PORTER RECORDS

On April 27th 2010, Jocelyn Noir of the experimental-folk-pop group Alak and boyfriend Daniel Trudeau of the self proclaimed genre hillbilly-savant-electronica project Pregnant, gave birth to their...

I was working at an architecture firm where I was helping with an exhibition of models made by elementary school children. The models were proposals for a redesign of their school's garden. In a...

With "Tiresias", Louie Belogenis (sax), Sunny Murray (drums), and Michael Bisio (bass) look to the implications of Albert Ayler's recording "Spiritual Unity". Belogenis says, "Bisio and I listened to...

Birigwa was a 23 old African acoustic guitarist and vocalist who cut this record in the early 70's with the help of jazz players such as Vinnie Johnson - drums, Phil Morrison - bass and Stan...

Kyle Brenders' "Ways" explores that fertile space between structure and freedom. Written for musicians from Toronto's burgeoning improvised music scene, Brenders' score specifies material to be...

Wrack skirts the boundaries of an ever-evolving music tradition hovering at the crossroads of other traditions. It is both a chamber ensemble with highly unusual instrumentation and a book of...

Taylor Ho Bynum, Joe Morris and Sara Schoenbeck are three musicians who are no strangers to the improv scene. Taylor Ho Bynum is a performer on cornet and various brass instruments, composer,...

In the early 70's a band named Catalyst was formed in the heart of the Philadelphia. The core of the group was Odean Pope, Sherman Ferguson, Eddie Green and Al Johnson (who was replaced by Tyrone...

(2-LP set) in the early 70's a band named Catalyst was formed in the heart of Philadelphia. The core of the group was Odean Pope, Sherman Ferguson, Eddie Green and Al Johnson (who was replaced by...

An excellent recording, his second as a leader, made in 1976 by legendary drummer Joe Chambers, who has played on many landmark Blue Note recordings with the likes of Bobby Hutcherson, Freddie...

The rare 1972 album released by Cheatham's first group, "Thing" consists of two sprawling songs of Jazz tempered with bristly Funk. Few points of comparison for the group exist in the Boston Jazz...

Chll Pll is the combined creative force of Zach Hill (Hella) and Zachary Nelson (Hexlove). Offering compositions filled with torrential percussion, playful electronics and experimental pop, Chll Pll...