Articles by Tom Sekowski

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  Sealey / Oddie / Spybey

  SOS

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  There’s nothing more that I like than a good organic-ambient-electronic record. SOS is just that. Solidly presenting sounds that originate...

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  Various

  Movement Soul

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004

  Soul. The meaning of that word has often times been obscured, dressed-up, and worst of all, commercialised. Movement Soul is something else...

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  Oskar Aichinger

  To Touch a Distant Soul

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  Oskar Aichinger’s solo debut Poemia had an enormous effect on me when it was released back in 1997. The originality of his style and his ap...

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  Albert Ayler

  The Copenhagen Tapes

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  No matter what it is that I say about Albert Ayler and his music, I run the risk of sounding either like a babbling idiot (his music has su...

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  Paul Bley Trio

  Closer

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  Where do you begin to quantify the life of Paul Bley? In my opinion, Bley is easily one of the most original pianists to emerge on the scen...

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  Daniel Carter & Reuben Radding

  Luminescence

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  Every reviewer is bound to start a review of this duo’s record by stating that necessity is the mother of all inventions. True, Daniel Cart...

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  Henry Grimes Trio

  The Call

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  Recently, I’d read an investigative report in The Wire about how bassist extraordinaire Henry Grimes had in fact been found alive and well,...

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  Quartet Noir

  Quartet Noir

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  I remember seeing the core of this quartet — saxophonist Urs Leimgruber, percussionist Fritz Hauser and bassist Joelle Leandre about six ye...