#freejazz — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #freejazz, aggregated by home.social.
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Saba Alizadeh & Farzané (NL/IRN) + Vehicle/Passenger (US/CW/DE)
OCCII, Friday, October 23 at 08:30 PM GMT+2
Saba Alizadeh
Architect of Power Ambient
Saba Alizadeh occupies a singular space in contemporary music ,a sonic language so distinct it seems to exist outside comparison.
Coming from a distinguished musical lineage and shaped by more than two decades as a composer, producer, and performer, he has developed an artistic voice that merges deep cultural memory with fearless sonic experimentation.
Across four critically acclaimed albums, he has continuously expanded the boundaries between contemporary composition, electronic music, and Persian sonic heritage.
Having lived through defining social and political ruptures – from witnessing the fall of the Berlin Wall as a child to experiencing the Green Movement and the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising in Iran – his work carries the emotional residue of history not as commentary, but as lived memory transformed into sound.
Emerging from Tehran’s underground electronic scene, Alizadeh forged a deeply personal language where Persian classical music, experimental electronics, archival recordings, and cinematic tension dissolve into what critics have called “Power Ambient.”
At the center of his performances stands the Kamancheh: the ancient Persian bowed instrument whose raw, human cry he reshapes through live processing and sonic experimentation into something both ancestral and radically contemporary.
His live sets unfold like fragments of forgotten cinema – dense, haunting, and physical. Continuously reimagining how history, memory, and resistance can breathe through modern sound.
”A bridge between the ancient and the contemporary” — The Wire
”A fresh, compelling soundscape” — Pitchfork
”Hope as an act of resistance” — Frankfurter Rundschau
”Music that feels like a cinematic unfolding of history” — Chain D.L.K.
”The stringed Kamancheh is a living soul and primal voice” — Veil of Sound
"Temple of hope" Live Concert<a href="https://sabaalizadeh.bandcamp.com/album/temple-of-hope">Temple Of Hope by Saba Alizadeh</a>
Farzané
(Farzaneh Nouri), an Iranian sound artist, creative coder, and researcher based in the Netherlands, works at the intersection of experimental music and computer science. Her ongoing practice-based research focuses on embodied knowledge in improvisational settings with machines. Embracing AI’s fundamental otherness while establishing relational connections, her practice aims at creating conditions of genuine encounter and collaborative destabilization between the artist and the machine. This speculative approach moves beyond technological determinism and cultural essentialism, exploring how human and machine intelligences might co-evolve through creative tension and collaborative aesthetic discovery.
Farzané at Audiomanzia<a href="https://farzane.bandcamp.com/track/chiasma">CHIASMA by Farzané</a>
VEHICLE/PASSENGER
Ethereal yet full of raw power. A tour-de-force of artistic expression combined with an urgent message on the state of our world.
In VEHICLE/PASSENGER we gather around thoughtful, radical poetry, as it weaves through energetically improvised pieces and delicate soundscapes. Exploring a queer perspective on body, society and improvisation. The trio reveals a unified, futuristic sound, repositioning the past, present and future of experimental music, free jazz, hip-hop, live electronics and poetry.
“An energy and urgency without simple slogans.” – WDR, Odilo Clausnitzer
“Vehicle/Passenger has created one of the most honest and unique recordings of 2024.” – All About Jazz, Maurice Hoge
The Ballad of a Never-ending Elevator Accident – VEHICLE/PASSENGER – Live in AmsterdamM Alberto (NL/AN) – poetry , saxophones and electronics
Lesley Mok (US) – drums and percussion
Florian Herzog (DE) – double bass and electronicsM. ALBERTO (they/them), is a Euro-Carribean improviser, award-winning poet and composer. Born in Curacao and currently based in the Netherlands. M.’s work is explicitly political, and always critical of colonial structures. They are one of the driving forces behind theatre collectives Boys won’t be Boys, as well as a steady collaborator in other critical productions. They have performed internationally on diverse stages and theatres from The Royal Concertgebouw and the Dutch National Opera to pop-festivalslike Sziget, Rock Werchter and Pinkpop.
FLORIAN HERZOG, bassist and composer, is a pioneer of the German and international jazz and avant-garde scenes whose bass playing has been described by the press as “emancipated, spirited and sensitive.”
