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B.E.P.: Hamburger Midnight
B.E.P.:
Hamburger Midnight

(Inkanish -- USA )


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Baby Daddy: Hot Dick
Baby Daddy:
Hot Dick

(910 Noise -- USA )


Price: $7.95    




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Carl Kruger and Mr. Stonechiper (Ryan Lewis) in a noise work with a sexual bent, an effective mini-slab of sound in a 3" CD format, a limited edition release from these 910 Noise Collective artists.

Banabila, Michel / Radboud Mens / Marco Douma: Live 2015
Banabila, Michel / Radboud Mens / Marco Douma:
Live 2015

(StealthRec -- Netherlands )


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Sound artist Radboud Mens and composer Michel Banabila collaborated with video artist Marco Douma in a series of live perofrmances in 2015, the audio of which is heard here in electronic beats of a triphop nature, detailed and compelling rhythms from their performances at Le Guess Who festival in Utrecht, Netherlands and at Steim Summer Party, at Bimhuis.

Barnes, Tim: All Acoustics
Barnes, Tim:
All Acoustics

(Quakebasket -- USA )


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"Percussionist Tim Barnes has a history of playing with experimentally minded folk like Jim O'Rourke, Ikue Mori, and many members of Japan's free improvisation scene. That he would release a solo percussion album as his first independen...

Barretto, Jorge Lima : Zul Zelub
Barretto, Jorge Lima :
Zul Zelub

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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Legendary performer, writer and political situationist Lima Barreto (Telectu) in an electroacoustic work based around the piano and using short wave radio and CD players.

Battus, Pascal: Simbol / L'Unique Trait D' Pinceau
Battus, Pascal:
Simbol / L'Unique Trait D' Pinceau

(Herbal International -- Malaysia )


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Pascal Battus in a series of compositions realized with recordings of cymbals, using specific techniques that enable him to sustain the sound and allow pure frequencies to emerge as he develops each piece as extended audio journeys based on improv and organized sound.

Bayer, Marcel-li : Niketrchrin
Bayer, Marcel-li :
Niketrchrin

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Bec, Mathieu / Robin Servant: Escarbilles
Bec, Mathieu / Robin Servant:
Escarbilles

(Tour de Bras -- Canada )


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The Canadian free improvising duo of accordionist Robin Servant (GGRIL, P.O.W.E.R., Danielle Palardy Roger) and drummer Mathieu Bec (Dubovnik, Michel Doneda) are heard in this 2019 performance at la Maison de la Culture du Pic Champlain, in a gripping set of dialogs using preparations and extended techniques to create unusual sonic approaches to both instruments.

Belorukov, Ilia / Kurt Liedwart / Abdul Moimeme / Ernesto Rodrigues: Kletka
Belorukov, Ilia / Kurt Liedwart / Abdul Moimeme / Ernesto Rodrigues:
Kletka

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Creative Sources regulars Ernesto Rodrigues on viola and Abdul Moimeme on electric guitar join the long-running duo of alto saxophonist Ilia Belorukov and electronics artist and Mikroton label-leader Kurt Liedwart to record these two lowercase electroacoustic improvisations, transmuting acoustic and electronic sound in both stark and subdued ways.

Bernstein, Sarah: Exolinger
Bernstein, Sarah:
Exolinger

(577 Records -- USA )


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Recorded in the studio as an urgent response to the latent unease in the time of pandemic and political dissent, NY poet, violinist, composer and improviser Sarah Bernstein uses washes of distorted violin, ecstatic vocalizations, and poetic spoken word, an expression of immediacy and tension between extremes, a personal and articulate set of observational expressions.

Bi-Ki?: Quelque Chose Au Milieu
Bi-Ki?:
Quelque Chose Au Milieu

(BeCoq -- France )


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The alto sax duet of Jean-Baptiste Rubin and Sakina Abdou sculpt sound material that draws on the acoustic resources of the space within which they play, captured here in various locations in Northern France by the keen ear of saxophonist/conceptualist Jean-Luc Guionnet.

Big Bold Back Bone (Marco von Orelli / Sheldon Suter / Luis Lopes: In Search Of The Emerging Species
Big Bold Back Bone (Marco von Orelli / Sheldon Suter / Luis Lopes:
In Search Of The Emerging Species

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


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Swiss musicians, trumpeter Marco Von Orelli and drummer Sheldon Suter and their Portuguese partners, guitarist Luis Lopes and electronics artist Travassos, in an album of unconventional collective improvisation using extended techniques in a large work of evolving, subtle interactions, magnifying sound and gesture in an engrossing sonic environment.

