May Spring Last a Lifetime⁣ by Tom Challenger & Evan Parker⁣ ⁣ The album has received an 'indispensable' rating by Paris-Move:⁣ ⁣ "the recording is both an exploration of sound and an extraordinary example of musical listening at its highest level"⁣ ⁣ Album launch show:⁣ CAFE OTO, LONDON⁣ 21 JULY

CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright⁣⁣ CD / digital⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ New review in Electronic Sound magazine:⁣ ⁣ "An absorbing, startling work."⁣⁣ @electronicsound.bsky.social

May Spring Last a Lifetime⁣ by Tom Challenger & Evan Parker⁣ ⁣ The album has received an 'indispensable' rating from Paris-Move:⁣ ⁣ " ... stands among the most compelling duo recordings in contemporary improvised music."⁣ ⁣ Album launch show:⁣ CAFE OTO, LONDON⁣ 21 JULY ⁣

CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright⁣ CD / digital⁣ ⁣ Listening event next week -- ⁣ ⁣ Orpheus Instituut (Pyramid Hall / Koetshuis) Korte Meer 20a, 9000 Ghent, Belgium⁣ 16 June, 18:00⁣

CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright⁣ CD / digital⁣ ⁣ The new album is featured in a 3,500-word essay / interview with Matthew Wright -- by Bill Shoemaker in Point of Departure.⁣

CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright⁣ CD/digital⁣ ⁣ featured in ⁣ The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp By Peter Margasak⁣ ⁣ "Composer Matthew Wright’s conceptual rigor on Cracked Glaze runs deep ... a work of elegant design that balances gliding, reflection with exquisitely etched conflict."

The three new False Walls CDs:⁣ ⁣ - Kenny Wheeler Sextet⁣ - Matthew Wright, with Sofia Jernberg, Ensemble Klang and Spheric Totemic ⁣ - Evan Parker & Tom Challenger⁣ ⁣ All 6 panel gatefold packages with booklets and CD sleeves, all designed by David Caines.

CAFE OTO, LONDON:⁣ TUESDAY 21 JULY 2026, 7.30PM⁣ ⁣ ALBUM LAUNCH SHOW⁣ for⁣ TOM CHALLENGER & EVAN PARKER'S "MAY SPRING LAST A LIFETIME" ⁣ ⁣ With HANNAH MARSHALL (solo)

CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright ⁣⁣ CD / digital⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ " ... Matthew Wright’s captivating and structurally ingenious Cracked Glaze, all subtle interventions and carefully-judged excursions ... manages to be both elegant and spontaneous."⁣⁣ BBC Music Magazine, 5 stars

WHAT WAS: Kenny Wheeler Sextet⁣⁣⁣⁣ CD/digital ⁣⁣⁣⁣ "an exceptional offering ... Recorded in 1995 but recently released, this session represents the British jazz of the period at a creative high, its personnel reading like a who's who of the period. Essential."⁣⁣⁣⁣ -- BBC Music Magazine, 5 stars

Two 5-star reviews in BBC Music Magazine for False Walls' new releases by Kenny Wheeler Sextet and Matt Wright. Very grateful to the magazine and critic Roger Thomas.

ANNOUNCED TODAY:⁣ ⁣ May Spring Last a Lifetime⁣ by Tom Challenger & Evan Parker⁣ CD / digital⁣ ⁣ The first duo release from improvising tenor saxophonists Tom Challenger and Evan Parker. ⁣ 6-panel gatefold sleeve, 20 page CD booklet and CD sleeve⁣ ⁣ ⁣

OUT TODAY:⁣ ⁣ CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright ⁣ performed by Sofia Jernberg, Ensemble Klang & Spheric Totemic ⁣ ⁣ "The imaginative, elegant performance of this composition ... cements Cracked Glaze's deeply immersive effect."⁣ - Percorsi Musicali⁣ ⁣ 6-panel sleeve, 20 page booklet & CD sleeve.⁣

