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d'incise / Cristian Alvear: Appalachian Anatolia (14th Century)
d'incise / Cristian Alvear:
Appalachian Anatolia (14th Century)

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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A composition for solo 'modified guitar' from Swiss composer d'incise peformed by guitarist Cristian Alvear, music "at the confluence of sound, melody and rhythm. Something quiet but somehow driven by a pulse, existing somewhere between the electroacoustic and the tonal conceptions of music."

de Leon, Mario Diaz: Enter Houses Of
de Leon, Mario Diaz:
Enter Houses Of

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $15.95    




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NY composer Mario Diaz de Leon, who is influenced by Scelsi, Ligeti, Dumitrescu & Radulescu, focuses on acoustic & electronic hybrids that often fuse both elements into unified meta-instruments.

Denyer, Frank: The Fish That Became The Sun (Songs Of The Dispossessed)
Denyer, Frank:
The Fish That Became The Sun (Songs Of The Dispossessed)

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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A uniquely epic work in 14 parts by composer Frank Denyer, with a large ensemble of 40 musicians, many playing specially built instruments made from discarded materials, with other instrumentation including sitar, mandolin and hammered dulcimer, 4 male vocalists, 4 female vocalists, 4 players of adapted organ pipes, crumhorns, bowed wine glasses, 3 double basses, a contrabassoon, &c. &c.

Duplant, Bruno : Chamber and Field Works 2015-2017 [2 CDs]
Duplant, Bruno :
Chamber and Field Works 2015-2017 [2 CDs]

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $24.95    




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A double CD of delicate music from the French composer Bruno Duplant, the first disc containing three chamber pieces exquisitely played by the Suidobashi Chamber Ensemble, the second disc a long piece for solo guitar, performed by Taku Sugimoto in a public park in Tokyo, incorporating an extraordinary variety of environmental sounds.

Frith, Fred: Impur
Frith, Fred:
Impur

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $16.95    




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Giving Shapes, The (Robyn Jacob & Elisa Thorn): Earth Leaps Up
Giving Shapes, The (Robyn Jacob & Elisa Thorn):
Earth Leaps Up

(elsewhere -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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Nine song pieces for piano, harp, and vocal by The Giving Shapes, a Vancouver-based collaborative project between harpist/vocalist Elisa Thorn and pianist/vocalist Robyn Jacob, lovely pieces that weave their two voices with two compatibly yet uniquely timbred strings, merging contemporary popular forms with modern compositional music.

Horvey, Amy: Interview
Horvey, Amy:
Interview

(Malasartes -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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A collection of narrative and experimental sound worlds for solo trumpet, born out of improvisation and organized through thoughtful collaborations with composers from Canada to Argentina.

Kudirka, Joseph: 'Beauty and Industry' - ensemble works played by Apartment House
Kudirka, Joseph:
'Beauty and Industry' - ensemble works played by Apartment House

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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Six musicians from the UK Fluxus group Apartment House, including Philip Thomas (piano), Bridget Carey (voila), Anton Lukoszevieze, Simon Limbrick (percussion), present several realizations of composer Joseph Kurdirka's pieces, including text scores and fully-notated works.

Poulin, Brigitte : Edifices naturels
Poulin, Brigitte :
Edifices naturels

(Collection QB -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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For a decade, Brigitte Poulin has been commissioning and premiering works by composers who, she thought, could help better define our own piano culture.

Pozzer, Federico : Breaths
Pozzer, Federico :
Breaths

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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Three works from Italian composer and pianist Federico Pozzer in his "breathing" series, compositions where the musicians follow the concept of inhaling, exhaling, and pausing, set against certain fixed actions or interactions as they devise their own musical actions, the goal to overcome both the players' freedom in decision-making and strictness in the score.

Various Artists (Luigi Russolo / Chris Cutler / Nick  Sudnick / Andrzej Karpinski / Alessandro Monti
Various Artists (Luigi Russolo / Chris Cutler / Nick Sudnick / Andrzej Karpinski / Alessandro Monti / Silvio Mix / Pietro Verardo:
Intonarumori: Ieri Ed Oggi

(Recommended Records -- UK )


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Four new commissioned works by Chris Cutler, Andzrej Karpinski, Nick Sudnik and Alessandro Monti performed on Futurist conceptualist Luigi Russolo's "Intonarumori", unique boxes capable of mechanically creating sounds including roars, thunderings, explosions, hissing, whistling, puffing, mumbling, muttering, gurgling, screeching, creaking, buzzing, crackling and scraping.