Bistre (Muller /  Rodrigues / Wong): As We Read Along...
Bistre (Muller / Rodrigues / Wong):
As We Read Along...

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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A trio of free improvisers recording five detailed and subdued dialogs in the studio, from trombonist Matthias Muller (Splitter Orchester), cellist Guilherme Rodrigues, and guitarist Eric Wong, collective improvisation guided by long pointillistic passages that converge into lyrical focal points, a profound example of concentrative discourse.

Blouin, Hugo / Claude Bourque / Paul Gregoire: L' Ossuaire [2 CDs]
Blouin, Hugo / Claude Bourque / Paul Gregoire:
L' Ossuaire [2 CDs]

(Tour de Bras -- Canada )


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Recordings of an installation piece built in Iles-de-la-Madeleine in the summer of 2013, a large sculpture made of resonant metal pipes with propane torches and whale bones, used as a huge musical instrument allowing three people to play simultaneously from different sides.

Brice, Olie / Binker Golding / Henry Kaiser / N.O. Moore / Eddie Prevost: The Secret Handshake with
Brice, Olie / Binker Golding / Henry Kaiser / N.O. Moore / Eddie Prevost:
The Secret Handshake with Danger Vol. One

(577 Records -- Italy )


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A merging of free jazz and free improvisation in the UK/US West Coast quintet of legendary AMM drummer Eddie Prévost, guitarist Henry Kaiser on "ismguitar", N.O. Moore on "guitarisism", Blinker Golding on saxophone and Olie Brice on double bass, in a rollicking album of electric jazz recorded in the studio in London for two exhilarating "Doors" of quick shifting improv.

Cambien, Jonas / Adrian Myhr: Simiskina
Cambien, Jonas / Adrian Myhr:
Simiskina

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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With a discography of both contemporary and improvised music, Beligan pianist residing in Norway Jonas Cambien (Platform, Karokh) joins forces with Norwegian double bassist Adrian Myhr (Delius, Dorner, Buck) for an album that balances concentrative and muscular interplay, influenced by Cambien's piano preparations and Myhr's sophisticated techniques.

Carter, Daniel / Matthew Shipp / William Parker / Gerald Cleaver : Welcome Adventure! Vol. 1
Carter, Daniel / Matthew Shipp / William Parker / Gerald Cleaver :
Welcome Adventure! Vol. 1

(577 Records -- USA )


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After decades playing together, the quartet of Daniel Carter on tenor sax, trumpet & flute, Matthew Shipp on piano, William Parker on bass, and Gerald Cleaver on drums, release the first of two planned studio albums, with two extended and remarkably warm collective excursions bookending a shorter "Scintillate", in an exceptionally solid album of masterful modern jazz.

Carter, Daniel / Patrick Holmes / Matthew Putman: Whoadie
Carter, Daniel / Patrick Holmes / Matthew Putman:
Whoadie

(577 Records -- USA )


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"Whoadie" is New Orleans slang for close friends, and the NY trio of saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter and flute player Daniel Carter, clarinetist Patrick Holmes, and pianist Matthew Putname are three close compatriots, which includes Telepathic Band, and apt description of their chamber-oriented free improv in an album inspired by an out of tune piano.

Carter, Daniel / Patrick Holmes / Matthew Putman / Hilliard Greene / Federico Ughi: Telepathic Myste
Carter, Daniel / Patrick Holmes / Matthew Putman / Hilliard Greene / Federico Ughi:
Telepathic Mysteries Vol. 1

(577 Records -- USA )


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Referring to an improvisational style only possible after many years of collaboration, which they refer to as a "ghostly, boundary-pushing music between friends", this is the 4th sublime album from the quintet of Daniel Carter on reeds & trumpet, Patrick Holmes on clarinet, Matthew Putman on piano & keys, Hilliard Greene on bass, and Federico Ughi on drums.

