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Veljeni Valas share some similarities with their Scandinavian brethren over on the Rune Grammofon label. Along with their use of stark minimalist album artwork, this Finnish trio relish elements of traditional jazz while showing a desire to push in new directions through bouts of slow burn improvisation. Although ?Puita, Sanajalkoja ja Kanervaa? (Trees, Brackens and Heathers) doesn?t contain the same bold genre-defying moves as say Supersilent, it does show that Veljeni Valas are interested in incorporating aspects of rock and textural music into their brand of subtle free jazz exploration.

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Credited as playing the sine/square wave generator, analog modular synth, acoustic guitar, voice, melodica, bamboo flute, and electronics, it?s safe to say that Joseph Raglani?who records under his last name?is a one-man drone machine. ?Of Sirens Born? is second excellent re-issue from this project to surface this year (the first was a Kvist 12? entitled ?Web Of Light?), but it serves as a perfect introduction to Raglani?s world of aural ecstasy.

This is it. This is the one. If you ever needed the ideal one-sided piece of vinyl to persuade those ignants you hang with that Graveyards are the most underrated crew this side of guernica ? like I said?this is it. Cello, steel percussion and horn - this is one of those beautiful sessions that old jazz farts talk about, except these guys are making the future now.

In 2006 Benjamin Bouffioux began running weekly theraputic music workshops, at the Institute La Porte Ouverte, a Belgian center ?for Adolescents aged 13 to 20 years with: seizure disorders, severe mental disorders, disturbance of conduct and personality? M. Bouffioux introduced the youths, some for the first time, to instruments and recording equipment, fuel oil to fertalizer and boom, this release, the second of Sub Rosa?s ?Musics in the Margins? series.

Middle James Co AKA MJC is perhaps the most prolific label on the planet....