Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes

LA experimental jazz artists Sam Gendel and Sam Wilkes just released their latest collaborative album "Unrelated," an airy, dreamy record of ambient new age and jazz.  Dig on the cinematic and lo-fi vibes of album opener "Rapworld" below and get the LP here from the duo.

Sam Gendel

LA experimental composer and saxophonist Sam Gendel has had a pretty big year, featuring a slew of different albums consisting of a brilliant collaboration, a record of previously unreleased material, and a live album.  And now we've got another new release with the crawling, noir-ish "blueblue."  Check out "Tate-Waku (Rising Steam)" below and order the LP here from Leaving Records.

Sam Gendel & Antonia Cytrynowicz

LA artist Sam Gendel makes weird, experimental, ambient jazz, but i'm at a loss on how to accurately describe his most recent effort "Live A Little."  The album is a mostly improvised mix of otherworldly hum and ambient tones with vocals from an 11-year old Antonia Cytrynowicz, the little sister of Gendel's significant other and creative partner.  This is totally alien music that's at once soothing and unsettling.  Check out "Something Real" below and get the album here from Psychic Hotline.

Sam Gendel and Sam Wilkes

I only just discovered the experimental electronic jazz of saxophonist Sam Gendel a couple of weeks ago, and now the artist has another new album out, this time around as a collaboration with like minded musician Sam Wilkes.  The duo crafted the unassuming and bubbling "Music for Saxofone & Bass Guitar," a slowburn of improvisation using the aforementioned sax and bass as well as some electronic ambience and tones.  Listen to album opener "BOA" below and snag the cassette here from Leaving Records.

Sam Gendel

Keeping with the experimental saxophone trend of my listening habits today, earlier this year LA artist Sam Gendel released "Pass If Music," a collection of warped, strained, and strange songs created entirely out of sounds made by his sax.  "East LA Haze Dream" sounds just like what the title suggests, an airy, neon noir score for dark and surreal nights, a thick layer of sound hanging in the atmosphere.  Listen below and get the album here from Leaving Records.