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Masaoka Orchestra: What Is the Difference Between Stripping and Playing the Violin? (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock "What Is the Difference Between Stripping and Playing the Violin? contains two compositions by West Coast avant-garde artist Miya Masaoka. Although an accomplished koto player, Masaoka does not play on this CD: her hands are full conduc... |
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... |
Morris / Fell / Ward: The Necessary And The Possible (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock This incredible trio, recorded at the 25th Victo Actuelle Festival, play complex music using shared ideas about articulation, timbre, and methods of interaction. |
My Cat Is An Alien: Il Suono Venuto Dallo Spazio (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "Each album or performance by My Cat Is an Alien is an invitation to leave on a cosmic journey, without resorting to the numerous cliche's of the space music genre. Think instead of a synth-less Ash Ra Tempel coming across the quiet impr... |
New Winds ( Rothenberg / Robertson / Dick): Potion (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "Active for over a decade, the trio New Windshas carved a distinctive niche in the arena of New Music by exploring the ambiguous territory in-between composition and improvisation while employing the particular tonalities and timbres of ... |
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 ... |
Now Orchestra & Marilyn Crispell: Pola (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "... I regard the NOW Orchestra as one of the finest large creative ensembles active in the last decade. The combinations of high levels of individual creativity and virtuosity with a strong sense of collectivity is a rare and treasured combination that the NOW Orchestra manifests very strongly..."-George Lewis, Earshot Jazz |
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... |
Phillips / Jauniaux / Goldstein: Birds Abide (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Delicately powerful and unusual improvisation from the trio of bassist Barre Phillips, violinist Malcolm Goldstein, and free vocalist Catherine Januiaux, performing at the Victo Festival in 2010. |
Pinhas / Merzbow / Wolf Eyes: Victoriaville May 2011 (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock French guitarist Richard Pinhas, Japanese electronics and noise artist Merzbow, and the American trio Wolf Eyes performed together at the 2011 Victo Festival, with this massive recording one result. |
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. |
Roelofs', Annemarie Waste Watchers: Music From The Land Of Milk And Honey (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $13.56 Out of Stock "Recorded live at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in May 1996, In the Land of Milk and Honey features trombonist Anne-Marie Roelofs' Waste Watchers trio, which also features Johannes Krämer (electric ... |
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. |
Sawai, Kazue / Michel Doneda / Kazuo Imai / Le Quan Ninh / Tetsu Saitoh: Une chance pour l'ombre (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Beautiful, string-heavy set with French saxophonist Michel Doneda and koto master Kazue Sawai, plus Kazuo Imai on guitar, Le Quan Ninh on percussion, Tetsu Saitoh on bass, performing at the 20th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville/ |
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... |
Snow / Licht / Onda: Five A's, Two C's, One D, One E, Two H's, Three I's... (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock New Yorkers Snow, Licht and Onda in their 2007 Victoriaville performance, an improvised set using sound from sparse to dense with mutated field recordings, synth, radio, &c. |
Takase, Aki / Konrad Bauer: News from Berlin (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock "Berlin trombonist Konrad Bauer has become a regular of the Victo label. News From Berlin, a studio session with compatriot pianist Aki Takase, is his fourth album for the Victoriaville (Québec) imprint. The chemistry between the ... |
Teitelbaum, Richard / Carlos Zingaro: The Sea Between (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "In October 1987, keyboardist/computer wiz Richard Teitelbaum and violinist Carlos Zingaro performed at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville. The next year the label Disques Victo released The Sea Between, comp... |
Tetreault, Martin / Kid Koala: Phon-O-Victo (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Actuelle turntablist Martin Tetrault meets with radical hip-hop DJ Kid Koala at the 22nd Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in energetic duos filled with humor and instrumental acrobatics. |