Carter, Daniel / Stelios Mihas / Irma Nejando / Federico Ughi: Radical Invisibility
Carter, Daniel / Stelios Mihas / Irma Nejando / Federico Ughi:
Radical Invisibility

(577 Records -- USA )


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Debut of this group named by NY multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter, with Stelios Mihas on guitar, Federico Ughi on drums, and (mysterious) Irma Nejando on bass, presenting this studio album of free, well-matched and interactive collective improvisations of acoustic and electric instrumentation, each track dedicated to artists who inspired the members of the quartet.

Carter, Daniel / Tobias Wilner / Djibril Toure / Federico Ughi: New York United [CD + DOWNLOAD]
Carter, Daniel / Tobias Wilner / Djibril Toure / Federico Ughi:
New York United [CD + DOWNLOAD]

(577 Records -- USA )


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An excellent blend of electronics and acoustics as saxophonist, flutist and trumpeter Daniel Carter meets sound artist Tobias Wilner from world-renowned electronic pop band Blue Foundation, with Wu-Tang Clan bass player Djibril Toure and drum wiz Federico Ughi rounding out this forward-thinking album of hazy and rhythmic electroacoustic environments.

Cassiers, Lynn (w/ der Werf / Vermeulen / Dumoulin / Cabras / Patrman): Yun
Cassiers, Lynn (w/ der Werf / Vermeulen / Dumoulin / Cabras / Patrman):
Yun

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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Vocalist and electronic artist Lynn Cassier leads the "Yun" project, a sextet including fellow Octurn saxophonist Bo Van der Werf, plus two keyboardists (Erik Vermeulen & Jozef Dumoulin), bassist Manolo Cabras and drummer Marek Patrman, as she rearranges 12 pieces from the American Songbook, applying unique electroacoustic harmonic and rhythmic structures.

CHANGES TO blind: evolvensume
CHANGES TO blind:
evolvensume

(Squidco Records -- USA )


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Collecting works from 2010-2017, Squidco's own Phil Zampino presents 10 tracks of electroacoustic composition sourced from studio work, live improvisation, field recordings, plunderphonics, and other indescribable approaches, a diverse set of recordings sharing a similar foreboding aesthetic and curious sonic desire.

Chaparreiro, Antonio & Alcada: Opus Macaronicorum
Chaparreiro, Antonio & Alcada:
Opus Macaronicorum

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Sometimes frenetic, always exhilarating duo work between Portugese electric guitarist Antonio Chapparreiro and drummer/percussionist Pedro Alcada, succinct tracks, some as short as 36 seconds, where the two spar and unite over angular rhythms and abrupt changes, with a twisted sense of humor and a wealth of adventurous spirit.

Chaton, Anne James & Andy Moor: Le Journaliste
Chaton, Anne James & Andy Moor:
Le Journaliste

(Unsounds -- The Netherlands )


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Part of a series of 100 portraits in sound iniated by Anne James Chaton, a journey into the texts and columns of newspapaper and radio broadcasts of a single journalist.

Cheval Gris: Candor Cloak
Cheval Gris:
Candor Cloak

(Bad Architect Records -- USA )


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Combining the work of 18 artists chosen to interpret a series of sacred rites that took place deep within the woods by an elite shaman of an Amazon tribe, including Squidco's own Carl Kruger & phil zampino, Cheval Gris (Ryan Lewis) weaves an incredible story in sound, a virtual soundtrack of rich aural environments, concrete elements, and ritualistic sound.

Chrysakis / Villegas / Mayne: Palimpsesto
Chrysakis / Villegas / Mayne:
Palimpsesto

(Aural Terrains -- Greece/UK )


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Thanos Chrysakis with Dario Villega and Oli Mayne in improvised set using electronics, prepared pianos, percussion, &c, a colored palimpset of sound.

Chrysakis, Thanos: Elytra
Chrysakis, Thanos:
Elytra

(Auf Abwegen -- Germany )


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"Elytra" are the protective fore-wings of beetles & crickets, which are raised and scraped to create a resonating and projecting sound; Greek composer and sound artist Thanos Chryaskis composed these seven works of deeply detailed, resonant and layered sonic interaction as a form of emulation to the action of the elytron, each piece an absorbing sonic experience.

