Never being in the same place at the same time, Three-Layer Cake’s Brandon Seabrook, Mike Pride, Mike Watt were somehow able to mold strongly peculiar music that fits together to form a weirdly cohesive whole ‘Stove Top.’

Merzbow, Mats Gustafsson and Balazs Pandi know how to manipulate calmness to make it as impactful as the ceaseless noise that they also create.

It took a while for Jerry Granelli to look back to two of his most famous ex-employers, but once he found the perfect partners, he knew he could do it the right way.

Hypnotic as background music that becomes compelling with deep listening, ‘Tranceportation (Volume 2)’ continues a match made in heaven between Sonar and David Torn.

Giorgi Mikadze tells a lot about himself on his first record as a leader. He is telling us he’s proud of where he’s from and quite honestly, he’s got plenty to be proud of.

Bobby Previte, Jamie Saft and Nels Cline’s ‘Music From the Early 21st Century’ is, thankfully, not typical of music from the era in which we are living in.

‘Become the Discovered, Not the Discoverer’ by Keiji Haino, Merzbow and Balazs Pandi ain’t got no edits, no overdubs, nothing planned in advance. Just pure unadulterated impulsiveness.

The marriage made in heaven between Swiss minimalist specialists Sonar and master texturalist David Torn continues with ‘Tranceportation (Volume 1).’

The third segment of the Jamie Saft/Steve Swallow/Bobby Previte collaboration is also their third time trying out something new.

Colin Edwin and Lorenzo Feliciati once again find simpatico instead of redundancy on their second collaboration.