Articles by Nilan Perera

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  1982 & B.J. Cole

  1982 & B.J. Cole

  PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2012

  While the pedal steel guitar has long provided a spacious ambience to country and rock, it hasn't had a significant role in improvised musi...

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  Julius Hemphill and Peter Kowald

  Live at Kassiopeia

  PUBLISHED Nov 10, 2011

  There are times when one fantasises about the possible collaborations that might have been: Hendrix with Miles Davis, Jeffrey Lee Pierce wi...

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  Morton Feldman / Jean-Luc Fafchamps

  Triadic Memories

  PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2011

  Feldman's meditation on triads (a three-note chord ― think power chord but picked apart) is a one-hour-and-14-minute excursion into w...

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  Lee Pui Ming

  She Comes To Shore

  PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2011

  Pui Ming's latest release on Innova comes after a long hiatus away from recording, with her last CD arriving in 2002. What we hear here is...

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  The Scorch Trio

  Melaza

  PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2010

  This latest release by the Scorch Trio is marked by the departure of Paal Nilssen-Love and the arrival of Frank Rosaly in the drum chair. T...

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  Aeroplane Trio

  Naraja Ha

  PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2010

  Vancouver, BC musicians JP Carter, Skye Brooks and Russel Scholberg are veterans of the improvising scene in Canada's West coast. This doub...

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  Jason Adasiewicz

  Sun Rooms

  PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2010

  Vibraphones are one of the most beautiful and modern-sounding instruments in music. A creature of the industrial revolution, it re-imagines...

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  The Bad Plus

  Never Stop

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2010

  The Bad Plus have been kicking it for ten years, with a career that could be easily mistaken for an onslaught, crashing through a repertoir...