John Chantler
@johnchantler.bsky.social
Edition Festival for Other Music / VenueCMS / Fönstret.
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Last Space concert of the year at We jazz festival Helsinki on Saturday 29/11
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Last Space concert of the year at We jazz festival Helsinki on Saturday 29/11
Anna Högberg Attack ‘Ensamseglaren’ is Phil England’s album of the year !
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...
Phil England presents Adventures In Sound And Music - The Wire
The 20 November edition of The Wire ’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra included music by Mulatu Astatke, Anna Högberg Attack, Test Dept, Alexander Hawkins & Taylor Ho Bynum and ...
www.thewire.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Anna Högberg Attack ‘Ensamseglaren’ is Phil England’s album of the year !
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...
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[Ahmed] أحمد
Sama'a (Audition) سماع
beautiful gatefold 2LP edition, just landed ✨
boomkat.com/products/sam...
Sama'a (Audition) سماع
beautiful gatefold 2LP edition, just landed ✨
boomkat.com/products/sam...
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
[Ahmed] أحمد
Sama'a (Audition) سماع
beautiful gatefold 2LP edition, just landed ✨
boomkat.com/products/sam...
Sama'a (Audition) سماع
beautiful gatefold 2LP edition, just landed ✨
boomkat.com/products/sam...
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Went deep on the awesome new [Ahmed] album @thequietus.com The greatest band in the world. @cafeotodalston.bsky.social thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Who Says Free Music Can’t Dance? Sama’a (Audition) by [Ahmed] | The Quietus
With one of the great rhythm sections of our time, the free jazz quartet take the pan-Islamic music of Ahmed Abdul-Malik far out without sparing an ounce of its propulsive energy
thequietus.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Went deep on the awesome new [Ahmed] album @thequietus.com The greatest band in the world. @cafeotodalston.bsky.social thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
"...salty, bracing, strangely comforting.
It’s a big-band elegy for people who can’t sit still; a farewell that refuses to whisper; a reminder that even the loneliest voyage leaves a wake luminous enough for others to follow."
www.chaindlk.com/reviews/13231
@edition-festival.com
It’s a big-band elegy for people who can’t sit still; a farewell that refuses to whisper; a reminder that even the loneliest voyage leaves a wake luminous enough for others to follow."
www.chaindlk.com/reviews/13231
@edition-festival.com
Anna Högberg Attack - Ensamseglaren | Chain D.L.K.
www.chaindlk.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"...salty, bracing, strangely comforting.
It’s a big-band elegy for people who can’t sit still; a farewell that refuses to whisper; a reminder that even the loneliest voyage leaves a wake luminous enough for others to follow."
www.chaindlk.com/reviews/13231
@edition-festival.com
It’s a big-band elegy for people who can’t sit still; a farewell that refuses to whisper; a reminder that even the loneliest voyage leaves a wake luminous enough for others to follow."
www.chaindlk.com/reviews/13231
@edition-festival.com
"...utan minsta tvekan står det klart att Ensamseglaren är ett av de mest spännande och särpräglade album jag hört på mycket länge"
www.lira.se/skivrecensio...
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@edition-festival.com
Ensamseglaren – Lira
www.lira.se
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"...utan minsta tvekan står det klart att Ensamseglaren är ett av de mest spännande och särpräglade album jag hört på mycket länge"
www.lira.se/skivrecensio...
@edition-festival.com
www.lira.se/skivrecensio...
@edition-festival.com
I wonder if it snowed today in Lund
November 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I wonder if it snowed today in Lund
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Magnus Granberg & Skogen present ‘Trouble, Had It All My Days’ next week in Stockholm (Wednesday 26/11, Konserhuset) and London (Saturday 29/11, St Mary at Hill/Music We’d Like To Hear).
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Magnus Granberg & Skogen present ‘Trouble, Had It All My Days’ next week in Stockholm (Wednesday 26/11, Konserhuset) and London (Saturday 29/11, St Mary at Hill/Music We’d Like To Hear).
