SIMON BARKER AND KIMNARA RECORDS

Out now!!! Orneon a new release by Showa 44 featuring improvisations by Carl Dewhurst (guitar) and Simon Barker (drums) with stunning artwork by Fusae Ikeda. Visit our releases page to find out more or purchase a copy. "Being such pure improvisers, Dewhurst and Barker allow no self-consciousness or doubt to interfere with the music taking its natural course" John Shand SMH

New Release!! Chiri, featuring Scott tinkler (trumpet), Simon Barker (drums) and extraordinary Korean vocalist Bae Il Dong. This exciting new release is available now in a limited edition bamboo encased 1 gigabyte USB drive including music files, artwork image and text relating to the recording. The title, Chiri, refers to the mountain area where singer Bae Il Dong spent many years in isolation singing at waterfalls in order to reveal "the voices". We hope you enjoy this new release and our attempts to offer music in a re-usable, bamboo encased media format. Chiri is also available now through iTunes

To find out more about Emma Franz's documentary film visit Intangible Asset Number 82

Listen to a preview of Chiri by Scott Tinkler, Simon Barker, and pansori artist Bae Il Dong.

Daorum, featuring Bae Il Dong, Simon Barker, Carl Dewhurst, Kim Dong Won, Matt McMahon, and Phil Slater, has been included in Adrian Jackson's 2009 top ten jazz releases (Rhythms Magazine)

New packaging options for Kimnara releases!!!

In order to reduce the amount of packaging accompanying releases, Kimnara CDs may now be purchased in a re-sealable plastic sleeve which includes disc and booklet for the special price of $15 plus postage. To find out more visit our releases page where you will find a "re-sealable sleeve" Paypal button option accompanying releases.

The following releases may be purchased for $15 plus postage in a re-sealable plastic sleeve:

Daorum - Daorum
Scott Tinkler/Simon Barker - Lost Thoughts
Showa 44 - Ormus
Matt McMahon Trio - Ellipsis
Band Of Five Names - Empty Gardens
Matt McMahon - Paths and Streams

Phil Treloar's latest release, Of Paradox Once Found, is an extraordinary 3 CD large scale "work" of written text and spontaneous improvisations for solo marimba. This magnificent release is now available in stunning limited edition packaging featuring a 30 page text booklet. Visit the Feeling To Thought page to purchase this exceptional set by Phil Treloar.

"It often beggars belief that these pieces were not fully composed. Japan-based Treloar's instinct for real-time devising of form is phenomenal." John Shand -SMH

Read Phil Treloar's Recollections Two dedicated to Rashied Ali (1935-2009)

Listen to a recent interview with Simon Barker on ABC's ARTWORKS

Emma Franz's Intangible Asset Number 82 has won Best Documentary at the Durban International Film Festival, South Africa

New Release!! Daorum, featuring Bae Il Dong, Simon Barker, Carl Dewhurst, Kim Dong Won, Matt McMahon, and Phil Slater.

Visit our store to purchase Daorum and explore the Kimnara catalogue.

Khoa Do's latest feature film Missing Water features a soundtrack created by Carl Dewhurst, Simon Barker, and Alan John

Find music appearing in Emma Franz's feature Film, Intangible Asset Number 82

Kimnara is proud to have releases on Phil Treloar's label Feeling To Thought available from this site. The catalogue features solo CDs by Phil, as well as his latest release with Hamish Stuart. Converging Paths- Shades of There (Feeling to Thought-003) is an extraordinary collection of improvisations by two of Australia's most creative musicians.

"Lost Thoughts" (Scott Tinkler/Simon Barker) has been selected for Honorable Mention - Best New Releases 2008, in All About Jazz-New York.

John Shand's latest book "Jazz: The Australian Accent" includes a compilation CD featuring tracks by the Phil Slater qt and Scott Tinkler/Simon Barker. The book includes overviews of seventeen Australian musicians including Phil Treloar, Phil Slater, Scott Tinkler, Matt McMahon and Simon Barker.

"Daorum is an exceptional example of musical fusion at its best. Steeped in the conventions of modern jazz but celebrating the traditions of Korean pansori singing, Daorum is a rare musical treat. It is new, original, and very exciting." read more reviews of Daorum's recent performance at the 2008 OZASIA Festival, Adelaide.

The Phil Slater Quartet was awarded Best Australian Jazz Ensemble of the Year at the recent Australian Jazz Bell Awards

"My vote for the best record of the year goes to the Phil Slater Quartet, for The Thousands, a superb set by Slater, Matt McMahon, Lloyd Swanton and Simon Barker that offers absorbing, thought provoking music on every listen" Adrian Jackson - Rhythms Magazine

Phil Slater Qt - "The Thousands" wins the 2007 Limelight Award for Best Jazz Achievement. "One of the most important bands Australia has produced" - SMH

Kimnara releases can also be purchased through itunes

Kimnara releases in critics top 10 discs of the year and SMH top 5 CDs of the year

Read Daorum reviews

Read a recent interview with Phil Slater

Kim Dong Won, Carl Dewhurst, Matt McMahon, Simon Barker, Phil Slater, Bae Il Dong

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