The Swedish AALY with Mats Gustafsson, Kjell Nordeson and Ingebrigt Haker Flaten meet the Chicago based DKV with Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler and Hamid Drake for three extended and awe-inspiring recordings.

A vinyl-only limited edition album of Ran Blake's live performance on December 10, 2010 at St. Catherine's Church, performing mostly solo, and in duos with guitarist David "Knife" Fabris.

Eugene Chadbourne and the Dropouts (Fingle Schmincter, Abby von Pinkula, Pink Bob, SGT. Billy Capsize and Brian Reedy) in a studio release of original Doc Chad songs.

The 7 part "Knotted Alembic" is an improvisation between electroacoustic artist and label leader Thanos Chrysakis and Brazilian based Chilean pianist Philip Somervell performing inside and out of the piano.

The electroacoustic improvising trio of trumpeter/electronic artist Axel Dorner, bassist Werner Dafeldecker and percussionist Sven-Ake Johansson in a studio release from Gothenburg, 2010.

A 12 part listening guide to composer David Brynjar Franzson's immediate environment in unusual use of conventional instrumentation as performed by the 5 piece Ensemble Adapter.

Saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist Nobuyasu Furuya's quintet with Rodrigo Pinheiro (piano), Eduardo Lala (trombone), Hernani Faustino (bass) and Gabriel Ferrandini (drums) playing Furuya compositions.

Legendary NY free jazz saxophonist Charles Gayle takes to "the streets" with his trio of bassist Larry Roland and drummer Michael TA Thompson in a record illustrating Gayle's passionate voice and expressive dialog.

A great duo recording on clarinets and terrogoto from multi-reedist Frode Gjerstad and legendary free jazz musician Peter Brotzmann, incredible free improvisation from two masters.

Multi-reedist Vinny Golia playing ethnic woodwinds including danso, kaval, moxeneo, marori bone flute, &c. in a series of duets with Barre Phillips, Joelle Leandre, Bert Turetzky, and Lisa Mezzacappa.

Named for the miraculous recovery of drummer and AACM founder Alvin Fielder, who travelled to Dallas in 2010 to record with trumpeter Gonzalez and his sons bassist Aaron and vibraphonist Stefan, with Gaika James on trombone.

Avant blues in Haunted House's return after 10 years, as guitarists Loren Connors and Andrew Burnes, free-form vocalist Suzanne Langille and daf player Neel Murgai burn slow, distorted, reverb-drenched blues.

Avant blues in Haunted House's return after 10 years, as guitarists Loren Connors and Andrew Burnes, free-form vocalist Suzanne Langille and daf player Neel Murgai burn slow, distorted, reverb-drenched blues.

Reissuing and remastering 6 of alto saxophonist Steve Lacy's Soul Note releases from the 1980s, impressive works showing his love of jazz history and his innovative approach to improvisation.

The collective trio of Daunik Lazro (baritone & alto saxophones), Jean-Francois Pauvros (guitar) and Roger Turner (drums & percussion) performing live at Instants Chavires (Montreuil) & at festival Jazz En Franche-Comte (Besancon).

The collective trio of Daunik Lazro (baritone & alto saxophones), Jean-Francois Pauvros (guitar) and Roger Turner (drums & percussion) performing live at Instants Chavires (Montreuil) & at festival Jazz En Franche-Comte (Besancon).

A trio of Michigan creative music improvisers with wind player Piotr Michalowski, guitarist Jaime Rodriguez Matos and bassist/trumpter/percussionist Christopher M. Skebo in 3 studio and one live recording.

Studio recordings and one live track from Lithuanian saxophonist Liudas Mockunas' trio with fellow homelanders, pianist Dmitrij Golovanov and drummer Marijus Aleksa, extended free jazz balancing heavy and beautiful approaches to improv.

Drummer Moe! Staiano in a hard-hitting band with members from the Ex, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Faun Fables, and Mute Socialite, collecting songs that extend from those bands, along with great drumming and sound work.

The first meeting of AMM guitarist Keith Rowe and pianist John Tilbury after Rowe departed in 2004, a delicate and intricate long improvisation, fascinating dialog between two long-acquainted and innovative conversationalists.

The Japanese post-rock trio Sim (Oshima Teruyuki (guitar), Ootani Yoshio(electronics) and Uemura Masahiro(drums)) play a compelling stripped-down odd-rhythmic yet funky instrumental rock with unusual electronic counterpoint.

Bassist Joelle Leandre's drumless quartet with NY trumpeter Roy Campbell, pianist Marilyn Crispell and violist Mat Maneri performing at the Vision Festival in 2010, one of the highlights of that year's festival.

Live recordings from Sun Ra Solar-Myth and Intergalactic Arkestras performing live at the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival from 1972-74, well-recorded and great performances in this first issue of these great concerts.

A sound project by experimental musician Luis Tabuenca with Wade Matthews and ethnomusicologist Ana Maria Alarcon-Jimenez, inspired by the sonic heritage of Aragon, in pieces that reflect and question issues of memory, space & place.

New York trumpeter Jacob Wick, Chicago pianist Marc Riordan, and percussionist Frank Rosaly are Tres Hongos, here performing long and short form improvisations live at Audio For the Arts in WI, and at Strobe Recording in Chicago.

Using low-fi electronics, mixing desk, delay pedals, contact mic, sand paper, singing bowls, &c. &c., Rhodri Davis and Mark Wastell create an amazing audio environment, captured live at the Melbourne Festival in 2005.

The French WPB3 trio explores areas between abstract minimalist, contemporary concrete instrumental improvised music and energetic noisy free jazz with an uncompromisingly totally free approach.

Using mostly unprocessed electric guitars, the duo of Elliott Sharp and Scott Fields' latest release presents eight dueling guitar works using dynamic, angular tones and textures, from extremely aggressive work to clean avant-jazz with twisted technical intent.

Legendary trumpeter, composer and educator Bill Dixon in a 17 piece orchestra playing original compositions live at the 12th Vision Festival in New York City.

Composer, singer, electronic manipulator, violinist and theremin player Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje released this, her debut album, on CD in 2002, now available again on vinyl LP.

Sim is the 3 piece electronic/rock band of Teruyuki, Yoshio & Masahiro, here with Otomo Yoshihide on turntables and synth, and amazing album of rhythms in a This Heat "Repeat" mode.

Dutch flautist and electronic artist Jos Zwaanenburg in a release that updates and reinvents the technology for works written by British composers for Zwaanenburg over the last 20 years.