Improv and Avant-Garde

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  Björk Announces "Un jardin d'intérieur" Exhibition in France Ahead of New Album

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2021

  The Centre Pompidou-Metz — a museum of modern and contemporary art in Metz, France — has confirmed that none other than Icelandic maverick...

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  Wolfgang Voigt Details New GAS Album 'Der Lange Marsch'

  PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2021

  Wolfgang Voigt has detailed his seventh studio album under his GAS moniker. The German musician and composer will deliver Der Lange Marsch...

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  BADBADNOTGOOD Reconnect with Their Jazz Roots on 'Talk Memory'

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2021

  Since the release of their debut LP in 2011, BADBADNOTGOOD has always been associated with modern hip-hop culture, releasing Gang Starr cov...

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  Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jazz Organ Icon, Dies at 79

  PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2021

  Dr. Lonnie Smith — the American jazz Hammond B3 organist who was named an NEA Jazz Master in 2017 — has died. Blue Note Records confirmed t...

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  Arca Returns with New Song "Incendio," Charity Concert Film

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2021

  Arca has returned with new song "Incendio," a Spanish-language track co-produced with Omar that you can hear below. "Incendio" arrives tod...

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  Mas Aya's 'Máscaras' Is a Rewarding Sonic Revolution

  PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2021

  How do you touch the present? That might have been the single question guiding Brandon Valdivia's newest Mas Aya record, Máscaras ("Masks")...

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  Moor Mother's 'Black Encyclopedia of the Air' Is a Perfect Storm of Mood and Music

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2021

  In late 2020, Camae Ayewa (a.k.a. Moor Mother) released BRASS with the supremely underappreciated rapper Billy Woods, initiating a move fro...

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  Mike Patton Bows Out of Faith No More, Mr. Bungle Shows for Mental Health Reasons

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2021

  Faith No More and Mr. Bungle have cancelled tour dates and festival appearances planned for September and October due to the mental health...