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Another Timbre has a new batch of releases, which are always worth checking out, but also just announced a 6CD set of new recordings of Morton Feldman’s late trios for flute, piano, and percussion - For Philip Guston, Why Patterns?, and Crippled Symmetry. link to the preview👇
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Another Timbre has a new batch of releases, which are always worth checking out, but also just announced a 6CD set of new recordings of Morton Feldman’s late trios for flute, piano, and percussion - For Philip Guston, Why Patterns?, and Crippled Symmetry. link to the preview👇
Magnus Granberg & Skogen present ‘Trouble, Had It All My Days’ next week in Stockholm (Wednesday 26/11, Konserhuset) and London (Saturday 29/11, St Mary at Hill/Music We’d Like To Hear).
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Magnus Granberg & Skogen present ‘Trouble, Had It All My Days’ next week in Stockholm (Wednesday 26/11, Konserhuset) and London (Saturday 29/11, St Mary at Hill/Music We’d Like To Hear).
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On the next episode
Hikmah (Wisdom), Sufism and Free Jazz: Pat Thomas Interview
Sat, Nov 15, 7-10pm(ET) @wfmu.bsky.social
STREAM ▶️ wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
Hikmah (Wisdom), Sufism and Free Jazz: Pat Thomas Interview
Sat, Nov 15, 7-10pm(ET) @wfmu.bsky.social
STREAM ▶️ wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
![Pat Thomas - HIKMAH
أحمد [Ahmed] سماع [Sama'a] (Audition)
Mark Fell & Pat Thomas - Reality Is Not A Theory
Shifa شفاء, - Ecliptic](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nacjxptk24msytsdc76lbvsa/bafkreif6lh7ujrq55jskyma745np6l4ou6yqwdbhr5x2lpos6dpwykyjma@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
On the next episode
Hikmah (Wisdom), Sufism and Free Jazz: Pat Thomas Interview
Sat, Nov 15, 7-10pm(ET) @wfmu.bsky.social
STREAM ▶️ wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
Hikmah (Wisdom), Sufism and Free Jazz: Pat Thomas Interview
Sat, Nov 15, 7-10pm(ET) @wfmu.bsky.social
STREAM ▶️ wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
[Ahmed] last night at @cafeotodalston.bsky.social was extraordinary. Up there with the best i’ve heard them do.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Guardian review of the new studio record here: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Guardian review of the new studio record here: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
أحمد [Ahmed]: Sama’a (Audition) review – a wild, world-spanning act of musical devotion
The British free-jazz pianist Pat Thomas leads his quartet through a powerful fusion of Sufi inspiration, rhythmic intensity and improvisational fire
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
[Ahmed] last night at @cafeotodalston.bsky.social was extraordinary. Up there with the best i’ve heard them do.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Guardian review of the new studio record here: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Guardian review of the new studio record here: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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Experimental cellist Okkyung Lee discusses her ambient album 'Just Like Any Other Day', a four-year project born from isolation that turned memories of Korean cinema and cheap-sounding synthesizers into companionship for daily living.
Ordinary Music — Okkyung Lee's Useful Composition:
Ordinary Music — Okkyung Lee's Useful Composition:
Ordinary Music — Okkyung Lee's Useful Contemplation
The experimental cellist discusses her ambient album 'Just Like Any Other Day (어느날): Background Music For Your Mundane Activities', a four-year project born from isolation that turned memories of Korean cinema and cheap-sounding synthesizers into companionship for daily living.
www.thetonearm.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Experimental cellist Okkyung Lee discusses her ambient album 'Just Like Any Other Day', a four-year project born from isolation that turned memories of Korean cinema and cheap-sounding synthesizers into companionship for daily living.
Ordinary Music — Okkyung Lee's Useful Composition:
Ordinary Music — Okkyung Lee's Useful Composition:
Thrilled to welcome @marjaahti.bsky.social back to Stockholm on Sunday 23 November to conclude our concert series at Yeshin Norbu for 2025. For this occasion Marja will present new live works for quadraphonic speaker array.
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Thrilled to welcome @marjaahti.bsky.social back to Stockholm on Sunday 23 November to conclude our concert series at Yeshin Norbu for 2025. For this occasion Marja will present new live works for quadraphonic speaker array.
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Picked up the new [ahmed] Sama’a (Audition) LP last night from @cafeotodalston.bsky.social ahead of their upcoming 4 day residency this week.
#jazzsky
#jazzsky
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Picked up the new [ahmed] Sama’a (Audition) LP last night from @cafeotodalston.bsky.social ahead of their upcoming 4 day residency this week.
