“fabric collection“ for a playlist in motion

William Tyler: Time Indefinite   
Eiko Ishibashi: Antigone  
Arve Henriksen et al: Arcanum   
Hu Vibrational: Beautiful (2004)
Kuunatic: Wheels of Ömon   
Bennie Maupin: the Jewel In The Lotus (1973)
Amelia Barrett & Bryan Ferry: Loose Talk
Rebecca Karijord: The Bell Tower   
Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas: Totality  
Angel Bat Dawid & Naima Nefertari: Journey to Nabta Playa  
Don Cherry:  Relativity Suite (1971)  
Jan Bang / Ensemble Modern: With These Hands  
Hirsoshi Yashimura: Flora  (1987)
Bon Iver: Sabel fAbel
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma: Gift Songs  
Vic Mars: The Beacons
Cate Brooks: Easel Studies
Labyrinthe des Esprits: The Cosmic Hunt

(this list of promising new or forthcoming albums, of reissues and buried treasures, will be continued every once in a while….any ideas?! There may be changes though, and, well, not so much of this „ocean of sound“ will gloom in that radio hour at the end of May („Klanghorizonte“ / Deutschlandfunk). Blame it on a perfect sequence! Peace, Michael Engelbrecht!)

„The new album from Jefre Cantu-Ledesma (see the blue flower cover😉), the American multi-instrumentalist and former member of San Francisco post-rockers Tarentel, is a resonant blend of synths, guitar, organs and other acoustic instrumentation, most notably the piano. The music is rich with ambience, conjuring a scintillating, hazy environment that evokes a sense of balance between clarity and the lack thereof. Opening track “The Milky Sea” is 20 minutes of textural density, reflection through repetition presented at a glacial pace akin to The Necks. The three “Gift Songs” that follow offer a sparser experience, though no less gorgeous in their delicate minimalism.“ (Uncut, May 2025)

A little story about „sequencing“: in the early years of the „Punktfestival“, composer and percussionist Adam Rudolph sat at my side, in the aeroplane from Amsterdam to Kristiansand. Asked what he will play, he spoke about doing „a little trance thing there“ refering to the music he made under the moniker of „Hu! Vibrational“. The album „Beautiful“ had been released in 2004.

Soon we were talking about one of his heroes, Don Cherry, Don’s years in Scandinavia, his impact on young Jan Garbarek, and (now you will get my point, dear reader, with a look at my brainstorming on possible records to play!) that during the days of that New York production of Bennie Maupin‘s „The Jewel In The Lotus“, little Adam was a curious and „entranced“ witness sitting in the control room while it all happened – experiencing Bennie live while „painting his masterpiece“!

And playing a piece of that album (that will be re-released within the „Luminessence“ vinyl series of ECM soon), it would only natural to give Don Cherry‘s „Relativity Suite“ from 1971 some airplay (an album that is utterly beautiful, and, strange enough, never got a more than well-deserved reissue). And having played a track of that one, maybe „The Dance of the Hobbits“, it would only be natural to contnue with Angel Bat Dawid‘s „Journey To Nabta Playa“ (an album, on which Angel and Naima enthsiastically enter the world of Don Cherry‘s and Moki’s old paradise in Sweden)!

Now look: start with Mr. Maupin, (1)
ask Adam Rudolph about teenage memories,
play Relativity Suite, (2)
tell the story about the journey to Nabta Playa, (3)
followed by „Desireless“ – (4)
and the hour would be over!

(Jan Garbarek had his first encounter with „Desireless“ when listening to Cherry‘s „Suite“: there that little gem with an irresistible melody is fucking brilliant 1 minute and 30 seconds short. Jan thought, well, let‘s do it as long that it fills a whole side of vinyl – and it happened on side 2 of „Witchi-Tai-To“.)