Different Noises

World of Jazz 772

This playlist delves deep into the vibrant landscape of contemporary independent jazz and improvised music, showcasing an eclectic mix of sounds that defy easy categorization. From the rhythmic sophistication of Latin fusion and the intricate melodies of modern piano trios to boundary-pushing avant-garde improvisations, the selections deliberately cross genre lines. The journey takes listeners through structured compositions released on labels like Smoke Sessions and Harmony Pacific, into the raw, unscripted dialogues found in the catalogues of Relative Pitch and Klanggalerie. It is a sonic exploration that highlights a diverse range of global influences and innovative instrumental voices currently shaping the modern jazz scene
PLAYLIST
Billy Hart “Sonnet for Stevie” from Multidirectional (Smoke Sessions Records) 00:00
Frank Gratkowski’s In Cahoots featuring Ingrid Laubrock “Hainot -  Madeleines” from Frank Gratkowski’s In Cahoots (Klanggalerie) 12:25 
Greg Rahn “Brand New Bad Idea” from  Side Hustle (Harmony Pacific Records) 25:32 
Patrick Smith “Hazel” from Words Underlined (Lit Soc Records) 32:52 
Kim Kaskiw “Black Rooster (Gallo Preto)” from The Latin Fusion Project (Self Released) 38:38 
Laura Camacho Tango Project “Tifón” from Todo Tiempo Pasado (Self Released) 45:40
Laura Altman “Threshold Poetry” from Holy Trinity (Relative Pitch) 51:33 
Zeena Parkins “berlin bedroom - little field feb 10.2024” from Lament for the Maker (Relative Pitch) 1:00:06 
Kelsey Mines  Vinny Golia “Improv 5” from Collusion and Collaboration (Relative Pitch) 1:12:45  
Peter Evans, Mike Pride “Substance T” from A Window, Basically (Relative Pitch) 1:20:42  
Vance Thompson “Lost and Found” from Lost and Found (Moondo Records) 1:31:24 
Karim Saber “No Virgos” from Sundance (Self Released) 1:38:29 
Travis Jenkins Piano Trio “River Man” from Jazz in Meanjin 20 : Live at JMI (4000 Records) 1:42:36 
Laurent Ziliani “Skybound” from Skybound (Self Released) 1:51:32
Luke Marantz and Simon Jermyn “Passages” from Echoes (Chill Tone) 1:56:26 

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For Christmas Eve an eclectic mix delivering the best in new Australian Music, tidbits from recent releases on Half Edge Records, tracks from some of the best releases of 2025 and a dip in the archive for some magic from The Cramps. We kick off with a new tune from the excellent Melbourne band The Silversound.
PLAYLIST
The Silversound - Rose City 
The Cramps - Call of the Wighat 
Adventures of Salvador - Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? 
Inca Babies - Daniella 
Beta Voids - MeatHead Look 
Paul Kidney Japanese Experience - Manual Of Error 
2 Lost Souls - Cartoon Humans 
Breath After Coma - Lunatics 
Bleak Squad - Ghost of the Bad Humour Man 
Saapato - Ravens 
Géraldine Eguiluz & Michel F Côté - Les grands départs 
Ember Rev - Subterranean 
Moff Skellington - ebrethnok oostyann gassop 
2 Lost Souls - Collision Man
Lowsunday - Innocence (2025 Electromix) 
The Dream Syndicate - Armed With An Empty Gun 
Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - Scorched Earth Love Affair (Live) 
The Go-Betweens - Sign Of The Unicorn (Airlock Demo) 
The Apartments - That’s What the Music Is For (When the Fair’s Over) 
Mark Snarski - That Machine 
Jodie Langford - Breastmilk Cheesecake 
2 Lost Souls - Satan Chuckles 
Tortoise - Layered Presence 
Marcel Gidote’s Holy Crab - Sooner or Later 
kandodo - Solstice  
Agent Starling - Jokul Frosti 
Mark Corrin - Christmas Grump by Ian Moss 

