April 2015 |
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![]() Bosetti, Alessandro / Chris Abrahams: A Heart That Responds From Schooling (Unsounds -- Netherlands ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The 2nd release from Italian composer/performer Alessandro Bosetti and Australian pianist Chris Abrahams (The Necks), a very intimate album of sonic explorations that spans improvised fragments and original renditions of compositions like Steve Lacy's "Esteem" with Bosetti's lyrics. |
![]() Bumsteinas, Arturas : Different Trains (Bolt -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A collection of experimental, electroacoustic, and comprovized works from composer, sound artist, performer, and improviser Arturas Bumsteinas, inspired by Central European cultural landscape, including a radio play commisioned by Bolt Records. |
![]() Fujii, Satoko Tobira: Yamiyo Ni Karasu (Libra -- Japan ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Pianist Satoko Fujii's Tobira ("door") expands the original trio configuration of Todd Nicholson on bass and Takashi Itani on drums, with trumpeter/husband Natsuki Tamura, playing inventive free improvisation with sophistication in melodic heads and superb soloing. |
![]() Gintas K: Blind Man Tales (Bolt -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Gintas K, in a moment of frustration, took more than 40 elements from some recent work he was preparing and put them into multichannel software which, with a few corrections, became this surprising and complex work of organized and detailed sound. |
![]() Kaze: Uminari (Circum-Libra -- Japan/France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Natsuki Tamura & Christian Pruvost on trumpets, Satoko Fuji on piano and Peter Orins on drums for a quartet where all members are active compositional contributors, creating a powerful ensemble sound with strong soloing using modern creative techniques; excellent! |
![]() Lambkin, Graham / Michael Pisaro-Liu: Schwarze Riesenfalter (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Balancing active organized sound worlds from Graham Lambkin with Wandelweiser discretion from Michael Pisaro-Liu in five tracks that punctuate concrete sound compositions with Feldman-esque piano progressions, bound together by a short poem; captivating and elusive. |
![]() Masecki, Marcin : Variations (Bolt -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Composer & pianist Marcin Masecki wrote this work, inspired by Frederic Rzewski and presenting variations on the Chilean song "El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido" (The town united will never be defeated) and invited pianist Piotr Nowicki to perform it for this recording. |
![]() Mirt: Khmer & Siam Recordings (SAAMLENG -- Poland ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Blending field recordings of temples, rain, bells, cicadas, radios, and other regional sounds from Khmer & Siam with native music to create a rich audioscape of those exotic lands, both mysterious and liltingly melodic on a beautiful journey in sound. |
![]() Newton, Jamie: Driving Nails Into Fog (3acreTract(s) -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Jamie Newton works with sound using guitar, keyboards, field recordings, processing, and Kyoto croquet, here in a contemplative set of works merging drone and thick noise with indistinct rhythms and layers of concrete sounds. |
![]() Newton, Jamie: Tone Wheel (3acreTract(s) -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Tonewheel organ meditations along with feedback and sound forms using processed guitar, keyboards and field recordings from sound artist Jamie Newton, 2 slowly evolving tonal works sandwiching three more turbulent pieces in a journey of drone, noise and reflection. |
![]() No Pair (Chiapperini / Elia / Trapani / Fusco): Chaos and Order (Long Song Records -- Italy ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A mix of free jazz, rock, and avant-garde experimental music from clarinetist Francesco Chiapperini in a quartet with Gianluca Elia on tenor sax, Dario Trapani on electric guitar, and Anotonio Fusco on drums; lyrical modern jazz with a good dose of free chaos. |
![]() Perry, Frank: Temple Of The Ancient Magical Presence (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Composer Frank Perry presents some new and some old unreleased recordings of solos, duos and trios featuring world famous musicians such as Evan Parker, David Toop, Paul Lytton, Paul Lovens, Jin Hi Kim and Trevor Taylor. |
![]() Sandstrom, Nisse Quintet: Live at Crescendo (Moserobie Music -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A live recording of lyrical post-bop jazz from Swedish legend, tenor saxophnoist Nisse Standstrom, in a live recording from 2014 fronting a quintet of creative players Jonas Kullhammar on tenor sax, Leio Lindberg on piano, Kenji Rabson on bass, and Moussa Fadera on drums. |
![]() Skuggorna Och Ljuset / Magnus Granberg: Would Fall From The Sky, Would Wither And Die (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A new composition by clarinetist and composer Magnus Granberg, the leader of the highly acclaimed ensemble Skogen, this time with a new, smaller group that includes percussionist Erik Carlsson, performing his beautiful, melancholic music. |
![]() Sokolowska, Joanna Halszka: Msza (Bolt -- Poland ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A chamber opera by Joanna Halszka Sokolowska at Opera// REMIX at Komuna// Warszawa, using sung and spoken voice, piano, and a variety of tonal instruments to present an intriguing set of variations informed by numerological methods, scientific statistics, &c.. |
![]() Kaze: Tornado (Circum-Libra -- Japan/France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock With two trumpets, drums and piano, Kaze's 2nd release with Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura, and Muzzix members Christian Pruvost and Peter Orins, hits like the album title, but surprises with contrasts from torrential power to beautiful melodic interplay. |
![]() Clinamen Trio (Marion / Di Donato / Berger): Decline (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Roman philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus named "Clinamen" the unpredictable (in time and space) swerve of atoms falling in the void, which aptly describes the unexpected directions taken in subtle free improvisation from this French trio, led by bassist Louis-Michel Marion, with Jacques Di Donato on clarinet, and Philippe Berger on viola. |
![]() Baloni: Ripples [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The trio of Belgian reedist Joachim Badenhorst, French-Japanese violist Frantz Loriot, and French-German bassist Pascal Niggenkemper formed the Baloni trio in Brooklyn in 2008, presenting a blend of chamber and free jazz; reserved to frenetic playing that consistently surprises. |
![]() Valiente, Candelaria Saenz / Marcin Masecki: Hymnen (Bolt -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Based on the anthems of nations that have endured recent struggles, from the duo of Marcin Masecki on keys and Candelaria Saenz Valiente on vocals and percussion, embraceable songs with unusual structures paying tribute to the beautiful themes for each nation. |
![]() Sokolowska, Joanna Halszka: Msza [Used Item] (Bolt -- Poland ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Previously played Squidco store copy, used for cataloging and samples, in excellent condition. "The album is a studio version of a chamber opera prepared by Joanna Halszka Sokolowska at Opera// REMIX at Komuna// Warszawa. The... |
![]() Durrant, Phil / Daniel Thompson: Live / Studio [Used Item] (Bead -- UK ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The improvising string duo of stalwart London improvisers, Daniel Thompson on acoustic guitar and Phil Durrant on the octave mandola, are heard in two settings of texturally rich, intricate interactions, first at Cafe OTO in 2022 for an extended improvisation, then at Cable Street Studios two months later for six succint, impressively diverse dialogs. |