Liudas Mockūnas / Christian Windfeld - Pacemaker (August 2021 NoBusiness Records)

1. Pace 24:09

2. Maker 20:04

Liudas Mockūnas - contrabass and prepared clarinet, tenor and soprano saxophones

Christian Windfeld - prepared drum kit, drums, drums and cymbals

Music by Liudas Mockūnas (Koda) and Christian Windfeld

Recorded at Improdimensija/Mama Studios in Vilnius, May 2018

Recorded by Arūnas Zujus and Vytautas Bedalis

Mixed and mastered by Anders Ørbæk

Original art work and cover design by Neringa Žukauskaitė

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Liudas Mockūnas In Residency at Bitches Brew (March 2021 NoBusiness Records)

In December 2018 I had a four-night residency at the Bitches Brew jazz club in Yokohama. These concerts were organized by Mr Kenny Inaoka, founder and editor-in-chief of the webzine JazzTokyo.com and a prodigious jazz record producer and Seiichi Sugita, the owner of the Bitces Brew. They managed to invite some of the greatest improvisers from the Tokyo area to join me for four concerts in a row. This album captures some sound memories of those unforgettable performances with fantastic musicians Otomo Yoshihide, Kazutoki Umezu, Masayo Koketsu, Akira Sakata and Eiichi Hayashi. Enjoy! Big thanks to all the musicians who joined forces on those concerts, Kenny Inaoka, Seiichi Sugita, Kuniko Iwasita, Akira Saito, Gabija Čepulionytė and Raminta Sodeikienė.

1. Brown Line / with Akira Sakata 11:04

2. Yellow Line / with Masayo Koketsu 12:29

3. Red Line / with Kazutoki Umezu 17:22

4. Green Line / with Otomo Yoshihide and Kazutoki Umezu 23:49

5. Blue Line / with Akira Sakata and Eiichi Hayashi 10:27

by Liudas Mockūnas / Akira Sakata / Otomo Yoshihide / Kazutoki Umezu / Masayo Koketsu / Eiichi Hayashi

Recorded at Bitches Brew in Yokohama, December 2018 by Liudas Mockūnas

Mixed at KDK by Dainius Kazilionis and Liudas Mockūnas

Mastered at KDK by Dainius Kazilionis

Art work and design by Neringa Žukauskaitė

Cover photo by Liudas Mockūnas

Produced by Liudas Mockūnas and Danas Mikailionis

Co-producer Valerij Anosov

“Brown Line” Akira Sakata-cl, Liudas Mockūnas-ss

“Yellow Line” Masayo Koketsu-as, Liudas Mockūnas-ss,water prepared ss

“Red Line” Kazutoki Umezu-bcl,cl,ss,as, Liudas Mockūnas-ss

“Green Line” Otomo Yoshihide-g, Kazutoki Umezu-bcl,ss,as, Liudas Mockūnas-ts

“Blue Line” Akira Sakata-cl,as,voice, Eiichi Hayashi-as, Liudas Mockūnas-ts, ss

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Liudas Mockūnas - HYDRO 2 (NO BUSINESS RECORDS November 2018)

Liudas Mockūnas – soprano, water prepared soprano and water prepared keyless overtone saxophones

Hydro 2 46:09

Music by Liudas Mockūnas (KODA)

Recorded at IMPRODIMENSIJA - concert series dedicated to improvised music, MAMAstudios, Vilnius October  2017 by Arūnas Zujus

Mixed and mastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios

Cover photo by Rita Stankevičiūtė

Design by Neringa Žukauskaitė

Produced by Liudas Mockūnas

Mockūnas / Mazurkiewicz / Berre - Live in Warsaw (ASTRAL SPIRITS June 7, 2018)

Happy to present the first release from this trio of European stalwarts: saxophonist Liudas Mockunas (who's amazing playing has been documented quite well over the last few years on No Busniess Records), bassist Jacek Mazurkiewicz (3Fonia, Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra, Modular String Trio) and drummer Hakon Berre (duo with Aram Shelton, Susana Santos Silva and more). This is top notch unadulterated free jazz, the trio plays as though they have been working together for years...there is a level of communication and interplay demonstrated throughout. Nothing too flashy, but an incredibly singular sound.

