A collection of pieces by members of the group Act of Finding, "a collective quartet dedicated to group improvisation." Includes: Ratso B. Harris To Dick Dickson – a humorous narrative from comic books, e.mail, and other periodicals found while the composer was moving delivered rhythmically over bass patterns from a thesaurus of scales and patterns, Tom Hamilton "Another Family Resemblance" – a charming song with reminiscences-, Bruce Arnold "Quiet Is The Movement of the Moon" – a pointillistic-like and often funny-sweet study in rhythms derived from the title…
Smalltown Supersound, the Norwegian label run by Oslo-based Joakim Haugland, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, the label is releasing The Movement Of The Free Spirit, an epic new mix album of the Smalltown Supersound catalogue by Prins Thomas, out November 30th. As Thomas’s follow up to Paradise Goulash, The Movement Of The Free Spirit is a 3-disc mix comprised of 80 tracks and 3 hours and 40 minutes of music featuring artists including Sonic Youth, DJ Harvey, Studio, Yoshimi (Boredoms), Kim Gordon, Oneohtrix Point Never, Todd Rundgren, Stereolab, High Llamas, Neneh Cherry, Ricardo Villalobos, Four Tet, Bjørn Torske, Dungen, The Orb, Kelly Lee Owens, Lindstrøm, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Biosphere, Peter Brötzmann, and many more (full track list is below). The mix will be released as a CD box set, digitally (mix and unmixed) and disc 1 will be available as a double LP.