What is cool? What is trendy? Who decides these things? In the context of this show what constitutes “Different”? In simplistic terms people send me things, or I buy them, based on past listening experience. I listen to them, if they sound sufficiently interesting, or they tug at some emotional string somewhere in the brain or heart, then they get on the show. This music sounds good to me, not stuck in some mainstream dreamed up in a committee meeting somewhere. It feels like Miles Davis Birth of the Cool did when I first heard it, recognisable as jazz but somehow completely unique in its’ construction of delivery. So this is “cool” music, or is it?
PLAYLIST
Jesse Sykes And The Sweet Hereafter - Forever, I’ve Been Being Born
Old Dirty Buzzard - Death Becomes Your Dying World
microplastique - Propane
Dubmatix - Echoes In The Smoke
Ugly Stick - Pig Pen
Perpacity - Lille Flamme
Kariti - Fragile
Joe’s Truck Stop - Midnight On The Ohio
Coleman Williams - Alley Song
Oromet - Forsaken Tarn
Denial Of Life - Love Sting
Paitra - A Universal Feeling
Scissorgun - Gone Rogue
Kawol Samarqandi - The Mirage of Khor Fajklan (part two)
Mark Corrin - Stone Tape Recorder
Jessie Kilguss - Lost Causes
Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - Night of the Wolverine (live)
Mark Snarski - I Need Convincing
On Diamond - Hold the Cloak of Time
The Apartments - A Handful of Tomorrow
West Coast Sick Line - Break In Play
Moff Skellington - fark nebrous yelkin
2 Lost Souls - Ballad Of A Lost Soul
The Parasite - The Men Who Drop The Bombs
The Go-Betweens - The Clock (Airlock Demo)
Tortoise - Vexations
Ember Rev - Esprit De Corps
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World of Jazz 769
Another eclectic mix of Jazz from around the world includes a good portion of self-released material. Traditional jazz forms mingle with ambient, rock and fusion to create a fascinating playlist. The show concludes with two recent live albums from the formative years of British jazz.
PLAYLIST
ung Stratmann Quartet “Tree Huggers” from Confluence (Self Released) 00:00
Sam Pilnick’s Nonet Project “Southbound Train” from The Project (Self Released) 06:43
Lena Bloch “I Refuse” from Marina (Fresh Sound Records) 14:12
Josh Rager “Fathers and Sons” from Heart’s Pace (Bent River Records) 22:26
David G White Trio “The Novitiate” from While Your Were Sleeping (Self Released/Burning Chairs Records) 29:44
The Jellyfish “Shadows” from The Jellyfish (Self Released) 36:34
N∆BOU “Unpersuadable Extern” from Indigo (Edition Records) 42:02
Nikola Bankov “5AM” from Everwanted (AMP Music & Records) 49:20
Dave Douglas “Demigods” from Alloy-Extras (Greenleaf) 56:43
Guano Padano plays with Enrico Rava “Lynch” from La Giostra (Hora Records) 1:03:45
kansha 感謝 “Portrait” from Jazz in Meanjin 019 - Live at Echo & Bounce (4000 Records) 1:09:55
Thomas Strønen : Time Is A Blind Guide “Fall” from Off Stillness (ECM Records) 1:18:49
Dan Kinzelman and Stefano Costanzo “Coil” from Infinite Ramp (Hora Records) 1:25:51
Wojtek Mazolewski “Slavic Forest” from Solo (WMQ Records) 1:32:37
Johanna Linnea Jakobsson “Out Of Mind” from Don’t Overthink It (Zack’s Talent) 1:37:04
Larry Stabbins, Keith Tippett, Louis Moholo-Moholo “Shield (Excerpt)” from Live in Foggia (Cadillac) 1:39:49
Mike Osborne/Stan Tracey “Original Part 1 (Excerpt)” from Original (Cadillac) 1:54:15
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Different Noises 120
An eclectic mix of mostly new material with more than average Antipodean content, lots of Mancunian elements, and a blend of styles and movements that on first examination might appear contradictory but when listened to in sequence there is an organic flow.
PLAYLIST
Bugg Music - Bugg Season
Inca Babies - Two Rails To Nowhere
Occult Character - Her Guts, My Graveyard
Jodie Langford - Bowling (Off With Her Head)
Illustration - Danceable
Dubmatix - Rough Likkle Town (ft Brother Culture)
hedfog - I Won’t Go
The Mick Medew and Ursula 4 - Will The Train Ever Stop At Banyo?
