slowXtal @slowxtal.bsky.social · 1h#nowlistening This is gonna be even better than you think ... intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/dawningintlanthem.bandcamp.comDawning, by Damon Locks & D-Composed6 track album 010
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 13h"The eternal spirit is the only reality." Unearthed: An exclusive interview with Abdullah Ibrahim published by The Wire in 1984 In-depth interview about his life, inspirations and faith, as well as the role his music plays in the freedom struggle leguesswho.com/news/lgw22-a... 184
Reposted by slowXtalJ.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Toru Takemitsu (with scenes from "Crazed Fruit", "Harakiri", "Woman in the Dunes" and "Black Rain" for which he composed the film scores) - BOTD 03613
Reposted by slowXtalPascal Savelon 🎷 @psavelon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Joe Henderson & James Moody sur scène pendant la Grande Parade du Jazz de Nice en 1984. Photo Pascal Savelon. #jazz #jazzphoto #JoeHenderson #JamesMoody jazzsky 092
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Bop helped me to develop technically. But insofar as coming into the music that I'm into now, I was called into that. I don't consider myself a musician at this time, I consider myself a messenger of music." Chicago Chronicles, Part 8: Malachi Favors tedpanken.substack.com/p/chicago-ch... 1131
slowXtal @slowxtal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#nowlistening chuckroth.bandcamp.com/album/textur...chuckroth.bandcamp.comTexture Songs, by Chuck Roth7 track album 000
slowXtal @slowxtal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#nowlistening youtu.be/OQyhxTQj_20?...youtu.beThe Golden Dawn - This Way Please (1967 Garage Psychedelia)YouTube video by heavenlyblueorange 000
Reposted by slowXtalRobin Rimbaud - Scanner @scannerdot.com · 07/10/2026It's taken two years but I'm delighted to reveal Scanner: Library, my first music software instrument is out now, featuring sounds from 40+ years of personal archives. It's deliberately simple but offers 10 million combinations of sounds www.soniccouture.com/en/products/... 410718
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Fushitsusha (Keiji Haino guitar, vocals, Jun Hamano bass, Shuhei Takashima drums) - Live at Yaneura, Shibuya, Tokyo, 20 November 1979 www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKk4...youtube.com不失者 Fushitsusha, Yaneura, Shibuya, Tokyo 20 November 1979YouTube video by Alan Couch 061
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"My tradition comes out of the blues, which is the basis for all improvised music, in the western part of the world." Chicago Interviews, Part 7: Wadada Leo Smith Feb 22, 1978, a 2017 Downbeat feature, and a conversation on WKCR, Sept 1995 with George Lewis tedpanken.substack.com/p/chicago-ch... 1192
Reposted by slowXtalmusicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This mellifluous live album by the towering 20th-century sitar virtuoso Nikhil Banerjee, featuring his extraordinary free-flowing emotion, depth, nuance and vitality, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/10/indi... 163
Reposted by slowXtalDavid Soulscorch @david-soulscorch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026An enormous Thank You to @squonky.eurosky.social for posting about the release of the "Small Prophets" #Soundtrack Been on near repeat ever since #NowPlaying Original Soundtrack by Cinder Well 👇 cinderwell.bandcamp.com/album/small-...cinderwell.bandcamp.comSmall Prophets Original Soundtrack, by Cinder Well21 track album 262
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"I'm not interested in doing anything simply because other people are doing it. I have to first get into that particular thing, and find out exactly what is necessary, what resources I have to draw on." Chicago Interviews, 1970s, Part 6: Henry Threadgill tedpanken.substack.com/p/chicago-in... 1102
Reposted by slowXtalDavid Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Noble exceptions: Alec Guinness reading 'The Waste Land' www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hcj4... and 'Four Quartets' www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccup... Also Alan Rickman performing Christopher Reid's 'The Song of Lunch' www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsXK... That's the way to do it.youtube.comThe Waste Land (TS Eliot) read by Alec GuinnessYouTube video by modelsandjuniors 3274
Reposted by slowXtalAndrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It and he are both wonderful. The full doc, shared with Denise Levertov, is here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYOi...youtube.comUSA: Poetry Episode Denise Levertov and Charles OlsonYouTube video by Cody Carvel 061
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"There's a lot of musicians in Chicago, man, who are really playing, but are not recognized because... Chicago is weird like that, it's like Chicago is a good place to be from." Chicago Interviews, 1970s, Part 4: Jerome Cooper New York, September 13, 1976 tedpanken.substack.com/p/chicago-in... 151
