Ail Fionn

At the heart of Ail Fionn are Matthew on saz, a 7-string Turkish instrument, and Inge on mandolin. This album of dreamy, semi-improvised, psych folk songs was recorded with friends at the Higher Grow Studio in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.

Performers:

• Inge - mandolin, fiddle
• Matthew - saz (a.k.a., A Tiny Window and heard on Kazoomzoom)
• Sven van Mol - electric bass guitar, bandir, bass drum, shakers
• Abdul Kader - bandir on 1 and 6
• Christy - darbouka on 9
• Mickey - percussion and bells on 3, 4, 5 and 7

Keywords: mandolin; saz; baglama; drone; droning; acoustic; atmospheric; folk; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lofi; lo-fi; organic; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; modal; elf; elven; fairy; faery; pixie; Sint-Niklaas; Flanders; Vlaanderen; celtic; Irish; Irish trad; Irish traditional; traditional Irish; Irish folk; Ireland; Cornwall; Cornish; Cornish folk; Cornish traditional; traditional Cornish; traditional; Sweden; Swedish; Swedish folk; Swedish traditional; traditional Swedish

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Image: Inge traveling in France at the time with mules and a wagon built by Matthew, original here

Improvisation from Knyaz Mishkin

The intuitive improvization group Knyaz Mishkin of Belarus has been performing together for more than 22 years. The ever-changing musician lineup is under the direction of the group's founder, guitarist Leanid Narushevich.

The skill of the performers and their improvisational ability to work off of one another is apparent in this collection of three performances, Usialiakaje (1:08:02). offered at the impressive, cutting edge HAZE netlabel.

For more works by the Knyaz Mishkin ensemble, see the HAZE, Clinical Archives, Classwar Karaoke, and suRRism-Phonoethics netlabels, the Free Music Archive, and the Internet Archive.

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Artist Location: Minsk, Belarus

Improvisation from Grey Ghost

Together, Aram Shelton on saxophone and Johnathan Crawford on percussion and both performing digital manipulation are Grey Ghost. The collaboration began in 2002 and resulted in two studio albums How To Create Words on 482 Music and the self-released Broad Oration.

Broad Oration was recorded by Jamie Wagner at Strobe Recordings in Chicago during in autumn 2005. Grey Ghost entered the studio with ideas and largely improvised the session. Aram edited and mixed the music. Johnathan designed and printed the silk-screened covers. The limited release of 100 was issued in 2005, and a digital copy is now available from Candy Dinner.

We were won right off by the percussion in the opening track. It resembles the clocks in "Time Is Running Out" by Salakapakka Sound System and "Tic Tac Nocturne" by the brilliant Bernard Estardy (heavily sampled in The Chemical Brother's "My Elastic Eye"). The track soon develops reminding us of vaguely of the well-known "Telephone and Rubber Band" by Penguin Cafe Orchestra (official site).

The saxophone comes into play in the second track. Broad Oration is an impressive improvisation album that can hold one's interest throughout.

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