avant-jazz

Slow Burning Rage to release eponymous debut album on December 17th 2021

Pax Aeternum announces the December release of the eponymous debut album from Slow Burning Rage, a new musical project formed by drummer Ryan Parrish, who here acts as a multi-instrumentalist. The album’s cover art, track listing, and long list of guest contributors has been issued alongside preorders and the lead single, “The Slow Burn of Madmartigan”.
 

Annie Barbazza to release debut solo album “Vive” on February 29th 2020

Italian music artist Annie Barbazza is releasing her first solo album “Vive” on February 29th, 2020 on Dark Companion Records. She was a young drummer in love with progressive rock when Greg Lake discovered her talent as a singer and wanted her on stage with him for the concert which would later become the posthumous “Live in Piacenza”.

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore release music video for new single “Tief Gesunken”

Bohren & der Club Of Gore, who recently announced the January 24th release of their eighth original album, “Patchouli Blue” (Ipecac Recordings), have debuted a second song from the forthcoming collection, sharing a video for “Tief Gesunken”.

Watch the video for “Tief Gesunken” below.

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore to release new studio album “Patchouli Blue” on January 10th 2020

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore, the German outfit whose music Pitchfork described as a combination of “lounge jazz, dark ambience, the languorous adagios of classical-music requiem, and the saturated romance of Italian film soundtracks”, has set to release “Patchouli Blue” on January 10th, 2020, via Ipecac Recordings.

Sick Gazelle to release debut album “Odum” on May 3rd 2019

The idea of musicians wondering into a studio, plugging in, jamming and pressing “record” is something that is often romanticized in the music industry, yet hardly ever happens, well, at least not with any positive results. The band, Sick Gazelle, is the outlier in this case, having done just that on their debut album, “Odum”.  
 

Art Against Agony launch crowdfunding campaign to release new album “Shiva Appreciation Society”

Recently Misha Mansoor (Periphery) shocked the metal community by sharing with the world that he can't make a living solely from his band.

This is common ground for almost all newer bands of our time, yet what has brought the rapid downfall in CD sales and decline of the music industry — the internet — also presents us with a range of new possibilities to support the bands we love and cherish even stronger than before.

Stu Hamm announces February/March 2018 US Tour

Legendary bassist Stu Hamm will be touring the US end of February in support of his highly anticipated new concept album “The Diary of Patrick Xavier”!

Stu Hamm has been the go-to bass player for the world's great musicians. Time spent playing with Steve Vai and Joe Satriani has cemented his place among the greats and gave him the platform to display his pioneering bass techniques to adoring crowds worldwide.

Stu Hamm says about “The Diary of Patrick Xavier”:

Stanton Moore to release tribute album to Allen Toussaint, “With You in Mind”, on July 21st 2017

On July 21st, 2017, Stanton Moore will release his new album “With You in Mind”.

The album is Moore's tribute to New Orleans producer, songwriter, arranger, bandleader, pianist, singer, and all-around figure of elegance Allen Toussaint.

Featuring Galactic drummer Stanton Moore, keyboardist David “Tork” Torkanowsky and bassist James Singleton, the album guests many musicians associated or from New Orleans, like Cyril Neville, Maceo Parker, Nicholas Peyton, Trombone Shorty, and many, many more.

Dwiki Dharmawan - Pasar Klewer

Those of you who fancy avant-jazz, jazz-fusion & experimental music are already aware of the Indonesian keyboardist Dwiki Dharmawan. We presented his previous album “So Far So Close” here in 2015, so the time has come to present his new opus “Pasar Klewer”. For those who don’t happen to know Dwiki, I must say that apart from a distinctive keyboard player, he’s also a composer, producer, peace activist and cultural icon.