Various Artists (Reichel / Williams / Smith / Ellis / Plimley / Rothenberg / &c): Dix Improvisations - Victoriaville 1989 (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock "To document the 1989 edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, the label Disques Victo released a compilation album -- a one-time project. Dix Improvisations Victoriaville 1989 culls short to medium-len... |
Various Artists: Victoriaville Matiere Sonore (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Francisco Lopez initiated this project in 2006 with the Pogus CD "Montreal Sound Matter", now expanded into an acousmatic group of linked tracks from a group of impressive sound artists. |
Bang, Jan / David Toop / Mark Wastell: Compound Full Of Bones, Translucent Thousands (Confront -- UK ) Price: $13.95 In Stock An extended improvisation interweaving acoustic and electronic instruments in a beautifully coherent evolution of mysterious and approachable sources, from the trio of Jan Bang, David Toop and Mark Wastell, combining tam tams, gongs, flutes, lapsteel, live sampling, gongs, brushes, elastic, paper and more to captivate the curious listener. |
Oceans Of Silver & Blood: Acetate [CD EP] (Confront -- UK ) Price: $8.95 In Stock Reissuing their limited 2014 release on Joachim Nordwall Editions, the Oceans Of Silver & Blood duo of Joachim Nordwall on analog synthesizer, effects & tape and percussionist Mark Wastell on tam tam and timpani present two pieces, the first an environmental work underpinned by subtle percussion, the second a richly resonating work of threatening warmth. |
Gordoa / Malfon / Edwards / Narvesen : Substantial Myths (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Vibraphonist Emilio Gordoa leads this superb quartet with Don Malfon on alto & baritone saxophones, John Edwards on double bass and Dag Magnus Narvesen on drums, in an incredible live performance at the 2019 Alte Gerberei Artacts Festival in Austria, a captivating set of creative techniques yielding well-controlled passages of both intense activity and unique introspection. |
Hartsaw, Paul / Damon Smith / Jerome Bryerton: Precipitation of a Decision / The Ride On The 8 Of Infinity [2 CDs] (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $19.95 In Stock Two distinct session, the first CD presenting free improv trio perfomances in St. Louis, MO between Paul Hartsaw on soprano & tenor saxophones, Damon Smith on double bass and Jerome Bryerton on percussion, the 2nd CD finding Hartsaw and Smith in the studio in Oakland CA for a more experimental session, Smith adding laptop & field recordings and both employing extended techniques. |
Melford's, Myra Fire And Water Quintet: For The Love Of Fire And Water (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Few quintets deserve the designation of super-group more than pianist Myra Melford's quintet with Mary Halvorson on guitar, Ingrid Laubrock on tenor & soprano saxophones, Tomeka Reid on cello and Susie Ibarra on drums & percussion, performing Melford's wonderfully inventive 10-part composition. |
Moses, Ra Kalam Bob / Damon Smith Duo: Purecircle (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A superb, inventive duo collusion between percussionist Ra Kalam Bob Moses and double bassist Damon Smith, continuing their collaborations that started with "Astral Plain Crash" with Vinny Golia, Henry Kaiser & Weasel Walter, here in concentrated form, recording and layer in the studio for 14 diverse dialogs using advanced techniques on drums, gongs, spring drums and double bass. |
Stein, Jason / Damon Smith / Adam Shead: Volumes & Surfaces (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Live recordings from the trio of Chicago improvisers Jason Stein on bass clarinet and Adam Shead on drums & percussion in a trio with double bassist Damon Smith, 3 tracks recorded in the studio at Chicago's Elastic Arts and then 2 live performances captured at The Hungry Brain that same night, an album of rich proportion through the deep strings, dark drums and deep reeds. |
Various Artists (Bauer, Casserley, Florodos, De Joode, Kujala, Narvesen, Taramontana, Schiaffini, Wachsmann): SoundScapes Festival # 3 - Munich 2021 Schwere Reiter [2 CDs] (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $19.95 In Stock 14 musicians from 9 different countries in various collaborative groupings performing acoustic & electronic free improvisations, the focus on soundscape and limited to 15 minute performances, developed by saxophonist Harri Sjöström in 2013 as "SoundScapes Festivals" and presented in Helsinki and now in Munich as part of the art-project "Aspects of Free Improvisation 2021". |
