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Corey Mwamba presents the best new jazz and improvised music with an adventurous spirit.

Freeness: to be exempt or released from something that controls, restrains or burdens. Corey Mwamba presents the best new jazz and improvised music with an adventurous spirit.

Freeness: Konfrontationen Festival 40th Anniversary

Konfrontationen Festival 40th Anniversary

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Live music from the 40th edition of Konfrontationen festival in Austria.

Corey presents live music from the Konfrontationen festival in Austria. Featuring Hamid Drake and Irène Schweizer, and hip-hop meets improv in the post-apocalyptic powerhouse Anguish.

Corey Mwamba presents live music from the Konfrontationen festival. For the last 40 years the small town of Nickelsdorf on the Austrian/Hungarian border becomes a hub for the best new free and improvised music across central Europe. Tonight Corey features highlights from a freely improvised set by US drummer Hamid Drake and Swiss pianist Irène Schweizer, and the hip-hop meets improv post-apocalyptic powerhouse Anguish featuring Will Brooks, Mats Gustafsson, Hans Joachim Irmler, Mike Mare and Andreas Werliin. 

Also in the show: music from pianist/composer Satoko Fujii and drummer Taysuya Yoshida's new album Baikamo that’s full of playful energy; and psychedelic otherworldly sounds from Leverton Fox.


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