Zorn, John: Azoth
Zorn, John:
Azoth

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $17.95    




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Two compositions by John Zorn for solo cello and two works for cello and rhythm section, performed by cellists Jay Campbell (JACK Quartet) and Michael Nicolas (Brooklyn Rider, International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)), with drummer Ches Smith and bassist Jorge Roeder taking the rhythm chairs; exciting and innovative compositions in virtuoso performances.

Zwaanenburg, Jos: 20 Odd Years: Music For Flute(s) & Live Electronics
Zwaanenburg, Jos:
20 Odd Years: Music For Flute(s) & Live Electronics

(FMR -- Great Britain )


Price: $15.95    




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Dutch flautist and electronic artist Jos Zwaanenburg in a release that updates and reinvents the technology for works written by British composers for Zwaanenburg over the last 20 years.

Granberg, Magnus / Skogen: Let Pass My Weary Guiltless Ghost
Granberg, Magnus / Skogen:
Let Pass My Weary Guiltless Ghost

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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First performed in November 2019 at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and then at the Splitter Orchester festival in Berlin, this studio recording of Magnus Granberg's delicately complex and exquisitely dream-like composition features his Skogen ensemble, including Granberg, Rhodri Davies, Toshimaru Nakamura, Erik Carlsson, Petter Wastberg, &c.

Granberg, Magnus / Skogen: Nun, es wird nicht weit mehr gehn
Granberg, Magnus / Skogen:
Nun, es wird nicht weit mehr gehn

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Composer Magnus Granberg took influences from Schubert's song cycle "Die Winterreise", extracting tonal material, which he merged with rhythmic influences from medieval English folk music and a song by Dowland, merging them into a temporal framework for this large and subtle composition, executed by a setpet including Angharad Davies, Erik Carlsson, Henrik Olsson, d'incise, &c.

Smith Quartet with John Tilbury: Morton Feldman: Music For Piano And Strings Volume 1 [DVD-AUDIO]
Smith Quartet with John Tilbury:
Morton Feldman: Music For Piano And Strings Volume 1 [DVD-AUDIO]

(Matchless -- Great Britain )


Price: $29.95    




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The Smith Quartet with pianist John Tilbury perform two long works by Morton Feldman: "For John Cage" (1982) and "Piano and String Quartet" (1985) on DVD Audio.

Wolff, Christian / String Noise: A Complete Anthology of Solo and Duo Violin Pieces
Wolff, Christian / String Noise:
A Complete Anthology of Solo and Duo Violin Pieces

(Black Truffle -- Australia )


Price: $17.95    




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Following their album of compositions by Alvin Lucier, the New York violin duo String Noise of Conrad Harris and Pauline Kim Harris present a series of solo and duo compositions by American avant composer Christian Wolff, a peer of Brown, Cage, and Feldman from the New York School, works composed across the span of his career through a wealth of concepts and motives.

Petit, Philippe: In A State of Weightlessness
Petit, Philippe:
In A State of Weightlessness

(Aural Terrains -- UK / EU )


Price: $17.95    




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Four distinct compositions from French electroacoustic composer Philippe Petit, each using analog synthesizers including Buchla Easel K & Buchla 200 synthesizers, EMS Synthi and a Landscape Stereofield analog synthesizer, interestingly layered and captivatingly paced against processed voices, percussion, insider piano work, broken glass, samplers and turntables.

Guionnet, Jean-Luc / Rhodri Davies: Dyslexic Harp (Deciphered In The Dark)
Guionnet, Jean-Luc / Rhodri Davies:
Dyslexic Harp (Deciphered In The Dark)

(Amgen Records -- UK )


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Recording in Brussels, Rhodri Davies performs a composition for pedal harp written for and dedicated to him by composer and saxophonist Jean-Luc Guionnet, using liberal periods of space that creates hanging anticipation amidst beautiful moments of fragmented string sequence and percussive response using the frame of the harp, leaving the listener in a state of fascinated expectancy.

