January 2017 |
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![]() Cage, John : Cartridge Music (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A 2003 recording from The Ensemble Daswirdas performing John Cage's 1960 composition "Cartridge Music", described as: "For amplified small sounds; also amplified piano or cymbal; any number of players and loudspeakers; parts to be prepared from score by performers." |
![]() Carrier, Francois / Michel Lambert / Alexey Lapin: Freedom Is Space For The Spirit (FMR -- USA ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock During their 2014 tour, Canadian saxophonist Francois Carrier and long-time partner, percussionist Michel Lambert, went into the Experimental Sound Gallery [ESG 21] in St. Petersburg, Russia with pianist Alexey Lapin to record these superb free improvisations. |
![]() Foussat, Jean-Marc : L'oiseau (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An amazing album of electronic experimentation from multi-instrumentalist Jean-Marc Foussat, dedicating the album to the late painter and son Victor Foussat, through two extended and far-ranging works that blends concrete sounds with intense playing and sonic environments. |
![]() Gorilla Mask (Van Huffel / Fidezius / Fischerlehner): Iron Lung (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Hard-edged and tightly controlled free jazz from the trio of Peter Van Huffel on alto sax, Roland Fidezius on electric bass, and Rudi Fischerlehner on drums, blending jazz & punk sensibilities in works with great technical twists and turns over savagely lyrical music. |
![]() Hannesson, Mark: Angels (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Pianist Roger Admiral performs Canadian composer Mark Hannesson's "The Angel's Game", and "Memory Sustained", both minimal works for solo piano, the second using a set of instructions giving the performer advice and discretion over pacing and approach. |
![]() Nono, Luigi / Jurg Frey: Works For Violin Duos (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two works from two distinctive composers from different periods--Jurg Frey and Luigi Nono--both for two violins, Frey using the two violins in parallel to emphasize their distinction; Nono using powerful gestures of divergence and contrast in a dream-like duo. |
![]() Owen, Ben : Birds And Water, 2&3 (For Cassette) [CASSETTE] (Winds Measure -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Brooklyn-based Ben Owen recorded this work in 2010 at the Experimental Television Center in Owego, NY, presenting the original work "Birds And Water" and two edits, which are mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi. |
![]() P.O.P. [Psychology Of Perception]: Ikebana (FMR -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Fascinating sound and drone music from this interesting German ensemble led by Reinhold Friedl, "ikebana" takes its name from the tradition of Japanese flower arranging which dates back to the 7th century, with 8 tracks named as such: Shoka, Rikka, Nigeria and Morimono. |
![]() 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. |
![]() Dog Hallucination : call aesthetics [3-inch CD] (Aubjects -- USA ) Price: $5.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock D. Petri and Doggy P. Lips create rich sonic environments of processed guitars layered with strong tribal percussion, here in a followup to the 2015 release "Mitzi" is the 23 minute 3" CD EP named after various permuations of the equation 1-3. |
![]() Ease: Klaus Filip / Noid: No No No, No (Mikroton Recordings -- Russia ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An anniversary release for the 10 year collaboration of Ease, the duo of Klaus Filip and Noid, using Filip's ppooll software (formerly lloopp) to tailor both pure electronic sound and modified field recordings into subtle and mysterious sound environments. |
![]() Ferrer, Violeta / Raymond Boni: Poemas De Federico Garcia Lorca Y Poemas Populares Espanoles (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Raymond Boni performs on guitar and harmonica, using a fascinating set of approaches, for poems from Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, chosen from Lorca's "Romancero Gitano" (Gypsy Ballads), and read with substantial depth by actress Violeta Ferrer. |
![]() Foussat, Jean-Marc / Simon Henocq : Nopal (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An unusual and gripping album of electronic improvisation on guitar and synthesizer between keyboardist Jean-Marc Foussat and guitarist Simon Henocq, taking alien and abstract landscapes into intense territory over two monumental tracks. |
![]() Godet, Jean-Brice (Godet / Niggenkemper / Darrifourcq): Lignes de Cretes (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock French clarinetist Jean-Brice Godet leads the trio of bassist Pascal Niggenkemper and drummer Sylvain Darrifourcq in a live album of abstract free improvisation using tools like radios, dictaphones, object, and zithers, creating powerfully unique sound worlds. |
![]() Korn, Christoph : Ich Spreche Diesen Text (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two conceptual compositions from Christoph Korn: the first, "Ich Spreche Diesen" (I appeal to this) where spoken word is placed in a loop and then slowly erased by custom software using aleatory procedures; then "Stille" (Silent), a Cage inspired work. |
![]() Martin, Luke: So Softly That It Came, A Wild Dim Chatter, Meaningless (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Luke Martin began this work with a field recording at Mentryville Park in Southern California, which was transcribed by himself and Amy Golden, Ben Levinson, Davy Sumner, and Ryan Gaston using Martin's system of notating silence, then combined into the final score for this recording. |
![]() Velkro (Simon / Meidell / Candeias): Too Lazy to Panic (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Hazy free jazz in an hallucinatory blend of passionate music influenced as much by experimental and rock forms as traditional improv, from the trio of Bostjan Simon on sax & electronics, Stephan Meidell on guitar, bass, percussion & electronics and Luis Candeias on drums. |
![]() Rosenberger, Katharina : SHIFT (Hat [now] ART -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock First recordings of composer Katharnia Rosenberger's SHIFT and other dynamic and exciting works incorporating spatialization, by an electroacoustic orchestra including Rage Thrombones, captured in 2016 at the University of California, in San Diego, California. |
![]() 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. |