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Music label, based in Faversham, UK. www.falsewalls.co.uk

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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Beating of Wings: 40th anniversary edition⁣ by Andrew Poppy⁣ CD / digital⁣ RELEASED THIS FRIDAY⁣ ⁣ Extract from 'Listening In' played on Dark Train --Starts approx 42:45⁣ www mixcloud com/katebosworth/⁣ ⁣ Playlist attached.
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New writing on the ARK blog, where musicians, writers and others choose an album to write about:⁣ ⁣ Phil Freeman writes about Hz by Main (1995)⁣ ⁣ www falsewalls co uk/ark/⁣
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright⁣ CD / digital⁣ ⁣ performed by:⁣ Sofia Jernberg⁣ Ensemble Klang⁣ Spheric Totemic⁣ ⁣ Many thanks to Jazzwise for the review!⁣ ⁣ 'Acoustic and electric elements are combined seamlessly, in a twinkling, unwinding procession.'⁣ ⁣ Photo: Tessa Veldhorst & Musical Utopias⁣
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In advance of this Friday's release of 'The Beating of Wings: 40th anniversary edition' by Andrew Poppy, Electricity Club have run a lengthy interview with Andrew as part of their Lost Albums series. ⁣ ⁣ www.electricityclub.co.uk/lost-albums-...
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
European customers: the full catalogue of False Walls CDs and boxsets is available from Soundohm.
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Two reviews of Tom Challenger & Evan Parker's new album:⁣ ⁣ Salt Peanuts:⁣ "It is music that pleases because it is so devilishly good and that constantly triggers curiosity"⁣ ⁣ The Squid's Ear:⁣ "Challenger and Parker err on the side of tonal purity, almost choral-like"⁣ ⁣ Photos: Caroline Forbes
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
MAY SPRING LAST A LIFETIME by Tom Challenger & Evan Parker⁣ Album release show⁣ + guest Caius Williams⁣ ⁣ The Hot Tin, Faversham ⁣ Friday Sep 25 Album review at Paris-Move:⁣ “stands among the most compelling duo recordings in contemporary improvised music.”⁣
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright CD / digital performed by: Sofia Jernberg Ensemble Klang Spheric Totemic Many thanks to Wire Magazine and Daniel Spicer for the album review! " ... an elegantly gripping journey, perfectly paced and oddly moving."
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
BANDCAMP FRIDAY⁣ ⁣ 2026 releases:⁣ ⁣ WHAT WAS, Kenny Wheeler Sextet⁣ ⁣ CRACKED GLAZE, Matthew Wright ⁣ performed by Sofia Jernberg, Ensemble Klang, Spheric Totemic⁣ ⁣ MAY SPRING LAST A LIFETIME, Tom Challenger & Evan Parker⁣ ⁣ THE BEATING OF WINGS, Andrew Poppy⁣ 40th anniversary edition⁣
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The Beating of Wings: 40th anniversary edition⁣ by Andrew Poppy⁣ CD / digital⁣ ⁣ Andrew discusses influences on his work and the album in a News item on the False Walls' website:⁣ ⁣ IF ‘I AM A DJ, I AM WHAT I PLAY’ THEN …⁣
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
WHAT WAS ⁣ by Kenny Wheeler Sextet⁣ CD / digital⁣ ⁣ New review at THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD:⁣ ⁣ "Unearthed Gem. What Was offers a fine late chapter of Wheeler memorabilia in a starkly elegant package."⁣ ⁣ Design: David Caines⁣ Photos: Caroline Forbes⁣
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
TOM CHALLENGER AND EVAN PARKER⁣ IN CONVERSATION⁣ ⁣ The CD booklet for 'May Spring Last a Lifetime' includes a 4,000 word conversation between Tom and Evan. ⁣ ⁣ Read the first part of that conversation under News on the False Walls website. ⁣ ⁣ Photo: Caroline Forbes
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New writing on the ARK blog, where musicians, writers and others choose an album to write about:⁣ ⁣ CJ Mitchell writes about Sleepwalkers by David Sylvian (2010)⁣ ⁣ Find it on the False Walls website ...
