Jazz #AACM #FreeJazz

  10. Abhorrent Expanse – Enter the Misanthropocene Review

    By Dear Hollow

    How experimental is too experimental? That’s the question Chicago’s Abhorrent Expanse posits. It’s clear from the title: Enter the Misanthropocene enters to play jazz and fuck shit up, and “Bitches Brew” is on its final notes. When the Lord of the Promo Pit designated the quartet as “death-drone,” I was intrigued and gobbled up rights. It was clear from the jump that Abhorrent Expanse was not the death metal act with a mammoth guitar tone I had hoped, but an improvisational free jazz quartet that decides to do extreme metal sometimes, with death metal, grindcore, and, yes, drone metal making short-lived appearances. Pushing the boundary between extreme lofty experimentation and outright nonsense, Enter the Misanthropocene is a sophomore effort that will take you to an abstract and uncompromising world – or straight to the medicine cabinet for an aspirin.

    Abhorrent Expanse has a solid lineup, including caliber from Zebulon Pike, Celestiial, Obsequiae, and The Blight – even if its sound feels entirely convoluted. Following the controversial debut Gateways to Resplendence, Enter the Misanthropocene is largely the same, but its scope is larger, significantly reducing its drone content in favor of jazzy noodling, grind intensity, sprawling ambiance, and deconstructed death metal jaggedness. The drone that exists within is a short-lived sprawl that pops up periodically, giving a more abstract feel than its predecessor’s “dissodeath meeting drone metal in a dark alley behind the Kmart” vibe. Forty-eight minutes of whiplash-inducing tonal and tempo shifts, off-key twanging, random stoner sprawls, and an undeserved love for improv awaits – and I need a nap.

    Say it with me: improv is bad. I get the whole avant-garde approach that John Zorn would drool over, that an improvised performance is a “never see it the same way twice” kind of deal, but that doesn’t mean it’s good. As we’ve seen with typically good bands like Neptunian Maximalism or Bunsenburner, relying on group chemistry instead of thoughtful songwriting to create a singular experience hardly pans out – and Enter the Misanthropocene is no exception. Moments of avant-garde clarity in which the instruments align shine in the twitching obscure grind (title track, “Assail the Density Matrix,” “Dissonant Aggressors”), short-lived minimalist drone (“Praise for Chaos,” “Dissonant Aggressors,” “Ascension Symptom Acceleration”), haunting ritualism (“Waves of Graves”), and ambient calm (“Kairos”). Death growls are sparse. Enter the Misanthropocene is so free jazz and avant-garde it forcibly drags nonconsenting listeners into what seems like obscenely high art…

    …Or incompetent musicianship. Much of Abhorrent Expanse’s sound is rooted in utter nonsense, and one that often gets played really fast. While there’s certainly artistic discomfort aplenty to be found on this record, in which I can see some merit (“Waves of Graves,” “Drenched Onyx”), these are scattered moments among what sound like the plonks and twunks of a novice fiddling with a new guitar at Guitar Center. Atonal noodling and off-beat drumming accounts for the majority of its forty-eight minute runtime, sounding entirely random. The drone-doom moments feel off-beat and misaligned (“Praise for Chaos”), some ambient moments are so subtle and minimalist that they just cover John Cage’s 4’33” for a bit before eventually becoming audible (“Nephilim Disinterred”), and by the end of the ten-minute closer “Prostrate Before Chthonic Devourment” you might feel like you’ve been through a prostrate exam.

    The promotion around Abhorrent Expanse relies on similarities to dissonant acts like Portal and Imperial Triumphant – but in order to do that, they’d actually have to write some songs first. Gateways to Resplendence was challenging and avant-garde but anchored to a respectable degree; Enter the Misanthropocene is a leaf on the wind, being blown by one avant-garde gust to another with no semblance of gravity to save it. Its high-art status is a divisive issue, as the directionless noodling can be seen as either a challenging piece of art or four dudes who don’t know how to play their instruments. But isn’t that the nature of art itself? Abhorrent Expanse holds a mirror to art itself, making us question what is drivel and what is erudite – through the improvised off-key noodling of someone who has arguably never picked up a guitar before.