Reposted by slowXtalTransgressive @transgressivemetal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"Not Even Death is Sacred" our second album is still coming in Early 2027 - we are shooting for a Jan/Feb release as bass and production finishes up And for now, a very important preview 14911
slowXtal @slowxtal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#nowplaying Marion Brown Duets with Elliott Schwatz (rec. 1973) and Leo Smith (rec. 1970) Arista/Freedom 1974 010
Reposted by slowXtalCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/10/2026I have absolutely wondered about this. Amazing. 311800322
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Gianluigi Trovesi Orchestra da Camera di Nembro Enea Salmeggia - Around Small Fairy Tales Gianluigi Trovesi alto sax, alto & bass clarinet Vittorio Marinoni drums Bruno Tommaso bass Emilio Soana trumpet Andrea Dulbecco vibes, marimba released October 2, 2026 soulnote.bandcamp.com/album/around... 051
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Chicago Interviews, 1970s, Part 3: Ajaramu (Gerald Donavan, née Joe Shelton) During the course of this January 1977 interview, drum-man Ajaramu goes into granular detail about hardcore jazz culture in South Side Chicago circa 1956-1959 tedpanken.substack.com/p/chicago-in... 151
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"I realized that I was a very rhythmic person, that I had the gospel jazz influence. In my case, I do a lot of different type of things, and people don't know how to classify me." Chicago Interviews, 1970s, Part 2: Amina Claudine Myers tedpanken.substack.com/p/chicago-in... 163
Reposted by slowXtalmusicdocumentaries.bsky.social @musicdocumentaries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Here's a great film on percussionist and Revolutionary Trio member Jerome Cooper: youtu.be/PagtD81CypMyoutu.beJerome Cooper a film by Jazz on the TubeYouTube video by We should share Music 0106
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"I'm trying to stretch improvisation into a compositional form, through structure. In other words, using improvisation for different sections of a particular piece." Chicago Interviews, 1970s, Part 1: Leroy Jenkins tedpanken.substack.com/p/chicago-in... 191
Reposted by slowXtaltat songs @tatsongs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I want to join the cult of being nice to people that J Mascis is in. 053
slowXtal @slowxtal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026very nice idea. Shutdown Sabotage Propensities in Multi-Agent Systems arxiv.org/pdf/2609.28274arxiv.org 001
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Sometimes, none of it's written 'cause everybody's coming from intuition." Happy Birthday John Gilmore born September 28, 1931 1136
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Stephen O'Malley A Film by Gast Bouschet & Nadine Hilbert - Live at Transmissions XVII, Teatro Rasi, Ravenna, Italy, 20 November 2025 www.ursss.com/2026/09/step...ursss.comSTEPHEN O’MALLEYSTEPHEN O’MALLEY @ TRANSMISSIONS XVII - TEATRO RASI - 20 NOV 2025 RAVENNA ITALY 051
slowXtal @slowxtal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#nowlistening thescientists.bandcamp.com/album/blood-...thescientists.bandcamp.comBlood Red River, by The Scientists6 track album 000
slowXtal @slowxtal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#nowlistening for the gazillionth time ... store.yanka.lenin.ru/mp3/1987%20-... 1987 ... stai letyat, pravda.store.yanka.lenin.ru 000
slowXtal @slowxtal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#nowlistening nobusinessrecords.bandcamp.com/album/livenobusinessrecords.bandcamp.comLive, by Ahmed Abdullah, Marion Brown, Billy Bang, Sirone, Fred Hopkins, Andrew Cyrille - THE GROUP5 track album 000
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"You advance in plateaus. It's not a gradual thing. The mind just keeps accumulating material, and then all of a sudden it explodes to the next level." Sam Rivers - A DownBeat Article From 1999 and Interviews (WKCR, 9-25-97 & DB Interview, 11-29-99) tedpanken.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/s... 171
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Éliane Radigue - Occam XIII Occam River XI Occam V Dafne Vicente-Sandoval bassoon Charles Curtis cello releases November 6, 2026 blankformseditions.bandcamp.com/album/occam-... 171
Reposted by slowXtaljeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Leave It For the Children: A Visual History of the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra • Samuel Lamontagne & Darol Olu Kae 📕 October 20 • Angel City Press bookshop.org/p/books/leav... 073
Reposted by slowXtalJames McKenzie @jamesmckz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The thought of the sound of John Coltrane echoing off a hundred thousand living room walls or escaping out of cracked window into the September sky tonight may not be enough to cure the worlds woes but it certainly serves as a balm for a couple of hours 64611