WHAT WAS: Kenny Wheeler Sextet⁣ CD/digital "Wheeler’s style remains as refined as it is confident ... beautiful and moving"⁣ Jazz Mania⁣ ⁣ "an album that sees the light after 30 years and not before time, Kenny perhaps at the peak of his later and smoother era"⁣ Freq⁣ ⁣ Photos: Caroline Forbes⁣

Matthew Wright introduces his new project Cracked Glaze, including a Q&A and an immersive playback of the album, released in May on CD/digital by False Walls @falsewalls.bsky.social Cracked Glaze was performed by vocalist Sofia Jernberg, Ensemble Klang and Wright's Spheric Totemic

WHAT WAS by Kenny Wheeler Sextet⁣ CD/digital ⁣ "It’s all first-class" Richard Williams / The Blue Moment⁣ ⁣ "Captures Wheeler at a creative peak"⁣ Jazzwise, 4 stars ⁣ "An important release from a great master and his colleagues"⁣ Salt Peanuts⁣

CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright⁣ performed by Sofia Jernberg, Ensemble Klang & Spheric Totemic ⁣ CD / digital on False Walls⁣ ⁣ Cracked Glaze feature and interview with Matthew Wright on New Music Show, BBC Radio 3, Saturday 2nd May, starts 54:54: search on BBC Sounds⁣

False Walls⁣⁣ BANDCAMP FRIDAY: ⁣⁣ 20% OFF EVERYTHING⁣⁣ USE CODE: MAYDAY⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Boxsets:⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Andrew Poppy (4 CDs and book)⁣⁣ Evan Parker (4 CDs and book)⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Single CDs:⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Including new releases by Kenny Wheeler Sextet⁣⁣ and Matthew Wright⁣⁣, and the label's back catalogue ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣

CRACKED GLAZE by Matthew Wright⁣ performed by Sofia Jernberg, Ensemble Klang & Spheric Totemic ⁣ CD/digital on False Walls⁣ ⁣ BANDCAMP FRIDAY: ⁣ 20% OFF⁣ USE CODE: MAYDAY⁣ ⁣ The album is being featured, including an interview with Matthew, on Radio 3’s New Music Show tomorrow (Saturday).⁣ ⁣

OUT NOW:⁣ ⁣ WHAT WAS by Kenny Wheeler Sextet⁣ CD / digital on False Walls⁣ ⁣ BANDCAMP FRIDAY: ⁣ 20% OFF⁣ USE CODE: MAYDAY⁣ ⁣ "This previously unreleased recording from 1995 captures Wheeler at a creative peak."⁣ Jazzwise review, 4 stars⁣

OUT TODAY:⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ WHAT WAS⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ by Kenny Wheeler Sextet⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ CD / digital ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ The first release of a 1995 studio session. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ “… as vital and immediate as anything already in the extended canon of Kenny Wheeler.” - Paris-Move⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ kennywheelersextet.bandcamp.com/album/what-was ⁣

New writing on the ARK blog:⁣ ⁣ Richard Rees-Jones writes about Rook by Shearwater and⁣ Simon Tyler writes about Tabula Rasa by Arvo Pärt ⁣ www.falsewalls.co.uk/ark @jonathanmeiburg.bsky.social @matadorrecords.bsky.social @viennesewaltz.bsky.social @shearwaterband.bsky.social

Listen to Matthew Wright's CRACKED GLAZE⁣ on Such Music, Resonance FM⁣ ⁣ www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/such-music-7-march-2026⁣ ⁣ CD / digital on False Walls

WHAT WAS by Kenny Wheeler Sextet⁣ CD / digital on False Walls ⁣ ⁣ Read the sleeve notes by Nick Smart:⁣ www.falsewalls.co.uk/2026/03/nick... ⁣ 'Song for Someone: The Musical Life of Kenny Wheeler', by Nick Smart and Brian Shaw, is published by Equinox.⁣

Bandcamp Friday⁣ Plus: 30% off all False Walls releases today⁣ ⁣ NEW RELEASES⁣ Kenny Wheeler Sextet: What Was⁣ Matthew Wright: Cracked Glaze⁣ ⁣ BOXSETS⁣ Evan Parker⁣ Andrew Poppy⁣ ⁣ & the full back catalogue ⁣ falsewalls1.bandcamp.com ⁣ Use code fw30 at checkout⁣

I wrote a guest post for the @falsewalls.bsky.social website, an appreciation of @shearwaterband.bsky.social 's 2008 album Rook.