He has worked with established greats like Theo Bleckmann, Jim Black and Nils Wogram, but also with the new generation and musicians like Anna Webber, Elias Stemeseder and Nick Dunston.
LESLEY MOK (they/them) is a percussionist and interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY, who works in sound, installation, film, and theater. Interested in the ways social conditions shape our beings, Lesley’s work focuses on overacting humanness to explore ideas about alienness and privilege. Their work draws from queer and feminist art practices, Chinese philosophy, Caribbean folkloric musical traditions, futurist perspectives, and ancestral knowledge. Their critically acclaimed debut album ‘The Living Collection’ was awarded with a prestigious Deutscher Jazz Preis in 2024.
https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/saba-alizadeh-and-farzane-nlirn-vehiclepassenger-uscwde
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..these records, finally, are perhaps two sides of the Monk coin -- one a stretching and contortion of what was already there, one pinning #theloniusmonk to the mast of improvised music and sailing off into the whorling void. Big up yourselves, everyone concerned #jazz #freejazz #improv #musicreview
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..these records, finally, are perhaps two sides of the Monk coin -- one a stretching and contortion of what was already there, one pinning #theloniusmonk to the mast of improvised music and sailing off into the whorling void. Big up yourselves, everyone concerned #jazz #freejazz #improv #musicreview
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..these records, finally, are perhaps two sides of the Monk coin -- one a stretching and contortion of what was already there, one pinning #theloniusmonk to the mast of improvised music and sailing off into the whorling void. Big up yourselves, everyone concerned #jazz #freejazz #improv #musicreview
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..these records, finally, are perhaps two sides of the Monk coin -- one a stretching and contortion of what was already there, one pinning #theloniusmonk to the mast of improvised music and sailing off into the whorling void. Big up yourselves, everyone concerned #jazz #freejazz #improv #musicreview
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..these records, finally, are perhaps two sides of the Monk coin -- one a stretching and contortion of what was already there, one pinning #theloniusmonk to the mast of improvised music and sailing off into the whorling void. Big up yourselves, everyone concerned #jazz #freejazz #improv #musicreview
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Richard Andersson with Rudi Mahall, Artur Tuznik and Kasper Tom – Monk And More / أحمد [Ahmed] – Play Monk https://freq.org.uk/reviews/monk-play-monk/ @Hakarl ..these records, finally, are perhaps two sides of the Monk coin -- one a stretching and contortion of what was already there, one pinning #theloniusmonk to the mast of improvised music and sailing off into the whorling void. Big up yourselves, everyone concerned. #jazz #freejazz #improv #musicreview
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Richard Andersson with Rudi Mahall, Artur Tuznik and Kasper Tom – Monk And More / أحمد [Ahmed] – Play Monk https://freq.org.uk/reviews/monk-play-monk/ @Hakarl ..these records, finally, are perhaps two sides of the Monk coin -- one a stretching and contortion of what was already there, one pinning #theloniusmonk to the mast of improvised music and sailing off into the whorling void. Big up yourselves, everyone concerned. #jazz #freejazz #improv #musicreview
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Richard Andersson with Rudi Mahall, Artur Tuznik and Kasper Tom – Monk And More / أحمد [Ahmed] – Play Monk https://freq.org.uk/reviews/monk-play-monk/ @Hakarl ..these records, finally, are perhaps two sides of the Monk coin -- one a stretching and contortion of what was already there, one pinning #theloniusmonk to the mast of improvised music and sailing off into the whorling void. Big up yourselves, everyone concerned. #jazz #freejazz #improv #musicreview
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Richard Andersson with Rudi Mahall, Artur Tuznik and Kasper Tom – Monk And More / أحمد [Ahmed] – Play Monk https://freq.org.uk/reviews/monk-play-monk/ @Hakarl ..these records, finally, are perhaps two sides of the Monk coin -- one a stretching and contortion of what was already there, one pinning #theloniusmonk to the mast of improvised music and sailing off into the whorling void. Big up yourselves, everyone concerned. #jazz #freejazz #improv #musicreview
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Richard Andersson with Rudi Mahall, Artur Tuznik and Kasper Tom – Monk And More / أحمد [Ahmed] – Play Monk https://freq.org.uk/reviews/monk-play-monk/ @Hakarl ..these records, finally, are perhaps two sides of the Monk coin -- one a stretching and contortion of what was already there, one pinning #theloniusmonk to the mast of improvised music and sailing off into the whorling void. Big up yourselves, everyone concerned. #jazz #freejazz #improv #musicreview
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First listen: The Complete Machine Gun Sessions by The Peter Brötzmann Octet, released August 2007, originally released as Machine Gun, June 1968
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First listen: The Complete Machine Gun Sessions by The Peter Brötzmann Octet, released August 2007, originally released as Machine Gun, June 1968
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First listen: The Complete Machine Gun Sessions by The Peter Brötzmann Octet, released August 2007, originally released as Machine Gun, June 1968
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First listen: The Complete Machine Gun Sessions by The Peter Brötzmann Octet, released August 2007, originally released as Machine Gun, June 1968
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First listen: The Complete Machine Gun Sessions by The Peter Brötzmann Octet, released August 2007, originally released as Machine Gun, June 1968
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September 2026 schedule
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PetHaus, Pispalan Valtatie 47, FI-33250 Tampere, Finland.