Sharp, Elliott: Filiseti Mekidesi [2 CDs]
Sharp, Elliott:
Filiseti Mekidesi [2 CDs]

(Infrequent Seams Records -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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Elliott Sharp's opera is a visceral meditation about the universal search for a safe neutral place, told through text reflecting moments and situations in cosmic and human history that resonate with current events of great urgency, and through creative sound performed by the vocal group Voxnova Italia, and the instrumental ensemble Musikfabrik.

Zorn, John: Les Maudits
Zorn, John:
Les Maudits

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $17.95    




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An outrageous interpretation of Alfred Jarry's fictional character Ubu performed with with the International Contemporary Ensemble and core Downtown New York performers Ikue Mori, Ches Smith and Zorn himself, using Zorn's quick cut approach to composition; presented along with a work inspired by French poet Charles Baudelaire and an elegy to painter Paul Gauguin.

Hallonsten, Tomas: Monolog
Hallonsten, Tomas:
Monolog

(thanatosis produktion -- Sweden )


Price: $13.95    




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Stepping away from his improvisational work with groups including Exploding Customer and Fire! Orchestra, Swedish trumpeter and keyboardist Tomas Hallonsten releases a solo album of analog synthesis, early electronics and drum machines, lyrically inclinded compositions with diverse influences including George Harrison, Sun Ra and Kraftwerk, plus a cover of Joe Henderson's "Earth".

Nevai, Nandor / Peter Evans / Steve B / Ron Stabinsky: Trigesisextet for Brass + Gospel Power Walls
Nevai, Nandor / Peter Evans / Steve B / Ron Stabinsky:
Trigesisextet for Brass + Gospel Power Walls

(Psykomanteum -- USA )


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Two large-scale compositions from "Through-Composer of Brutal Classical" Nandor Nevai, scored for 35 brass players and a vocalist, accomplished through 10 layers of Peter Evans (trumpet, piccolo trumpet), 9 of Steve B (tenor trombone), 7 of Ron Stabinsky (bass trombone) and 10 of Nevai himself on tenor trombone & voice; plus "Gospel Power Walls" for a chorus of 5 (bad) people.

Quatuor Bozzini: Eliane Radigue : Occam Delta XV
Quatuor Bozzini:
Eliane Radigue : Occam Delta XV

(Collection QB -- Canada )


Price: $13.95    




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Translating her concepts from the electronic realm into acoustic, composer Eliane Radigue used an oral compositional process with the Montreal string quartet Quatuor Bozzini, for whom this work is dedicated, allowing each performance a uniqueness through sustained tones, microbeats and emerging harmonies, creating a profoundly meditative and rich work.

Lepage, Robert Marcel: La Plante Humaine
Lepage, Robert Marcel:
La Plante Humaine

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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Machinefabriek : +
Machinefabriek :
+

(Machinefabriek -- Netherlands )


Price: $10.95    




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Trying to strike a balance between composition and the challenges of being a young parent, Rutger Zuydervelt, aka Machinefabriek, created a series of short tracks that could be developed quickly with invited collaborators, a concept that worked so well that in little time he found 52 enthusiastic and diverse musicians to develop the expanse of this impressive collection.

Ogura, Miharu: Ogura Plays Stockhausen [2 CDS + DOWNLOAD]
Ogura, Miharu:
Ogura Plays Stockhausen [2 CDS + DOWNLOAD]

(thanatosis produktion -- Sweden )


Price: $15.95    




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A double CD of Japanese pianist Miharu Ogura's performance of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Klavierstücke I-XI for solopiano, recorded at the MONOPIANO festival in 2021, bringing to a pinnacle her fascination with Stockhausen's unique approach to this set of compositions, captured in her second live performance after a concert in Tokyo in the same year.

Akama, Ryoko / Apartment House: Dial 45-21-95
Akama, Ryoko / Apartment House:
Dial 45-21-95

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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Nine compositions from Ryoko Akama commissioned by Another Timbre while she was doing research at the Krzysztof Kieslowski archive in Poland, the scores based on fragments of notes and objects from that archive, realized here by the Apartment House ensemble as a beautiful set of floating works invoking "clouds, as shape, as light, as colour, as body, as element".

