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This article was originally commissioned for and published on thesampler.org

At a time of unprecedented interest in improvisation across the arts,

One piece of advice I find myself frequently giving to musicians in group improvising situations is not to focus on what they can do at any given moment — either with their personal musical technique or beholden to their personal ego — but instead to focus on what the music needs,

bookPaul Hession, University of Leeds, School of Music, United Kingdom

Title of the book : Tele-Improvisation: Intercultural Interaction in the Online Global Music Jam Session

Intervenes in contemporary debates about the relationship between literature and field recording

Dialogues with Contemporary Musical Improvisers

bookBeyond Jazz: Plink, Plonk and Scratch: The Golden Age of Free Music in London 1966-72 Kindle Edition

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11 October 2026

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  • #986: 2026.10.04 [stephen shiell]
    this edition of framework:afield, entitled channel, has been produced in the uk by stephen shiell. producer's notes: These soundscapes are shaped by an acoustic ecology approach, where listening functions as an ecological and relational practice rather than documentation. Developed through extended, site-responsive engagement with the Channelsea Basin, the recordings emerge […]
  • #985: 2026.09.27
    we haven't known karen power's work all that long - she first appeared on the show in late 2023 - but every new release we hear blows us away. this one is no different. "celebrating the power, wonderment and abundance of sonic beauty still present within two of our worlds most extraordinary […]
  • #984: 2026.09.20 [francisco lópez]
    this edition of framework:afield has been produced by francisco lópez, and is entitled tokoloshe, environmental sound matter from southern africa. it is composed from original environmental sound material recorded at multiple wilderness locations across southern africa (namibia, south africa, botswana, lesotho, and eswatini) between 2005 and 2013. for more information […]
  • #983: 2026.09.13
    hey folks - summer's over, and we are back! we all have to take the good with the bad; up to you to decide which is which. we had a nice break, but we love autumn, and we missed the sounds, so we're really happy to be making shows again (and […]
  • #982: 2026.07.26
    well, here we are folks, our last show before our annual summer break. what's more, we're just back from travels in the united states and extremely jet lagged, so we apologize if we seem a little hazy. we were definitely a bit hazy when we made this show, and have […]