Matthew Shipp - Michael Bisio Duo at Bop Shop Records

“They play music with the structure and heft of composition, but it’s spontaneous. That is remarkable.

These are two at the top of the era and they behave like it on this wonderful disk. It’s beyond category. Avant, sure. But essential no matter what you call it. Piano-bass duets? Call it that. This is our music today and they are making some of the best!” – Grego Applegate Edwards
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“It’s free-jazz, but full of melody, and every sound counts.” (****) – John Fordham, The Guardian...

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“They play music with the structure and heft of composition, but it’s spontaneous. That is remarkable.

These are two at the top of the era and they behave like it on this wonderful disk. It’s beyond category. Avant, sure. But essential no matter what you call it. Piano-bass duets? Call it that. This is our music today and they are making some of the best!” – Grego Applegate Edwards
gapplegatemusicreview.blogspot.com/2012/08/michael-bisio-matthew-shipp-duo.html

“It’s free-jazz, but full of melody, and every sound counts.” (****) – John Fordham, The Guardian
guardian.co.uk/music/2012/dec/13/matthew-ship-floating-ice-review

“It’s a collection of conversations between two masterful improvisors, and the album’s sound is well represented by the title. ” – Paul Acquaro
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“This is a spare and thoughtful disc of duets between bassist Michael Bisio and pianist Matthew Shipp. The textures are very interesting, Shipp’s dark and mysterious tone meshes well with the deep elastic tone of Bisio’s bass. ” – Tim
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“They are meteors that strike the most sincere music lovers wherever they are, because they possess an inventive step that is difficult to find around.” Percorsi Musicali
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“The music created by Michael Bisio and Matthew Shipp on “Floating Ice” demands your attention and deserves it. The 2 musicians know each other well and that friendship gives them the freedom to make music that goes in many directions (and never gets lost.) ” steptempest.blogspot.com/search?q=floating+Ice
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“The two conjure an enchanting universe of magical encounters from a single splayed chord or mid-register scuttle” (****) – Mike Hobart, Financial Times (London, UK)
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