Arnold, Martin : The Spit Veleta
Arnold, Martin :
The Spit Veleta

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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Canadian composer Martin Arnold is based in Toronto, writing melodic works that contain a meandering, psychedelic quality, as heard in these three compositions performed by Philip Thomas on piano and Mira Benjamin on violin, the first two pieces solos from each respectively, and the last a duo with both musicians.

Capece, Lucio : Awareness About
Capece, Lucio :
Awareness About

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $14.95    




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Four recent pieces by Berlin-based instrumentalist, composer and improviser, Lucio Capece, all focusing on the process of listening, one performed by Konzert Minimal, the other solo performances including a work for hanging speakers and helium balloons.

Ceccarelli, Isaiah : Bow
Ceccarelli, Isaiah :
Bow

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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Montreal-based Composer-percussionist Isaiah Ceccarelli, well known through his Ambiances Magnetiques releases, in 7 compositions, a mix of timbrally-based music in which he himself performs, and through-composed pieces that focus on harmonic progressions, performed as string duos, trios, and quartets.

Cornford / Rodgers: Turned Moment, weighting
Cornford / Rodgers:
Turned Moment, weighting

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Sound artist Stephen Cornford performs realtime feedback treatment of pianist Samuel Rodgers, creating tense and spacious sound works, intensifying Rodgers' sparse keyboard work.

d'Angiolini, Giuliano : Cantilena
d'Angiolini, Giuliano :
Cantilena

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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Six chamber works by the Paris-based Italian composer Giuliano d Angiolini, following his Edition Rz release by presenting more examples of Giuliano's careful and particular use of indeterminate elements in a series of compositions that are musically exquisite.

Dalibert, Melaine : Ressac
Dalibert, Melaine :
Ressac

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Two beautiful piano solos in an open-ended modular form, written and performed by the young French composer Melaine Dalibert, who also played on Giuliano d'Angiolini's "Cantilena", using space, sustain and unhurried progressions to create hypnotic and resonant environments that captivate in ways reminiscent of Morton Feldman.

Democ, Adrian / Apartment House: Ziadba
Democ, Adrian / Apartment House:
Ziadba

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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London's Apartment House in a quintet configuration performs four chamber works by Slovakian composer Adrian Democ, plus the Czech ensemble Ostravska Band / Fama Q performing one composition; gentle music of deceptive simplicity, using color, shade and hue through unique orchestration, his works built upon creative foundations steeped in historic reference.

Lely, John played by Anton Lukoszevieze: The Harmonics Of Real Strings
Lely, John played by Anton Lukoszevieze:
The Harmonics Of Real Strings

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Four realisations of composer John Lely's simple but brilliant composition 'The Harmonics of Real Strings', a very slow glissando along the full length of one bowed string, performed by Anton Lukoszevieze; one realization for each string of the cello.

Olsen, Lance Austin : Dark Heart
Olsen, Lance Austin :
Dark Heart

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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Four fascinating and detailed compositions from Canadian composer and painter Lance Austin Olsen, each work giving the performers space to collaborate on the results, using graphic scores and Cage-like elements from recordings; performers include Terje Paulsen, Gil Sanson, Ryoko Akama, Isaiah Ceccarelli, Katelyn Clark, Patrick Farmer and Apartment House.

Growlers Choir: LIVE au FIMAV
Growlers Choir:
LIVE au FIMAV

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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A unique concert even by the standards of Victoriaville from The Growlers, a vocal ensemble who interpret heavy metal, known for their epic work "Hate.Machine" and "The Dayking" with participation from poet Fortner Anderson, performed here along with a comprovisation backed by an electronic track originated from electric guitar recordings.

Baldini, Marco : Vesperi
Baldini, Marco :
Vesperi

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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Influenced by the seemingly contradictory sources of 16th century Italian composers and their polyphonic compositions, Eliane Radigue, and North Indian classical, Italian composer Marco Baldini's beautifully dark works employ a slow, rarefied pace and subdued dynamics with a fascination for pianissimo playing, heard in eight chamber compositions for low strings and marimba.

Denyer, Frank: Melodies [2 CDs]
Denyer, Frank:
Melodies [2 CDs]

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $19.95    




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First recordings of composer Frank Denyer's "Melodies" series from the mid-1970s, arising from his ethnomusicological studies that explored the concept of what makes up a melody, or a note, creating a series of compositions with melodies of one note, then two, building up to a final work of 14- and 15-note melodies; includes a 24 page booklet by Denyer detailing the concept.