#PetHaus #events #gigs #clubs #café #experimental #electronic #alternative #indie #techno #dub #noise #jazz #freejazz #PispalanValtatie #Pispala #Tampere #Finland
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#saturday #newepisode of What's This Called? #radioshow for #FreeformPortland 6-8 PM Pacific Time!
90.3 FM & 98.3 FM on #TerrestrialRadio or #streaming #aroundtheworld from: http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream
#ExpunkimentalMusic #drone #noise #postpunk #psychedelic #spacerock #freejazz #AvantGarage #strangemusic #noiserock #outsidermusic #musiqueconcrete #ElectroAcoustic #nowave #postrock #ambientmusic #plunderphonics #heavypsych #idmmusic #freeform
#archives (#listen anytime): https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/08/28/29-august-2026/
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#saturday #newepisode of What's This Called? #radioshow on #FreeformPortland 6-8 PM Pacific Time.
90.3 FM & 98.3 FM #portland or #streaming #AroundTheWorld : http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream
#ExpunkimentalMusic #drone #noise #heavypsych #PostPunk #AvantGarage #spacerock #freejazz #antifolk #electroacoustic #dub #musiqueconcrete #noiserock #psychfolk #postrock #strangemusic #undergroundmusic #ambientmusic #electronicmusic #FreeMusic #freeformradio
#archives (#listen anytime): https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/08/14/15-august-2026/
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August 2026 schedule
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PetHaus, Pispalan Valtatie 47, FI-33250 Tampere, Finland.
#PetHaus #events #gigs #clubs #café #experimental #electronic #alternative #indie #techno #dub #noise #jazz #freejazz #PispalanValtatie #Pispala #Tampere #Finland
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#saturday #newepisode of What's This Called? #radioshow for #FreeformPortland 6-8 PM Pacific Time!
90.3 FM & 98.3 FM #aroundpdx #streaming #aroundtheworld from: http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream
#ExpunkimentalMusic #heavypsych #protometal #postpunk #drone #noise #noiserock #freejazz #electroacoustic #musiqueconcrète #plunderphonics #AvantGarage #experimentalmusic #spacerock #postrock #dub #nowave #electronicmusic #freemusic #freeformradio
#archives (#listen anytime!): https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/07/31/1-august-2026/
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#saturday 6-8 PM PDT What's This Called? #newradioshow #FreeformPortland!
90.3 FM & 98.3 FM #TerrestrialRadio #portland
#streaming #AroundTheWorld http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream#ExpunkimentalMusic #drone #noise #PostPunk #psychedelic #AvantGarage #strangemusic #undergroundmusic #psychfolk #heavypsych #spacerock #noiserock #postrock #protometal #protopunk #resistancemusic #freejazz #ElectronicMusic #musiqueconcrete #electroacoustic #plunderphonics
#archives (#listenanytime) https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/07/17/18-july-2026/
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#saturday #4thofJuly #newepisode of What's This Called? #radioshow for #FreeformPortland 6-8 PM Pacific Time.