1. Elven

2. Upé

3. Rzeka

Liudas Mockūnas - Clarinet, Soprano & Tenor Sax 

Jacek Mazurkiewicz - Contrabass, Electronics 

Håkon Berre - Drums

Liudas Mockūnas - Hydro (NoBusiness Records September 2017)

Liudas Mockūnas - clarinet, water prepared soprano, soprano and tenor saxophones, percussion

SIDE A

HYDRATION SUITE part 1

HYDRATION SUITE part 2

HYDRATION SUITE part 3

HYDRATION SUITE part 4

HYDRATION SUITE part 5

HYDRATION SUITE part 6

HYDRATION SUITE part 7

SIDE B

REHYDRATION SUITE part 1

REHYDRATION SUITE part 2

REHYDRATION SUITE part 3

DEHYDRATION

All compositions by Liudas Mockūnas (KODA)

Tracks  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 on side one and track 3 on side two recorded at the Latvian National Radio Studio by Ivars Ozols  in November 2015

Tracks 1, 2 and 4 on side two recorded by Arūnas Zujus at MAMA studios in  December 2016

Mastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios

Cover photo by Rita Stankevičiūtė

Design by Oskaras Anosovas

Produced by Liudas Mockūnas and Danas Mikailionis

Co-producer  - Valerij Anosov

NoBusiness Records NBLP 110

Release year - 2017 

Edition of 300 copies

Liudas Mockūnas / Arnas Mikalkėnas / Hakon Berre - Plunge (BAREFOOT RECORDS 2017)

Renowned Lithuanian saxophonist Liudas Mockūnas put in 2014 together a new trio that connects the Norwegian/Danish and Lithuanian modern jazz scene. Mockūnas has for many years been one of the most important avant­garde musicians from the Baltic region, with a wide range of collaborations across Europe. On piano and accordion, we have Arnas Mikalkėnas who is one of the most promising improvisers from the younger generations of musicians from Lithuania. The last member of the trio is Norwegian drummer Håkon Berre, who has been residing in Denmark during the last 15 years and has worked with Mockūnas in several contexts such as the noise trio Angel, and with the free jazz trio Peter Friis Nielsen Kalas.

The trio focuses on original material written by both Mockūnas, Mikalkėnas and Berre, and can be characterized as modern chamber jazz with inspiration from contemporary classical music and free jazz. The compositions have a transparent structure where the rhythmic and melodic templates provide a starting point for a very open kind of improvisation.

In October 2014 the trio played a 2­ week tour with concerts in Lithuania, Estonia, Norway and the Czech Republic. The tour included a festival concert at Vilnius Jazz Festival, which was recorded digitally by Lithuanian state radio. The recording resulted in the CD “Plunged”; an honest and accurate documentation of the trio’s work.

1 Study No. 1

2 Study No. 2

3 Study No. 3

4 Stress

5 Study No. 4

6 Study No. 5

7 Pelš

Liudas Mockūnas (LT) – reeds

Arnas Mikalkėnas (LT) – piano, accordion 

Hakon Berre (NO) – drums

Liudas Mockunas / Rafal Mazur / Raymond Strid - Live in Divadlo 29 (NOT TWO RECORDS 2017)

1. Prologue (expositio) 8:59

2. Act I (peripety) 5:21

3. Act II (climax) 11:18

4. Act III (entr’acte) 2:08

5. Finale 10:42

Photos: Krzysztof Penarski / photofreejazz

Liudas Mockunas –  soprano, tenor & bass saxophones

Rafał Mazur – acoustic bass guitar

Raymond Strid – drums, percussion