World of Jazz 771

A raft of new releases is dominated by female pianists offering cutting edge music. In between two new discoveries of Rahsaan Roland Kirk playing live plus other exciting ground-breaking albums and to close something to reflect the season.
PLAYLIST
Yelena Eckemoff  “Strandvägen Pier” from Rosendals Garden (L&H Production) 00:00
Juan Bayon “Anti-Monitor” from Como Enfrentar al Mundo Entero (ears&eyes) 07:58
B.I.T. DUO with Danielle Di Majo and Manuela Pasqui “Luce di mezznotte” from R-Esistenze (Filibusta Records) 15:38 
Nadia Labrie “Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio - Part 2. Sentimentale” from Flûte Passion — Hommage à Claude Bolling (ATMA Classique) 20:46
Rahsaan Roland Kirk “Kirk’s Delight” from Vibrations in the Village: Live at the Village Gate (Resonance Records) 29:20 
Amir ElSaffar New Quartet “Orientations I-V” from Live at Pierre Boulez Saal (Maqam Records) 41:45
Haeun Joo “Until The End” from Just Gravity (577 Records) 58:26
Satoko Fujii Quartet “Solar Orbit” from Burning Wick (Libra Records) 1:05:33 
Hugo Blouin “Un camion pizza” from Le buffet (Ambiances Magnétiques) 1:18:21 
Carl Ross “Freetime Blues” from Distant Colours (Jazz Hang Records) 1:25:10 
Bellbird “The Call” from The Call (Constellation) 1:34:57 
Rahsaan Roland Kirk “Prelude To A Kiss” from Seek & Listen : Live at The Penthouse (Resonance Records) 1:41:29 
Out Of/Into “Juno” from Motion II (Blue Note Records) 1:49:11
Maria Kaushansky “So Long Centrepoint Mall” from Northbound To Finch  (Flat 6th Records) 1:57:09
Kevin Brown Quintet “Phos Hilaron” from Adventus (Self-Released) 2:02:19 

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Starting and finishing in the Greater Manchester region this playlist provides and aural journey around the more obscure nooks and crannies of the world of music. Some familiar names are mixed in with new artists providing for a rich palate of unique offerings, some of them quite sonically unsettling.
PLAYLIST
Inca Babies - Buster’s On Fire
Mellowdeath - 1772 
Nuclear Dudes - The Octopus
The Residents - Betty’s Body
Self-Immolation Music - Hearing Voices
Black Rose Burning - Roses In The Dark
AudioGust - I Didn’t Hear What You Said 
Oliver James Brookes - Too Dark To See 
Hansan - Gunga 
taupe - Lemonade Tycoon
Zihua Tan & No Banda - Remnants Present
Algol, Camilo Ángeles, Christian Lillinger, Elias Stemeseder - III 
Captain Narwhal - Sweet Lady of The Proverbs
Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Where I Hide (Live)
The Apartments - Another Sun Gone Down
On Diamond - Another Sip 
Mark Snarski - Less Than Tender Arms
The Go-Between - Spirit (Airlock Demo)
Ember Rev- Creepers Crawl
Moff Skellington - Hevverstock vaunts paglish
West Coast Sick Line - Smells Like Family
The Dream Syndicate - Burn
2 Lost Souls - Asphyxiate

World of Jazz 770

This set moves through solo sketches, trio interplay, and full ensemble fire, tracing acoustic and electric textures across studio, live, and archival formats. It opens with flowing piano, moves into exploratory trio improvisation, and shifts between guitar meditations, reworked soul and rock standards, and tightly arranged ensemble writing. Abstract textures and ambient passages emerge mid-set, followed by groove-based phrasing, UK archival material, and layered acoustic duets. The final track dips into the archive for a rhythm-forward piece built around bass and percussion.
PLAYLIST
Kerry Politzer “Watercolor” from Alternate Route (Whirlwind Records) 00:00
The Kris Davis Trio “Lost In Geneva” from Lost In Geneva (Pyroclastic Records) 06:38 
Jack West “Closer To The Sky” from Essential Curvature (Otá Records) 10:31
Leo Genovese “Trotamundos” from Solo Brooklyn (577 Records) 17:18
Bill King Trio “What’s Going On” from Live From The Jazz Room - Mint Julep Sessions (7 Arts) 31:53 
Keith Oxman “Owen’s Defense” from Home (Capri Records) 39:28 
Camila Nebbia, Marilyn Crispell, Lesley Mok “Driving Through Flood Water” from A Reflection Distorts Over Water (Relative Pitch Records) 46:22 
Convergence “Cauldron” from Reckless Meter (Capri Records) 56:39 
Dave McMurray “The Wheel” from I LOVE LIFE even when I’m Hurting (Blue Note Records) 1:07:32
Tony Coe’s Axel “Cela” from What Say We Play Today (Jazz In Britain) 1:14:55 
microplastique “Many Roads” from Many Roads (Irritable Mystic) 1:27:12 
Jack West & Walter Strauss “OO” from Guitars On Life (Otá Records) 1:56:49
Cornelius Claudio Kreutsch “So!” from Black Mud Sound (Enja Records) 2:00:52

