The Birds

Here we have Beat Baumli on guitar, Lorenz Beyeler on bass and Alexia Gardner on vocals. The album consits of excerpts of 3 nights at the Birds Eye Jazz Club in Basel, Switzerland. Read on for the Linear notes on this sophisticated Live Trio recording. Liner Notes provided by Phil Morrison from Brunswick, Georgia in the US. (Bassist/Composer/Songwriter)All too often we use the phrase "jazz singer" when referring to vocalists who sing standard tunes from the jazz repertoire. Many are very good singers who sing in tune and in time with the music…

Yasume was formed in late 2001 by John Twells (aka Xela) and Gabriel Morley (aka Logreybeam). After successfully completing a remix for Metamatics, they decided to carry on collaborating and have finished an album, "Where We're From the Birds Sing a Pretty Song", named for a line in a dream sequence in David Lynch's seminal tv series "Twin Peaks." The sound is somewhere between the choppy digital crunch of Miami's Schematic label and the hazy dreamlike melodic quality of 'Twin Peaks' composer Angelo Badalamenti.

In the early '70s, bassist Dave Holland and drummer Barry Altschul had a well-deserved reputation as the most fluently creative rhythm section in free jazz. Two of the groups they worked with regularly were those of Sam Rivers and Anthony Braxton.

This album of Holzweg combines melodic electronic music with chillout and new age moods. Dreamy and light compositions draw images of a morning city covered with shining haze in sunrise. Slow parts of music evoke a sense of thoughtful tranquility, and more dynamic tunes transform it into waiting of a new day, full of experiences, but not fussy. Run of time seems to slow down to allow us to feel and to see all beauty and majesty of this world.

Founded in the early 90s, Saddar Bazaar is a stoney-free acid folk combo from Bristols (UK) hugely inspired by the heavenly harmonies of indian droning raga. They released their first album back in 1995. This first effort provides a dynamic mixture of fuzzing acid rockin' chords and effervescent raga scales. The following albums will stress the absolute entranced acoustic aspect of their musical signature. Gorgeous, repetitive and ritualistic.