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Other Dimensions in Music: Other Dimensions in Music

Label: Silkheart
Catalog ID: SHCD 120
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 1990
Country: Sweden

Other Dimensions In Music with Roy Campbell, William Parker, Daniel Carter and Rashi Bakr in their first release from 1990, free flowing ritualistic jazz of the highest order.

Moondog: Rare Material [2 CDs]

Label: Roof Music
Catalog ID: RD 2633272CD
Format: 2 CDs
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: Germany

Rare recordings collected on this 2 CD set from Moondog (Louis Thomas Hardin, 1916-1999), including tracks from the un-reissued "Bracelli", and "Instrumental Music" LPs.

Eleh: Location Momentum

Label: Touch
Catalog ID: TO 080CD
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: UK

The mysterious electronic music project Eleh in their first release of digital recordings, powerfully building sound structures that interact in rich electronic environments.

Elephant9: Walk The Nile [VINYL]

Label: Rune Grammofon
Catalog ID: RLP 3095LP
Format: LP
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Norway

Elephant9's 2nd release pushes this Norwegian power trio even harder in a Hammond organ-infused rock that combines elements of rock, jazz, psychedelia, funk and prog.

Wooley, Nate: Trumpet/Amplifier [VINYL]

Label: Smeraldina-Rima
Catalog ID: 11
Format: LP
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Belgium

NY trumpeter in three pieces of unrelenting pressure, from choking bursts of muteness to firestorms of sound - two pieces for trumpet, one for amplifier.

Peeesseye + Talibam!: [VINYL]

Label: Smeraldina-Rima
Catalog ID: 13
Format: 2 LPs
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Belgium

New York bands Talibam! and Peeesseye together for a limited edition album mixing rock, sound and noise, and altogether unknown territory; great stuff!

ROVA Saxophone Quartet & Nels Cline Singers: The Celestial Septet

Label: New World Records
Catalog ID: 80708-2
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: USA

The merger of Rova Saxophone Quartet with Nels Cline Singers brings out the best of both West Coast bands by balancing complex improvised and composed music with dense sonic material; recommended.

Swedish Azz (Gustafsson / Dieb13 / Nordeson / Holmlander / Carlsson): Jazz Pa Svenska

Label: Not Two Records
Catalog ID: MW 815-1
Format: 11" Record
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Poland

New group by Mats Gustafsson & Per Ake Holmlander, five European improvisers loving, respecting, and playing the Swedish jazz masterpieces of the 50s and 60s with acoustic and electronic instruments - amazing!

Pisaro / Chabala: Black, White, Red, Green, Blue / Voyelles

Label: Wind Measure Recordings
Catalog ID: 17
Format: CASSETTE
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: USA

Cassette-only release of guitarist Chabala performing Pisaro's 2004 score, plus Pisaro remixing Chabala's recording into "Voyelles", using cassette tape his as a structured sound source.

Burning Star Core: Inside The Shadow

Label: Hospital Productions
Catalog ID: HOS 212CD
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: USA

A reissue of an obscure tour-only recording from 2005 brings to the light the flickering dance of Mr Yeh and his dives into organic drone music.

Giffoni, Carlos: Severance

Label: Hospital Productions
Catalog ID: HOS 254CD
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: USA

Compositional electronic music using sound and noise in minimalist structures of dark tonal qualities, complemented by disturbing artwork and images.

Activity Center (Renkel / Beins): Lohn & Brot

Label: Absinth Records
Catalog ID: 017
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Germany

Since 1989 the Berlin duo of Burkhard Beins and Michael Renkel have created subtle and encompassing music improvising with a conglomerate of acoustic and electronic instruments.

neumann, andrea: pappelallee 5

Label: Absinth Records
Catalog ID: 016
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Germany

Neumann mixes sound inside her piano with music from other musicians recorded through the walls of the house her apartment is situated in, creating a unique sonic work of unexpected contrasts.

Sunna Gunnlaugs: Songs From Iceland

Label: Sunny Sky
Catalog ID: 725
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: Iceland

Pianist Gunnlaugs recording in NYC with Tony Malaby, Drew Gress and Scott McLemore in a set of traditional Icelandic songs, melodic and masterly recordings.

MusicWorks: #10 Spring 2010

Label: Musicworks
Catalog ID: #106
Format: MAGAZINE
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Canada

The great Canadian magazine of improv and compositional music, with articles on Yannis Kyriakides, Charles Stankievech, Anna Friz, loK8Tr, plus a 12 track CD including those artists.

