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Limited edition release of 500 copies
2LP pressed on black vinyl, 45 RPM
Housed in heavyweight sleeve with OBI strip

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From Idris Rahman (sax and flute), Liran Donin (bass), and Emre Ramazanoglu (drums), the Ill Considered live experience, recorded at Spiegelberg Festival 2023 - deep, free, and mind-opening impro jazz session in the middle of a pasture in the heights of Saignelégier, Switzerland. With bonus d-side: field-recorded organic sounds of the forest surrounding the concert area, re-composed into an ambient piece starring The Voices of the Alpenglow. — (via Label)

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Captured in the heights of Saignelégier, Switzerland, in the middle of a pasture overlooking the Jura mountains, Live in Jura bottles the singular Ill Considered live experience at its most open, responsive, and elemental. From Idris Rahman (sax, flute), Liran Donin (bass), and Emre Ramazanoglu (drums), this is deep free improv built from intuition and heart - an ever-evolving conversation of groove, texture, and spirit. Whispered motifs bloom into towering climaxes; earthy bass surges meet shimmering cymbal work; woodwind lines move from meditative invocation to ecstatic release. It is music shaped by the audience, the environment, and the moment : alive, unrepeatable, and deeply organic.

The bonus D-side extends the album's world with a unique ambient composition made from field-recorded organic sounds of the forest surrounding the concert area. Re-composed into a drifting, luminous piece, it features The Voices of the Alpenglow, blurring the boundary between performance and landscape, human gesture and elemental presence.

Ill Considered - known for forging improvised music around simple themes or spontaneously created structures - here reach a new level of sensitivity and power. Live in Jura follows We Release JAZZ's release of Shoals by Ill Considered members Earth and Bones, continuing a line of exploratory, heart-forward music grounded in profound listening and spontaneous creation. — (via HHV)

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Label: We Release Jazz
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition
Released: 2026
Genre: Jazz
Style: Free Improvisation, Free Jazz

File under: Avant-Garde // Free-Jazz
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