Vicente, Luis / Seppe Gebruers / Onno Govaert: Room With No Name (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A set of dramatic improvisations of incredible technical skill and creative drive from the working trio of Luis Vicente on trumpet, Seppe Gebruers on unprepared piano and Onno Govaert on drums, unedited improvisations presented as played, "composed by an interaction between the musicians and instruments, a nameless room, audience, microphones and you." |
Quatuor Bozzini: Tom Johnson: Combinations (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The Montreal string quartet Quatuor Bozzini (Alissa Cheung-violin, Clemens Merkel-violin, Stephanie Bozzini-viola, Isabelle Bozzini-cello) continue their investigation of avant composers, focusing on American composer Tom Johnson through three works or minimalist precision: "Combinations for String Quartet"; "Tilework" and "Four-Note Chords in Four Voices". |
Salamon, Samo / New Freequestra: Free Distance, Vol. 2: Poems are Opening [2 CDs] (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $19.95 In Stock With titles for the album and all compositions from a poem by US poet E.E. Cummings, guitarist Samo Salamon developed these structured improvisations during the pandemic, inviting a set of masterful improvisers including Martin Küchen, Luis Vicente, Vasco Trilla, Emanuele Parrini, &c. &c. to contribute to these magnificent long distance collective improvisations. |
Jerman / Barnes: Hiss Lift (Room40 -- Australia ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Two extended sound collages and cut-ups from field recordings and percussion recorded during tours from 2014 to 2017, the title taken from a sign in one of the hotels that Jerman & Barnes stayed at, apt for the mix of punctuating locations, dissipating noise and unusual percussive passages, a fascinating journey that expands and contracts to make captivating stories. |
Mayas, Magda / Tina Douglas: Objects Of Interest [CD + BOOK] (Room40 -- Australia ) Price: $26.95 In Stock Following the visual scores of multi-disciplinary artist Tina Douglas, pianist Magda Mayas uses objects and preparations on piano, clavinet & rhodes keyboards to expand on Douglas' sculptural and tactile scores, exposing the fragility or imperfections in each, allowing one melody, chord or noise to become the focus of Maya's aural rendering and interpretations. |
Nakamura, Toshimaru: Culvert - No-Input Mixing Board 10 (Room40 -- Australia ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock The 10th release in Japanese experimental sound artist Toshimaru Nakamura's No Input Mixing Board (NIMB) instrument series, composing from the ephemeral and extraneous sounds of a mixing board with nothing connected, these assertive pieces composed in his home studio while reflecting on the changes and obscuring of many of Tokyo's small streams and rivers. |
Rosenfeld, Marina: Index [CD + BOOK] (Room40 -- Australia ) Price: $26.95 Out of Stock A series of live recordings and related materials that trace the development of turntable artist Marina Rosenfeld's tactile approach to experimental sound, using dub plates--vinyl albums she has had pressed to develop a personal library of sound for performance--here in six improvisations accompanied by a 24-page book with a discussion between Rosenfeld and Lawrence English. |
Oliveros, Pauline / Gyorgy Ligeti performed by Ensemble 0: Musica Nuvolosa (Sub Rosa -- Belgium ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock The French new music group Ensemble 0 offer a second tribute to Pauline Oliveros and György Ligeti, performing Oliveros' beautifully floating 1975 composition "Horse Sings from Cloud" and Ligeti's 1953 composition "Musica Ricercata", a wonderfully complex and active composition with two percussionists performing on marimba, strings, piano and winds. |
Belanger, Marie-Soleil / Normand Guilbeault: Les Salines (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock |
Cote, Michel F.: Compil Zouave (Exercice De Phonometrie Populaire) (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $9.00 In Stock |
Del Fabbro, Guido: Carré de sable (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $10.00 Out of Stock |
Denzler, Bertrand / Koch, Hans: Asymetrie (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $11.50 Out of Stock The duo of Swiss improvisers Bertran Deznier (saxophone) and Hans Koch (clarinet, saxophone) in an outstanding release of instantaneous composition. |
Derome, Jean et les Dangereux Zhoms: Torticolis (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock This is the third release from Jean Derome et les Dangereux Zhoms, which, like the two preceding it, was created from Derome's personal travel journal. |
Derome, Nathalie: Les 4 Ronds Sont Allumes / Chansons Parodisiaques (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $10.00 In Stock |
Duchesne, Andre: Le Temps Des Bombes (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $9.00 In Stock |
Ensemble en pièces: Jardin d'exil (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock |
Falaise / Guilbeault / Lepage: Joue Free (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock |
Frith, Fred Guitar Quartet (w/ Didkovsky / Lussier / Stewart): Upbeat (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $10.00 In Stock |
Lepage, Robert M. / Martin Tetreault: Callas: La diva et le vinyle (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock |
Lepage, Robert Marcel: Adieu Leonardo! (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock |
Letarte, Genevieve: Vous Seriez Un Ange (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $10.00 In Stock |
Lussier, Rene / Martin Tetreault: Dur Noyau Dur (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Experimental electronic studio recording from the duo of Rene Lussier on acoustic and electric guitar and Martin Tetreault on turntables that sits outside all norms. |
Trio Derome Guilbeault Tanguay: The Feeling of Jazz (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock |
Various Artists: Ambiances Magnetiques Volume 1: La Bastringue Migratoire (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock |
Various Artists: Ambiances Magnetiques Volume 4: Mystere (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $10.00 In Stock |
Various Artists: Magnetiques Volume 5: Chante! 1985-2000 (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $5.30 In Stock |
Amba, Zoh / William Parker / Francisco Mela: O Life, O Light Vol. 1 (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 In Stock New generation New York tenor saxophonist Zoe Amba, a Tennessee transplant whose spirit is illuminated with free styles that harken back to Ayler, recording in the studio with a trio of luminary players--William Parker on bass and Francisco Mela on drums--performing three Amba compositions, one featuring Amba on flute; the CD edition contains one bonus improvisation. |
Ceccarelli, Isaiah: Toute Clarte m'est Obscure (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A profound contemporary work integrating improvisation into composed forms from Montreal composer and percussionist Isaiah Ceccarelli and performed by an ensemble of 16 Musique Actuelle improvisers and performers, beautifully balanced between diverse instrumental passages and texts inspired by different poetical and musical forms of the past; sublime. |
Ensemble SuperMusique: Commutation (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Ensemble Supermusique, Montreal's premiere open-minded improvising ensemble, here led by saxophonist & vocalist Joane Hetu and conducted by percussionist Danielle Palardy Roger, present a live concert of graphic scores dating back to 1920, with works from Fred Frith (Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire), Luigi Russolo, Maxime Daigneault, Emilie Girard-Charest & Anestis Logothetis. |
Hetu, Joane : Tags (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Four compositions written between 2000-2019 from Joane Hétu: a duo between bassist Nicolas Caloia & bass clarinetist/vocalist Lori Freedman; a work with Hétu & Jean Derome plus the Quaturo Bozzini string and Quasar saxophone quartets; a composition for 20 electric guitars; and one movement from "Préoccupant, c'est Préoccupant performed by Ensemble Supermusique. |
Zwerver / Janssen / Lumley : What's Up (Henk Zwerver -- The Netherlands ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A set of trio improvisations on acoustic strings and drums from the Dutch trio of Henk Zwerver on acoustic guitar, Wim Janssen on drums and Aaron Lumley on double bass, performing live at Zaal 100, in Amsterdam in 2021 as the trio expand their sound through superb technique, their music balanced between energetic scurries and introspective contemplation. |
Bakker, Anne / Rene Aquarius / Rutger Zuydervelt: Hallucine (Consouling Sounds -- The Netherlands ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Composed from a combination of violin, percussion, vocals, field recordings & electronics by Rutger Zuydervelt, who initially merged unrelated recordings from violinist Anne Bakker (also on harmonica, kazoo & saw) and percussionist & sound artist Rene Aquarius, all three then overdubbing and editing the work to create this fascinating tapestry of hallucinogenic sound. |
D.L., Jean / Rutger Zuydervelt: Scramblings (Inexhaustible Editions -- Slovenia ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Using electric & acoustic guitars and autoharp over spacious electronics and field recordings, Belgium musician & video artist Jean De Lacoste and Rotterdamn sound artist Rutger Zuydervelt, aka Machinefabriek, create broad pallets of ringing sounds over which acoustic instruments intone, with cellist Fransesco Guerri joining on one of 8 gently unfolding "Scramblings". |