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright⁣ CD / digital⁣ ⁣ performed by:⁣ Sofia Jernberg⁣ Ensemble Klang⁣ Spheric Totemic⁣ ⁣ New album review at SALT PEANUTS by Allan Sommer: ⁣ "All in all, a fascinating work ... "
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Given False Walls' commitment to the CD format, it's encouraging to see this Guardian article. I'd make the case for CDs to all ages: the physical format, sound quality, album sequencing/duration, packaging/design, additional visual/written content (and price!) are all part of the experience.
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Recommended/lengthy read:⁣ ⁣ Evan Parker Interview⁣ Six Decades of Listening, Risk and Free Improvisation⁣ ⁣ at It’s Psychedelic Baby! ⁣ Evan Parker discusses Cecil Taylor, John Stevens, Derek Bailey, Incus, solo saxophone, electronics and ‘The Heraclitean Two-Step, etc.’ ⁣ Photo: Caroline Forbes
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
ANDREW POPPY 
⁣ THE BEATING OF WINGS, 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION⁣ ⁣ More extracts from Paris-Move's album review: ⁣ “ … fascinating, captivating, sublime …⁣ ⁣ He could write for an orchestra while thinking like 
someone working inside a recording studio.”
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Delighted to receive two positive responses today to Tom Challenger & Evan Parker's new album:⁣ ⁣ -- Jazzwise review: ⁣ " ... a beguiling musical experience ... "⁣ ⁣ -- and in the attached screenshot, a customer report on bsky. Great to have the music, photography and booklet all highlighted.
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mjazzg @mjazzg.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
An absolute triumph, on all levels. #nowplaying #jazzsky #improvsky The playing itself is magnificent, the production values - musical and physical, the lovely conversation in the notes and the photos of EP and TC together. Brilliant work from all concerned. Thank you @falsewalls.bsky.social
Picture of the CD cover for 'May Spring Last A Lifetime' by Tom Challenger & Evan Parker stands on top of the corner of an amplifier
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
ANDREW POPPY 
⁣ THE BEATING OF WINGS, 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION⁣ ⁣ CD/digital 
⁣ ⁣ A second extract from the lengthy album review / overview at Paris-Move:⁣ ⁣ “Listening to it now, the extraordinary thing 
is not that the album sounds “retro.” 
It doesn’t. It sounds prescient.”⁣ ⁣ -- Paris-Move⁣
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
⁣ ANDREW POPPY ⁣ 
THE BEATING OF WINGS, 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION⁣ ⁣ CD/digital 
⁣ ⁣ We're delighted with the lengthy review / overview at Paris-Move:⁣ ⁣ “a post-minimalist landmark, where 
orchestral music, electronics, repetition and pop collide 
with extraordinary precision and imagination.”

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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright⁣ CD/digital⁣ ⁣ performed by:⁣ Sofia Jernberg⁣ Ensemble Klang⁣ Spheric Totemic⁣ ⁣ New review at The Squid's Ear (USA): "certainly lives up to advanced expectations"⁣ ⁣ & a reminder of the interview with Matthew Wright by Bill Shoemaker in Point of Departure (USA).
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Radio play from: ⁣⁣ The Beating of Wings: 40th anniversary edition⁣⁣ by Andrew Poppy⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ '32 Frames for Orchestra' on:⁣⁣ random jukebox presents 'this is not a disco 080826'⁣⁣ Thanks to Karl Phillips!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 'Listening In' on:⁣⁣ No Pigeonholes EXP, KOWS-FM California, 7-9-26 Thanks to Don Campau!
