European free music (improvisation related)

GNZ

Can anyone hook up some info on this niche of musicpeter brotzmannevan parkerderek bailywillem bruekeradd on...I'm looking for info and albums of these people w/comments.I know some of you weird fuckers have got to be into this shit like I am...

hcrink

they are dope.

~ weird fucker

Aaron

Most of those American expats could probably be included in there, the BYG/Actuel roster coming to mind.

I have a dozen or so classical records from European artists. It's free music, but definitely not from an heritage of jazz music. One of them is a Swedish orchestra working with a Swedish radio station performing an extended work about space travel, which uses some primitive radio effects. It's pretty crazy. I also have some Musique Concrete joints on the same label that you'd probably like.

parsec

I'd say check out www.allmusic.com or google said artists.

sno

http://www.free-music-production.de

http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/efhome.html

robert_murt

Can anyone hook up some info on this niche of music

peter brotzmann
evan parker
derek baily
willem brueker

add on...I'm looking for info and albums of these people w/comments.

I know some of you weird fuckers have got to be into this shit like I am...

Don't know if it fits in this category (I don't know any of these artists), but Futura label is the most sought-after free jazz label from France, with people like Jef Gilson, Siegried Kessler or Michel Portal..

roisto

I'm feeling this one. Edward Vesala, Brotzmann, etc. going all out.

smallchange

I like some of that schitt. Peter Brotzmann's 'Music for Han Bennik' with the track 'Machine Gun' is particularly crazy, worth checking. I put it on a jazz mix I did several years back.

the 'Gateway to Joy' with host/DJ Donna on FMU definitely goes into that territory. I think she interviewed Derick Bailey on her show at one point. Donna, the host/DJ, doesn't post playlists but there are many archives at:

http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/DB

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