Improv and Avant-Garde

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  BEAK> to Make Canadian Debut on 2022 North American Tour

  PUBLISHED May 19, 2022

  Years after they were forced to cancel a performance that would have marked their Canadian debut, BEAK> — the experimental rock trio of Por...

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  Matmos Unite Polish Avant-Garde with the Present on 'Regards​ / Ukłony dla Bogusław Schaeffer'

  PUBLISHED May 17, 2022

  Even the most understated Matmos release requires a Robert J. Waldinger-level of research to decode its elaborate context. But what makes a...

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  Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto Treat 'Vrioon' to Expanded Reissue

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2022

  Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto first collaborated on 2002's Vrioon, which brought the Japanese composer's piano-playing together with the G...

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  Esmerine Drop Surprise Album, Share Contemplative "Fractals for Any Tonality" Video

  PUBLISHED May 10, 2022

  Montreal contemporary classical chamber ensemble Esmerine have surprised fans with the surprise release of their long-awaited first album i...

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  Kelly Lee Owens's Voice Cuts Through the Commotion on 'LP.8'

  PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2022

  "This is an emergency. This is a wake-up call," Kelly Lee Owens declares calmly on LP.8 over harsh industrial noise amid frantic, phantasma...

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  Grimes Proclaims "God Is Dead" on Metal-Hyperpop Single with Russian Radicals IC3PEAK

  PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2022

  It goes without saying that Grimes can't do anything to surprise us anymore, so why not this? The post-human hacker is featured on a new me...

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  Nick Cave Unveils New Spoken Word Project 'Seven Psalms'

  PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2022

  With a long career spent being backed by a crew of Bad Seeds, it was only a matter of time before Nick Cave decided to start preaching: the...

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  John Carpenter Details 'Firestarter' Soundtrack

  PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2022

  John Carpenter has unveiled the soundtrack for Firestarter, a forthcoming new film adaptation of Stephen King's 1980 thriller novel. Compo...