Seven Davis Jr | Mean Bacharach ‘Sacrifice’
From the split personalities of Seven Davis Jr. comes the sounds of Mean Bacharach. An alter ego originally birthed on tour with Flying Lotus in 2018. This album was recorded and never released until a recent relapse in 2024 convinced all parties involved to let the music be free. Seven Davis Jr. is in recovery […]
Radius Etc | Presence
“Not much to be said outside of the music presented. Life is such a trip and wtf is time?! It indeed has been a journey The will and love to live is fuel to keep going forward Grateful to be present through it all Supreme love, respect and gratitude for those present with me, Thank […]
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, […]
Asher Gamedze & The Black Lungs | Constitution
This is the repeated call and the rallying chorus of the nearly 40-minute centerpiece to composer and percussionist Asher Gamedze’s new album Constitution. The expansive double album, a minoritarian fellowship in breath, is Gamedze’s follow-up to 2023’s Turbulence and Pulse (IARC0057/M3H013), and his first with The Black Lungs, a ten-piece ensemble. The album – recorded […]
Tom Skinner | Voices of Bishara Live at “mu”
In January 2023, Tom Skinner and his ensemble performed material from his recently-released album ‘Voices of Bishara’ (Brownswood, IARC & Nonesuch, 2022) at London club “mu”— a venue founded by the curators at Brilliant Corners and named after the seminal Don Cherry live album. Their performance was augmented by three pieces by Abdul Wadud, whose […]
John Carroll Kirby | Blowout
John Carroll Kirby’s new album “Blowout” was written on a recent stay in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica. Between 5am wake-up calls from oropendola birds and psychedelic sunsets, he wrote Blowout, inspired by the local people, music and nature. Though its songs are joyful, that joyfulness is tinged with melancholy. Kirby says, “Blowout is about enjoying […]
Lukas Traxel | One-Eyed Daruma
Swiss artist Lukas Traxel releases his powerful debut album One-Eyed Daruma on We Jazz Records, March 10. The trio features Traxel on double bass, Otis Sandsjö on sax and Moritz Baumgärtner on drums. Compact, deep, and organic to the bone, Traxel & co’s sound echoes the innovations of rhythmically driven avantgarde jazz while keeping things […]
Coultrain | MUNDUS
Musician A.M. Frison, known mononymously as Coultrain, is well-known for his experimental, psychedelic and world-building music. Coultrain is an esteemed experimental artist and active member of 577 Records’ sub-label, Positive Elevations, which is dedicated to electronic experimentation and avant soul. On MUNDUS, Coultrain overlays spoken word performance and his honeyed voice over smooth soul-inspired instrumentation, […]
Dawuna | Glass Lit Dream
Astonishing smouldering R&B flex from Brooklyn’s Dawuna, making strong debut moves on the ace O___o? label that gave us LA Timpa’s first record. If u like it slow x dripping in a prince/d’angelo style with intricate. almost concrète production – this is as good as it gets. The debut of the decade? Aye, we reckon […]
Lampen | Lampen
Lampen is Kalle Kalima and Tatu Rönkkö. Kalle plays guitar, Tatu plays percussions and sampler. Together they’re Lampen, a duo making highly addictive “post jazz” with a musical heart far beyond genre. Lampen is set to release their debut album on We Jazz Records on “Kintsugi Gold” vinyl and digitally. “Lampen” presents two artists who […]
Wadada Leo Smith & Henry Kaiser | Pacifica Koral Reef
“I’m supposed to be writing about Pacifica Koral Reef, this record that I’ve made with my friend Henry Kaiser and his friend Wadada Leo Smith. And while the music it contains is, for me, a miraculous late-career achievement after 50 years of mostly playing in alternative rock bands, writing about it is a downright odd […]