Chrysakis, Thanos / Chris Cundy: A Certain Slant Of Light
Chrysakis, Thanos / Chris Cundy:
A Certain Slant Of Light

(Aural Terrains -- UK / EU )


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A 5-part electroacoustic improvisation from the UK duo of electronic and sound artist Thanos Chyrsakis and reedist Chris Cundy, the former using laptop computer, synthesizers, and copicat tape echo to create mesmerizing sheens of sound that circle and complement Cundy's bass clarinet, who also performs on megaphone, voice changer, zither, & objects; entrancing and captivating.

Cicala, Leo : Punto Di Accumulazione
Cicala, Leo :
Punto Di Accumulazione

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Ciciliani, Marko: Tullius Rooms
Ciciliani, Marko:
Tullius Rooms

(Unsounds -- The Netherlands )


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Large scale composition for piano, electronics and ambient recordings by Marko Ciciliani with a diverse musical landscape of sounds performed by Ciciliani and Josh Dillon.

Cilantro (Angelica Castello / Billy Roisz): Borderland
Cilantro (Angelica Castello / Billy Roisz):
Borderland

(Mikroton Recordings -- Russia )


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Cilantro is the duo of multi-instrumentalists Angelica Castello on paetzold, ukulele, organ, tapes, & electronics, and Billy Roisz on electric bass, organ, tv, piezzo, computer & electronics, scrutinizing the activity in bordering areas between noise and silence, tenderness and rudeness, beat and drone, inner consciousness and outer awareness, control and freedom.

Cleaver, Gerald: Signs
Cleaver, Gerald:
Signs

(577 Records -- USA )


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Taking his cues from the electronic music of his Detroit roots, free jazz drummer Gerald Cleaver presents an album of synthetic rhythms and sonic landscape, each piece composed in detailed arrangements of compelling and adventurous structures, from propulsive grooves to sinuous soundscapes, a surprising and exciting twist showing Cleaver's strong compositional skills.

Contrate, Quentin: Sekametelisoppa
Contrate, Quentin:
Sekametelisoppa

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Drummer Quentin Conrate works in contemporary music, musical theater and experimental art, concerned with space, sound and movement; here he is caught live at Festival Becoq in La Cooperative, Montolieu, France for an album of refracted and reverberant sound using a collection of objects described as "incomplete drums", and a wall.

Coultrain: Phantasmagoria
Coultrain:
Phantasmagoria

(577 Records -- USA )


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West Coast songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Coultrain, aka Aaron Michael Frison or Seymour Liberty, in an collection of songs based around a sequence of images reminiscent of a dream, capturing the hazy state of mind that drove the process behind this album, as well as its dreamy effect; soulful and introspective, an album of poetic observation and reflection.

Crocker, Jay: Joachim on Eggshells
Crocker, Jay:
Joachim on Eggshells

(Bug Incision Records -- Canada )


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Jay Crockers follows the allure of salvage from six years of recordings, taking sketches and mini-improvs and organizing them into a large and unusual sonic journey.

Cyclone Trio (Massimo Magee / Tim Green / Tony Irving): The Clear Revolution
Cyclone Trio (Massimo Magee / Tim Green / Tony Irving):
The Clear Revolution

(577 Records -- USA )


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An exciting album of free jazz from the Australia/London-based Cyclone Trio, their name apt in the feverish interaction between saxophonist Massimo Magee and dual drummers Tony Irving and Tim Green on the opening work, the album patterned like a storm that slows introspectively for a quiet eye, then drums up a final gale force that dissipates to a sort of calm; brilliant.

da Rocha, Maria: Beetroot & Other Stories
da Rocha, Maria:
Beetroot & Other Stories

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


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Using violin, viola, synth and effect pedals, Portuguese string player Maria da Rocha creates rich environments of sound and unusual rhythmic structures over which she plays with subtlety and transcendence, in her first solo album, using her unique language as she tells the story of a beet and a witch, inspired by Odyssey Ulysses and Circe from Cortazar.

Dadge, Chris: I'd Drive Your Ass Across The World, If I Had To
Dadge, Chris:
I'd Drive Your Ass Across The World, If I Had To

(Bug Incision Records -- Canada )


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Debut Solo recording from Calgary drummer/percussionist Chris Dadge, two medium length tracks of solo drumset improvisations with subtle and occasional amplification.