Radigue, Eliane: 11 Dec 80 [2 CDs]
Radigue, Eliane:
11 Dec 80 [2 CDs]

(Important Records -- USA )


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The first release of electronic composer Éliane Radigue's 1980 live session for the Bay Area's KPFA radio, performing two works: a studio performance of "Chry-ptus", Radigue's work for asynchronous recordings on a Buchla Modular System; and the world premiere of Parts I through III of "Tryptych", an hallucinogenic work of sound and texture.

Marchetti, Lionel & Decibel New Music Ensemble: Inland Lake (le lac interieur)
Marchetti, Lionel & Decibel New Music Ensemble:
Inland Lake (le lac interieur)

(Room40 -- Australia )


Price: $19.95    




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The 2nd album collaboration between French music concrète composer Lionel Marchetti and the Australian chamber ensemble Decibel directed by flute and wind player Cat Hope, performing two works by Marchetti--"Inland Lake" and "La Patience"-- works for strings, winds, piano, percussion and radio, integrated in the studio with Marchetti's synthetics, tape and electronic manipulations.

Chrysakis, Thanos: Manifold Vista
Chrysakis, Thanos:
Manifold Vista

(Auf Abwegen -- Germany )


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Aural Terrains label-leader, composer and sound artist Thanos Chrysakis presents six new pieces merging electronic composition with field recordings and other electro-acoustic sources, in five rich and beautifully paced works of a diverse nature, evolving a consistent sound world where each piece draws the listener into the composer's detailed and engaging concepts.

Conrad, Tony / Arnold Dreyblatt / Jim O'Rourke: Tonic 19-01-2001 [VINYL]
Conrad, Tony / Arnold Dreyblatt / Jim O'Rourke:
Tonic 19-01-2001 [VINYL]

(Black Truffle -- Australia )


Price: $32.95    




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In 2001 the trio of Tony Conrad, Arnold Dreyblatt and Jim O'Rourke performed an extended improvisation at a concert organized by David Weinstein at Manhattan's experimental concert space Tonic, each artist presenting a solo work followed by this incredible work of ecstatic integrated drone, texture and harmonic interaction from immensely intertwining strings.

Johnson, Max : When the Streets Were Quiet
Johnson, Max :
When the Streets Were Quiet

(New Focus Recordings -- USA )


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Better known for his bass work with his own free jazz trio and quartet, or as a sideman for Simon Nabatov, Chris Pitsiokis, &c. this album reveals another facet to the musician, presenting a chamber music album of strings, reeds and piano, where his role as composer and conductor brings life to works with references to Messiaen & Kafka.

Zeitkratzer / Keiji Haino: Zeitkratzer + Keiji Haino
Zeitkratzer / Keiji Haino:
Zeitkratzer + Keiji Haino

(Zeitkratzer -- Germany )


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Keiji Haino collaborates with Reinhold Friedl's Zeitkratzer for their 2nd release, with Haino concentrating solely on his voice without electronic manipulation, in a live recording at Jahrehunderthalle in Bochum, Germany for a frightful mix of ferocious chamber music.

Ensemble Dedalus + eRikm: Fata Morgana
Ensemble Dedalus + eRikm:
Fata Morgana

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


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Composed by erikM and performed with the Dedalus Ensemble, these pieces started through acousmographe recording of sounds outside of human hearing, transposed into notes and scored to be interpreted by musicians while immersed via headphone to mimic the sounds of cetaceans, then rearranged in the studio to create the annotated compositions heard on these carefully recorded compositions.

Musicworks: #144 Winter 2022/2023 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#144 Winter 2022/2023 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


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The Winter 2022/23 issue of Canada's most interesting music magazine including a 15-track compilation CD of new and rediscovered music from artists featured in the magazine; SLOWPITCHSOUND on the cover, plus articles on Gordon Grdina, performance artist Kite, Toronto's Audiopollination music series, sound artist Seth A Smith, live and recorded reviews, &c. &c.

Kettlitz, Friedrich  : Rabolgs Bergwand [4 CDs]
Kettlitz, Friedrich :
Rabolgs Bergwand [4 CDs]

(Euphorium -- Germany )


Price: $24.95    




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Having collaborated with EUPHORIUM_freakestra and Gunter Baby Sommer, narrator and actor Friedrich Kettlitz presents a 4-CD set of sound poetry using a language that pretends to be German but expands upon his native tongue, his deep voice carrying innuendo, humor, seriousness and articulate expression that fascinates regardless of the listener's own language.

