Guardian Music — (Central Control)This vibrant album is the BBC's Jazz on 3 recording of Matana Roberts's performance at Vortex in London in April 2009. The independence with which the young Chicagoan has developed a 1960s free-jazz sax approach (inspired by Coltrane... more info

Guardian Music — Vortex, LondonFringe Magnetic, the young jazz and classical-strings ensemble, might be led by Jamie Cullum's right-hand man, Rory Simmons, but the band's dissonant and gothically genre-bending repertoire features no Sinatra crooning, no pop ballads... more info

Altsounds — The Vortex - Monday 1st March (SOLD OUT) Second UK show announced – The Vortex, Tuesday 2nd March. Taken from her recent Innundir skinni album, Ólöf announces the release of 'Surrender', featuring Bjork, as a single ... more info

Guardian Music — Vortex, London"There's been a bit of a misunderstanding," pianist Django Bates brightly announced. "We thought we were guests of Evan's, and he thought he was a guest of ours." Contemporary-sax trailblazer Evan Parker had been invited to curate a fiv... more info

Guardian Music — Vortex, LondonSteve Lehman, the Brooklyn-born saxophonist and composer, is so good at setting aflame his carefully researched, academically driven music with the spontaneous clamours of the street that the 32-year-old has become not only one of the h... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — What is snow's sound? These WMFU shows were made during 2000s storms. Shows from 2002-2006 require Real Player (R). Shows after use pop-up players--just click the link. On Christmas Day, 2002. Bill Zebub did THREE Vortex Of Chaos shows. I... more info

Totally Fuzzy — the Burton Bootlegger said... Dave Binney Quartet - live @ the Vortex 2004 http://hotelmaidssmileinunison.blogspot.com Gumshoe said... Sleetmute Nightmute's "Night of Long Knives" album (on F/A/S/T/W/E/A/P/O/N/S) is a Portland no-wave classic. Recor... more info

Guardian Music — Vortex Jazz Club, LondonThe Vortex Jazz Club has begun a programme of collaborations between authors and jazz musicians called WordPlay. It could hardly have picked a more apposite guest for the scheme's debut, since novelist and columnist Geoff Dye... more info

Totally Fuzzy — W said... A look at cosmic bands playing in cosmic places. * PINK FLOYD At Pompeii (1972) * HAWKWIND At Stonehenge (1984) * GRATEFUL DEAD At The Giza Pyramids (3CD 1978) Listen Before You Download * REDUX http://ngootbredux.blogspot.com Thanks Fuzzy ... more info

The Culture Of Me — Top Billin artists Wool & Vortex have made a pretty great skateboarding video for their tune, "Magic Carpet Ride", a track that features a haunting vocal over classic house tones. All in all a winning package. The pair, Plant Music member/The Glass's... more info