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Alternating Currents radio stream & playlist for 8/02/26 ⁣⁣ WMSE 91.7 FM Milwaukee⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Evan Parker featured throughout the broadcast, including a few tracks from the False Walls boxset, The Heraclitean Two-Step, Etc.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Streaming link in comments
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
MARCONI'S DREAM⁣⁣⁣ by⁣⁣⁣ TRANSATLANTIC TRANCE MAP⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Not a new release, but a new review from oryx-improv and sounds:⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ "Truly fascinating."⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Plus, 30% off today.⁣⁣⁣ Discount code: august⁣⁣⁣ Use the code here: falsewalls1.bandcamp.com/music⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
⁣ "𝐈𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠." ⁣ – 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞⁣ ⁣ 𝟑𝟎% 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 ⁣ 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞: 𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭⁣ 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬𝟏.𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩.𝐜𝐨𝐦/𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜⁣ ⁣ ⁣
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
OUT TODAY / BANDCAMP FRIDAY ⁣ May Spring Last a Lifetime⁣⁣⁣ by Tom Challenger & Evan Parker⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣" ... stands among the most compelling duo recordings in contemporary improvised music” — Paris-Move⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Uncut: 8/10⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ ⁣6-panel sleeve, 20 page CD booklet and CD sleeve⁣⁣⁣
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
WHAT WAS ⁣⁣ by Kenny Wheeler Sextet⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ New review at The Squid's Ear:⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ "This is playing from Wheeler's mature period (he was 65 at the time) with lyrically eloquent and technically smooth exploratory phrasing."⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ CD booklet photos: Caroline Forbes
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
May Spring Last a Lifetime⁣⁣ by Tom Challenger & Evan Parker⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Review at Percorsi Musicali: ⁣⁣ " ... mostly an open, highly expressive conversation between two curious and fearless improvisers ... and are not shy about being abstract and engaging with silences."⁣ ⁣ Photos by Caroline Forbes
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright⁣ CD / digital⁣ ⁣ performed by:⁣ Sofia Jernberg⁣ Ensemble Klang⁣ Spheric Totemic⁣ ⁣ Lengthy review in Paris-Move -- ⁣ ⁣ "A fascinating, adventurous and deeply immersive album ... has the power to transport us somewhere entirely new."
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
May Spring Last a Lifetime⁣ by Tom Challenger & Evan Parker⁣ ⁣ Album launch show next week:⁣ CAFE OTO, LONDON⁣ 21 JULY⁣ " ... stands among the most compelling duo recordings in contemporary improvised music” — Paris-Move⁣ ⁣ Uncut magazine review: 8/10
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
May Spring Last a Lifetime⁣ Tom Challenger & Evan Parker⁣ ⁣ Album launch next week:⁣ CAFE OTO, LONDON⁣ 21 JULY⁣ ⁣ “this tenor sax duo is a pure marvel” — Orynx Improv and Sounds⁣ ⁣ "stands among the most compelling duo recordings in contemporary improvised music” — Paris-Move⁣ ⁣ Uncut magazine: 8/10
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Announced today:⁣ ⁣ The Beating of Wings, 40th anniversary edition⁣ by Andrew Poppy⁣ ⁣ CD/digital ⁣ October 2⁣ ⁣ Originally released on ZTT Records: “ahead of his time…he’d fit right in with the Max Richters and Nils Frahms of today” (The Album Years podcast).
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
May Spring Last a Lifetime⁣ by Tom Challenger & Evan Parker⁣ ⁣ The album has received an 'indispensable' rating by Paris-Move:⁣ ⁣ "the recording is both an exploration of sound and an extraordinary example of musical listening at its highest level"⁣ ⁣ Album launch show:⁣ CAFE OTO, LONDON⁣ 21 JULY
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright⁣⁣ CD / digital⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ New review in Electronic Sound magazine:⁣ ⁣ "An absorbing, startling work."⁣⁣ @electronicsound.bsky.social
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
May Spring Last a Lifetime⁣ by Tom Challenger & Evan Parker⁣ ⁣ The album has received an 'indispensable' rating from Paris-Move:⁣ ⁣ " ... stands among the most compelling duo recordings in contemporary improvised music."⁣ ⁣ Album launch show:⁣ CAFE OTO, LONDON⁣ 21 JULY ⁣
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright⁣ CD / digital⁣ ⁣ Listening event next week -- ⁣ ⁣ Orpheus Instituut (Pyramid Hall / Koetshuis) Korte Meer 20a, 9000 Ghent, Belgium⁣ 16 June, 18:00⁣
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright⁣ CD / digital⁣ ⁣ The new album is featured in a 3,500-word essay / interview with Matthew Wright -- by Bill Shoemaker in Point of Departure.⁣
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright⁣ CD/digital⁣ ⁣ featured in ⁣ The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp By Peter Margasak⁣ ⁣ "Composer Matthew Wright’s conceptual rigor on Cracked Glaze runs deep ... a work of elegant design that balances gliding, reflection with exquisitely etched conflict."
