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STSAFJ 392LP
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"Its an honor for the AFJ-Series to introduce the self-titled debut album by Danish Oslo resident Signe Emmeluth. Recorded at Flerbruket, in the forest an hour outside of Oslo -- Emmeluth alone in a room with her alto and tenor saxophones. A fantastic session of sax solo ecstasies recorded by Magnus Hemnes Nergård. Much like Joe McPhee's Tenor and Peter Brötzmann's 14 Love Songs, this album shares the same beautiful intimacy. It is close, sparse, poetic and raw at the same time. Minimalist and soulful free music. Signe Emmeluth is a Danish saxophonist and composer educated by the Jazz Department in Trondheim and is currently based in Oslo. Emmeluth has recently become a rising star on the international scene for improvised music. She has her own quartet Emmeluth's Amoeba and has worked with Trondheim Jazzorkester, John Edwards, Tony Buck, Paal Nilssen-Love, Mats Gustafsson and Mette Rasmussen to name a few."
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STSAFJ 250LP
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"Smalltown Superjazzz was a free-jazz subsidiary label to Smalltown Supersound from 2005-2012. The label has been dormant in the years 2012 to 2019, but is now reborn as the AFJ-Serie. The AFJ-Series represents a new start -- built on the foundation and heritage of the Superjazzz label. AFJ-Series is short for Actions for free jazz. This was the slogan for Smalltown Superjazzz and was borrowed at the time from Don Cherry & Krystzof Penderecki's The New Eternal Rhythm Orchestra track "Actions For Free Jazz Orchestra" from the 1971 album Actions. AFJ-Series is a series and a subsidiary label within Smalltown Supersound. AFJ-Series is proud to release this compilation which features music from 40 releases, spanning almost 20 years on Smalltown Supersound, Superjazzz and the AFJ-series. The idea with the compilation is to bring the Superjazzz era into the AFJ-Series, but also to leave it behind -- and start fresh. A requiem and rebirth combined. The idea came from Mats Gustafsson and was inspired by the famous 1964 ESP-Disk' sampler, which with its hard edit approach has become a classic in its own right. The task of selecting, editing and structuring the material was given to Lasse Marhaug, who has been part of the Smalltown family for more than 20 years. Marhaug spent months plowing through the entire catalogue, and while the main goal was to give a total overview of Smalltown's wide range of releases in the improvised/jazz/free music field, Marhaug's choices and juxtapositions almost plays as a new piece of music. So here it is -- 40 tracks of total freedom. Or the universality in music of improvisation as Derek Bailey called it." Features Thurston Moore & Mats Gustafsson, Evan Parker & Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, The Thing, The Thing with Ken Vandermark, Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love, Two Bands and a Legend, Peter Brötzmann & Paal Nilssen-Love, Christian Marclay & Mats Gustafsson, Free Fall, Joe McPhee & Paal Nilssen-Love, The Thing & Cato Salsa Experience, Offonoff, Lean Left, Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid &Mats Gustafsson, Diskaholics Anonymous, Yoshimi & Mats Gustafsson, Free Fall, Mats Gustafsson & Paal Nilssen-Love, Peter Brötzmann & Mats Gustafsson &Paal Nilssen-Love, The Thing with Otomo Yoshihide, Original Silence, Diskaholics Anonymous Trio & Mats Gustafsson &Sonic Youth with friends, Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, The Thing with Jim O'Rourke, Paal Nilssen-Love & Håkon Kornstad, Aotearoa Snuff Jazz Sextet, Joe McPhee & Lasse Marhaug, EYE & Mats Gustafsson.
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STSAFJ 200LP
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"Recorded in Oslo's small and intimate St. Edmund's Church the 13th of December 2017, this LP features compositions by James Weldon Johnson, Thelonious Monk and Joe McPhee plus two by McPhee and Nilssen-Love. The album was mixed, edited and mastered by Lasse Marhaug and is vinyl only, no digital. 500 copies made and no re-press. Artwork by Kim Hiorthøy."
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STSAFJ 199LP
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Christian Marclay: turntables; Mats Gustafsson: live electronics & slide, tenor and baritone saxes. Recorded and mixed April 2006 by Christoffer Roth and Olof Madsen at Studio Dubois, Stockholm. Mastered by Martin Siewert . "Smalltown Superjazzz was a free-jazz subsidiary label to Smalltown Supersound from 2005-2012. The label has been dormant since 2012, due to the fact that Smalltown founder Joakim Haugland 'didn`t feel the label any longer'. So in 2012 Haugland put the label to rest. Phase two. AFJ-Series represents a new start. Built on the foundation and heritage of the Superjazzz label. AFJ-Series is short for Actions for free jazz. This was the slogan for Smalltown Superjazzz and was borrowed at the time from Don Cherry & Krystzof Penderecki's The New Eternal Rhythm Orchestra track 'Actions For Free Jazz Orchestra' from the 1971 album Actions. AFJ-Series will be a series and a subsidiary label within the Smalltown Supersound label. The inspiration for the label is BYG Actuel, Incus, Freedom and ESP-Disk. All releases will be vinyl only, no CDs (some will be available digitally). The vinyl will be limited to 500 copies and no repress. The series' design will be by Smalltown designer Kim Hiorthøy. The albums will be executive produced by Haugland and Lasse Marhaug."
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