Fantastic gig by the duo of Eddie Prévost and Silvan Schmid at The Glad Café in Glasgow this afternoon.

Sadly double bassist Tom Wheatley was absent from their usual trio, but the two solo sets followed by a brilliant duo performance were the stuff of the elemental. Schmid’s sharpened breath and saliva cut through the earth-wired heat of Prévost’s mesmerising playing.

So wonderful to hear them both perform in the intimacy of this great venue, where I was lucky enough to snag a seat right at the front.

#EddiePrévost #SilvanSchmid #ImprovisedMusic #FreeImprovisation #TrumpetAndDrums #TheGladCafé @improvisedmusic

Ammmusic by AMM, released on Elektra in 1967.

Review by Brian Olewnick

The first recording by these pioneers of electro-acoustic improvisation, AMMMusic stands the test of time both as a remarkably prescient session and as an utterly powerful and deep piece of 20th century music. Drummer Eddie Prevost's superb and detailed liner notes document AMM's early history, including the confusion engendered not only in audiences and critics but even in the band members themselves, unsure if they were in a free jazz ensemble, a contemporary classical group, neither, or both. The aphorisms adorning the original LP issue (the disc includes additional portions of the concert) give some indication of what was facing listeners and musicians at the time: "An AMM performance has no beginning or ending. Sounds outside the performance are distinguished from it only by individual sensibility." Or: "Every noise has a note."..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwgkBZ-FLW0

#AMM #FreeImprovisation #EddiePrevost #Music

I see Eddie Prévost, Silvan Schmid & Tom Wheatley are playing in Glasgow on 28 February at the Glad Cafe. Now I know what I'll be doing that afternoon! And the gig is at the very civilised time of 2pm!

#EddiePrévost #SilvanSchmid #TomWheatley #GladCafeGlasgow #ImprovisedMusic @improvisedmusic

https://www.thegladcafe.co.uk/events/2026-02-28-eddie-prevost-tom-wheatley-silvan-schmid-the-glad-cafe

Organum – Sphyx (1994, UK)

Continuing our journey through the epic Fedi-sourced catalogue of must-hear albums, our next spotlight is on number 1060 on The List, submitted by soundclamp. On this release from David Jackman's post-industrial, minimalist drone project, Dinah Jane Rowe, Jim O’Rourke, Eddie Prévost, and Christoph Heemann join in to create some rather romantic experimental, improvised, dark ambient sounds.

Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at https://linernotes.club/@1001otheralbu[email protected] or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2025/12/12/organum-sphyx-1994-uk/

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a YouTube (of the reissue version with 2 additional tracks): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxfgtOCp04

Happy listening!

#Organum #DavidJackman #DinahJaneRowe #JimORourke #ChristophHeemann #EddiePrevost #experimental #DarkAmbient #electronic #improvisation #1990s #music #1001OtherAlbums

Organum – Sphyx (1994, UK)

Our next spotlight is on number 1060 on The List, submitted by @soundclamp.

And, by coincidence, directly following our last spotlight on a 1994 album, here we have another 1994 album! That year was such a sweet spot for music, at least for my tastes, so it’s no surprise that this album of experimental, improvised, dark ambient sounds is amazing. Discogs is adamant that Organum consists of David Jackman and only David Jackman so I gather it’s a sticking point that the “Organum” name is essentially a moniker for Jackman, but this release also features Dinah Jane Rowe (who’s on a number of Organum releases), Jim O’Rourke (who’s on everything, everywhere), Eddie Prévost (of AMM, The Scratch Orchestra, etc.), and Christoph Heemann. And whereas the Organum project apparently is more known for noise firmly in the post-industrial and minimalist drone categories, this album features lovely wind instruments throughout that bring a more romantic element than those two tags would normally be associated with. I can’t find this streaming anywhere other than YouTube and physical copies of both the original and limited 2002 reissue seem to be rather rare, so, note that: (a) the link below is the reissue version that contains 2 additional tracks (originally from a limited 7″ also released in 1994), so stop it around the 35:54 mark if you want to just experience the album as originally intended (but I’m certain you’ll want to hear it all); and (b) at least at the time of writing, Steve Albini’s NM copy of the original pressing is available, here. Also note that, while the definition of “organum” is essentially a liturgical chant, there are no voices (or liturgies) here. There may, however, be sphyxes for all I know, though I’m fairly certain that’s a nonsense word. But, then again, what isn’t.

