Articles by Nilan Perera

Gush

Norköpping

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

Norköpping is a place, Gush is a band and Mats Gustaffson (reeds), Sten Standell(piano) and Raymond Strid (drums) play in this band. The mu...

Martin Tétreault, Otomo Yoshihide

Tok

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

As the previous release in this live series (Grrr!) were the crash and burn of sustained rock noise, Tok is the sound of machines chatterin...

A Huey P. Newton Story

PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

Huey P. Newton was many things: a classical pianist, a drug addict, a black man in Amerika, a Ph.D recipient, a co-founder of the Black Pan...

Steve Lacy and Joelle Leandre

One More Time

PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

This recording documents a live meeting of two of the strongest and most radically different improvisers in the world. The pairing of the c...

Various

Streets of Lhasa

PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

Most, if not all recordings that document the expressions of people from other lands tend to be fairly academic in their intent, documentat...

Art Ensemble of Chicago with Fontella Bass

The Art Ensemble of Chicago with Fontella Bass

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

The Art Ensemble of Chicago has to be one of the longest running music collectives in the history of Black improvised music; their ranks re...

Globe Unity Orchestra

Hamburg '74

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

What do you get when you throw together the leading lights of the European improv circus circa 1974 with a large German choir? Sheer undilu...

Vinny Golia

Music For Like Instruments; The Flutes

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

Four flutes! Well if this concept didn’t make you initially want to run and hide, you’re a braver soul than I. What can I say? I listened a...