From Sonomu:

Náhvalur, Aboideau (CDR Mystery Sea)
A perfectly amphibious album – splashing about in and around the water – harmoniously constructed by Alexandre Rito and Matthew Ellis as Náhvalur, “narwhal” in Icelandic and Faroese. ”Roth Ramach” achieves admirable aquatic stillness with nothing but a low rumble disturbed only by the… [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 03:18, 10 Mar 2010

Nils Frahm, Dauw (business card CDR Machinefabriek)
German pianist Nils Frahm´s piano transcription of Machinefabriek´s “Dauw” (from the long-player of the same name) is infused with quiet passion, an interesting contrast to the stately intellectualism of the original. His interpretation, stating the track´s simple four-note theme then digressing… [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 09:01, 08 Mar 2010

From Free Jazz:

THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010
Sabir Mateen & Frode Gjerstad – Sound Gathering (Not Two, 2010) ***
Sabir Mateen – URDLA XXX (RogueArt, 2010) ****

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010
Jean-Marc Foussat & Sylvain Guérineau – Aliquid (Leo, 2010) ***½
Tasos Stamou & Ilan Manouach (Absurd Records, 2009) ****

MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010
Barre Phillips – Portraits (Kadima, 2010) ****

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From Dusted:

Artist: Xiu Xiu
Album: Dear God, I Hate Myself
Label: Kill Rock Stars
Review date: Mar. 10, 2010

Artist: Ulaan Khol
Album: III
Label: Soft Abuse
Review date: Mar. 10, 2010

Artist: David S. Ware
Album: Saturnian (Solo Saxophones, Volume 1)
Label: AUM Fidelity
Review date: Mar. 8, 2010

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From Classical-Drone:

This past weekend, my wife and I flew to San Francisco, where we attended two of the three concerts from the 15th Other Minds festival. Focussing primarily on new chamber music, the concerts also featured electroacoustic composer Natasha Barrett and an ecstatic jazz performance by Kidd Jordan with William Parker and Warren Smith. But the majority of the pieces we heard maintained the composer/performer dichotomy that is one characteristic of classical music, and it was a real treat to hear recent works, all of which were new to me, performed at such a high caliber.

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From Crosscut, a review of a performance of a Heiner Goebbels piece.

Heiner Goebbels is a well-known European avant-garde composer whose works have rarely been performed in the U.S. This is too bad, if “Song of Wars I Have Known,” a stunning hour-long chamber work, is representative. The Seattle Chamber Players heard a Goebbels’ piece at a Warsaw festival, and immediately determined to present one in Seattle. This they did, March 4-6, with the early music ensemble Pacific Musicworks, under the auspices of On the Boards.

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From All About Jazz:

Royal Hartigan
Blood Drum Spirit (Innova Recordings)
Reviewed by Karl Ackermann

Pete Sinfield
Still (Expanded Edition) (Esoteric Recordings)
Reviewed by John Kelman

John Zorn
Femina (Tzadik)
Reviewed by Martin Longley

Kirk Knuffke
Amnesia Brown (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Martin Longley

douBt
Never Pet a Burning Dog (Moonjune Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

Accordion Three-Fer: Triphilia; Nice Guy Trio & Will Holshouser
Reviewed by Donald Elfman

William Parker
William Parker: Temporary & In the Shade of the Sun
Reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

Multiple Artists
Moppa Elliott & Jon Irabagon: Accomplish Jazz and Forty Fort
Reviewed by Ivana Ng

Ergo
Multitude, Solitude (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by Elliott Simon

Grosse Abfahrt
Vanity (Emanem)
Reviewed by John Eyles

Elliott Sharp / Carbon
Void Coordinates (Intakt Records)
Reviewed by Nic Jones

David S. Ware
Saturnian (Solo Saxophones Volume One) (AUM Fidelity)
Reviewed by Nic Jones

Andrea Centazzo
Guitars (Ictus Records)
Reviewed by Elliott Simon

Paul Motian / Chris Potter / Jason Moran
Lost In A Dream (ECM Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

Hamid Drake & Bindu
Reggaeology (Rogue Art)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Mostly Other People Do the Killing
Forty Fort (Hot Cup Records)
Reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

Alberto Pinton / Jonas Kulhammar / Torbjorn Zetterberg / Kjell Nordeson
Chant (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Stuart Broomer

From NYTimes.com:

One way to understand the music of the improvising electro-acoustic quartet Glissando bin Laden — especially if you let the name sink in — is as a fight between rigid law and individual choice. It’s a band of aggression and subtle humor. It’s made one record, “Drone Level Orange,” released last year by the Carrier label (carrierrecords.com), and it headlined Thursday night’s showcase of improvised music from the Carrier roster at Issue Project Room in Gowanus, Brooklyn.

From Dusted Reviews:

Artist: Perlonex and Charlemagne Palestine
Album: It Ain’t Necessarily So
Label: Zarek
Review date: Mar. 5, 2010

Artist: Valgeir Sigurðsson
Album: Draumalandið
Label: Bedroom Community
Review date: Mar. 4, 2010

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