Martin Arnold: Stain Ballads
Strange meandering lines that I wish would go forever. They kinda do. Arnold says: “I’ve always maintained that all the music...
Strange meandering lines that I wish would go forever. They kinda do. Arnold says: “I’ve always maintained that all the music...
These two tracks called Socks and Sandals are lovely buzzing and crackling things. A ticklish kind of sound in the ear...
This trio of women from Zurich make an unusual chorus of bass guitars. Madlaina Peer, Sara Schär, Klaudia Schifferle on Kill...
These sounds are so themselves and so otherworldy. Idiomatic and yet surprising at the same time. Lovely. And lovely in that...
Halvorson on guitar and Courvoisier on piano work magic together. The timbre of the guitar, so similar at times to the...
Pleased to see Eric Chenaux play in Glasgow recently at the Glad Café with Ailbhe nic Oireachtaigh. Chenaux’s new album Say...
Very happy to be listening to Dublin composer and improviser Ailbhe nic Oireachtaigh, now based in Glasgow. This gorgeous track purposelessness...
One of our favourite record labels, Rat-drifting (based in Toronto and France), recently re-launched on BandCamp after a few years of...
So complex and dripping with a precise energy of what it is. Four traditionally trained pansori singers, two bassists, a drummer,...
Bells and bell-like sounds and cymbals, and other metal sounds, a searching piano and everything slowed down to a pace of...
Joy with ferocity. Rattling drums and dirty electric guitar feels like punk opera unwound and bent. Recorded live in Portland, Duo...
Allison Cameron brought this release by Stephen Chase’s mon se taire truc editions to our attention. A tribute to Scratch Orchestra...
Here’s a composed piece for the Rubber Band Quartet from Toronto improviser and composer Allison Cameron. It’s strange and particular music,...
Poor Isa (Frederik Leroux and Ruben Machtelinckx), “let’s drink the sea and dance”: I sometimes return to a piece of music...
Joe Posset of Newcastle does wonderful things with a mini-casette recorder. He’s turned it into a musical instrument to improvise with,...
It’s nice to hear Robert Wyatt’s voice again, particularly with some heavy guitar licks. I missed this 2020 release when it...
Violent, joyful, full of activity and energy. This is Raven Chacon, John Dieterich, and Marshall Trammell on Sige Records. White People...
A five-member ensemble, led by trumpet player/composer Susana Santos Silva. Unexpected fusions, often signalled by Hugo Raro’s synthesizer work, take to...
A special session with Endlings (Ravon Chacon + John Dieterich [of Deerhoof]). Endlings have performed a work specially for Unusual Music...
In this episode Josh and Martin listen to Lemon Kittens, Shaggs, Junko, and the Kyoto Imperial Court Orchestra. After the break...