Cloudspeakers

Irmin SchmidtKamasutra Vollendung der LiebeCrippled Dick Hot WaxEnough is never enough. It’s nearly a quarter century since Can last played Can music together, and with guitarist Michael Karoli dea... Lees meer

Burkina Electric’s PR hook is that they are Burkina Faso’s (a land-locked West African nation formerly known as Upper Volta) first electronica band. This ignores several inconvenient points; that m... Lees meer

In BJ Nilsen’s carefully balanced combinations of natural, performed, and manipulated sounds, nature often seems to have the upper hand. But not on The Invisible City. Its naturally sourced element... Lees meer

A couple years ago Major Stars guitarist Wayne Rogers told the Chicago Tribune that one of the good things about being obscure is “never having your latest record called a return to form.” One plat... Lees meer

Escapism gets a bad rap, but who couldn’t use an occasional escape from the mundane grind? Peter Wright trades in drone-based music that’s particularly effective at taking you out of your head, but... Lees meer

Sometimes, understanding an artist’s intentions enriches the experience of their work; other times, it’s best not to know. The latter is the case with The Africa Chamber, the third album by former ... Lees meer

That Bill Dixon’s music has been lumped in with free jazz says more about the inadequacy of musical taxonomy than anything else. Maybe it’s because he is a black man who plays trumpet and solicits ... Lees meer

It never fails; the week after you compile your year-end lists, a record turns up that should have been on one. Intermission 2000-2008 certainly deserves more notice than it’s likely to receive giv... Lees meer

It’s curious that this record is on an American label. Soprano and tenor saxophonist Evan Parker, double bassist John Edwards and acoustic guitarist John Russell are mainstays of English improvisat... Lees meer

This album’s subtitle, “The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975,” might give one pause. After all, it’s only the work of one man, vibes and keyboard player Mulatu Astatke, and no man is a genre, right? B... Lees meer