Phillips, Barre: Portraits

Label: Kadima
Catalog ID: 25
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: Israel

Master improviser, bassist Barre Phillips performing live in 2001 as part of the Thomastik-Infeld "Bass Encounters" event, unique, unusual and lyrical approaches to the instrument.

Artifact iTi: Live in St. Johann

Label: Okka
Catalog ID: OD12077
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: USA

An amazing lineup of European, Chicago and UK players in a live set from the 2008 ArtActs Festival, music that merges the boundaries of ea-improv and free jazz.

Ware, David. S: Saturnian

Label: Aum Fidelity
Catalog ID: AUM 060CD
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: USA

David Ware performed these 3 solo pieces live at NYC's Abrons Art Center, one piece each on saxello, stritch, and tenor sax, profoundly emotional and remarkable music.

Mateen, Sabir / Frode Gjerstad feat. Steve Swell: Sound Gathering

Label: Not Two Records
Catalog ID: MW 820-2
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Poland

Studio recordings from saxophonists Mateen and Gjerstad's meeting with trombonist Steve Swell, basist Clif Jackson and drummer David Gould in New York City, 2007.

Liebman / Evan Parker / Bianco: Relevance

Label: Red Toucan
Catalog ID: RT 9338
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: Canada

Saxophonist Dave Liebman arranged this, his (surprisingly) first encounter with Evan Parker, with the help of drummer Tony Bianco, performing live at the Vortext for BBC Radio 3.

Willson, Brian: Border Crossing

Label: Not Two Records
Catalog ID: MW 824-2
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Poland

New York drummer Brian Willson in a trio with bassist Dominic Duval and saxophonist Antonio Arnedo, performing original compositions and pieces by Wayne Shorter, Coltrane, and Ellington.

McPhee / Duval / Rosen / Trzaska: Magic

Label: Not Two Records
Catalog ID: MW 816-2
Format: 2 CDs
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Poland

Joe McPhee's amazing Trio X with special guest Mikolaj Trzaska on alto sax and bass clarinet, phenomenal performances live from Poland's Alchemia club in 2007.

NoMoreShapes: Creesus Crisis

Label: Drip Audio
Catalog ID: DR 20622
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Canada

This Calgary based trio with Jay Crocker on guitar & electronics, J.C. Jones on trombone and Eric Hamelin on drums & percussion, mix free bop with small sound electronic improv.

Babin's, Tommy Benzene: Your Body Is Your Prison

Label: Drip Audio
Catalog ID: DA00584
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Canada

Bassist Babin's Benzene band mixes free improvisation with rock overtones, tight changes giving way to excellent solos from all members of this exceptional quartet.

Inhabitants: A Vacant Lot

Label: Drip Audio
Catalog ID: DA00579
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Canada

The 3rd full length from Canada's Inhabitants expands the sonic experiments of this quartet's intuitive group improvisations, mixing rich feedback with alluring lyricism.

Looney / Lake / Smoker / Ellis: Urban Ruminations

Label: Metaphysical Records
Catalog ID: meta010
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: USA

Pianist and prepared pianist Scott Looney in a quartet with saxophonist Oliver Lake, trumpeter Paul Smoker and bassist Lisle Ellis in live and studio recodings from 2005.

King, John: 10 Mysteries

Label: Tzadik
Catalog ID: TZ 8071
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: USA

Composer John King in his 2nd Tzadik CD, embracing a cross of genres - rock, jazz, blues, &c. - with the Crucible band including Mark Feldman, Cornelius Dufallo, and Alex Waterman.

Riley, Terry: Autodreamographical Tales

Label: Tzadik
Catalog ID: TZ 8070
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: USA

Terry Riley in a set of musical dream diaries, with Riley playing all instruments, singing & narrating his unique dreams; plus 2006's "The Hook Lecture" for piano and voice.

Steve Swell's Slammin' The Infinite: 5000 Poems

Label: Not Two Records
Catalog ID: MW 827
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Poland

Trombonist Swell's Slammin' the Infinte quintet with multi-reedist Sabir Mateen, pianist John Blume, bassist Matthew Heyner and drummer Klaus Kugel in works who's attitude are inspired by Walt Whitman.

Zorn, John: In Search Of The Miraculous

Label: Tzadik
Catalog ID: TZ 7379
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: USA

Zorn with Rob Burger, Greg Cohen, Ben Perowsky, Kenny Wollesen and Shanir Blumenkranz in a work inspired by esoteric spiritual practices, white magic, ritual, traditional myths & ancient legends.

Zorn, John: Chimeras [revised]

Label: Tzadik
Catalog ID: TZ 7085
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2003
Country: USA

Revised version of this 2001 chamber work inspired by the remarkable worlds of Henry Darger, Lewis Carroll and Unica Zurn, remastered and resequenced with a new postlude.

