Local abstract percussionist Quin Kirchner has teamed up with France-based pianist Rob Clearfield to create a new album called "Concentric Orbits" which was released via Astral Spirits/Spacetone Records on April 1st.

The duo have worked together in past with Clearfield appeared on Kirchner's 2020 album The Shadows and The Light.

You can catch Kirchner performing as part of Hanging Hearts with Chris Weller and Cole Degenova at The Whistler on April 13th and on April 15th as a member of the Rob Clearfield Quartet at Fulton Street Collective.

Cinchel is preparing to release a new cassette via Trouble In Mind as part of their "Explorers Series". This is Vol. 22 of the series and the project is called "A plan for some/time".

This is the first new music from the experimental ambient drone artist since April 2021 and the release of Static Sphere of Glowing Silence (pt. 1).

Composer and bassist Jakob Heinemann has released the lead single, "Arbor", from his forthcoming debut album Resonant Ocean which is due out via his own label, Kashe Editions on April 1st. This is a mixture of field recordings, collage, experimental ambient music, and improvised sound.

Across the album Heinemann is joined by Oli Harris (cello), Seth Pae (viola) Billie Howard (violin), Anna Mach (viola), Nave Graham (flute), Kyle Quass (Bb trumpet), and Anthony D'Agostino (double bass).