Welcome to 2025! Our first release is from the brilliant Bulgarian experimental music label Mahorka, and their latest offering is phenomenal. The Luneta Freedom Jazz Collective are from Manila, Philippines, and this is a strangely elegant release. My favorite track of the album, Ang itak ng kamalayan – Isang Ritual, is a hazy take on improv, with a gentle piano melody underpinning what sounds like a soundtrack to a 1930s horror movie. Weird, indeed, and a great way to launch the year.
Luneta Freedom Jazz Collective – Mga matang pumipikit sa langit