Gorzycki / Szczesny / Nowinski: Trio Poems

Label: Monotype
Catalog ID: mono023
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: Poland

The latest project from Rafal Gorzycki, leader of "Ecstasy Project" & "Sing Sing Penelope", here with music composed for poems and inspired by modern electronic, jazz and chamber music.

Hautzinger / Okura / Akiyama: Rebuses

Label: Monotype
Catalog ID: mono027
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: Poland

2004 improvised recordings from this trio of European and Japanese players using a fragile and fascinating mix of acoustics and electronics, rewarding music for detailed listening.

Doneda / Toulemonde / Desmarchelier: Le Terrier

Label: Monotype
Catalog ID: mono028
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: Poland

Hardcore ea-improv from saxophonist Doneda, guitarist Desmarchelier and amplified objectician Toulemonde, active, attention-grabbing and downright frightening sound work.

Cremaster (Fages / Monteiro): Noranta Graus A L'esquerra

Label: Monotype
Catalog ID: mono026
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: Poland

Excellent noise played with feedback mixing board, pick-ups and objects on electric guitar from electronic artist Ferran Fages and objects-on-guitar-ist Alfredo Costa Monteiro.

Dunn, Kyle Bobby: A Young Person's Guide To

Label: Low Point
Catalog ID: LP033
Format: 2 CDs
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: UK

Two CDs of Kyle Bobby Dunn's compositions, rich in timbre, painterly, romantic and haunting washes of pure sound and ornate yet subtle mix of classical instrumentation.

Ex, The & Tom Cora: Scrabbling At The Lock [VINYL]

Label: Mississippi Records
Catalog ID: MR 054LP
Format: LP
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: USA

North American reissue of a rock masterpiece blending angsty punk rock and free improv with tight rhythms, roaring guitars, smart lyrics, and the late Tom Cora's amazing cello work.

Chadbourne, Eugene: I Lost My Ass in Las Vegas / Muppet on the Way

Label: Chadula
Catalog ID: chadVegas
Format: CDR
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: USA

2 CD cassette archive reissue combining live solo recordings with a multitracked homestudio demo that was the basis of the "Vermin of the Blues" album, and additional unreleased songs.

Chadbourne, Eugene: The Secret of the Cooler / The Bird Cage

Label: Chadula
Catalog ID: chadCageCooler
Format: 2 CDRs
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: USA

Double CD reissue of 2 of Doc Chad's 80s cassettes, combining two extended compositions utilizing home overdubbing and homemade instruments, released in their entirety.

New Monuments:

Label: Important Records
Catalog ID: imprec276
Format: LP
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: USA

With members of Borbetomagus, Graveyards, & Burning Star Core, this trio "attempt to soundtrack the maiden voyage of a luxury cruise ship constructed solely out of granite cement and ball bearings."

First Meeting (Tamura / Fujii / Churko / Yamamoto): Cut The Rope

Label: Libra
Catalog ID: Libra 104-025
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Japan

Trumpeter Natsuki in an album of improvisational fragmentation, textural and timbral explorations, and rapid-fire juxtapositions that create kaleidoscopic sound collages.

Gato Libre (Tamura / Fujii / Tsumura / Koreyasu): Shiro

Label: Libra
Catalog ID: Libra 104-026
Format: CD & DVD-Audio
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Japan

Trumpeter Natsuki Tamura & bassist Norikatsu Koreyasu's Gato Libre with Satoko Fujii on accordion and guitarist Kazuhiko Tsumara, in their 4th release, beautifully melodic improvisation.

Fujii, Satoko Orchestra Tokyo: Zakopane

Label: Libra
Catalog ID: Libra 216-027
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Japan

Pianist-composer Satoko Fujii's Orchestra Tokyo formed in 1999 to perform her compositions, music that spans a wide range of styles and moods, complemented by a great set of soloists.

Gottschalk, Gunda / Xu Fengxia: You Lan

Label: Victo
Catalog ID: VICTO 117CD
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: Canada

A duo of contrasts and compatabilities from German violinst Gunda Gottschalk and guzheng virtuoso Xu Fengxia, exotic and beautifully textured improvisation live from Victoriaville, 2008.

Lauzier / Martel: Sainct Laurens

Label: &Records
Catalog ID: &06
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: Canada

Sparse but detailed improvisational journeys from the long-running duo of saxophonist Philippe Lauzier and bassist/electronic artist Pierre-Yves Martel.