Davis, Emily / Christopher Riggs / George Romaine: Extinction Burst
Davis, Emily / Christopher Riggs / George Romaine:
Extinction Burst

(Bug Incision Records -- Canada )


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Chicago-based guitarist Christopher Rigg, founder of the Holy Cheever Church Records, developed this set of pieces called "extinction bursts", performed with Emily David on drums and George Romaine on piano, a work he refers to as "maximalist harsh free jazz wall", using a lurching and squealing guitar figure over which David and Romaine overlay slow progressions.

den Boer Salmom, Miriam / Ernesto Rodrigues / Fredrik Rasten / Guilherme Rodrigues: A Late Evening I
den Boer Salmom, Miriam / Ernesto Rodrigues / Fredrik Rasten / Guilherme Rodrigues:
A Late Evening In The Future

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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A subtle album of acoustic interaction recorded at Berlin's Noiseberg from the quartet of Miriam den Boer Salmon on violin, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & zither, Fredrik Rasten on acoustic guitar, and Guilherme Rodrigues on cello & percussion, sounding almost electronic in their frictional technique and harmonic overtones, ebbing and flowing from active interaction to tranquil discourse.

Denzler / Rodrigues / Moimeme: Immobility and Movement
Denzler / Rodrigues / Moimeme:
Immobility and Movement

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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An exquisite and mysterious album of free improvisation merging acoustic and subtle electroacoustic elements, from the trio of Bertrand Denzler on tenor saxophone, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola and Abdul Moimeme on electric guitar & objects, recording in the studio for this extensive work in four parts that transitions between moments of transfixing sound and cautious motion.

Der Verboten (Loriot / Chessex / Piromalli / Wolfarth): Der Verboten
Der Verboten (Loriot / Chessex / Piromalli / Wolfarth):
Der Verboten

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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Originally called Treffpunkt, or "meeting point", the partnership of violist Frantz Loriot and pianist Cedric Piromalli has evolved as they added collaborators to their idiosyncratic approach to improv, here with guests Antoine Chessex on tenor sax and Christian Wolfarth on percussion and cymbals for an extended, upbeat and wonderfully creative performance.

Diceros: Symbolic Boundary
Diceros:
Symbolic Boundary

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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An electroacoustic octet drawn from the collaborative community surrounding Creative Sources, captured live during the Small Format Materials Festival at Galeria Monumental, in Lisbon in 2019, a subtle and substantial work of intimate tension and quietly detailed interaction, seemingly minimalistic yet dynamically a narrative evolution of sublime patience.

Diceros (Rodrigues / Hencleday / Rodrigues / Flak / Curado / Parrinha / Guerreiro / Godinho): Urze
Diceros (Rodrigues / Hencleday / Rodrigues / Flak / Curado / Parrinha / Guerreiro / Godinho):
Urze

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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An extended improvisation of mostly quiet, occasionally cantankerous, but always intriguing free music, primarily acoustic playing with a strong cast of string players, plus reeds, keys, and computer, creating suspenseful music of great tension and impressive restraint as the sound evolves in gradations and facets of sound.

Dingman, Chris : The Peace Project [5-CD BOX]
Dingman, Chris :
The Peace Project [5-CD BOX]

(Inner Arts Initiative -- USA )


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Vibraphonist Chris Dingman set up his vibraphones next to the bedroom where his father was under hospice care from a rare heart ailment, setting an atmosphere of calm and compassion to help soothe, heal, and carry him through his final challenges, released here as a 5-CD set of 5 hours of ethereal sounds through poignant melodies, swirling textures, and undulating pedal tones.

DJ Lenar: Re:PRES
DJ Lenar:
Re:PRES

(Bolt -- Poland )


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A series of works from improvising DJ Lenar (Marcin Lenarczyk), using material from the large volumes of miniatures created by Polish Radio Experimental Studio (PRES) artist Eugeniusz Rudnik, transformed into new concrete compositions; in other words, reprising PRES.

Dog Hallucination : call aesthetics [3-inch CD]
Dog Hallucination :
call aesthetics [3-inch CD]

(Aubjects -- USA )


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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.

Double-Basse (Petit / Duboc): This is Not Art
Double-Basse (Petit / Duboc):
This is Not Art

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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French free improvisers Benjamin Duboc (double bass) and Jean-Luc Petit (contrabass & clarinet) in a moody album of bass tones, deep harmonics and rich timbral interaction with beautiful pacing that rises in confrontation and then descends back to artful darkness.

