Tag: saxophonist
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Irreversible Entanglements release new album this month, following similarly enlightening Dos Santos LP for International Anthem

Philadelphia/NY/DC free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements release their new album Open The Gates and title track – accompanied by a music video directed by Cyrus Moussavi – gives the appropriate signals for more deeply spiritual, ambient-conscious-jazz for the peerless International Anthem label. The album also showcases a raw, organic punk-jazz sound, with first-time experiments with…
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They dig real deep at We Are Busy Bodies – three highlights: Graham’s General Store, Eboni Band and the Malombo music of Philip Tabane
We Are Busy Bodies continue their distinctive and enlightening release schedule, with a forthcoming self-titled album Graham’s General Store. The Canadian label drops this sumptuous folk music around October, another direction to their work after recent highlight releases of Ghanian highlife, South African jazz and the must hear Eboni Band reissue. “The songs on Graham’s General…
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Ill Considered – the London based jazz quartet, championed by Brian Eno and David Holmes – release four of their best albums digitally and display their wide-ranging repetoire
The WTM favourites – Ill Considered – have been on heavy rotation recently, having recently dropped four albums from their back catalogue. Their energy and relentless productivity resulted in them releasing nine albums during 2017 to 2019 – and with no signs of stopping them – they’ve been ‘digitally touring’ and promoting the digital releases…
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Ryuichi Sakamoto’s classic album ‘Hidari Ude No Yume’ (‘Left Handed Dream’) gets luxury treatment by Wewantsounds – featuring new takes and mixes on remastered double vinyl

This is a fantastic record that was made at a pivotal time for Ryuichi Sakamoto – it displays a wealth of global influences as shown by the diversity of instruments featured on the credits: marimba, didgeridu, traditional Japanese instruments such as the sho and hichiriki flutes – the very year Sakamoto was invited by Haruomi…