#jazzsky
#jazzsky
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For the Record: Nov. 7, 2025.
The eloquent, inventive pianist Pat Thomas is ready for his close-up, plus more new arrivals and coming attractions.
Photograph: Pat Thomas by Dawid Laskowski
The eloquent, inventive pianist Pat Thomas is ready for his close-up, plus more new arrivals and coming attractions.
Photograph: Pat Thomas by Dawid Laskowski
For the Record: Nov. 7, 2025.
The eloquent, inventive pianist Pat Thomas is ready for his close-up, plus more new arrivals and coming attractions.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
For the Record: Nov. 7, 2025.
The eloquent, inventive pianist Pat Thomas is ready for his close-up, plus more new arrivals and coming attractions.
Photograph: Pat Thomas by Dawid Laskowski
The eloquent, inventive pianist Pat Thomas is ready for his close-up, plus more new arrivals and coming attractions.
Photograph: Pat Thomas by Dawid Laskowski
I recorded 4 pieces by composer Jonas S Bohlin over the last years including a solo cello piece at Operan just a few months ago. Always so grateful for his trust and enthusiasm. My condolences to all those close to him.
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/tons...
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/tons...
Tonsättaren Jonas S Bohlin död - Kulturnytt
Tonsättaren Jonas S Bohlin är död, det meddelar hans familj. Han blev 62 år gammalHans genombrott kom 1992 med stycket "Trakt" med text av poeten Katarina ...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I recorded 4 pieces by composer Jonas S Bohlin over the last years including a solo cello piece at Operan just a few months ago. Always so grateful for his trust and enthusiasm. My condolences to all those close to him.
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/tons...
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/tons...
GRM interview with Daniel M Karlsson about the piece commissioned and released by @edition-festival.com that he presented in Paris back in May
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU68...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU68...
Daniel M KARLSSON Towards a Music for Large Ensemble FOCUS 2025
YouTube video by INA grm
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November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
GRM interview with Daniel M Karlsson about the piece commissioned and released by @edition-festival.com that he presented in Paris back in May
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU68...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU68...
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Scotland’s longest running festival of experimental and marginal music is back. We return on the 9 - 12 of April 2026 in Glasgow ♥️
Full Festival passes are now on sale in standard, solidarity and pay what you want tiers:
counterflows.com/festival/cou...
Full Festival passes are now on sale in standard, solidarity and pay what you want tiers:
counterflows.com/festival/cou...
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Scotland’s longest running festival of experimental and marginal music is back. We return on the 9 - 12 of April 2026 in Glasgow ♥️
Full Festival passes are now on sale in standard, solidarity and pay what you want tiers:
counterflows.com/festival/cou...
Full Festival passes are now on sale in standard, solidarity and pay what you want tiers:
counterflows.com/festival/cou...
Anna Högberg Attack — Ensamseglaren has been out for a month now ! Look at these beautiful humans that made it happen. Photos by the irrepressible Tina Axelsson.
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Anna Högberg Attack — Ensamseglaren has been out for a month now ! Look at these beautiful humans that made it happen. Photos by the irrepressible Tina Axelsson.
Packed a restock for @soundohm.bsky.social and now down to the last 25 copies of the Anna Högberg Attack LP.
Super appreciate everyone’s support towards this year’s Fönstret releases!
Super appreciate everyone’s support towards this year’s Fönstret releases!
November 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Packed a restock for @soundohm.bsky.social and now down to the last 25 copies of the Anna Högberg Attack LP.
Super appreciate everyone’s support towards this year’s Fönstret releases!
Super appreciate everyone’s support towards this year’s Fönstret releases!
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Earlier this week I flew to Oslo and gave a talk at Y-Oslo. It’s a talk about the human spirit, believing in yourself, how AI is bullshit, and how capitalism robs us of our confidence. Pour yourself a cup of coffee or tea or whatever makes you happy and enjoy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH2d...
Y Oslo - How to draw an orange, Mike Monteiro
YouTube video by Y Oslo
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October 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Earlier this week I flew to Oslo and gave a talk at Y-Oslo. It’s a talk about the human spirit, believing in yourself, how AI is bullshit, and how capitalism robs us of our confidence. Pour yourself a cup of coffee or tea or whatever makes you happy and enjoy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH2d...