90.3 FM & 98.3 FM: #TerrestrialRadio in #portland & #streaming #aroundtheworld: http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream
#ExpunkimentalMusic #Drone #noise #PostPunk #postmetal #psychedelic #AvantGarage #strangemusic #undergroundmusic #noiserock #freejazz #freemusic #hiphop #soulmusic #plunderphonics #outsidermusic #garagerock #FreedomRock #freeform
#ARCHIVED (#listen anytime): https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/07/04/4-july-2026/
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Small Scale Music: 2 Trios - Lash/Shalabi/Campbell + Tamirisa/Nesbitt/Anne-f
Error 403, Sunday, July 12 at 07:30 PM EDT
Small Scale Music présente / presents:
Dominic Lash(UK): Contrebasse/Double Bass
Belinda Campbell: Piano & FX
Sam Shalabi: Guitar(e)+
Asha Tamirisa: Synth
Roxanne Nesbitt: Percussion, instruments artisanaux, piano/Percussions, artisanal instruments & piano
Anne-f: Électricité/Electricity12 Juillet 2026/July 12th 2026, @ Error 403
Musique à 20h/Music at 8 PM
15-20$ NOTAFLOF - MP pour l’adresse/DM 4 address -
#saturday #newepisode What's This Called? #radioshow on Freeform Portland! 6-8 PM Pacific Time.
90.3 FM & 98.3 FM #TerrestrialRadio in #portland #streaming #aroundtheworld http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream
#ExpunkimentalMusic #dronemusic #noise #postpunk #garage #psychedelic #AvantGarage #outsidermusic #spacerock #freejazz #strangemusic #undergroundmusic #ambientmusic #noiserock #electroacoustic #SoundArt #plunderphonics #avantfolk #heavypsych
#archives (#listen anytime!): https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/06/19/20-june-2026/
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New Jazz Underground HOODIES
The "New Jazz Underground" album "Hoodies" features the trio of Sebastian Rios on bass, TJ Reddick on drums, and Abdias Armenteros on saxophone, blending traditional jazz with contemporary influences. The album's thirteen tracks explore themes of identity, brotherhood, and cultural solidarity, highlighted by energetic improvisation and structured rhythms. -
#saturday #newepisode of What's This Called? #radioshow for #FreeformPortland 6-8 PM Pacific Time
#ExpunkimentalMusic #dronemusic #noise #postpunk #psychedelic #AvantGarage #avantfolk #electroacoustic #musiqueconcrete #outsidermusic #undergroundmusic #spacerock #noiserock #experimentalmusic #freejazz #plunderphonics #electronicmusic #freeformradio
90.3 FM & 98.3 FM on #TerrestrialRadio or #streaming from http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream
#archives (#24hour #listening): https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/06/05/6-june-2026/
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#special What's This Called? floating #radioshow for #FreeformPortland ! To air whenever needed, but you can #listen anytime from:
https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/05/31/early-summer-evergreen/
#ExpunkimentalMusic #dronemusic #Noise #postpunk #psychedelic #AvantGarage #strangemusic #undergroundmusic #freejazz #plunderphonics #spacerock #noiserock #avantfolk #outsidermusic #postrock #dubmusic #freemusic #freeformradio
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#saturday #newepisode of What's This Called? #radioshow for #FreeformPortland! 6-8 PM Pacific Time.
90.3 FM & 98.3 FM on #TerrestrialRadio in #portland or #streaming from: http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream
#ExpunkimentalMusic #postpunk #experimentalmusic #dronemusic #noise #psychedelic #AvantGarage #strangemusic #undergroundmusic #plunderphonics #electroacoustic #musiqueconcrete #spacerock #noiserock #freejazz #avantfolk #outsidermusic #darkwave
Archive ( #listen anytime!): https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/05/22/23-may-2026/
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#saturday #newepisode of What's This Called? #radioshow for #FreeformPortland 6-8 PM Pacific Time!
90.3 FM & 98.3 FM on #TerrestrialRadio #aroundpdx or #streaming #aroundtheworld from http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream
#ExpunkimentalMusic #drone #noise #postpunk #psychedelic #AvantGarage #strangemusic #outsidermusic #musiqueconcrete #electroacoustic #spacerock #plunderphonics #experimentalmusic #undergroundmusic #noiserock #freejazz #avantfolk
Archive (#listen anytime): https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/05/08/9-may-2026/
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May 2026 schedule
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PetHaus, Pispalan Valtatie 47, FI-33250 Tampere, Finland.
