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Eugene Chadbourne + René Lussier – L’Oasis
Released in 2002 by Canadian improv label Victo, L’Oasis pushes nearly an hour’s worth of improvised guitar music out of your speakers from two longtime practitioners of the form, American Eugene Chadbourne on…
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Henry Kaiser + Jim O’Rourke – Tomorrow Knows Where You Live
Henry Kaiser has been working in underground improv music circles since the 1970s, and was one of the first American free improv guitarists. He was influenced by one of the original free improv…
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Charles Gayle – Unto I Am
Offering up five tracks of solo instrumental intensity from this NYC street musician and torch-passed-to rep of ’60s free jazz motions, Charles Gayle, Unto I Am is a pressure cooker that is definitely…
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Modern Silent Cinema – Hammitt
Founded in 2004, Modern Silent Cinema is the instrumental music project of one Cullen Gallagher of Brooklyn, New York. His latest EP, Hammitt, is the sonic companion to an experimental film of the…
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Ecstatic Music Band – Neon Love Devotionals
Formed in 2011, the Ecstatic Music Band are present day purveyors of the ur-drone first laid down by The Theater of Eternal Music 60 years ago. Featuring John Krausbauer and Jamie Green on…
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Arcane Candy’s 2024 Favorite Releases
(In alphabetical order by artist name.) New Releases • Harry Bertoia – Mechanizations I & II LP (Sonambient) • Jennifer Walshe and Tony Conrad – In the Merry Month of May LP (Blue…
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The Noonan Trio – Inherit a Memory
Sean Noonan, a drummer known for his genre-bending approach, leads The Noonan Trio, a captivating ensemble that challenges conventional jazz expectations. With Michael Bardon on double bass and Matthew Bourne on piano, Noonan…
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Elisabet Curbelo – Resonance Unbound
Elisabet Curbelo is the Assistant Professor of Electro-Acoustic Composition and Music Theory at the University of Utah. Armed with a PhD in Music Composition from UC San Diego, she has produced “pieces for…
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John Krausbauer – Psychic Sun
Psychic Sun is the umpteenth 7” single by the violinist John Krausbauer Sauerkraut. Kicking off the proceedings on side 1, “Violin I” features a clearly and loudly recorded violin splurging out a whole…
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John Krausbauer + David Maranha – John Krausbauer + David Maranha
Here we have yet another 7” Pringle, I mean roof shingle, I mean vinyl single courtesy of violinist John Krausbauer, guest starring organist David Maranha. Why is there laughter at the end of…