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What is cool? What is trendy? Who decides these things? In the context of this show what constitutes “Different”? In simplistic terms people send me things, or I buy them, based on past listening experience. I listen to them, if they sound sufficiently interesting, or they tug at some emotional string somewhere in the brain or heart, then they get on the show. This music sounds good to me, not stuck in some mainstream dreamed up in a committee meeting somewhere. It feels like Miles Davis Birth of the Cool did when I first heard it, recognisable as jazz but somehow completely unique in its’ construction of delivery. So this is “cool” music, or is it?
PLAYLIST
Jesse Sykes And The Sweet Hereafter - Forever, I’ve Been Being Born
Old Dirty Buzzard - Death Becomes Your Dying World
microplastique - Propane
Dubmatix - Echoes In The Smoke
Ugly Stick - Pig Pen 
Perpacity - Lille Flamme
Kariti - Fragile 
Joe’s Truck Stop - Midnight On The Ohio
Coleman Williams - Alley Song
Oromet - Forsaken Tarn
Denial Of Life - Love Sting
Paitra - A Universal Feeling
Scissorgun - Gone Rogue
Kawol Samarqandi - The Mirage of Khor Fajklan (part two)
Mark Corrin - Stone Tape Recorder
Jessie Kilguss - Lost Causes
Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - Night of the Wolverine (live)
Mark Snarski - I Need Convincing
On Diamond - Hold the Cloak of Time
The Apartments - A Handful of Tomorrow
West Coast Sick Line - Break In Play
Moff Skellington - fark nebrous yelkin
2 Lost Souls - Ballad Of A Lost Soul
The Parasite - The Men Who Drop The Bombs
The Go-Betweens - The Clock (Airlock Demo)
Tortoise - Vexations
Ember Rev - Esprit De Corps

World of Jazz 769

Another eclectic mix of Jazz from around the world includes a good portion of self-released material. Traditional jazz forms mingle with ambient, rock and fusion to create a fascinating playlist. The show concludes with two recent live albums from the formative years of British jazz.
PLAYLIST
ung Stratmann Quartet “Tree Huggers” from Confluence (Self Released) 00:00
Sam Pilnick’s Nonet Project “Southbound Train” from The Project (Self Released) 06:43
Lena Bloch “I Refuse” from Marina (Fresh Sound Records) 14:12
Josh Rager “Fathers and Sons” from Heart’s Pace (Bent River Records) 22:26
David G White Trio “The Novitiate” from While Your Were Sleeping (Self Released/Burning Chairs Records) 29:44
The Jellyfish “Shadows” from The Jellyfish (Self Released) 36:34
N∆BOU “Unpersuadable Extern” from Indigo (Edition Records) 42:02
Nikola Bankov “5AM” from Everwanted (AMP Music & Records) 49:20
Dave Douglas “Demigods” from Alloy-Extras (Greenleaf) 56:43
Guano Padano plays with Enrico Rava “Lynch” from La Giostra (Hora Records) 1:03:45
kansha 感謝 “Portrait” from Jazz in Meanjin 019 - Live at Echo & Bounce (4000 Records) 1:09:55
Thomas Strønen : Time Is A Blind Guide “Fall” from Off Stillness (ECM Records) 1:18:49
Dan Kinzelman and Stefano Costanzo “Coil” from Infinite Ramp (Hora Records) 1:25:51
Wojtek Mazolewski “Slavic Forest” from Solo (WMQ Records) 1:32:37
Johanna Linnea Jakobsson “Out Of Mind” from Don’t Overthink It (Zack’s Talent) 1:37:04
Larry Stabbins, Keith Tippett, Louis Moholo-Moholo “Shield (Excerpt)” from Live in Foggia (Cadillac) 1:39:49
Mike Osborne/Stan Tracey “Original Part 1 (Excerpt)” from Original (Cadillac) 1:54:15