#PetHaus #events #gigs #clubs #café #experimental #electronic #alternative #indie #techno #dub #noise #jazz #freejazz #PispalanValtatie #Pispala #Tampere #Finland
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#saturday #newepisode: What's This Called? on Freeform Portland 6-8 PM Pacific.
90.3 FM & 98.3 FM on #TerrestrialRadio or #streaming from http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream
#ExpunkimentalMusic #drone #noise #postpunk #psych #noiserock #experimentalmusic #freejazz #SpaceRock #AvantGarage #StrangeMusic #musiqueconcrete #electroacoustic #plunderphonics #postrock #undergroundmusic #outsidermusic #illbient #electronicmusic #difficultmusic #freeform
#ARCHIVED (#listen #Anytime): https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/04/24/25-april-2026/
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Arrington de Dionyso & Ensemble – The Gods of War Will Be Consumed By A Greater Fire
#Experimental #ExtremeMusic #SunRaArkestra #Trancepunk #bassclarinet #freejazz #shamanic #shamanism #throatsinging #Olympia
CC BY-SA (#CreativeCommons Attribution Share Alike) #ccmusic
https://arrington.bandcamp.com/album/the-gods-of-war-will-be-consumed-by-a-greater-fire -
#saturday #newepisode of What's This Called? #radioshow on #FreeformPortland 6-8 PM PDT
90.3 & 98.3 FM on #TerrestrialRadio or #streaming: http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream
#ExpunkimentalMusic #drone #noise #ambientmusic #postpunk #psychedelic #experimentalmusic #spacerock #musiqueconcrete #electroacoustic #StrangeMusic #postrock #outsidermusic #freejazz #noiserock #electronicmusic #undergroundmusic #plunderphonics #AvantGarage #freemusic #freeform
#archives (#listen anytime): https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/04/10/11-april-2026/
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April 2026 schedule
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PetHaus, Pispalan Valtatie 47, FI-33250 Tampere, Finland.
#PetHaus #events #gigs #clubs #café #experimental #electronic #alternative #indie #techno #noise #jazz #freejazz #PispalanValtatie #Pispala #Tampere #Finland
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Le punk nous a apporté un certain réconfort. Si tu habites dans une ville où il se passe que dalle, tu rêves.
#ThePopGroup #PostPunk #PunkMusic
#Bristols #UK #NoiseRock #Bass
#Funk #FreeJazz #Dub #music #socialmediahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VONjSHTAIto&list=RDVONjSHTAIto&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1vc_BbBaPs
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#saturday #newepisode of What's This Called? #radioshow for #FreeformPortland 6-8 PM PDT!
90.3 FM & 98.3 FM on #TerrestrialRadio #aroundpdx and #streaming #aroundtheworld from http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream
#ExpunkimentalMusic #experimentalmusic #drone #noise #postpunk #psychedelic #noiserock #postrock #AvantGarage #StrangeMusic #musiqueconcrete #electroacoustic #avantfolk #spacerock #freejazz #plunderphonics #outsidermusic #freeform
#archives (#listen anytime): https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/03/27/28-march-2026/
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#saturday 6-8 PM Pacific Time #newepisode of What's This Called? #radioshow on Freeform Portland!
90.3 FM & 98.3 FM #aroundpdx and #streaming #aroundtheworld from: http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream
On theme for #JukeboxFridayNight #timesaretough
#ExpunkimentalMusic #drone #noise #postpunk #psychedelic #AvantGarage #StrangeMusic #noiserock #freejazz #electroacoustic #ambient #plunderphonics #outsidermusic #spacerock #psychfolk #freemusic #freeform
#ARCHIVED (#listen anytime!): https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/03/13/14-march-2026/
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#saturday #newepisode of What's This Called? #RadioShow for #FreeformPortland! 6-8 PM Pacific Time
90.3 FM & 98.3 FM on #TerrestrialRadio #aroundpdx or #Streaming #aroundtheworld from http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream
#ExpunkimentalMusic #drone #noise #PostPunk #psychedelic #AvantGarage #plunderphonics #noiserock #freejazz #spacerock #electroacoustic #musiqueconcrete #StrangeMusic #postrock #spacerock #experimentalmusic #outsidermusic #freeform
#archives (#listen anytime): https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/02/27/28-february-2026/
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#tonight #newepisode of What's This Called? for Freeform Portland 6-8 PM Pacific Time! don't blow your cool.