Dunmall, Paul / Mark Sanders: Unity
Dunmall, Paul / Mark Sanders:
Unity

(577 Records -- USA )


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Despite countless collaborations in a variety of settings, UK saxophonist Paul Dunmall and drummer/percussionist Mark Sanders have never recorded one of the most straight-forward of pairings — the saxophone and drum duo — correcting their omission with his superb album of exploratory and exuberant dialogs, five tracks showing the skill and kinship between the two.

Ease: Klaus Filip / Noid: No No No, No
Ease: Klaus Filip / Noid:
No No No, No

(Mikroton Recordings -- Russia )


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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.

Ecstasy Mule: Sings Songs of Love & Redemption [3" CD]
Ecstasy Mule:
Sings Songs of Love & Redemption [3" CD]

(Batterrie -- USA )


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Upper Manhattan's ecstatic blues- and Bailey-influenced acousto-electric improvising band in a 3" release of exultant, exotic and unusual music.

Eichler, Hendrick: Dimensions
Eichler, Hendrick:
Dimensions

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Active in the modern creative music scene around Germany and The Netherlands, drummer/percussionist Hendrik Eichler explores a variety of "Dimensions" and "Transcendence" in solo percussive playing, using traditional and extended techniques, from highly active to deeply introspective moods, assisted at time through digital technology.

Ellipsis (Butler / Heilbron / Windfeld): Bulawayo
Ellipsis (Butler / Heilbron / Windfeld):
Bulawayo

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Ercklentz / Neumann  : LAlienation
Ercklentz / Neumann :
LAlienation

(Herbal International -- Malaysia )


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Lowercase free improvisation from the duo of Sabine Ercklentz and Andrea Neumann performing on trumpet and a specially designed amplified piano frame, recording 5 detailed and mysteriously constructed works using space and structure in intriguing sound work.

Farhadian / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Kurvers / Torres: De-Col//age_
Farhadian / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Kurvers / Torres:
De-Col//age_

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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An unusual improvising string quartet plus alto saxophone, Thea Farhadian (violin), Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Guilherme Rodrigues (cello), Klaus Kurvers (double bass) and Nuno Torres (alto saxophone) present the 11-part "De-col//age_", a slowly-developing work balancing unconventional approaches to their instruments with more conventional strategies.

Feel No Other: Feel No Other
Feel No Other:
Feel No Other

(Silber -- USA )


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Electric Bird Noise artist Brian Lea McKenzie extends his concepts in a new duo with vocalist Claudia Gregory (Exhaust the Fox, Claudia Versus the Queen of Hearts), with a new band name and a compelling set of epic electro-rock songs.

Ferrer, Violeta / Raymond Boni: Poemas De Federico Garcia Lorca Y Poemas Populares Espanoles
Ferrer, Violeta / Raymond Boni:
Poemas De Federico Garcia Lorca Y Poemas Populares Espanoles

(Fou Records -- France )


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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.

Filiano, Ken / Adams, Steve: The Other Side of This
Filiano, Ken / Adams, Steve:
The Other Side of This

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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Filip, Klaus / Moe Kamura: Passagein
Filip, Klaus / Moe Kamura:
Passagein

(Winds Measure -- USA )


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ppooll sound artist Klaus Filip and Japanese experimental vocalist Moe Kamura (10Tet, Taku Sugimoto) in a two-part improvisation of electronic tones, textures, silence, and minimalist vocalization and utterance, Filip using a dynamic frequency palette inspiring Kamura's wordless expression; lowercase or Onkyo, a meditative and moody work.

Flaherty, Paul / Randall Colbourne / James Chumley Hunt / Mike Roberson: Borrowed From Children
Flaherty, Paul / Randall Colbourne / James Chumley Hunt / Mike Roberson:
Borrowed From Children

(577 Records -- USA )


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Describing his music as "freeform", legendary saxophonist Paul Flaherty uses the music of Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, late-period Coltrane, Peter Brötzmann, &c. as the inspiration for this exhilarating live album captured at Willimantic Records, CT with his quartet of Randall Colbourne on drums, James Chumley Hunt on trumpet, and Mike Roberson on electric guitar.

Flinn, Stephen: Red Bell
Flinn, Stephen:
Red Bell

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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An immersive album of solo percussion, slowly sculpted through bowed cymbals, tension across drum heads, resonance and extraneous percussive elements, from New York-based experimental percussionist, composer & improviser, each piece unfolding a meditative yet substantial story built of powerful elements, creating mysterious and often daunting soundscapes.

