Osprey
Formed in 2006, Osprey have released two EPs on Acousmatic Records; Alpha (2007) and Beta (2008).
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Clunes
Somewhere, very far away and very hard to find, there is a planet: Clunes.
This beautiful but turbulent planet is populated by organisms (Clunes) who live for exactly one day. Each day the Clunes wake, work, relax, procreate and then die, wiped out in an enormous global war.
The fallout from this intense daily activity echoes through space as waves of vibrational energy and - until recently - was only detectable by extremely sensitive computerized telescopes.
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Ivo Perelman
Ivo Perelman is free jazz saxophonist born in São Paulo, Brazil on January 12, 1961. Perelman learned to play guitar, cello, clarinet, trombone, and piano while young, and concentrated on tenor sax from age 19. He attended the Berklee College of Music for one semester and then dropped out, moving to Los Angeles in 1986. Perelman released his first album in 1989, which featured Peter Erskine, John Patitucci, Airto Moreira, Elaine Elias, and Flora Purim as guests.
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Supersilent
Supersilent is a Norwegian improvisational avant-garde / electroacoustic group from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1997 and signed on Rune Grammofon. The band reportedly never rehearse together or communicate about their music outside of live sets and studio sessions. Supersilent was formed when the free jazz trio Veslefrekk (Arve Henriksen on trumpet, keyboardist Ståle Storløkken, and Jarle Vespestad on drums) played a concert with producer, live electronics artist and self-described "audio virus" Helge Sten (a.
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WorldService Project
WorldService Project formed in 2008 in North London due to an enthusiasm of Strongbow, theme parks and David Attenborough. Hailing from Leeds College of Music and the University of York, WorldService Project have introduced their own brand of electric fusion on to the UK jazz circuit. WSP take in influences from the lyricism of John Taylor, the burning intensity of Gilad Aztmon and the driving structures of Radiohead to shape a sound world of unruly groove based music and flowing melodic phrases.
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Red Square (UK)
From Wikipedia: 'Red Square was a free improvising band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England during the 1970s. Consisting of Ian Staples (electric guitar), Jon Seagroatt (bass clarinet) and Roger Telford (drums and percussion). The group played extremely loud and intense free-form jam sessions supporting other like-minded musicians, such as Henry Cow, Lol Coxhill, etc. Red Square also played regularly on a semi-squatted basis at The Queens, a dilapidated hotel in Westcliff-on-Sea, where, according to a local urban myth...
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Burkhard Beins
Burkhard Beins is a Berlin-based percussionist primarily active in electro-acoustic improvisation (EAI). He has a long-standing duo group with tabletop guitarist Keith Rowe (previously of AMM), and is a member of Polwechsel (with Werner Dafeldecker, Michael Moser, John Butcher and Martin Brandlmayr), The Sealed Knot (with Rhodri Davies and Mark Wastell, Perlonex (with Ignaz Schick and Jörg Maria Zeger), Trio Sowari (with Phil Durrant and Bertrand Denzler), activity center (with Michael Renkel) and Phosphor (with a whole bunch of people).
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Alfredo Costa Monteiro
Born in Portugal in 1964, he has lived and worked in Barcelona since 1992. In 1992, he finished his studies at the Fine Art School of Paris with a degree in sculpture/multimedia. Apart from his work as a visual artist, he became involved in improvised music around 1995, concentrating on electric guitar and accordion. Monteiro has been a member of 22a, an independent collective for contemporary art, since 1998.
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MoHa!
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Robert Hampson
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