90.3 FM & 98.3 FM on #terrestrialradio or #streaming #aroundtheworld from http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream
#ExpunkimentalMusic #drone #noise #postpunk #psychedelic #AvantGarage #StrangeMusic #outsidermusic #noiserock #ambient #postrock #freejazz #musiqueconcrete #electroacoustic #postrock #plunderphonics #spacerock #freemusic #freeform
#archives (#listen anytime): https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/01/30/31-january-2026/
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#saturday #newepisode: What's This Called? #radioshow for #FreeformPortland 6-8 PM Pacific Time
90.3 FM & 98.3 FM on #TerrestrialRadio & #streaming #aroundtheworld from http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream
#ExpunkimentalMusic #drone #noise #postpunk #psychedelic #ambient #AvantGarage #StrangeMusic #spacerock #plunderphonics #undergroundmusic #postrock #avantfolk #musiqueconcrete #electroacoustic #freejazz #noiserock #electronicmusic #freemusic #freeform
#ARCHIVED (#listen anytime) https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/01/16/17-january-2026/
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#saturday #newepisode of What's This Called? #radio for #FreeformPortland #firstshow of #newyear2026! 6-8 PM Pacific Time 90.3 FM & 98.3 FM
#streaming #aroundtheworld: http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream
#ExpunkimentalMusic #drone #noise #postpunk #psychedelic #AvantGarage #StrangeMusic #musiqueconcrete #electroacoustic #undergroundmusic #noiserock #freejazz #postrock #outsidermusic #plunderphonics #ambient #spacerock #heavypsych #freemusic #freeform
#ARCHIVED: https://whatsthiscalled.net/2026/01/02/3-january-2026/
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Saturday #Solstice new episode of @whatsthiscalled #radioshow for @freeformpdx! 6-8 PM Pacific Time.
90.3 FM & 98.3 FM Around Portland and Streaming around the world from: http://listen.freeformportland.org:8000/stream
#expunkimentalmusic #drone #noise #postpunk #psychedelic #avantgarage #StrangeMusic #spacerock #outsidermusic #UndergroundMusic #postrock #electroacoustic #musiqueconcrete #plunderphonics #fieldrecordings #noiserock #freejazz #electronicmusic
Archive (listen anytime): https://whatsthiscalled.net/2025/12/19/20-december-2025/
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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 -
Ava Mendoza/Gabby Fluke-Mogul/Carolina Pérez – Mama Killa Review
By Angry Metal Guy
By: Nameless_n00b_601
The more experimental a piece of music is, the harder it must work to ground its artistic expression in an emotional or compositional core. Dazzling displays of aural innovation or sonic provocation still need a conceptual throughline—something for even the most open-minded listener to latch onto. As a fan of more “challenging” styles, I find there’s a fine line between music that feels like “artistic expression for its own sake” and music that offers “engaging tunes I actually want to listen to.” Mama Killa is the debut improvisational collaborative album from a trio with an impressive musical pedigree, consisting of guitarist Ava Mendoza (Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet, Unnatural Ways), violinist Gabby Fluke-Mogul (Zoh Amba, Ivo Perelman, William Parker), and drummer Carolina Pérez (Hypoxia, Castrator). Named after the Incan goddess of the moon, the album promises “eight tracks of high-volume, riff-based guitar-violin improvisation bolstered by thunderous drumming.” Can this newly formed power trio avoid the common pitfalls of experimental music and deliver over 50 minutes of compelling, instrumental free jazz?
