Los Angeles ambient multi‑instrumentalist bu.re_ delivers a quietly beautiful listen, one that will hit especially hard if Hiroshi Yoshimura‘s Wet Land ever moved you. His new four-track EP, seasons in migration, blends tranquil synth pads, subtle field recordings, and electric piano with soaring flute and saxophone lines. The concept of seasons is based on a 12-chord progression divided into four groups, each corresponding to a specific phase of the calendar. “Historically, seasons have provided us with a sense of the movement of time, with birth and death. beginning cycles that help us thrive; ending cycles that cause us suffering,” says bu.re_, “this album serves as a reminder of that movement.” The music unfolds like a slow, meditative cycle. The result is a gently immersive soundscape that feels both spacious and intimate. A brief listen at just under half an hour, but a fully worthwhile one.

Bassist and composer Carmen Quill returns with her first solo album in 4 years. Her style hasn’t changed much; the album is packed with seductively gorgeous avant jazz pop musings found on her 2021 debut solo release ‘Don’t Get Comfy / Nowhere’ only this time around she’s invited a shortlist of accomplished collaborators: her Scree bandmates Ryan El-Solh (guitar) and Jason Burger (drums), clarinettists Ivan Arteaga and Kristina Teuschler, and violist Dana Lyn. The title track, ‘Harmless‘, starts with a series of carefully crafted duets and trios, gradually leading into an exhilarating group improvisation featuring woodwinds and strings. As the song unfolds, voices intertwine in a lively, almost reckless manner, conjuring a sense of chaos while simultaneously celebrating the bond of musical togetherness. Press play for instant calm – headphones essential.

Wonky Logic’s (aka Dwayne Kilvington) debut ‘Mek Do & Mend’, has been a long time coming, but with its 11th November release on Brownswood Recordings fast approaching, it’s already shaping up to be one of the year’s essential records. Last week, Wonky Logic shared the album’s radiant and shimmering lead track ‘Strange Attractor‘. Recorded live in a single day at Studio One in RAK, the album draws on material spanning more than fifteen years. Mek Do & Mend brings together fragments of Kilvington’s journey, from growing up on a Leeds council estate to a life spent teaching himself, making music, collaborating, and finding his way through different creative worlds. Take a listen to ‘Strange Attractor’ below.

Written and recorded while travelling in the back of a touring splitter van, BETAMAX unleashes Fluff, his debut solo album. The 10-track project sees BETAMAX swapping his drum kit for hardware samplers to reconnect with an early love of loops and sample‑craft. The result channels restless, on‑the‑move energy into intricate electronic structures, a buzzing blend of chaos and control. Released today, his debut album bursts with creativity, carving out a boundaryless sound. Good stuff!

If you’ve been hunting for a record that plants the experimental jazz flag so high it practically waves at passing satellites, Heavy Handed is the one. It’s free jazz woven into experimental classical in full technicolour – unruly, essential, and loving its own audacity. The album brings together Joanna Mattrey (viola), Camila Nebbia (tenor sax), Camilo Ángeles (flute & FX) and Violeta García (cello & FX). Having read the Avant Music News review, I’m right there with them; Nebbia is the gravitational pull of this record. Her sax playing tears through the mix with that wild, searching intensity she does so well; she’s the force pushing the music forward. If you call yourself a jazz fan with a taste for the wild stuff, grab this album. It won’t let you down.