Pauli Lyytinen | Lehto / Korpi
Finnish saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen makes his We Jazz solo debut with Lehto / Korpi, a widescreen environmental jazz ambient album effortlessly bringing together Lyytinen’s saxophone, field recordings and extended instrumentation. Lyytinen’s solo music is built on textural compositions, extended saxophone techniques and electro-acoustic soundscapes and layers. Think albums like Evan Parker’s “With Birds” and “Schwarzwaldfahrt” […]
Tomin | Flores para Verene / Cantos para Caramina
Flores para Verene (“Flowers for Verene”) brings together solo clarinet-and-trumpet versions of compositions by Tomin’s musical paragons — Mingus, Coltrane, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Albert Ayler, Eddie Gale, among others. They were recorded to honour his life’s great hero, his maternal grandmother, Virlenice Diaz Valencia, who’d passed away in late 2019 in her native Colombia. (Tomin’s […]
Bolbec | Victime De L’aube
Bolbec, brand new project of childhood friends and multi-instrumentalists Axel Concato and Barth Corbelet, present their debut record, “Victime De L’aube”, on Batov Records. Drawing on their wide blend of musical tastes, from spiritual jazz and folk to classical and electronic sounds, to create an imaginary soundtrack that could easily sit beside the best of […]
Mong Tong | 銘 Epigraphy
Mong Tong’s music is heavily influenced by Southeast Asian culture, including its mythology and folklore, as well as 60s and 70s psychedelic music. Their sound is characterized by hypnotic rhythms, dreamy melodies, and otherworldly atmospheres. “Earlier this month, a diving team on Earth found a gelatinous disc at a deep-sea site in Asia. Upon analysis, […]
Apifera | Keep The Outside Open
Psychedelic jazz supergroup Apifera is back for their second album on Stones Throw, Keep The Outside Open. When these musicians – Nitai Hershkovits, Yuvi Havkin, Amir Bresler and Yonatan Albalak – come together, they create a new kind of alternative jazz: a dash of prog, a twist of post-rock, and a heavy dose of psychedelia, […]
Damian Dalla Torre | I Can Feel My Dreams
After his debut album ‘Happy Floating’ in 2022, Leipzig-based producer Damian Dalla Torre returns to Squama with ‘I Can Feel My Dreams’. Developed during a residency in Santiago, Chile, it incorporates electronic, jazz and ambient influences utilizing Andean quena flutes, synthesizers and field recordings and again centering on collaborations with fellow artists like Ruth Goller, […]