Mama Killa offers a set of compositions that resist easy classification. While “free jazz” is likely the closest label, the sound here is a novel fusion of dissonant aesthetics, ambient impulses, Afro-Latin grooves, and avant-garde metal. I’d point to John Zorn’s more metal-focused offerings, or the most recent Mamaleek albums as potential antecedents, but Mama Killa truly sounds like nothing else. Each player draws from their unique background to craft performances that exist at a stylistic crossroads. Mendoza’s guitar work ranges from off-kilter psychedelic blues riffs, effects-heavy noise, and introspective drone, punctuated by ethereal, tremolo-picked leads. Her ingenuity is matched by Fluke-Mogul, whose violin playing is both versatile and unpredictable. She uses an array of techniques and effects pedals to summon everything from shrieking wails to rhythmic plucking and somber melodies. Pérez, meanwhile, brings her death metal roots to the drum kit, incorporating double bass gallops and anchoring the string players with a solid, rock-oriented foundation. While her style may lack the finesse and tight precision of a traditional jazz drummer, her command of dynamics, fluidity, and aggression elevate the string pyrotechnics of her bandmates.
The album and its track list are held together by a close attention to dynamics, allowing the listener to distinguish peaks from valleys in what might otherwise feel like formless terrain. High-intensity, riff-driven tracks like raucous opener “Puma Punku,” the black metal-tinged “We Will Be Millions” and the krautrock-inspired “Nowhere but Here” are spaced out by slower, more contemplative pieces that highlight different elements of the trio’s artistry. “Trichocereus Pachanoi” places Pérez in the spotlight with an undulating drum solo that eventually gives way to Sunn O)))-like waves of guitar drone—a motif expanded in the tense and unsettling “Mama Huaco.” Meanwhile, “Partera Party” centers Fluke-Mogul, who begins with a sparse, exhilarating violin solo before easing into an almost playful groove once the drums enter. This sense of contrast lends Mama Killa a strong pacing. Whenever the trio’s intensity hits a peak, it is soon tempered by several minutes of minimalist reflection. While some of the quieter moments occasionally linger a bit too long, the album overall offers a surprisingly well-balanced listening experience, especially for a genre so rooted in unpredictability.
It helps that Mama Killa features a raw, no-frills production style that not only highlights its careful use of dynamics but also brings sonic clarity to its adventurous performances. Legendary engineer Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth, Swans, Boredoms) captures everything from the subtle hiss of Mendosa’s amps to the soft timbre of Pérez’s cymbal wash, placing the listener firmly in the room without relying on studio tricks that might dilute the emotion of these pieces. This allows the gorgeous violin melody of “Amazing Graces” and the slow-burn, post-rock build of the closer “Mama Coco” to truly resonate. Unfortunately, the production does highlight a somewhat weak vocal performance on 2 tracks (“Puma Punku” and “Nowhere but Here”), where improvised blackened yelps appear to distract from the stellar instrumental parts. This is ultimately a small complaint, but it does detract slightly from an otherwise impressive work.
Mama Killa is an exciting debut that manages to both chart new sonic territory and entertain while doing so. It certainly stands as a challenging work which listeners might not be keen to partake in regularly, but for those willing to embark, Mama Killa offers a unique and varied work of experimental music with a sly thematic core. It’s an album where each contributor’s artistic voice is clearly discernible, and their cohesion elevates this collection of improvised music beyond typical genre pitfalls. If the trio finds time amid their busy musical schedules to release another project, it will be exciting to see how they might further develop an already compelling formula.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: Lossless
Label: Burning Ambulance Music
Website: mendozaflukemogulperez.bandcamp.com
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While iconic jazz saxophonist Ivo Perelman has been free jazz adjacent, he gets really out there on his new album "Oxygen," on which he teams with bari saxophonist Ken Vandermark and trombone player Joe McPhee. Here's the link to my review.
https://paulsemel.com/ivo-perelman-ken-vandermark-joe-mcphee-oxygen-review/
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This Saxophone Kills Fascists with Greg Saunier – Big Ears on the Lookout- Benefit for RAICES Texas
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#Arashi with #TakeoMoriyama • Tokuzo (Trost, 2024)
https://akirasakata.bandcamp.com/album/tokuzo
Trio composé de #AkiraSakata, un saxophoniste inconnu de mes oreilles, #JohanBerthling, bassiste qui officie au sein de #Fire et #FireOrchestra, et du batteur #PaalNilssenLove, qu'on retrouve chez #TheThing ou #TerritoryBand, rejoints par un second batteur, #TakeoMoriyama, inconnu de mes oreilles lui aussi. Et clairement, on a du bon, du très bon #FreeJazz. Bref, jeter une oreille sur cette excellentissime album.