Kasten-Krause, Tristan / Jessica Pavone: Images of One
Kasten-Krause, Tristan / Jessica Pavone:
Images of One

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


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Violist Jessica Pavone and double bassist Tristan Kasten-Krause found they shared a similar aesthetic in sound and sonic structure while working together in other ensembles, their debut developed over two seasons of experimentation with string interactions of consonance and dissonance using distinct timbres and textures, heard in four patiently unfolding compositions.

Silva, Susana Santos: All The Birds And A Telephone Ringing [VINYL]
Silva, Susana Santos:
All The Birds And A Telephone Ringing [VINYL]

(thanatosis produktion -- Sweden )


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Aside from her exceptional trumpet work in free improvisation settings, Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos, currently based in Stockholm, is also an electro-acoustic composer, these six compelling compositions merging field recordings--particularly birds, waters and yes, a phone--along with her trumpet playing and Irish flute, the album title a reference to John Cage's book Silence.

Zethson, Alex: Terje
Zethson, Alex:
Terje

(Supertraditional -- Sweden )


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Two movements from a live score for the classic silent film Terje Vigen by Sjöström composed and produced by Swedish pianist & keyboardist Alex Zethson (Angles 9, VÖ, Fire! Orchestra), two long-form tracks of dark and sombre, pulsating folk-drone featuring Norwegian vocal ensemble EMBLA plus appearances by, i.e., Christer Bothén, Kristin Amparo Sundberg and Goran Kajfeš.

La Casa, Eric: Barrieres Mobiles [CD + 40pg BOOKLET]
La Casa, Eric:
Barrieres Mobiles [CD + 40pg BOOKLET]

(Swarming -- France )


Price: $16.95    




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A series of sound impressions and an audio documentary of metal barriers placed at entrances to public buildings after the coordinated 2015 Paris attacks by ISIS; 29 compositions recorded and mixed between 2018-2023 by Eric La Casa, wondering what the barriers protected Parisians from, and answering the question of what Paris sounds like to the barriers themselves.

Fields, Scott Ensemble: Sand
Fields, Scott Ensemble:
Sand

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


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Scott Field's 9-part Sands for 20 instrumentalists, three singers, and a conductor, in this case Fields himself, employs a modular performance system that integrates composition and improvisation, the conductor selecting modules from melodies, phasing patterns, long tones, improv elements, fragmented short stories, &c., spontaneously assigned live; a fascinating accomplishment.

Naegelen / Gaillard / Arnaud-Cremon / Maisonneuve: Cartographie de rythmes #2 - Cardiaque
Naegelen / Gaillard / Arnaud-Cremon / Maisonneuve:
Cartographie de rythmes #2 - Cardiaque

(Umlaut Records -- France )


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The second part of Umlaut's Cartographie de rythmes, a sound exploration guided by an imaginary map of rhythm, here investigating the relationship between text and music through mysteriously breathing clarinet lines & harmonics by Fabrice Arnaud-Cremon, and patient narration by Julien Gaillard, Karl Naegelen and Aurélie Maisonneuve.

Oliveros, Pauline / Apartment House: Sound Pieces
Oliveros, Pauline / Apartment House:
Sound Pieces

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Six sound-oriented compositions for acoustic ensemble performed by the UK ensemble Apartment House, beautifully reflective and rich works, the first six pieces being text scores for open instrumentation, along with Peace/Tree, a seven movement work for violin, cello and piano that specifies pitches while leaving room for interpretation and improvisation.

Democ, Adrian: Neha
Democ, Adrian:
Neha

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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Neha, the Slovakian word for tenderness, is expressed by composer Adrián Demoč in this lovely and gentle work performed by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; and "Popínavá hudba", written for the international symphony orchestra for new music, Ostrava New Orchestra, referencing the growth of climbing plants through an alluring melodic line that shifts and spreads in direction.