Fouick: Blick & Jean-Marc Foussat: Mastic Boreal
Fouick: Blick & Jean-Marc Foussat:
Mastic Boreal

(Fou Records -- France )


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Primarily a creative filmmaker, Blick here provides narrative improvisation--phonemes, gutturals, word fragments, and spoken word--over improvising keyboardist Jean-Marc Foussat's Synthi AKS, creating expansive landscapes or curious audio aberrations, through four recordings demonstrating a diverse set of sonic environments interweaving voice and sound.

Foussat, Jean-Marc / Simon Henocq : Nopal
Foussat, Jean-Marc / Simon Henocq :
Nopal

(Fou Records -- France )


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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.

Foussat, Jean-Marc / Thomas Lehn: Spielgelungen
Foussat, Jean-Marc / Thomas Lehn:
Spielgelungen

(Fou Records -- France )


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The EMS Synthi AKS was introduced in 1972 as a portable analog synthesizer, used in many avant rock & electronic settings; on Spielgelungen both Jean-Marc Foussat and Thomas Lehn perform on the Synthi, their adept skills and experience with the instrument in free improv highlight both their incredible creative drive and the flexibility of the AKS.

Fraqx (Frank Crijns / Jacq Palinckx): Fraqx
Fraqx (Frank Crijns / Jacq Palinckx):
Fraqx

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Fraqx, the Netherlands duo of guitarists Jacq Palinckx and Frank Crijns, both on electric guitar and "devices", debut their collaboration with this 7-part journey of rich deformations, from raw visceral energy to subdued experimentation, a diverse set of textures and powerful playing from two players with a long history of unusual improvisation.

Free Range Rat (Carison / Hipp / McGloin / Schuller /  Yates): Nut Club
Free Range Rat (Carison / Hipp / McGloin / Schuller / Yates):
Nut Club

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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Free103point9: Audio Dispatch 04: From Pieces
Free103point9:
Audio Dispatch 04: From Pieces

(free103.9 -- USA )


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Fulgosi, Andreas / Carlo Mascolo: Losca Mio Gulfos
Fulgosi, Andreas / Carlo Mascolo:
Losca Mio Gulfos

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Nine improvisations between Italian trombonist and tubes player Carlo Mascolo (Kerlox Dynamic Band) and guitarist Andreas Fulgosi (By-Spiel Project) on baritone guitar, recording in Lisbon in 2017 for calmly developing dialog using unusual techniques and approaches to both instruments.

Ganfield, Ken x Kurt Liedwart x Petr Vrba: Something Wrong There
Ganfield, Ken x Kurt Liedwart x Petr Vrba:
Something Wrong There

(Mikroton Recordings -- Russia )


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Two compositions--"Unbearable" and "Nauseating"Ð-from the synth & electronics trio of Ken Ganfield, Kurt Liedwart and Petr Vrba, starting with improvisations on three synthesizers and electronics brought to the extreme edge, the results remixed by Liedwart to create these outer limit tracks of sci-fi psychedelia and Gameboy nightmare; truly unique and disquieting music.

Garcia, Miguel A. : Argiope
Garcia, Miguel A. :
Argiope

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Garcia, Miguel A. / Sebastien Branche: Pnoladeu Avvrhig
Garcia, Miguel A. / Sebastien Branche:
Pnoladeu Avvrhig

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Garcia, Miguel A. / Sebastien Branche / Abdul Moimeme / Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues: Gol
Garcia, Miguel A. / Sebastien Branche / Abdul Moimeme / Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues:
Golden Towers And Electric Frictions

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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"While the previous Garcia/Branche CD seemed also improvised to me, this five-person work is of the two the more improvised one. The quintet of players also like their sounds to be sustaining, placing bows on strings, but also motorized...

Gargaud, Guillaume / Eero Savela: Helsinki
Gargaud, Guillaume / Eero Savela:
Helsinki

(Plus Timbre -- Greece )


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A lovely album of friendly improvisation in the 1st meeting of French guitarist Guillaume Gargaud, who works in improvised music and composition for contemporary dance and film, and Finnish trumpeter Eero Savela, whose work is in dance, theater, circus and media art, this concert at the former mental hospital Lapinlahti finding the two exploring with lyrical insightfulness.

