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Hubsch, Carl Ludwig: Rowetor 04 | Rowetor 03 (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Ensemble leader and tuba player Carl Ludwig Hubsch created this musical concept inspired by the guitar player Keith Rowe, exploring one static sound in the ensemble, maintaining it and in the same time interacting with utmost care and openness for any necessary change, in a 22-piece ensemble of exceptional players. |
Lussier, Rene / Robert Marcel Lepage / Quatuor Bozzini: Chants et danses ...with strings (Vol. III) (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Taking two of Montreal's most vital musicians, guitarist Rene Lussier and clarinetist Robert Lepage, and joining them with the far-ranging string quartet Le Quatuor Bozzini for a stunning album that merges chamber music, noise music, and improvisation without leaving behind melody, intention and direction; magnificent! |
Musicworks: #127 Spring 2017 [MAGAZINE + CD] (Musicworks -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Spring 2016 issue of Canada's premier music magazine, including a 10-track CD of musicians featured in this issue's magazine. Contents include: articles on Craig Aalders' el8dEra 3m; , Eighty-five scores celebrate Pauline Oliveros; Toronto label All-Set! Editions; Thin Edge New Music Collective; electronic composer John Mills-Cockell; and much more! |
Barbares (Bopp / Foussat / Petit / Sato): Debris d'orgueil (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Two live recordings at Theatre au Clain, in Poitiers, France and at le Bistrot, in Bayonne, from the free improvising quartet of Christiane Bopp on trombone, Jean-Marc Foussat on synth & voice, Jean-Luc Petit on bass clarinet and sopranino sax, and Makoto Sato on drums, for submersive interchanges blending electronics and acoustics in remarkable ways. |
Tippett, Keith: Une Croix Dans L'Ocean (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock |
Dunmall / Edwards / Noble / Sanders: Go Straight Around The Square (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The stellar quartet of Paul Dunmall on tenor and soprano saxophone, John Edwards on bass, Liam Noble on piano, and Mark Sanders on drums performing 2 extended improvisations balancing energetic playing with contemplative conversation, captured live at the Vortex, in London, England, in 2016. |
Tigers Mind: Paradiso Pudding Mix (JVTLANDT -- Denmark ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The Danish/Norwegian trio of Thomas Eiler on drums, Niklas Adam on electronics & guitar, and Danielle Dahl on sax and electronic wind instrument draw inspiration from early electronic minimalism, punk rock, noise and free jazz in the full-length debut, surprising the listener as the music shifts from abstract reductionism to full-on assault. |
Various Artists: 910 Noise Presents (910 Noise -- USA ) Price: $11.95 In Stock A compilation of sound artists within the 910 area code, the North Carolina coastal region including Wilmington, NC, the home of Squidco, with artists including Carl Kruger (Caucasians, Baby Daddy), Grant Stewart as subterrene, Ryan Lewis in Food World and Baby Daddy, Phil Zampino (CHANGES TO blind), Jason Ward, August Traeger, and Authorless. |
Collusion Duo (Nick Smith / Mark Wastell): Refraction (Confront -- UK ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Violinist and percussionist Nick Smith, having access to St. Mary's Church at Great Baddow for music performance and rehearsals, made his first use of the space in 1996 in a duo with Mark Wastell on violincello, preparations and percussion, where they used the acoustics of the church to enhance their detailed and absorbing improvisations. |
Jerman / Salis / Sanna: KIO GE (Confront -- UK ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A collaboration between American sound artist Jeph Jerman and Italian percussionists Paolo Sanna and Giacomo Salis, twelve intriguing short improvisations using extended techniques and lowercase approaches that include minimal textures, field recordings, abstract atmospheres and organic sounds. |
Tin (Dominic Lash / Axel Dorner / Roger Turner): Uncanny Valley (Confront -- UK ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A new trio at the time, TIN is trumpeter Axel Dorner, bassist Dominic Lash, and drummer/percussionist Roger Turner, captured live in three locations during their 2015 UK tour, presenting masterful avant improvisations of sound-oriented work using an immense technical vocabulary to creative inventive and captivating dialog. |
Wadham, Rachael / Philippe Lenglet / Bruno Duplant: everydayisagoodday (Confront -- UK ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Starting from John Cage's Zen quote--"Every day is a good day"--the trio of Rachael Wadham on piano, Philippe Lenglet on acoustic guitar and cithar (a type of harp), and contrabass, recorded these improvisations approaching their instruments not for melodies but as tools for experimentation, from which this trio finds a wealth of inventive sound. |
