Atrás del Cosmos: Cold Drinks, Hot Dreams vinyl record

Atrás del Cosmos: Cold Drinks, Hot Dreams vinyl recordAtrs del Cosmos have been called Mexicos first free jazz ensemble. Founded in 1975 by pianist Ana Ruiz, saxophonist Henry West, and percussionist Evry Mann, the trio soon became a central force in Mexico Citys creative arts community, mentoring a generation of improvisers, incorporating a revolving cast of artists into their immersive happenings, and sustaining a scene through their legendary weekly performances at El Galen theater. The groups

a freshly-exhumed live radio set from 1996 documenting the riotous Folkestone band in a full-form

O’Dwyer live-mixes multiple vantage points—an extension of her search for Klangfarbenmelodie

The superimposition of the two spaces is maximized in the album's closing titular track

to which he paid tribute with elegant takes on flamenco and Ornette Coleman’s “Lonely Woman

and beyond

His ongoing oto-date project playfully leads participants on soundwalks through urban landscapes marked with stencils of hybrid ear-feet that designate listening points distinguished by their exceptional sonic phenomena

“I-music

I feel privileged to have shared the stage with him

Collected here for the first time are The Shadow Ring’s live cuts

Blank Forms’ 2019 collection of her writings: “Rag Infinity/Rag Cosmosis presents fragments of 'raga-like’ frequency constellations following distinct cycles and permuting their order

and transforming as alternative ways of knowing or being

Dance Halls & A Tailor’s Shop in Dakar (Blank Forms Editions)