MATS GUSTAFSSON AND FRIENDS: PEACE & FIRE: MG50
The mighty Mats Gustafsson turns 50 – and to celebrate, he
throws himself a 3 day festival of music, along with some of his best
contemporaries in the global underground! Given Mats' fire and non-stop energy,
the festival must have been amazing – and a good deal of it is documented here
in a special 4CD set – one that includes performances from every night of the
event, and two great booklets full of notes and photos, too. If anything,
Gustafsson seems to get younger and more open-minded with each passing year –
able to share his amazing talents with so many others, in so many different
ways – in a spirit that really comes through in this great package. Gustafsson
performs in a variety of settings – a duet with drummer Didi Kern, with the
Swedish Azz quintet, in Fake The Facts with Payl Lytton on drums, in his Fire
group in an expanded lineup, in Klangform Wien, with The Thing, and in Tr!o +1
– and the package also features a duet between Ken Vandermark on reeds and
Christof Kurzmann on ppoll, solo bagpipes from Erwan Keravec, solo vibes and
percussion from Kjell Nordeson, solo alto from Anna Hogberg, and solo
percussion and voice from Sven Ake Johansson. 4CDs in all – and lots more music
within! ~ Dusty Groove
PETER BROTZMANN / HEATHER LEIGH – EYES FILLED WITH WONDER
Saxophonist Peter Brotzmann has had a long career, filled
with incredible duets – but this record with pedal steel guitarist Heather
Leigh may well be one of his most unusual, and proof that he continues to be
open to so many new musical ideas, even in his later years! Leigh's got an approach
that's quite different than any use of the instrument you might know from
country or folk – and instead creates these amazing sounds that are sometimes
tones, sometimes more tuneful – and really balanced nicely next to the raspy
edges of Brotzmann's tenor, bass clarinet, and tarogato! Each player gets some
individual moments, but when they come together is when the magic of the sound
really seems to happen. ~ Dusty Groove
RIVHERSIDE – ELECTRAW BLUES ALBUM
After playing for many years in different blues bands,
Renaud Villet, a singer, guitarist, and producer based in Clermont-Ferrand
(France) launched his solo career in 2012 under the name Rivherside. His first
album, “Something on My Mind,” was strongly blues / roots orientated. It received great reviews and as a result
Rivherside did more than 80 concerts as a one-man-band. In 2014 he decided to
broaden his horizons and began to mix Blues with Electro and Hip-Hop sounds,
releasing the self-produced, 4-track “Electraw Blues EP.” Rivherside also began
performing live in this electro configuration, playing samples and using Ableton
Live software. In 2015 he collaborated with rapper TDB and together they
released the “Inner Voices” EP in early 2016 . And now, the french electro
blues pioneer is back with a new 12-track album.
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