ACL 2015: Top Ten Experimental

The cool, the crazy, the distinctive ~ every artist and album has a shot here.  In this section, we celebrate music that’s clearly different from the competition.  Experiments don’t always work, but here they have; these risks have produced rewards.

Kammerflimmer Kollektief ~ Désarroi

Few artists ever reach the milestone of a 10th album, but Kammerflimmer Kollektief has just joined this elite group.  Even rarer is the act whose 10th album comes across as something strange and new, wild and enigmatic, sending off sparks rather than