Walking Bombs - Bake Parkway
TAB-D - It’s Better Not To Know
House of All - The Devils House
Sonitus Missarum - Golden Bloom
Pile of Knives - Stabbed
Sakna - Alltid
Mascot Moth - Psychedelynores
Lilian King - Tiber Creek
Philip Blackburn - Sounding Xibalba
The Go-Betweens - Caroline And I
Danny Short - Tomorrow’s World
Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - I’ve Got To Have You
Moff Skellington - ya chowst ewah donklyn
The Last Caboose - Train Train
Mark Snarski - When Our Worlds Collide
The New Eves - Volcano
The Dream Syndicate - Daddy’s Girl
On Diamond - It’s Me Calling
The Parasite - Poor Rich Boy Insecure
The Apartments - Afternoons
Tortoise - Vexations
West Coast Sick Line - Superfanatical Man
Ember Rev - I Dreamt Of Forests
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World of Jazz 768
On this edition a set of twelve pieces tracing rhythmic invention, ensemble interplay, and tonal contrast across multiple continents and decades. The selections move from suite-based composition and archival live recordings to contemporary quartet work, solo piano abstraction, and layered studio arrangements. Formats include trio, orchestra, and collaborative studio ensemble, with instrumentation spanning reeds, brass, percussion, electronics, and voice. Styles range from modal jazz and Latin jazz to avant-garde improvisation and structured groove, with label origins including independent, cooperative, and legacy imprints.
PLAYLIST
Sean Lovato “Frequent Flyer” from Biotic (Endectomorph) 00:00
Greg Burrows “It Just Gets Better” from Let’s Not Wait : The Music of Ed Bonoff (GreBu Records) 05:30
Socrates Garcia Latin Jazz Orchestra “Sultry Villa Mella Twilights” from Shadows of Tomorrow (Summit Records) 13:40
Amaury Faye NOLA Quartet “The Railyard” from RUST (Hypnote Records) 24:20
Greenhouse Ensemble “The Martha Suite” from The Martha Suite (Self Released) 31:38
Black Unity Trio “Birth, Life & Death” from Al - Fatihah (Gotta Groove Records) 43:00
Camila Nebbia, James Banner, Max Andrzejewski “Lugar” from Presencia (ears&eyes) 53:11
Marko Zorec Group “Streets Of Paradise” from Imaginary Garden (Self Released) 59:53
Ola Onabule ft. Hazelrigg Brothers “Condition Of The Heart” from It’s Never Over (Aliud Records) 1:09:15
Denman Maroney “Long Odds” from Umwelt (Neuma Records) 1:15:30
Thelonious Monk “Rhythm-A-Ning” from Bremen 1965 (Sunnyside Records) 1:23:51
The Necks “Warm Running Sunlight” from Disquiet (Northern Spy/Fish of Milk) 1:34:02
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Different Noises 119
Anticipating forthcoming concerts celebrating The Dream Syndicates Medicine Show album I begin a journey through a recently released massive collection of music from that part of the bands history. There’s also the current crop of featured albums plus some challenging new sounds that have recently arrived in my in-box. To close some Norwegian experimentation and jazz guitar mastery from John Abercrombie.
PLAYLIST
The Dream Syndicate - Still Holding On To You
Spawn - Ascension
The Apartments - It’s A Casino Life
Drazek Fuscaldo with Jörg A. Schneider - Facades
Self Immolation Music - Strange Worship
Lachlan X. Morris - Nonchalant
Andy Whitaker & Michael Reed - Out and About
Vincent Yelle - Lighthouse
Anna Pidgorna - What Else Can I Give Him? Що ще йому дати?
Jason Blake - Into Decay
Jussi Reijonen - fes
Saapato - Salmon Run
The Go-Betweens - The Locust Girls
Danny Short - The Circle And The Triangle
Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - I’ve Got To Have You
Moff Skellington - Bulverglade Magriz makroll
The Last Caboose - Shadow Of The Wind
Mark Snarski - When Our Worlds Collide
On Diamond - It’s Me Calling
The New Eves - Rivers Run Red
West Coast Sick Line - This is not Pentrefoelas
Yeigh - Hold Me Inside
Supersilent - 8.3
John Abercrombie - Class Trip