About
Iluso Records is an independent record label founded in 2013 by Michael Caratti and Álvaro Domene.
Our catalogue focuses on exploratory creative new music derived and informed by the fertile traditions of jazz, avant-garde metal, free-improvisation, western contemporary classical, and experimental electronic music.
We have featured works by artists who are dedicated to exploring the endless sonic possibilities that can be found within and beyond said genres:
Briggan Krauss, Colin Marston, Matthew Shipp, Elliott Sharp, Henry Kaiser, Mike Pride, Álvaro Pérez, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Colin Fisher, Lotte Anker, Pat Thomas, Eliane Gazzard, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Frode Gjerstad, Michael Bisio, Kirk Knuffke, Harvey Valdés, Ståle Liavik Solberg, Max Kutner, Terry Day, Sam Newsome, John Butcher, Dane Johnson, John Russell, Tom Rainey, Killick Hinds, Josh Sinton, Jason Ajemian, Chad Taylor, Rachel Musson, Chris Hoffman, Steve Beresford, Eli Wallace, Devin Gray, Brandon López, Aaron Quinn, Jason Nazary, Dominic Lash, Alex Ward, Ricardo Tejero, Javier Carmona, Rick Parker, Jeremy Carlstedt, Luke Barlow, Roberto Sassi, Santiago Horro, Sergio Mena, and Andrew Bassett.
Contact
For all enquiries including artist bookings and purchase requests please contact the team at info@ilusorecords.com.
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Sam Newsome / Álvaro Domene / Mike Caratti
Live at Singularity Music Series I
"... all three are unafraid to embrace conventional sonorities that temper the abstraction." John Sharpe (NYC Jazz Record)
Iluso Records presents the debut release of a new series of live concert recordings from the Singularity Music Series held monthly in Kingston, NY.
This performance, held on a snowy night on 12 January 2019, features soprano saxophonist Sam Newsome, seven string guitarist Álvaro Domene and drummer/percussionist Mike Caratti.
Newsome began the concert with a stunning prepared solo soprano piece incorporating wind chimes, balloons and hand percussion. Circular breathing and real time wide-panning techniques propelled his deeply moving and intense performance. He was joined by Domene and Caratti whose trio performance bubbled with energy and enthusiasm. From bluesy grooves to screeching altissimo scraping, the trio displayed their wide range of musical backgrounds while remaining cohesively rooted in the jazz and free improvisation traditions.