La Casa, Eric : Paris Quotidien [CD+60 page booklet of photos & text] (Swarming -- France ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Eric La Casa documents his home environment in Paris through audio investigation and field recordings, creating 3 large works that reveal the properties, singularities, banalities and features of his audio environment in perspective to his status as a citizen of the city, presented in a gatefold CD package with a color 60-page booklet of photos and text. |
Chamber 4 (Vicente / Ceccaldi / Ceccaldi / dos Reis): City Of Light (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A live concert at Les Soirees Tricot Festival in Paris, France in 2016, dedicated to the "City of Light", from the quartet of Luis Vicente on trumpet, Theo Ceccaldi on violin, Valentin Ceccaldi on cello and Marcelo dos Reis on acoustic guitar and prepared guitar, in music that, like the city, exhibits gorgeous simplicity through intricate sophistication. |
Humcrush (Storlokken / Stronen): Enter Humcrush (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock After a six year break the Humcrush duo of Stale Storlokken on keys and Thomas Stronen on drums & electronics return with this studio album of rhythmic angularities and experimental sound worlds, drawing on their experiences with bands including Supersilent, Food, Elephant9, Time is a blind guide, Meadow and Motorpsycho. |
Meridian Trio (Mazzarella / Ulery / Cunningham): Triangulum (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A lyrical outing from the Chicago working trio of Nick Mazzarella on alto saxophone, Matt Ulery on doublebass, and Jeremy Cunningham on drums, performing live at the Whistler in Chicago, Illinois in 2016, recorded for this debut album of Mazzarella compositions, flexible pieces that balance jazz traditions with avant options for the players. |
Pavone, Mario (Pavone / Ballout / Malaby / Noriega / McEachern / Sarin): Vertical (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Drawing from some of the finest players on the New York Downtown jazz scene, with Dave Ballou on trumpet, Tony Malaby and Oscar Noriega on reeds, Peter McEachern on trombone and Michael Sarin on drums, double bassist Mario Pavone presents a set of 11 new compositions of lyrical and sophisticated jazz anchored by the leader's powerful compositional structures. |
Rova / Bruckmann & Kaiser: Steve Lacy's Saxophone Special Revisited (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The Californian saxophone quartet composed of Bruce Ackley, Steve Adams, Larry Ochs and Jon Raskin is extended with Henry Kaiser on guitar and Kyle Bruckmann on analog synth to perform the music of saxophone legend Steve Lacy in 7 compositions, putting an eclectic spin on the iconic composer and performer's music. |
Rune Your Day (Mathisen / Roligheten / Nergaard / Skalstad): Rune Your Day (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Rather than ancient Germanic alphabet letters, "Rune" Your Day is named for Norwegian composer and band-leader, double bassist Rune Nergaard [Bushman's Revenge], and his quartet with Jorgen Mathisen on alto & soprano sax & clarinet, Andre Roligheten on tenor & baritone sax, and Axel Skalstad on drums, for an album of concentrated, creative jazz. |
Lambs Gamble: Farewell Body Bags [VINYL] (Discombobulate -- Great Britain ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Bizarre, disruptive, aberrant sound from twisted experts in the field Lambs Gamble, comprised of George Cremaschi on bass & electronics, Fritz Welch on drums, percussion and voice, and Eric Boros (Vialka) on electronics and voice, recording in Switzerland for a fantastic album of intelligent abnormality. |
Rothenberg, Ned / Hamid Drake: Full Circle - Live in Lodz (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Two legendary improvisers, Downtown New York multi-reedist and shakuhachi player Ned Rothenberg met Chicago drummer Hamid Drake at Ciagoty I Tesknoty, in Lodz, Poland in 2016 to record this effusive, extraordinary live concert of improvised music, demonstrating both enormous instrumental skill while imparting wonderfully upbeat energy; outstanding! |
Guionnet, Jean-Luc + Eric La Casa: Reflected Waves [60 pages 21x25 cm + DVD video 1h48mn] (Passage d'encres -- France ) Price: $25.95 In Stock Eric La Casa and Jean Luc Guionnet recorded this conceptual work in Melbourne, Australia, combining different scales of time, space, & attention, with different working strategies to create a gallery installation, and this book & DVD package exploring the acoustic phenomenon of "standing waves" to engage with the physical relationship between sound and space. |
