Articles by Glen Hall

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  Jan Garbarek Group

  Dresden

  PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2009

  A live two-disc set from saxist/composer Gabarek, Dresden contains both some gold and unremarkable tracks. His Gato Barbieri-ish, keening t...

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  DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid

  The Secret Song

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2009

  With a CV as extensive as illbient activist Spooky's, expectations are understandably high for his new CD of solo and collaborative tracks....

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  Barry Guy / Irene Schweizer / London Jazz Composers Orchestra

  Radio Rondo

  PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2009

  Pianist Irene Schweizer's playing is full of zesty, affirmative declamations. Featuring muscular chording, swirling single-note passages, o...

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  Toca Loca

  P*P

  PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2009

  In the oft-hermetically sealed world of new music, popular music is ridiculed and reviled. On P*P, it's robustly relished and celebrated. H...

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  Tony Wilson Sextet

  The People Look Like Flowers At Last

  PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2009

  Featuring a sombre beginning and a non sequitur, lively second tune with a deliciously squonky Wilson guitar solo, The People Look Like Flo...

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  Viviane Houle

  Treize

  PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2009

  Intimate, eerie, electrifying, Treize is a tour de force of vocal improvisation. With hair-raising, stratospheric squeals and percussive, g...

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  Michael Farley

  Grain

  PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2009

  Michael Farley has led a life of diversity. From his years on the road playing sax in R&B bands to his studies with experimental artist/gur...

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  ֖rjan Sandred

  Cracks and Corrosion

  PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2009

  Cracks and Corrosion is an auspicious debut recording of diverse works by Swedish modern composer ֖rjan Sandred. Beginning with the r...