Nmperign & Jake Meginsky: Selected Occasions Of Handsome Deceit [VINYL]

Label: Rel Records
Catalog ID: REL 012LP
Format: LP
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: USA

Nmperign, the duo of saxophonist Bhob Rainey and trumpeter Greg Kelley, here with percussionist Jake Meginsky in a 1-sided LP of angular and unpredictable improvisation.

Bianchi, Maurizio: Das Platinzeitalter [VINYL 2 LPs]

Label: Weird Forest
Catalog ID: WEIRD 030LP
Format: LP
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: USA

Electroacoustic composer Maurizio Bianchi in a dark double LP, a beautiful reissue of his Incunabulum CD, 6 mysterious, rich heavily resonant chambers of subtle loops and layers of sound.

Gloggerne and Martin Klapper with Dr. Chadbourne: [10" VINYL]

Label: Tonometer
Catalog ID:
Format: 10" Record
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: Denmark

Gloggerne & Martin Klapper is a Danish/Czechoslovakian trio using plastic toys, amplified objects and tiny electrical devices, here in a 2006 meeting with Doc Chad.

MAP (Halvorson / Nakatani / Radding): Fever Dream [VINYL]

Label: TAIGA
Catalog ID: TAIGA 009LP
Format: 2 LPs
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: USA

A beautifully produced 3-sided double LP from New York's MAP, guitarist Mary Halvorson, percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani and bassist Reben Radding, amazing contemporary improvisation.

Drake, Hamid & Bindu: Reggaeology

Label: RogueArt
Catalog ID: 21
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: France

The 3rd Bindu record with Hamid Drake, Jeb Bishop, Jeff Parker, Jeff Albert, Josh Abrams and Napoleon Maddox on voice and beatbox, in a release bridging jazz with reggae influences.

Mateen, Sabir: Urdla XXX

Label: RogueArt
Catalog ID: 26
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: France

Legendary multi-reedist Sabir Matten in a live solo performance from URDLA in Vileurbanne, France, 2008; intensely logical playing from this unique voice.

Fields, Scott Ensemble: Fugu

Label: Clean Feed
Catalog ID: CF 171
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Portugal

Originally released in 1995 on Field's own Geode label, these compositions for choreographer Li Chiao-Ping use complex rhythms and tonalities in a serial pitch "system of circles".

Miguel, Sei: Esfingico - Suite for a Jazz Combo

Label: Clean Feed
Catalog ID: CF 170
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Portugal

A four part suite bridging compositional and improvisational music from Portugese pocket trumpeter Sei Miguel in a quintet including Rafael Toral on modulated electronics.

RED trio: (Pinheiro / Faustino / Ferrandini)

Label: Clean Feed
Catalog ID: CF 168
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Portugal

This Portugese jazz trio plays with a particularly percussive approach in bass, drums, percussion, piano and prepared piano giving them a unique and nimble collective sound.

Knuffke, Kirk Trio: Amnesia Brown

Label: Clean Feed
Catalog ID: CF 167
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Portugal

Trumpeter Kirk Knuffke in a NY trio with clarinetist Doug Wieselman and drummer Kenny Wollesen, all part of Butch Morris' Nublu Orchestra and frequent Zorn collaborators.

Djikstra, Jorrit: Pillow Circles

Label: Clean Feed
Catalog ID: CF 166
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Portugal

Saxophonist Dijkstra in compositions commissioned from the North Sea Jazz Festival 2009, 9 works written for Henry Threadgill, George Lewis, Fred Frith, &c.

Fernandez, Agusti / Barry Guy: Some Other Place

Label: Maya
Catalog ID: 902
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: Ireland

Pianist Fernandez and bassist Guy in studio recordings from Barcelona 2008 & 2009, sincere dialogs that reflect the many years of their shared musical experiments.

Sharp, Elliott / Carbon: Void Coordinates

Label: Intakt
Catalog ID: 163
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Switzerland

NY composer and multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp with Carbon (Zeena Parkins, Marc Sloan, Joseph Trump and David Weinstein) in boundary and genre pushing music recorded live in the studio.

Ziegele, Omri: Can Walk On Sand

Label: Intakt
Catalog ID: 167
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Switzerland

The 2nd volume of saxophonist Omri Ziegele and pianist Irene Schweizer's "Where's Africa" with drummer Makaya Ntshoko, beautiful, virtuosic and melodic jazz.

Courvoisier, Sylvie / Mark Feldman: To Fly To Steal

Label: Intakt
Catalog ID: 168
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Switzerland

Pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and violinist Mark Feldman in a quartet with Gerry Hemingway and Thomas Morgan, brilliant and graceful music blurring the lines between composition and improvisation.