Korekyojinn Acoustic: Kaleidoscope (Magaibutsu Limited -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The Korekyojin trio of Tatsuya Yoshida on percussion, Kido Natsuki on guitar and Mitsuru Nasuno on fretless bass, plus violinist Miyamoto Rei on several tracks, take their intricate and exuberant rock into acoustic territory with this impressive album, which includes acoustic takes on "Arabesque", "Careless Heart", "Four Holes in the Sky", &c. |
Stackenas, David: Bricks (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock An amazing solo CD of free improvisation from guitarit David Stackenaus, showing incredible technique and melodic intent, equally at ease when exploring tonality and melody or abstract noisy textures; compelling and impressive playing! |
IKB : Dracaena Draco [2 CDs] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Two CDs representing two extended improvisations of the IKB Ensemble with slightly different personnel, with each ensemble slowly unfolding an amazingly textured work of acoustics and electronics with strong intent and incredible technique, balanced by close listening and attention to detail; an excellent 21st century improvisation orchestra captured live. |
Nanoschlaf: Die Trockene Familie (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The trio of bassist Achim Tang, prepared pianist Philip Zoubek, and trombonist Matthias Muche extended with Sven Hahne on computer and Christian Thome on drums and electronics in a freely improvised electroacoustic album of subtle pacing and diverse approaches, with many of the rhythmic elements imparting a gamelan feeling. |
Tetterapadequ: Chlopingle (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The 2nd album for this quartet, with Daniele Martini on saxophones, Giovanni di Domenico on piano, Goncalo Almeida on doublebass, and Joao Lobo on drums, for an album of slowly building free improv starting in a Necks mode and developing into frenetically lyrical passages, a great blend of modern and traditional approaches to free jazz. |
de Alvear, Maria / Antoine Beuger: Besando El Tiempo [2 CDs] (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Antoine Beuger performs composer Maria De Alvear's 1995 contemplative work "Besando El Tiempo" (Kissing The Time) written using an automatic script and originally composed for the flautist Caren Levine; after hearing Beuger's interpretation she requested that he record it, the result this rendition that takes the composition on an introspective journey. |
Guney, Cem: A Hint Of An Emotion (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock The duo of Beat Keller and Philipp Bowee on electric guitars perform 6 subtle compositions from Turkish-born sound artists and composer Cem Guney's, including 'a bas relief of a talisman' dedicated to Charles Ives and 'soft kill incubator' dedicated to Sylvia Alexandra Schimag. |
Houben, Eva Maria: Organ Sonatinas And Drones [2 CDs] (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock American organist and composer Carson Cooman performs three sontatinas, each in three movements, and the 2014 work "drones", by German contemporary composer Eva Maria Houben, a member of the Wandelweiser group, all slowly evolving works of tone and subtle harmonics. |
Pisaro, Michael: Sometimes (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock The MaDam Electroacoustic Improvisation Collective based in Spain performs the first in Pisaro's 34 piece Harmony Series, which attempts to create the conditions for a harmonic situation without giving any actual notes, just numbers, durations of tones, and pauses; this work is based on "swell piece (for alison knowles)" (1967) by James Tenney. |
Schlothauer, Burkhard: More Chamber Events [2CDs] (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Composer Burkhard Schlothauer, co-founder of Editions Wandelweiser and a member of Zeitkratzer and the Wandwelweiser Composers Ensemble, in a five part work conceived as a single part, combining previous works into various possible versions as "events", working with spatial distribution, slow beats, noise, and pulse, superimposed from their origins. |
Clinamen Trio (Marion / Di Donato / Berger): Decline (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 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. |
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Andrea Sanz Vela / Micha Rabuske / Klaus Kurvers: Sukasaptati (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Live recordings at Exploratorium, in Berlin, Geremany in 2010 from the quartet of Klaus Kurvers on double bass, Andrea Sanz Vela and Ernesto Rodrigues on violin, and Micha Rabuske on dlute, bass clarinet, and soprano sax, collective improvisation with complex interplay and a bright spirit as the group follows their instincts in interesting dialog. |