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An eclectic mix of mostly new material with more than average Antipodean content, lots of Mancunian elements, and a blend of styles and movements that on first examination might appear contradictory but when listened to in sequence there is an organic flow.
PLAYLIST
Bugg Music - Bugg Season
Inca Babies - Two Rails To Nowhere
Occult Character - Her Guts, My Graveyard
Jodie Langford - Bowling (Off With Her Head)
Illustration - Danceable
Dubmatix - Rough Likkle Town (ft Brother Culture)
hedfog - I Won’t Go
The Mick Medew and Ursula 4 - Will The Train Ever Stop At Banyo?
Walking Bombs - Bake Parkway
TAB-D - It’s Better Not To Know
House of All - The Devils House
Sonitus Missarum - Golden Bloom
Pile of Knives - Stabbed
Sakna - Alltid
Mascot Moth - Psychedelynores 
Lilian King - Tiber Creek 
Philip Blackburn - Sounding Xibalba 
The Go-Betweens - Caroline And I
Danny Short - Tomorrow’s World 
Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - I’ve Got To Have You
Moff Skellington - ya chowst ewah donklyn
The Last Caboose - Train Train
Mark Snarski - When Our Worlds Collide
The New Eves - Volcano
The Dream Syndicate - Daddy’s Girl
On Diamond - It’s Me Calling
The Parasite - Poor Rich Boy Insecure 
The Apartments - Afternoons 
Tortoise - Vexations 
West Coast Sick Line - Superfanatical Man
Ember Rev - I Dreamt Of Forests

World of Jazz 768

On this edition a set of twelve pieces tracing rhythmic invention, ensemble interplay, and tonal contrast across multiple continents and decades. The selections move from suite-based composition and archival live recordings to contemporary quartet work, solo piano abstraction, and layered studio arrangements. Formats include trio, orchestra, and collaborative studio ensemble, with instrumentation spanning reeds, brass, percussion, electronics, and voice. Styles range from modal jazz and Latin jazz to avant-garde improvisation and structured groove, with label origins including independent, cooperative, and legacy imprints.
PLAYLIST
Sean Lovato “Frequent Flyer” from Biotic (Endectomorph) 00:00
Greg Burrows “It Just Gets Better” from Let’s Not Wait : The Music of Ed Bonoff (GreBu Records) 05:30
Socrates Garcia Latin Jazz Orchestra “Sultry Villa Mella Twilights” from Shadows of Tomorrow (Summit Records) 13:40
Amaury Faye NOLA Quartet “The Railyard” from RUST (Hypnote Records) 24:20
Greenhouse Ensemble “The Martha Suite” from The Martha Suite (Self Released) 31:38
Black Unity Trio “Birth, Life & Death” from Al - Fatihah (Gotta Groove Records) 43:00
Camila Nebbia, James Banner, Max Andrzejewski “Lugar” from Presencia (ears&eyes) 53:11
Marko Zorec Group “Streets Of Paradise” from Imaginary Garden (Self Released) 59:53
Ola Onabule ft. Hazelrigg Brothers “Condition Of The Heart” from It’s Never Over (Aliud Records) 1:09:15
Denman Maroney “Long Odds” from Umwelt (Neuma Records) 1:15:30
Thelonious Monk “Rhythm-A-Ning” from Bremen 1965 (Sunnyside Records) 1:23:51
The Necks “Warm Running Sunlight” from Disquiet (Northern Spy/Fish of Milk) 1:34:02

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Anticipating forthcoming concerts celebrating The Dream Syndicates Medicine Show album I begin a journey through a recently released massive collection of music from that part of the bands history. There’s also the current crop of featured albums plus some challenging new sounds that have recently arrived in my in-box. To close some Norwegian experimentation and jazz guitar mastery from John Abercrombie.
PLAYLIST
The Dream Syndicate - Still Holding On To You
Spawn - Ascension
The Apartments - It’s A Casino Life
Drazek Fuscaldo with Jörg A. Schneider - Facades
Self Immolation Music - Strange Worship
Lachlan X. Morris - Nonchalant 
Andy Whitaker & Michael Reed - Out and About 
Vincent Yelle - Lighthouse 
Anna Pidgorna - What Else Can I Give Him? Що ще йому дати?
Jason Blake - Into Decay
Jussi Reijonen - fes
Saapato - Salmon Run 
The Go-Betweens - The Locust Girls
Danny Short - The Circle And The Triangle
Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - I’ve Got To Have You
Moff Skellington - Bulverglade Magriz makroll 
The Last Caboose - Shadow Of The Wind 
Mark Snarski - When Our Worlds Collide 
On Diamond - It’s Me Calling
The New Eves - Rivers Run Red
West Coast Sick Line - This is not Pentrefoelas 
Yeigh - Hold Me Inside
Supersilent - 8.3
John Abercrombie - Class Trip