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Playing too many notes is one of all of our faults. It's all down to insecurity, because the first thing you feel you have to do is show people how good you are. But by now I think I've learned to just do what is needed - which is generally as little as possible." 021
Reposted by slowXtalThe Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 22/09/2026“Julius was at the forefront of this quasi-rubato, collective melodic improvisation. That is where I got everything I have ever done … from people improvising melodically together with no one soloing.” Marty Ehrlich and Tim Berne remember Julius Hemphill:allaboutjazz.comJulius Hemphill: Marty Ehrlich and Tim Berne Remember a Musical Visionary – Julius Hemphill | Jazz Raconteurs | All About JazzRead Julius Hemphill: Marty Ehrlich and Tim Berne Remember a Musical Visionary by Dave Kaufman on All About Jazz. Discover in-depth jazz Jazz Raconteurs coverage, artist features, and expert writing since 1995. 0147
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"This is maybe what I'm happy about, that somehow the music saves me, that I can show all my emotional sides in the music, which the society doesn't allow me to show in everyday life. In all of us - so that's a privilege, basically, to be a musician, for example, to be able to live all your sides." 121
Reposted by slowXtaljeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Black Artists’ Group (Julius Hemphill / Joseph Bowie / Abdul Wadud / Charles Bobo Shaw / Raymond Lee Cheng) • Rivbea Live! Series, Volume 5 digital out today, physical Oct. 2 • NoBusiness Records nobusinessrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rivbea... 0102
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"In my experience collaboration is an endless source of energy and inspiration. Power comes not just from an individual, but it comes from collective activity." Overcoming the Pressure of the Age Through Solidarity: An Interview with Ken Vandermark noesiscollective.com/en/overcomin... 161
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"I appreciate the chance to get to tell my story. I'm at the point in my life now with this message to happiness, expressing to people the magic of being liberated. And there is a magic there of course because jazz itself is the music of magic." 141
slowXtal @slowxtal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Shit. Just learnt that Irene Aebi died this summer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Ed...youtube.comThe WayYouTube video by Steve Lacy - Topic 010
slowXtal @slowxtal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026strong Steve Lacy vibes ("The way") on the third track ! scatterarchive.bandcamp.com/album/aves-d...scatterarchive.bandcamp.comAves de paso, by Inti Sabev, Benjamín Vergara, Pablo Vázquez, Marcelo von Schultz3 track album 010
Reposted by slowXtalJason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026In the 1970s, a set of avant-garde artists, musicians, & seekers calling themselves The Trees Community, set out from NYC in a painted bus on a “pilgrimage without a destination.” This is their story.jasonpwoodbury.substack.comPilgrimage Without DestinationThe Creation-Focused Hippie Christian Folk of The Trees Community 0114
Reposted by slowXtalMeh Pluribus Unum (Alli) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @pluribus-unum.co · 20/09/2026The Talarico/Kaptur/Peltola/Acton "strategy" kills kids. We don't accept that as tolerable from a representative of our party. They decided they didn't want or need trans voters. Not the other way around. edition.cnn.com/2024/09/26/h...edition.cnn.comSuicide attempts increased among transgender teens when states passed anti-trans laws, study says | CNNPeople in the United States who identify as transgender or nonbinary make up only a tiny fraction of the population, but they’ve been the targets of an outsized share of negative attention from lawmak... 022
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Mary Osborne, Vi Redd and Dottie Dodgion - Rochester, N.Y. June 1977. Photo by Tom Marcello 062
Reposted by slowXtalDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/09/2026I don't think we disdain the center-right enough. First, they rode nativist populist tigers to power to get their tax cuts and deregulation; Then, they lost control of their own parties to those tigers; Now, they sit in lucrative jobs as columnists writing about how it's all the left's fault. 433127790
Reposted by slowXtalMalt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"In Africa, when an old man dies, it is a library that blazes up." An interview with Amadou Hampâté Bâ, a Malian writer, historian and ethnologist and one of the most authentic interpreters of the genius of African oral tradition www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoUI...youtube.comInterview with the great Malian writer, historian and ethnologist Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1969)YouTube video by ArtEZ studium generale 1124
