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Freelance journalist & musician. I love improvisation & live electronics, in jazz and experimental music of all sorts.

Reveal

Reveal

Mareike Wiening
2024-01-12
9
Existential Intensities

Existential Intensities

Sebastian Schunke
2023-12-30
11
The Simian River Collection 1980​-​2020

The Simian River Collection 1980​-​2020

Carl Weingarten
2023-12-22
7
The Complete Full House Recordings

The Complete Full House Recordings

Wes Montgomery
2023-12-21
13
A Dave Brubeck Christmas

A Dave Brubeck Christmas

Dave Brubeck
2023-12-19
5
Jazz and Pop Tale Daze

Jazz and Pop Tale Daze

Vinnie Zummo
2023-10-13
4
Stuve

Stuve

Suura
2023-09-11
4
The Dutch Lesson

The Dutch Lesson

Soft Machine
2023-08-26
5
The Flowering Am

The Flowering Am

(Blade of) Carlstedt Motzer Torn
2023-06-08
6
Levity

Levity

Albert Vila
2023-04-20
6
Phases

Phases

Mountain Coast
2023-01-14
11
Fractal Guitar 3

Fractal Guitar 3

Stephan Thelen
2023-01-12
12
Retiro e Ritmo

Retiro e Ritmo

Mata Atlantica
2023-01-10
13
Baker's Dozen

Baker's Dozen

The Muffins
2023-01-04
12
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Music from the Soundtrack

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Music from the Soundtrack

Vince Guaraldi
2022-11-25
6
Eight Dream Interpretations for Solo Electric Guitar Ensemble

Eight Dream Interpretations for Solo Electric Guitar Ensemble

Roger Clark Miller
2022-11-12
7
Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XII: Sketches of Miles

Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XII: Sketches of Miles

Theo Croker
2022-10-29
16
Légèreté De L'Être

Légèreté De L'Être

Cédric Theys
2022-10-25
7
Colors live at KITO Bremen

Colors live at KITO Bremen

Yelena Eckemoff
2022-09-24
30
Rise

Rise

George Grydkovets
2022-09-08
7
Trio Onoda

Trio Onoda

Michiel Stekelenburg
2022-08-29
7
Light As Never

Light As Never

Linus + Økland/Van Heertum/Zach
2022-08-19
4
Live At Mobydick Records

Live At Mobydick Records

The Michael Lauren Trio
2022-08-18
14
High & Lonesome

High & Lonesome

The Howard Hughes Suite
2022-07-26
5
Radio Days Vol. 2

Radio Days Vol. 2

Lajos Dudas
2022-07-26
12
A Short Story

A Short Story

Ruben Machtelinckx
2022-05-23
4
Live at the Baked Potato!

Live at the Baked Potato!

Charged Particles
2022-04-17
8
The Numbers are Dancing

The Numbers are Dancing

Mannheimer Schlagwerk
2022-04-04
5
Andalusian Love Song

Andalusian Love Song

Avishai Darash featuring Marmoucha Orchestra
2022-03-03
14
Fractal Guitar 2 - Remixes

Fractal Guitar 2 - Remixes

Stephan Thelen
2022-02-03
8
Chris Trinidad's Changing Tides

Chris Trinidad's Changing Tides

Chris Trinidad
2021-12-29
19
Spectral Music

Spectral Music

Ghost Rhythms
2021-12-18
6
Hymn For Hope

Hymn For Hope

Mats Eilertsen
2021-12-16
4
Reflections/Introspection: The Music Of Thelonious Monk

Reflections/Introspection: The Music Of Thelonious Monk

Charlie Ballantine
2021-11-15
11
Mutual Isolation

Mutual Isolation

Burnt Belief
2021-11-12
8
The Way We Are Created

The Way We Are Created

Gabriel Vicéns
2021-11-11
92
Descarga for Bud

Descarga for Bud

Alex Conde
2021-10-21
9
Uma Elmo

Uma Elmo

Jakob Bro
2021-08-24
9
Station Three

Station Three

Quartet Diminished
2021-08-21
10
A Stovepipe Hat Made From Silk

A Stovepipe Hat Made From Silk

Atlantico
2021-08-09
6
Aufbruch

Aufbruch

J. Peter Schwalm & Markus Reuter
2021-07-27
15
Crossings

Crossings

Jon Durant & Stephan Thelen
2021-07-18
11
Adventures of the Wildflower

Adventures of the Wildflower

Yelena Eckemoff
2021-07-15
54
Music Between Gigs

Music Between Gigs

Jens Jefsen
2021-05-27
5
Fractal Guitar 2

Fractal Guitar 2

Stephan Thelen
2021-04-25
6
Fantosme

Fantosme

Carl Mayotte
2021-02-15
5
Free

Free

Joost Lijbaart
2021-02-04
6
Dime Dancing: The Music Of Steely Dan

Dime Dancing: The Music Of Steely Dan

Andrew Green
2021-01-16
8
Through Luminous Eyes

Through Luminous Eyes

Laraaji
2021-01-11
4
Vonnegut

Vonnegut

Charlie Ballantine
2021-01-04
5

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