On the ARK blog, musicians, writers and others choose an album to write about. ⁣⁣ New post: Richard Rees-Jones writes about Rook by Shearwater (2008)⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ www.falsewalls.co.uk/ark/ @jonathanmeiburg.bsky.social @matadorrecords.bsky.social @viennesewaltz.bsky.social @shearwaterband.bsky.social

WHAT WAS by Kenny Wheeler Sextet review at Paris-Move:⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ " ... as vital and immediate as anything already in the extended canon of ... jazz master Kenny Wheeler."⁣⁣ www.paris-move.com/reviews/the-... ⁣⁣ Stream:⁣⁣ kennywheelersextet.bandcamp.com/album/what-w... Photo: Caroline Forbes

Blue Nile, from WHAT WAS by Kenny Wheeler Sextet, on the always-eclectic Dark Train.⁣ ⁣ 45 mins in:⁣ www.mixcloud.com/katebosworth... ⁣ CD/digital, False Walls ⁣ ⁣ The first release of a 1995 session, produced by Evan Parker. ⁣ Stream 3 tracks:⁣ kennywheelersextet.bandcamp.com/album/what-w...

New writing on the ARK blog, where musicians, writers and others choose an album to write about:⁣ ⁣ Simon Tyler writes about Tabula Rasa by Arvo Pärt (1984)⁣ ⁣ www.falsewalls.co.uk/ark/

New writing on the ARK blog, where musicians, writers and others choose an album to write about:⁣ ⁣ Simon Tyler writes about Tabula Rasa by Arvo Pärt (1984)⁣ ⁣ www.falsewalls.co.uk/ark/

New writing on the ARK blog, where musicians, writers and others choose an album to write about:⁣ ⁣ Simon Tyler writes about Tabula Rasa by Arvo Pärt (1984)⁣ ⁣ www.falsewalls.co.uk/ark/

Matthew Wright⁣⁣ CRACKED GLAZE⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ performed by:⁣⁣ Sofia Jernberg ⁣⁣ Ensemble Klang⁣⁣ Spheric Totemic ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ New CD / digital, on False Walls⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ From Nate Wooley’s sleeve notes: “… this whole recording is rare and wonderful.”⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Listen:⁣⁣ www.falsewalls.co.uk/release/crac...

WHAT WAS⁣ by ⁣ Kenny Wheeler Sextet⁣ ⁣ CD/digital release on False Walls ⁣ April 17, 2026⁣ ⁣ The first release of a 1995 studio session, produced by Evan Parker. ⁣ Stream three tracks:⁣ kennywheelersextet.bandcamp.com/album/what-was

New writing on the ARK blog, where musicians, writers and others choose an album to write about:⁣ ⁣ David Sheppard (author of 'On Some Faraway Beach: The Life and Times of Brian Eno') writes about 'Warm and Cool' by Tom Verlaine (1992).⁣ ⁣ www.falsewalls.co.uk/ark/warm-and...

Updates from False Walls on Bandcamp Friday: ⁣ The Heraclitean Two-Step, etc. by Evan Parker⁣ 4 CDs/book/slipcase⁣ Amazon review: "Everything about this item is beautiful" evanparkerfw.bandcamp.com/album/the-he... ⁣ More releases: falsewalls1.bandcamp.com/music%E2%81%A3 ⁣ New releases TBA soon.

New writing on the ARK blog, where musicians, writers and others choose an album to write about:⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ David Sheppard (author of 'On Some Faraway Beach: The Life and Times of Brian Eno') writes about 'Warm and Cool' by Tom Verlaine (1992).⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ www.falsewalls.co.uk/ark/warm-and...