Hydra Ensemble (Almeida / Hitz / Gregov / Zuydervelt): Voltas (Inexhaustible Editions -- Slovenia ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Featuring cellists Nina Hitz and Lucija Gregov, double bassist Goncalo Almeida and Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek) on electronics, recording in Old Church, in Rotterdam Charlois for six pensive improvisations, a collective conversation of concurrently layered, minimalist melodic and textural lines expanded with drones, evoking the mythical Greek multi-headed monster. |
Machinefabriek: Our Arms Grew Together (Music for a performance by Marta & Kim) (Machinefabriek -- The Netherlands ) Price: $11.95 In Stock Following his collaborations with choreographers & dancers Marta Alstadsaeter and Kim-Jomi Fischer resulting in the performances & albums As Much As It Is Worth and Engel, Rutger Zuydervelt composed this work for their dance/circus performance Our Arms Grew Together about romantic relationships, developed around recordings from the daily lives of Alstadsaeter and Fischer. |
Machinefabriek / Matt Wand / Nick Storring / Phil Macguire: Prisma+ (Machinefabriek -- The Netherlands ) Price: $11.95 Out of Stock Unique to the vast catalog of Rutger Zuydervelt, aka Machinefabriek, this album was developed with Zuydervelt original material and then remixed by Matt Wand, Nick Storring and Phil Maguire, presenting the original highly rhythmic electronics at the base of "Prisma", then 4 remixes: "Scarlett's Blood Bubbles"; "Tactile Debt"; "Thigh Slapping Without Tears"; and "Wheats Flats". |
Zuydervelt, Rutger / Hugo Dijkstal / Peter Hollo: BERG (Music for a film by Joke Olthaar) (Machinefabriek -- The Netherlands ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Two versions of the soundtrack to the Dutch movie BERG composed by Rutger Zuydervelt, the first rearranging the tracks to the piece to create a long-form work that maintains the meditative qualities of the movie; then an early score proposal and more active concept than the final work, developed with recordings of improvisations from cellist Peter Hollo. |
Douglas, Dave: Secular Psalms (Greenleaf Music -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A newly commissioned suite of ten pieces requested by the City of Gent and Handelsbeurs Theater to commemorate 600 years since the creation of the Gent Altarpiece by Jan Van Eyck performed with an international group of younger musicians, orchestrated with an unusual mix of instruments including serpent, lute, organ and sampler; a discerning and accomplished major work. |
Zorn, John Simulacrum: Spinoza (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock John Zorn composes for, conducts and plays saxophone with his Simulacrum group with Kenny Grohowski on drums, Matt Hollenberg on guitar and John Medeski on organ & electric piano, a scorching band that combines Downtown NY jazz and metal forms as they explore the life and thoughts of Dutch 17th century Age of Enlightenment philosopher Baruch Spinoza. |
Bennett, David / Vilhem Bromander: Within Reach Of Eventuality (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 In Stock David Bennet & Vilhelm Bromander is a Stockholm-based duo exploring microtonal soundscapes and timbral relations, focused on subtle relations between sounds using texture, intonation and timbre, beating, common partials and difference tones, creating sonic landscapes often based on triggering psychoacoustic phenomena, here following a semi-open score in a four part work. |
Berthling, Johan: Bjornhorn (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 In Stock An extended 7-part solo improvisation from Swedish double bassist Johan Berthling (Angles, Fire!, Nacka Forum, Sten Sandell Trio, &c) using magnificent technique, timing and pacing in a diverse set that includes a reference to Charlie Hayden's "Turiya". |
Hellgren, My / Peter Soderberg: Plucked and Bowed (FRIM Records -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The literal album title belies the subtle interplay between Swedish improvisers, cellist My Hellgren and Peter Söderberg, the latter known for his work on classical lute but here on guitar, oud and theorbo (a long-necked lute that adds additional bass notes), recording an extended, warmly beautiful and intricate acoustic dialog of gentle tension and masterful skill. |
Kuchen, Martin: Utopia (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Ultimately it's Martin KŸchen's saxophone improvisations that lead these sensitively moody environments built around multi-tracked tapes of ambiance from snare, speaker, radio and tambora (a 2-headed drum) used unusually to create subtle and spacious drone environments over which KŸchen performs, hauntingly, emotionally and beautifully captivating his listeners. |