Humcrush (Storlokken / Stronen): Enter Humcrush [VINYL] (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 In Stock After a six year break, the Humcrush duo of Stale Storlokken on keys and Thomas Stronen on drums & electronics return with this studio album of rhythmic angularities and experimental sound worlds, drawing on their experiences with bands including Supersilent, Food, Elephant9, Time is a blind guide, Meadow and Motorpsycho. |
Corringham, Viv / Lawrence Casserley: Anemoi (FMR -- UK ) Price: $10.80 In Stock Lawrence Casserley is a pioneer of real time electroacoustic music, since the 60s working with other artists and developing his Signal Processing Instrument, using physical gestures to process and morph sounds; here he works with British vocalist and Deep Listening teacher Viv Corringham in an other-worldly collaboration of voice and electonics. |
Guionnet, Jean-Luc + Eric La Casa: Reflected Waves [60 pages 21x25 cm + DVD video 1h48mn] [Used Item] (Passage d'encres -- France ) Price: $19.50 In Stock Eric La Casa and Jean Luc Guionnet recorded this conceptual work in Melbourne, Australia, combining different scales of time, space, & attention, with different working strategies to create a gallery installation, and this book & DVD package exploring the acoustic phenomenon of "standing waves" to engage with the physical relationship between sound and space. |
Cremaster / Komora A: split [7-inch VINYL] [Used Item] (Monotype -- Poland ) Price: $11.66 In Stock A split 7" release between Cremaster (Alfredo Costa Monteiro (electronics) and Ferran Fages (feedback mixing board and electroacoustic devices); and the Komora A trio of Karol Koszniec (electronics), Dominik Kowalczyk (laptop) and Jakub Mikolajczyk (modular synth). |
Bauer, Konrad: Toronto Tone (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "When it was released in 1992, Toronto Töne was one of the first albums by trombonist Konrad Bauer to see the light of day outside Germany (West and/or East). This solo set was recorded live in Toronto in October 1991. Bauer's tromb... |
Bauer, Konrad Trio (Bauer / Sommer / Kowald): Three Wheels - Four Directions (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "Recorded (and released) one year after Konrad Bauer's Disques Victo debut Toronto Tone, a solo-trombone-with-electronics affair, Three Wheels: Four Directions features his favorite trio at the time. Bauer, bassist Peter Kowald, and dru... |
Charles, Xavier / Diane Labrosse / Kristoff K. Roll / Martin Tetreault : Tout le monde en place pour un set americain (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "The background: Xavier Charles has recorded an album (La Pièce) with the duo Kristoff K. Roll (Jean-Christophe Camps and Carole Rieussec); Diane Labrosse and Martin Tétreault record and perform together as the duo Parasite... |
Crispell, Marilynn: Labyrinths (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "Taken from a 1987 solo date at Quebec's venerable Festival Musique Actuelle, Labyrinths finds avant garde jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell balancing Cecil Taylor's cataclysmic and staunchly free piano style with her own melodic and spacio... |
Deane, J.A.: Nomad (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "Even though J.A. Deane has collaborated with many American avant-garde musicians, his solo albums are few. Sadly, his most accessible is also one of his less interesting. Nomad is an untypical release in the catalog of the label Disques... |
Ellis, Lisle / Cauley / Robinson / Ruthier / Ochs / McPhee / Spearman: Elevations (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "Elevations is one of the very rare albums on which bassist Lisle Ellis assumes leadership. It was recorded in a San Francisco studio in June 1993. At the core of the instrumentation is Ellis' quartet, which includes Christopher Cauley a... |
Gayle, Charles: Unto I Am (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "The first completely solo Charles Gayle recording was recorded during a break in the Victoriaville Festival in 1994. Gayle went into a Montreal studio and played tenor on three tracks and bass clarinet on one, and preached while accomp... |
Hard Rubber Orchestra: Cruel Yet Fair (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $13.56 In Stock "The Hard Rubber Orchestra is a funkier incarnation of the NOW Orchestra. Led by trumpeter John Korsrud, it uses a similar pool of Vancouver musicians, although the instrumentation here focuses on brass and a rhythm section. Cruel Yet Fa... |
Hard Rubber Orchestra (feat Marilyn Lerner / Peggy Lee): Rub Harder (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "The quality of an album roughly depends on material for 75 percent; the other 25 percent is pacing. Rub Harder scores a hundred. The Hard Rubber Orchestra's first CD (Cruel Yet Fair, 1998) suffered from improper inclusions, a lack of fo... |
