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Musicians of the month: Namchylak, Cagwin 
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really difficult not to get into trance while listening ...
CD of the month:
Zemlya
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Leo Records, 16 Woodland Avenue, Kingskerswell, Newton Abbot TQ12 5BB,
Great Britain
Fax: (0)1803 872 167, Fax (international): +44 (0)1803 872 167
Leo Records is a
small independent company producing highly original, innovative,
improvisation-based new music; music that refuses to be submitted
to the market forces, that goes against the grain of current
wisdoms; music that asks questions, provokes debate, generates
ideas. This is music that matters. Although the
catalogue of Leo Records
includes composers and musicians
from all over the world, the origin of the musicians is not so important.
What matters is the originality of the music.
The catalogue of Leo Records is over 500 CDs.
The stalwarts of the label are
The Art Ensemble of Chicago,
Anthony Braxton,
John Wolf Brennan,
Eugene Chadbourne,
Marilyn Crispell,
The Ganelin Trio,
Joelle Leandre,
Joe and Mat Maneri,
Simon Nabatov,
Sainkho Namchylak,
Lauren Newton,
Evan Parker,
Ned Rothenberg,
Tibor Szemzo,
Sun Ra,
Cecil Taylor,
Reggie Workman, etc. Leo Records accommodate "established" musicians and veterans
of new music, while Leo Lab is devoted to more experimental music
and younger talents.
Leo Records was formed in 1979 and since
then has become "one of the most significant independent
labels of recent times..." (page 799, THE
PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ ON CD, LP & CASSETTE,
by Richard Cook & Brian Morton).
It has almost "singlehandedly
established the parameters of our understanding of new Russian
jazz and improvisation."(page 1191, ibid).
"Without Leo Records,
our perception of the international scope of improvised music
would be vastly different.";(Coda Magazine).
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