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The three new False Walls CDs:⁣ ⁣ - Kenny Wheeler Sextet⁣ - Matthew Wright, with Sofia Jernberg, Ensemble Klang and Spheric Totemic ⁣ - Evan Parker & Tom Challenger⁣ ⁣ All 6 panel gatefold packages with booklets and CD sleeves, all designed by David Caines.
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
CAFE OTO, LONDON:⁣ TUESDAY 21 JULY 2026, 7.30PM⁣ ⁣ ALBUM LAUNCH SHOW⁣ for⁣ TOM CHALLENGER & EVAN PARKER'S "MAY SPRING LAST A LIFETIME" ⁣ ⁣ With HANNAH MARSHALL (solo)
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright ⁣⁣ CD / digital⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ " ... Matthew Wright’s captivating and structurally ingenious Cracked Glaze, all subtle interventions and carefully-judged excursions ... manages to be both elegant and spontaneous."⁣⁣ BBC Music Magazine, 5 stars
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
WHAT WAS: Kenny Wheeler Sextet⁣⁣⁣⁣ CD/digital ⁣⁣⁣⁣ "an exceptional offering ... Recorded in 1995 but recently released, this session represents the British jazz of the period at a creative high, its personnel reading like a who's who of the period. Essential."⁣⁣⁣⁣ -- BBC Music Magazine, 5 stars
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Two 5-star reviews in BBC Music Magazine for False Walls' new releases by Kenny Wheeler Sextet and Matt Wright. Very grateful to the magazine and critic Roger Thomas.
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
ANNOUNCED TODAY:⁣ ⁣ May Spring Last a Lifetime⁣ by Tom Challenger & Evan Parker⁣ CD / digital⁣ ⁣ The first duo release from improvising tenor saxophonists Tom Challenger and Evan Parker. ⁣ 6-panel gatefold sleeve, 20 page CD booklet and CD sleeve⁣ ⁣ ⁣
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
OUT TODAY:⁣ ⁣ CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright ⁣ performed by Sofia Jernberg, Ensemble Klang & Spheric Totemic ⁣ ⁣ "The imaginative, elegant performance of this composition ... cements Cracked Glaze's deeply immersive effect."⁣ - Percorsi Musicali⁣ ⁣ 6-panel sleeve, 20 page booklet & CD sleeve.⁣
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
WHAT WAS: Kenny Wheeler Sextet⁣ CD/digital "Wheeler’s style remains as refined as it is confident ... beautiful and moving"⁣ Jazz Mania⁣ ⁣ "an album that sees the light after 30 years and not before time, Kenny perhaps at the peak of his later and smoother era"⁣ Freq⁣ ⁣ Photos: Caroline Forbes⁣
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Malt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Matthew Wright introduces his new project Cracked Glaze, including a Q&A and an immersive playback of the album, released in May on CD/digital by False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social Cracked Glaze was performed by vocalist Sofia Jernberg, Ensemble Klang and Wright's Spheric Totemic
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
WHAT WAS by Kenny Wheeler Sextet⁣ CD/digital ⁣ "It’s all first-class" Richard Williams / The Blue Moment⁣ ⁣ "Captures Wheeler at a creative peak"⁣ Jazzwise, 4 stars ⁣ "An important release from a great master and his colleagues"⁣ Salt Peanuts⁣
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False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright⁣ performed by Sofia Jernberg, Ensemble Klang & Spheric Totemic ⁣ CD / digital on False Walls⁣ ⁣ Cracked Glaze feature and interview with Matthew Wright on New Music Show, BBC Radio 3, Saturday 2nd May, starts 54:54: search on BBC Sounds⁣
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