Kaiser, Henry / Mari Kimura / Jim O'Rourke / John Oswald : Acoustics (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "This weird little album was made by a quartet of improvisers from all ends of the improvisational planet, who came together in 1993 for a recording date. Edited by Oswald in Toronto, the result can be found here. With two guitarists (K... |
Kovac, Boris: Anamnesis: Ecumenical Mysteries (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "Anamnesis: Ecumenical Mysteries was Yugoslavian saxophonist/composer Boris Kovac's first release out of Europe (on the Canadian label Disques Victo). It was also his first work recorded in Yugoslavia following the war that forced him t... |
Mitchell, Roscoe: Songs In The Wind (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "One of the greatest records to come out of Victo's (the record label of the Victoriaville Festival in Quebec) catalog is this 13-selection set by the Art Ensemble of Chicago multi-instrumentalist Roscoe Mitchell. Issued ion 1991, it co... |
Non Credo: Happy Wretched Family (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "Superb, simply superb, but also disorienting and disquieting: that's Happy Wretched Family, Non Credo's second album, seven years after Reluctant Hosts. The avant-pop format found on the first LP has evolved into twisted shards of pop ... |
Parkins, Zeena (Parkins / Parkins / Parkins / Cochrane / Mori / Shea): Ursa's Door (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "On her debut album for Victo, the former Michigander and downtown New York music stalwart enlisted the skills of three of her four sisters, producer David Shea, electronic percussion maestro Ikue Mori, and guitar hero Chris Cochrane. T... |
Plimley, Paul / Lisle Ellis / Gregg Bendian : Noir (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "Noir is one of Canadian pianist Paul Plimley's best trio sessions. It was recorded in a Montreal studio over two days in October 1992. Longtime partner Lisle Ellis is on bass, more recent encounter Gregg Bendian on drums, and saxophoni... |
Plimley, Paul Trio: Safe-Crackers (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "Vancouver pianist Paul Plimley and his comrades, bassist Lisle Ellis and drummer Scott Amendola, have issued a tough little gem of a recording in Safe-Crackers. Plimley's pianism ranges in voice from fierce avant-garde improvisation to... |
Ranaldo, Lee / William Hooker / Jim O'Rourke / Gianni Gebbia: Clouds: Victoriaville Concert May 1997 (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "The mix between spoken words and drums was disturbing at first, especially since we sometimes miss a few lines because of all the noise, but we quickly got used to it. The whole show was a kind of conversation between the two performer... |
Rieu, Yannick: Sweet Geom (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $13.56 In Stock A live concert at the 11Th Festival International De Musique Actuelle De Victoriaville on May 19th, 1994, from the free improvising trio of Frederik Alarie on contrabass, Paul Leger on drum, Yannick Rieu on tenor saxophone. |
Rova: Ptow!! (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The West Coast Rova Saxophone quartet in a 7 track studio album from 1995, from Jon Raskin on alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, sopranino saxophone, Steve Adams on alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone, Bruce Ackley on soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone and Larry Ochs on tenor saxophone, sopranino saxophone. |
Schiano, Mario (Schiano / Guy / Lovens / Parker / Tramontana): Social Security (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "Recorded live at the Victoriaville Festival in 1996, this disc features the Italian saxophone and improvisation master surrounded by a band from heaven -- or hell, depending on your view of modern free jazz -- ensuring his own "social s... |
Sharp, Elliott / Zeena Parkins : >Blackburst< (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "Psycho-Acoustic is guitarist Elliott Sharp and harpist Zeena Parkins, and Blackburst is their first album together under that name (their first album was titled Psycho-Acoustic and simply credited to Sharp and Parkins). As with their f... |
Slawterhaus (Rose / Hollinger / Bauer / Diesner): Live (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock . Live recording from 1988. "The avant rock/improv quartet Slawterhaus was invited to the 1990 Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville. The first 50 minutes of Live come from their performance, the last ten from a con... |
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