About
Iluso Records is an independent record label founded in 2013 by Michael Caratti and Álvaro Domene.
Our catalogue focuses on exploratory creative new music derived and informed by the fertile traditions of jazz, avant-garde metal, free-improvisation, western contemporary classical, and experimental electronic music.
We have featured works by artists who are dedicated to exploring the endless sonic possibilities that can be found within and beyond said genres:
Briggan Krauss, Colin Marston, Matthew Shipp, Elliott Sharp, Henry Kaiser, Mike Pride, Álvaro Pérez, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Colin Fisher, Lotte Anker, Pat Thomas, Eliane Gazzard, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Frode Gjerstad, Michael Bisio, Kirk Knuffke, Harvey Valdés, Ståle Liavik Solberg, Max Kutner, Terry Day, Sam Newsome, John Butcher, Dane Johnson, John Russell, Tom Rainey, Killick Hinds, Josh Sinton, Jason Ajemian, Chad Taylor, Rachel Musson, Chris Hoffman, Steve Beresford, Eli Wallace, Devin Gray, Brandon López, Aaron Quinn, Jason Nazary, Dominic Lash, Alex Ward, Ricardo Tejero, Javier Carmona, Rick Parker, Jeremy Carlstedt, Luke Barlow, Roberto Sassi, Santiago Horro, Sergio Mena, and Andrew Bassett.
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Mike Caratti · Rachel Musson · Steve BeresfordHesitantly Pleasant
Iluso Records presents ‘Hesitantly Pleasant’ - an album of freely improvised music by Mike Caratti, Rachel Musson and Steve Beresford.
Following on from his last critically acclaimed recording effort, Synaptic Self by dMu, which featured on Avant Music News’ “Best Albums of 2016” list, Australian drummer Mike Caratti joins forces with two of the UK’s most prolific improvisers for this wonderful release.
Steve Beresford is a legend of improvised music. Having performed with everyone from Brian Eno, Derek Bailey and John Zorn, Beresford’s discography and performance schedule read as a guide to the history of contemporary improvised music - his contribution to this art is everlasting.
Rachel Musson is one of the leading figures on the UK improvised music scene. She has released two albums under her own name, including the acclaimed Tatterdemalion with Liam Noble and Mark Sanders. She also plays with Alex Ward’s Quintet and Sextet, and has performed with Han Bennink, Mary Halvorson, Louis Moholo-Moholo among many others.
Drawing on each other’s distinct musical experience, the unique voices of Caratti, Musson and Beresford combine here in a stunning album of seven improvised pieces that traverse a multitude of musical moods, genres and soundscapes.
From the rumbustious ‘Complex Footwork and Violent Movement’, the hauntingly beautiful ‘A Unique Haircut’ through to the mind bending glitchiness of the title track, the trio push each other on a trajectory of unbridled musical exploration.
‘Hesitantly Pleasant’ is a delightful release by a trio of musicians at the forefront of the creative and new music world. The album is essential listening for anyone with an interest in contemporary creative and improvised music.