Cortizona レコード& CD

Review: New York saxophonist, drummer, synthesizer player and composer Devin Brahja Waldman leads his Brahja group to great new heights on this album. It's a record of deeply spiritual atmospheres and impulsive grooves that bring to mind the likes of Art Ensemble of Chicago or even Max Roach. The music meditates on the tension between the sense of self and the inner being and has you deep in reflective thought as these top-notch musicians serve up a cosmic trip that is searching for answers. A superb album by any measure.

Review: Adding to the seemingly endless pile of reissues/retrospectives that focus on anything remotely related to COUM Transmissions or Throbbing Gristle, here comes 'Dreams Less Suite', which is a compilation album made up entirely of Hafler Trio and Genesis P-Orridge's unused film soundtracks, live shows and versions. Describable perhaps as 'dream noise', this album somehow straddles both the grating and the serene, quickly hopping between everything from industrial techno to glassy hell sounsdcapes.

Review: Twinkle3 are a trio made up of accomplished flautist Clive Bell and electronic experimenters David Ross and Richard Scott. Their latest project welcomes the legendary David Sylvian into the mix alongside Kazuko Hohki, who was in 80s synth pop oddity Frank Chickens amongst other projects. Their collective venture for Cortizona treads predictably unpredictable territory, where minimalism, sound design and free improvisation merge into a meditative, distinctive whole. The woodwind and electronics intertwine in sublime fashion, resulting in a compelling trip for anyone who appreciates delicacy and risk in their leftfield electronica.