Granberg, Magnus: Evening Star, Vesper Bell
Granberg, Magnus:
Evening Star, Vesper Bell

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $14.95    




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Written for and performed by the UK ensemble Apartment House, composer & performer Magnus Granberg's latest work reduces his working size from the larger Skogen ensemble to this sextet, opening new possibilities for composed structures that incorporate improvisation, in a work structured around components from Schubert's Abendbilder and So in Love by Cole Porter.

Crane, Laurence : Natural World
Crane, Laurence :
Natural World

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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A work for voice, piano and electronics from experimental composer Laurence Crane, working with the closely associated UK ensemble Apartment House, Natural World is in three sections--"Field Guide", "Chorus" and "Seascape"--with vocalist Juliet Fraser and pianist & electronic artist Mark Knoop, Crane's work describing the natural world and portending the fragility of our ecosystems.

Frith, Fred And Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles: Something About This Landscape For Ensemble
Frith, Fred And Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles:
Something About This Landscape For Ensemble

(Sub Rosa -- Belgium )


Price: $17.95    




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Commissioned by and recorded during the 2018 Ars Musical Festival, Fred Frith composed this work while under the inspiration of his residency at Lou Harrison's straw-bale house in the desert at Joshua Tree, CA, then performed with the Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, along with two very unique improvisations, one recorded during the dress rehearsal and then again in concert.

Frith, Fred And Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles: Something About This Landscape For Ensemble [VINYL]
Frith, Fred And Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles:
Something About This Landscape For Ensemble [VINYL]

(Sub Rosa -- Belgium )


Price: $28.95    




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Commissioned by and recorded during the 2018 Ars Musical Festival, Fred Frith composed this work while under the inspiration of his residency at Lou Harrison's straw-bale house in the desert at Joshua Tree, CA, then performed with the Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, along with two very unique improvisations, one recorded during the dress rehearsal and then again in concert.

Radigue, Eliane: Naldjorlak [2 CDs]
Radigue, Eliane:
Naldjorlak [2 CDs]

(Saltern -- USA )


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A live recording in 2020 at AXART in Los Angeles of Eliane Radigue's first acoustic composition, investigating the physical properties of resonating bodies and dynamic systems, composed in 2005 in collaboration with West Coast cellist Charles Curtis, who also performed on the original 2006 recording at Rglise de Notre-Dame de Bon Secours in Paris that is included in this 2-CD set.

Donatoni, Franco / Iannis Xenakis / Xavier Bonfill / Thanos Chrysakis / Tim Hodgkinson : Music For T
Donatoni, Franco / Iannis Xenakis / Xavier Bonfill / Thanos Chrysakis / Tim Hodgkinson :
Music For Trombones, Bass Clarinets & Horn

(Aural Terrains -- UK )


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Five interpretations of works by contemporary composers Franco Donatoni, Iannis Xenakis, Xavier Bonfil, Thanos Chrysakis and Tim Hodgkinson performed by a stellar set of performers in varying configurations, including bass clarinetist Jason Adler, trombonist Christian Larsen, bass clarinetist Yoni Silver, clarinetist Hodgkinson, horn player Julian Faultless, &c.

Lauzier, Philippe / Carlo Costa: Interspace
Lauzier, Philippe / Carlo Costa:
Interspace

(Tour de Bras / Inexhaustible Editions -- Canada )


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After performing together in Canada beginning in 2019, bass clarinetist & electronic artist Philippe Lauzier and NY percussionist Carl Costa remained in contact during the pandemic by exchanging compositional concepts, the 4-part "Sincronica Vaga" and "Soft Routine" the results, the former based on dovetailing motives, the latter on harmonic counterpoint interaction.

Di Domenico, Giovanni / Silvia Tarozzi / Emmanuel Holterbach: L'Occhio Del Vedere
Di Domenico, Giovanni / Silvia Tarozzi / Emmanuel Holterbach:
L'Occhio Del Vedere

(elsewhere -- USA )


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During an artistic residency at the GMEA in Albi, France, composer & pianist Giovanni Di Domenico recorded with the trio of violinist Silvia Tarozzi and percussionist Emmannuel Holterbach performing on a large frame drum, completing the piece into this mysteriously insinuating and lovely triptych where sparse melodies emerge & submerge into a multidimensional expanse.