• YouTube: Organum – Sphyx
• Discogs: Organum – Sphyx

#1990s #ambient #christophHeemann #darkAmbient #davidJackman #dinahJaneRowe #drone #eddiePrevost #electronic #experimental #improvisation #jimOrourke #listenToThis #music #musicDiscovery #organum

Ended the week and welcomed the rainy weekend with Fine by AMM, released in 2001 on Matchless Records.

Music for dance, by AMM. Recording of the concert given together with the dancer Fine Kwiatkowski at Musique Action festival produced by CCAM, Vendoeuvre-les-Nancy, France on 24th May 2001.

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John Tilbury / piano

Keith Rowe / guitar

Eddie Prévost / percussion

created together with the dancer Fine Kwiatkowski

https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/amm-fine/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcbkOz3ncIs&list=RDBcbkOz3ncIs&start_radio=1

#AMM #KeithRowe #JohnTilbury #EddiePrevost #FineKwiatkowski #FreeImprovisation #Music #MusiqueActionFestival

Tunes Without Measure Or End by AMM, released in 2001 by Matchless Recordings

"'..a slowly unfolding dreamscape in which the group attenuates both time and space. In this specific performance, Tilbury and Rowe represent very different sonic vocabularies. T delights in the acoustic resonance of a good piano, in the clearly articulated tone or cluster. His sounds hang in the air in a way that seems traditionally beautiful. R's fundamental sounds are abrasive metallic ratchetings, humming feedback, treble-loaded pings and bowed guitar ...And always the presence of his transistor radio, ready to intrude momentarily the outside world in its worst light...a sonic space so large here, so fundamentally clear, that there's room for the two approaches to co-exist, as if Rowe and Tilbury sometimes played at opposite ends of the universe. " - Soundohm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMw-ID20XsU

#Amm #FreeImprovisation #KeithRowe #EddiePrevost #JohnTilbury #Music

#NowPlaying

AMM with Sachiko M - Testing (CD, Matchless, 2025)

A new CD on Matchless of a 20 year old performance (December 2004), from the AMM duo of Eddie Prévost & John Tilbury with Sachiko M on sinewaves.

The piece is full of haunting subtleties of sound from the trio, a winter’s wish of room-enlarging acoustics. Beautiful work that seems to hang in the air, outlasting its conclusion.

https://matchlessrecordings.com/music/testing

#AMM #SachikoM #EddiePrévost #JohnTilbury #ImprovisedMusic @improvisedmusic

#NowPlaying

AMM - Aura
Matchless Recordings, 2024

A superbly detailed and very welcome recording of the duo of Eddie Prévost (percussion) and John Tilbury (piano and harpsichord) playing live at the concert hall of the Sibelius Museum in Turku, Finland on 8 October 2016.

#AMM #ImprovisedMusic #MatchlessRecordings #EddiePrévost #JohnTilbury @improvisedmusic

I’m revisiting this great CD on Eddie Prévost’s #MatchlessRecordings after last night’s performance. Almost like being in the room with them. Almost.

I’m going to set up a Guppe improvised music group. Apparently, with groups you automatically see all the posts, even if they’re from accounts that haven’t federated to your server before (unlike following hashtags).

Why not give it a follow? Boosts appreciated!

@improvisedmusic

#ImprovisedMusic #Improvisation #FreeImprovisation #EddiePrévost