Features Tagged Tzadik
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Among the thousands of under-appreciated or under-publicized albums that were released in 2010, hundreds became our favorites and were presented in ALARM and on AlarmPress.com. Of those, we pared down to 100 outstanding releases, leaving no genre unexplored in our list of this year's overlooked gems.
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Ben Goldberg's infatuation with the clarinet inspired him to combine traditional Jewish klezmer music with jazz to create a wild, modern sound -- but his work with the adventurous Tin Hat chamber ensemble might be his most challenging yet.
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Killing Joke: Absolute Dissent
Gangrene: Gutter Water
Fred Frith: Eye to Ear 3
Agalloch: Marrow of the Spirit
Brandt Brauer Frick: You Make Me Real -
Instrumental avant-rock group Ahleuchatistas has less in common with mathematicians than mad scientists, tinkering with song structure and timbre to achieve desired results.
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Wu Fei's work is a marriage between the East and West. Using traditional Chinese instruments such as the guzheng and erhu in unconventional ways, Fei strays from the strict, painterly elegance of the instrument's usual genre, instead introducing improvised and experimental elements.
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The Dillinger Escape Plan: Option Paralysis
J.G. Thirlwell: Manorexia: The Mesopelagic Waters
Autechre: Oversteps
John Zorn/The Dreamers: Ipos: The Book Of Angels vol. 14 -
Jaga Jazzist: One-Armed Bandit
Rob Swift: The Architect
High on Fire: Snakes for the Divine
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate: Ali and Toumani
Valgeir Sigurosson: Draumalandio (Dreamland) soundtrack
Rotting Christ: Aealo -
Bei Bei & Shawn Lee: Into the Wind
Algernon: Ghost Surveillance
Chicago Underground Duo: Boca Negra
Noah Creshevsky: The Twilight of the Gods
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ALARM leaves no genre unloved in our round-up of 50 albums that didn't receive enough attention in 2009.
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The Slew: 100%
Jaga Jazzist: One-Armed Banditsingle
David Sardy: Zombieland soundtrack -
Heavy Trash: Midnight Soul Serenade
Themselves: CrownsDown
Minamo: Kuroi Kawa: Black River
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Om: God is Good
Ben Perowsky: Moodswing Orchestra, Vol. 2
Ahleuchatistas: Of The Body Prone
Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown: Varmint
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Cave In: Planets of Old EP
John Zorn: O'o
Bill Frisell: Disfarmer
Sax Ruins: Yawiquo -
Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy: Spirit Moves
Rock Plaza Central: ...at the Moment of our Most Needing or If Only They Could Turn Around, They Would Know They Weren't Alone
Masada Quintet featuring Joe Lovano: Stolas, The Book of Angels Vol. 12
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Mr. Lif: I Heard it Today
Herculaneum: Herculaneum III
Venetian Snares: Filth
Robert Burger: City of Strangers
Lucky 7s: Pluto Junkyard -
John Zorn: Film Works XXIII: El General
Mountains: Choral
Rob Mazurek Quintet: Sound Is
Steven Wilson: Insurgentes
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Omar Rodriguez-Lopez: Old Money
Jamie Saft: Black Shabbis
Diagonal: s/t
Ephel Duath: Through My Dog's Eyes
Cotton Jones: Paranoid Cocoon
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Our list of favorites from last year includes devastating dub metal, organ-fueled psychedelic grind, a re-released classic-rock gem from nearly four decades ago, an international assemblage of punk-infused field recordings, and an Indian/surf/metal take on John Zorn's Masada material.
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Wu Fei: Yuan
Colorlist: Photographs
The (International) Noise Conspiracy: The Cross of My Calling
John Zorn: Filmworks XXII: The Last Supper
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Squarepusher: Just a Souvenir
Zakarya: The True Story Concerning Martin Behaim
O'death: Broken Hymns, Limbs, and Skin
Akimbo: Jersey Shores
Huntsville: Eco, Arches & Eras
John Zorn: Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature / The New Rijksmuseum
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