    Rating: 1.0/5.0
    DR: 9 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
    Label: Amalgam Music
    Websites: abhorrentexpanse.bandcamp.com
    Releases Worldwide: August 15th, 2025

    #10 #2025 #AbhorrentExpanse #AmalgamMusic #AmbientMetal #AmericanMetal #Aug25 #Bunsenburner #Celestiial #DeathMetal #DissonantDeathMetal #EnterTheMisanthropocene #FreeJazz #Grindcore #ImperialTriumphant #JohnCage #JohnZorn #NeptunianMaximalism #Noise #Obsequiae #Portal #Review #Reviews #TheBlight #ZebulonPike

  11. Whut. This is amazing. As recommended by Zola Jesus, listening in particular for the incredible vocals by Linda Sharrock.

    Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman (1969)

    album.link/ca/i/265632476

    #SonnySharrock #LindaSharrock #FreeJazz

  12. Moor Mother – Fetish Bones (2016, US)

    As randomly chosen by survey[1] on Mastodon, our next spotlight is on number 684 on The List, submitted by platenworm.

    I think it would be a disservice to attempt to sum up this album, the debut from poet, visual artist, and musician Moor Mother aka Camae Ayewa. Like all of Moor Mother’s work, it’s a difficult listen, some might think it requires CWs. But it’s a necessary listen. Her work is necessary. It’s truth, it’s harsh, it’s protest in sonic form. As the Bandcamp description says:

    Fetish Bones is not an album meant to help you forget. It is made so that you will remember the injustices that we bear witness to and participate in.

    If you dig this one, I highly recommend going down the Moor Mother/Camae Ayewa rabbit hole. Perhaps track down Ayewa’s debut book of poetry of the same title, also released in 2016. Or check out other Moor Mother releases, such as that from last year, The Great Bailout (which made my personal AOTY list). Or look up her various collabs, such as her collab with ZONAL or her collab with SUMAC coming out in April (thanks Pauxlll for those tips!). Or take a while to peruse the website for the Black Quantum Futurism collective, “an interdisciplinary practice founded by Camae Ayewa and Rasheedah Phillips that synthesizes quantum physics with Afrodiasporic principles and ontologies of time, space, ritual, text, and sound, yielding an innovative framework for the creation of counterhistories and alternate futures.” Or look up the free jazz group Ayewa is in, Irreversible Entanglements (my entry point to Ayewa), perhaps starting with their 2017 s/t or their AMAZING 2024 Tiny Desk Concert. I swear, if you have 27 minutes and click on that last link, you might even find yourself equipped with some courage, perhaps even a smidgen of hope, to face what’s coming, what’s here.

    1. The survey choices that initially led to this spotlight were “You’re the letter from Jesus on the bathroom wall”, “You’re mother superior in only a bra”, and “You’re the same kind of bad as me”, after an earlier survey with “You’re the head on the spear”/“You’re the nail on the cross”/“You’re the fly in my beer”/“You’re the key that got lost”. The second option was the winning selection, and so the survey result was translated as picking the second album in The List that contained a word in the phrase – in this case, “mother”. ↩︎

    #1001OtherAlbums #Afrofuturism #avantgarde #CamaeAyewa #experimental #freeJazz #IrreversibleEntanglements #ListenToThis #MoorMother #music #musicDiscovery #Musodon #poetry #protestMusic #spokenWord

  13. #outnow

    "Take the refuge in the unknown"

    Nakano - Kristof - Raia - Sato Quartet

    Freeform free jazz live from France

    Maki Nakano _ alto sax (only in part 3)
    Michel Kristof _ electric guitar, sfx, bells
    Antonio Raia _ tenor sax, chalumeau, musical triangles, artwork
    Makoto Sato _ drums

    Recorded at Impro@aulnay, Aulnay Sous Bois , France, 05/08/2023

    #freejazz #freeimprov #livejazz
    #muteantsounds #netlabel

    muteantsoundsnetlabel.bandcamp