ASTRÏD & SYLVAIN CHAUVEAU, review:⁣ ⁣ "Running Up That Hill transforms into an escalation of ether: Kate Bush's obsession rises here in a spectral, almost disembodied clarity."⁣ -- Solenopole⁣ solenopole.com/%E2%81%A3 ⁣ Video / listen here:⁣ falsewalls1.bandcamp.com/track/runnin... ⁣⁣

ASTRÏD & SYLVAIN CHAUVEAU, review:⁣ ⁣ "Video Games [Lana del Ray] stretches like a slow-motion memory, a Polaroid that fades the more you look at it."⁣ -- Solenopole ⁣ solenopole.com/%E2%81%A3 ⁣ Video / listen here:⁣ falsewalls1.bandcamp.com/track/video-... ⁣

ASTRÏD & SYLVAIN CHAUVEAU, review:⁣ ⁣ "Machine Gun becomes a shadowy pulse, martial and flickering, as if Portishead's voice were passing through a cloud of dust."⁣ -- Solenopole ⁣ solenopole.com/%E2%81%A3 ⁣ Video / listen here:⁣ falsewalls1.bandcamp.com/track/machin... ⁣

new review: "Astrïd and Chauveau didn't cover these songs: they opened them ... That's the power of this album: it creates visions ... It is an atlas of sound ghosts, a map of possibilities, an invitation to listen differently." -- Solenopole review solenopole.com www.falsewalls.co.uk

This time, Sylvain Chauveau returns to the cover album with the band Astrid reimagining tracks by Kate Bush, Lana Del Rey, Portishead, or Nina Simone. Available on the label @falsewalls.bsky.social #albumcovers www.etherreal.com/spip.php?art...

Astrïd and Sylvain Chauveau new review "a fully convincing album" -- Ether REAL Stream: www.falsewalls.co.uk

NEW 16 MINUTE VIDEO:⁣ Astrïd and Sylvain Chauveau⁣ ⁣ " ... a gloriously long ambient take on Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill ... Highly recommended. Release of the week."-- Random Jukebox, The Source FM⁣ ⁣ Watch:⁣ falsewalls1.bandcamp.com/track/runnin... ⁣

Astrïd and Sylvain Chauveau Possible Musics: 8/10 rating Stream: www.falsewalls.co.uk

Astrïd & Sylvain Chauveau⁣ on Random Jukebox - 21 Aug⁣ www.thesourcefm.co.uk/listen-again⁣ ⁣ "So good I had to play two tunes: Bang Bang and Video Games ... Bang Bang puts me in mind of David Sylvian ... Highly recommended -- release of the week."⁣ ⁣ Stream:�� https://www.falsewalls.co.uk/�k/⁣ ⁣

False Walls' blog: ARK ⁣ musicians, writers and others choose an album to write about⁣ ⁣ New posts:⁣ ⁣ Evan Parker on John Coltrane⁣ Mark Brend on Ed Kuepper⁣ ⁣ www.falsewalls.co.uk/ark/%E2%81%A3 ⁣ @minutebook.bsky.social

New writing on the ARK blog:⁣ ⁣ Evan Parker writes about John Coltrane: The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings.⁣ ⁣ PLUS:⁣ 20% off False Walls releases via Bandcamp (including Evan Parker boxset): available until August 10. ⁣ Use code: august⁣ falsewalls1.bandcamp.com ⁣

20% off all False Walls releases⁣⁣ until August 10th⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ NEW RELEASE⁣⁣ Astrïd & Sylvain Chauveau⁣⁣ "a singular style.” 8/10 rating⁣⁣ -- Possible Musics⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ plus many BOXSETS⁣⁣ & ALBUMS⁣⁣ falsewalls1.bandcamp.com ⁣⁣ Use code 'august' at checkout⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

New writing at ARK, where musicians, writers and others choose an album to write about.⁣ ⁣ @minutebook.bsky.social writes about Electrical Storm by Ed Kuepper www.falsewalls.co.uk/ark/ ⁣ PLUS:⁣ 20% off False Walls releases via Bandcamp until Aug 10. ⁣ Use code: august⁣ falsewalls1.bandcamp.com