Garside, Gus / Herve Perez: The Unexpected Visitor
Garside, Gus / Herve Perez:
The Unexpected Visitor

(Orbit577 -- Italy )


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Saxophonist Herve Perez and double bassist Gus Garside spent much of the pandemic lockdown recording these intimate duos, interpretations of a 13th Century Poem, "The Guest House" by Rumi, recording in their respective homes using software designed for real-time audio collaboration, as they developed this introspective set of dialogs with strong lyrical affinity between the two.

Gestalder / Marion / Becheanu: 3 vues d'un paysage / 3 views of a landscape
Gestalder / Marion / Becheanu:
3 vues d'un paysage / 3 views of a landscape

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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A subtle album of soundscape from the French trio of Violaine Gestalder on saxophones, Louis Michel Marion on double bass, and Stefania Becheanu on field recordings, depicting 3 virtual aural views of a single landscape, the field recordings conveying a sense of location as the bass and sax use extended techniques and subliminal playing to create their vista.

Gibbs, E. Jason / Nat Baldwin: Microstates
Gibbs, E. Jason / Nat Baldwin:
Microstates

(Orbit577 -- USA )


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After a year of collaboration where Gibbs and Baldwin developed a common language and shared aesthetic to explore time, space, texture, frenetic energy, and the limits of their instruments and technique, double basssist Nat Baldwin and guitarist E. Jason Gibbs recorded this fascinating set of free improvisations at Apohadion Theatre, in Portland, Maine.

Godet, Jean-Brice (Godet / Niggenkemper / Darrifourcq): Lignes de Cretes
Godet, Jean-Brice (Godet / Niggenkemper / Darrifourcq):
Lignes de Cretes

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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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.

Goncalves, Andre: Currents and Riptides
Goncalves, Andre:
Currents and Riptides

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


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Andre Gonvalves, known for the ADDAC System brand of modular synthesizers and several devices for electronic music, in a solo album combining analog and digital sounds and tools, processing of field recordings and ready-made materials, a rich and beautiful work.

Gorfinkel, Dale: Switches & Hose
Gorfinkel, Dale:
Switches & Hose

(Splitrec -- Australia )


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Dale Gorfinkel is a multi-instrumentalist, improvisor, instrument creator and installation artist, creating unexpected aural environments exploring acoustic phenomena or creating acoustic sculptures using common materials like switches, balloons, hoses, cages, &c.

Gottschalk, Kurt: Bluefly Variations
Gottschalk, Kurt:
Bluefly Variations

(Batterrie -- USA )


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Solo improvisations from guitarist Kurt Gottschalk, recorded at the juncture of the Connecticut and West Rivers in Windham County, Vermont on the afternoon of April 29, 2009.

Grandmothers, The : Eating the Astoria
Grandmothers, The :
Eating the Astoria

(Obvious Music -- USA )


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Greenlief, Phillip : Barbedwire: 37 Graphic Scores For Trio Volume One
Greenlief, Phillip :
Barbedwire: 37 Graphic Scores For Trio Volume One

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Four trios perform selections from composer and reedist Phillip Greenlief's BARBEDWIRE - 37 Graphic Scores For Trio, featuring John Bischoff, Kyle Bruckmann, Mark Clifford, Evelyn Davis, Tim Decillis, Gabby Fluke Mogul, Jane Rigler, and Tim Perkis, each composition a unique sonic sculpture, creating a diverse set of unique recordings realized by consummate performers.

Guimaraes, Manuel : Flow Me
Guimaraes, Manuel :
Flow Me

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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"It will not have been included on purpose, but a phrase that Manuel Guimaraes says at the beginning of this solo piano record very well defines the music that is going to be proposed. He asks when the recording is already in progress, ...

Guionnet, Jean-Luc: Solo A La Decollation
Guionnet, Jean-Luc:
Solo A La Decollation

(Tour de Bras -- Canada )


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Emphasizing unusual aspects of the pipe organ, composer and typically reedist Jean-Luc Guionnet (Hubbub, Return of the New Thing) performs solo on the organ at the Church of the Decollation of Saint-Jean Baptiste in L'Isle-verte, Quebec, Canada, taking a sound-oriented approach to the instrument with a minimalist attitude through four extended performances.



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