Scholz, Kristine: Plays Otte And Cage (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The 2nd solo album from Sweden-based pianist and Merce Cunningham-collaborator Kristine Scholz, performing on a 1921 Steinway & Sons Model A piano, recording four movements from composer Hans Otte's seminal work "Das Buch der Klänge" (1979-82), and an interpretation of John Cage's "Music for Piano 4-19", compatible pieces from two contemporary and visionary composers. |
Talp, Linnea: Arch Of Motion (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Performed with Stockholm musicians including pianist Alexander Zethson, wind player Martin Küchen and trombonist Mats Äleklint, organist Linnéa Talp explores the areas of sound that emulate breathing, push/pull or back & forth motion, in eight beautifully paced recordings led by the organ's rich and microtonal vibrations & timbre and imbued by the contributor's subtle additions. |
Windemo & Strid / Warnheim & Ingves: Split Series Vol. 1 (FRIM Records -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Two very different but openly creative improvising duos on a split CD, initiating the Swedish label and concert organizer FRIMS's split recording series: first 4 improvisations from legendary free improvisers Raymond Strid on drums & percussion and guitarist Mattias Windemo; then an extended dialog from new generation players Marcus Warnheim on alto saxophone and Karin Ivgves on piano. |
Falaise, Bernard: G(o) sol(o) (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Quebecois guitarist Bernard Falaise of Miriodor, Klaxon Gueule, Papa Boa and Les Projectionnistes fame, continues his solo series with the fifth note of the scale, "Sol (G)", reflected in a series of eight inventive guitar improvisations using timbral effects and looping structures to expand his virtual ensemble as does in his live performances. |
Ensemble SuperMusique: Sonne l'image (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The collective ensemble Supermusique featuring key performers from Montréal's musique actuelle scene, including Jean Derome, Isaiah Ceccarelli, Joane Hetu, Danielle Palardy, &c. perform "Sounding the Image", three animated scores composed through the creation of moving images and rendered live in a remarkable concert at Amphiteatre de Gesu, in Montreal in 2019. |
Quartetski (Ceccarelli / Falaise / Lauzier / Martel): Cage (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Quartetski--the Montereal quartet of Isaiah Ceccarelli on percussion & synthesizer, Bernard Falaise on electric guitar, Philippe Lauzier on bass clarinet & synthesizer and Pierre on Yves Martel on electric bass, perform John Cage's 1992 Numbers work "Four6" and "One7", a variation on "Four6", an incredible and insightful interpretation of this fascinating work. |
Masked Pickle (Scemama / Malmendier / Weil): 7 (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A fully free, quirky and marvelous set of virtually indescribable improvisation from the trio of French vocalist Clara Weill (known from her work with Fred Frith), Olivia Scemama on bass and Tom Malmendier on drums, three active international collaborators with powerful technical skills and a strange sense of humor willing to take their music where ever it oddly leads. |
Flying Luttenbachers, The (Walter / Dahl / Battistoni / Nelson / Ospovat): Terror Iridescence (ugEXPLODE -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Perhaps the darkest and most experimental album from the Flying Luttenbachers, the 4th from the NYC-based version of Weasel Walter on guitars & drums+bagpipe chanter & electronics, Tim Dahl on bass, Katie Battistoni on guitar, Matt Nelson on sax & live electronics and Sam Ospovat on drums, in two extended, terrific collective improvisations. |
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Brown, Marion: Capricorn Moon To Juba Lee (remastered)
New York Contemporary Five: Consequences Revisited
Giuffre, Jimmy 3 (w / Bley / Swallow): Graz Live 1961
Coltrane, John Quartet: Impressions Graz 1962
Ayler, Albert Quartets: Spirits To Ghosts Revisited (remastered)
Ayler, Albert Trio: 1964 Prophecy Revisted
Coltrane, John Quartet: My Favorite Things Graz 1962
Ayler, Albert Quartet With Don Cherry: European Recordings Autumn 1964 (Revisited) [2 CDs]
Bley, Paul Trio: Touching & Blood, Revisited
Ayler, Albert: Spirits Rejoice & Bells Revisited
Taylor, Cecil Mixed To Unit: Structures Revisited
Ayler, Albert: La Cave Live, Cleveland 1966 Revisited [2 CDs]
Coltrane, John Quartet: Newport, New York, Alabama, 1963, Revisited
Sun Ra Arkestra: Nothing is ... Completed & Revisited
Williams, Anthony (w/ Shorter / Rivers / Hancock / Hutcherson / Carter / Davis / Peacock): Life Time
Coleman, Ornette: New York Is Now & Love Call, Revisited
Ayler, Albert Quintet 1966: Berlin, Lorrach, Paris & Stockholm. Revisited [2 CDs]
Shepp, Archie: Blase And Yasmina Revisited
Parker, Charlie : Selections From The DIAL Recordings
Parker, Charlie : Selections From The SAVOY Recordings