Dun-Dun Band are a ten-piece ensemble from Toronto assembled by eclectic sound-maker and guitarist Craig Dunsmuir. An associate of the long song maestro Sandro Perri, check the Off World and Glissandro 70 projects from a while back, Dunsmuir has been diligently probing the possibilities of repetitive and juxtaposed rhythms in his work for well over two decades now. Search back to 2012 for his quirky solo release as Kanada 70 ‘Vamp Ire’ and you’ll catch the teasing beginnings of these explorations, brief cycles of tunes and tempos played by hand but resembling loops.

It’s difficult to make a personal imprint on solo instrumental music but Brighton-based, Welsh acoustic guitarist Gwenifer Raymond continues to make an impression with every step she takes. Opening up in 2018 with her ’You Never Were Much Of A Dancer’ debut, she introduced her steely, blues-pining tones to the world. Come 2020 she’d broadened her palate with the more darkened folky soundscapes in the thrilling avant-primitive concoction that was ‘Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain’. Now comes her third full release ‘Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark…

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Orbital Ensemble komt voort uit de jazz fusion scene van Toronto. Drijvende kracht is multi-instrumentalist Felipe Sena. Hij schreef en produceerde dit eerste album. Drums, bas, gitaar, keyboard en percussie op deze plaat komen allen van Sena. Hiernaast speelt Lazar Miric op fluit, saxofoon en toetsen ook een aanzienlijke rol. Samen creëerden de heren een […]