Names, The (Nutters / Frasch / Khorkhordina / Park / Tolimieri): The Alte M unze Sessions
Names, The (Nutters / Frasch / Khorkhordina / Park / Tolimieri):
The Alte M unze Sessions

(Waveform Alphabet -- USA )


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Giving homage to creative musicians before them, the Berlin quintet of Koen Nutters (upright bas), Heather Frasch (flute), Carina Khorkhordina (trumpet), Han-earl Park (electric guitar) and Quentin Tolimieri (bass & soprano melodica)--explore the notion of integrating open improvisations around melody and modal harmonies into a post-musical, conceptual, and social framework.

Beuger, Antoine / Anastassis Philippakopoulos: Floating By
Beuger, Antoine / Anastassis Philippakopoulos:
Floating By

(erstwhile -- USA )


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Wandelweiser founder and composer Antoine Beuguer and French composer Anastassis Philippakopoulos in a work for voice (Philippakopoulos) and breath (Beuguer), employing spaces of silence against utterance and sibilant expression, a patiently developing work that floats by in deceptively simple ways, captivating through each articulation that seems perfectly placed.

Frey, Jurg / Quatuor Bozzini / Konus Quartett : Continuite, Fragilite, Resonance
Frey, Jurg / Quatuor Bozzini / Konus Quartett :
Continuite, Fragilite, Resonance

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Continuity, Fragility, Resonance is an extended compositions by Jürg Frey orchestrated for an octet of a string quartet and a saxophone quartet, here recorded after the 2021 premier of the work in a 2022 3-day recording session in Bern, Switzlerland in the presence of the composer at the Auditorium of Zentrum Paul Klee; gorgeous and delicate.

Sijstermans, Germaine / Koen Nutters / Reinier van Houdt : Circles, Reeds, and Memories
Sijstermans, Germaine / Koen Nutters / Reinier van Houdt :
Circles, Reeds, and Memories

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Composer & clarinetist based in Heerlen, Netherlands, Germaine Sijstermans, in a collaborative work with fellow Dutch composers and performers, Reinier van Houdt performing primarily on Indian harmonium and Koen Nutters on harmona organ, both employing field recordings, tapes, objects and sine waves in this peacefully meditative 2022 concert at Savelberg Chapel.

Belorukov, Ilia: Someone Has Always Come
Belorukov, Ilia:
Someone Has Always Come

(Sublime Retreat -- Poland )


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The third in Ilia Belorukov's series of electroacoustic compositions on Spina!Rec and Moving Furniture, here in a set of four compositions, each presenting detailed layers of acoustic and electronic instrumentation and field recordings captured throughout Europe and Russia, carefully placed over heavily laden synthetic drones that guide the motion of each piece.

Courvoisier, Sylvie / Cory Smythe: The Rite of Spring - Spectre d'un songe
Courvoisier, Sylvie / Cory Smythe:
The Rite of Spring - Spectre d'un songe

(Pyroclastic Records -- Canada )


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Having presented a solo version of Stravinksy's The Rite of Spring at Opera Bastille in Paris with avant-flamenco dancer Israel Galván, Courvoisier developed a new work for two pianos performed with Cory Smythe, merging composition & improvisation as they invoke impressions of The Rite in tandem with Stravinksy-like reharmonizations of previous Courvoisier works.

Frey, Jurg / Reinier van Houdt: Lieues d'Ombres (3 CDs)
Frey, Jurg / Reinier van Houdt:
Lieues d'Ombres (3 CDs)

(elsewhere -- USA )


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Translating to League of Shadows, Swiss composer Jürg Frey's sublime twilight compositions for solo piano are performed by Dutch pianist Reinier van Houdt, presenting seven of Frey's works written from 1984-2018, including one previously unreleased composition, in all 20 movements spread over 3 CDs ranging in time from 1:47 to 40:34, a significant addition to both musician's oeuvres.

Sijstermans, Germaine : Betula [2 CDs]
Sijstermans, Germaine :
Betula [2 CDs]

(elsewhere -- USA )


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The solo debut album from Dutch composer & clarinetist Germaine Sijstermans: seven recent contemplative works in a Wandelweiser vein, composed between 2017-2019 and performed with six exemplary and complementary performers: Antoine Beuger (concert flute), Rishin Singh (trombone), Johnny Chang (viola), Fredrik Rasten (guitar, ebow), and Leo Svirsky (accordion).

Dead Mauriacs, The: Le Parc, rapport d'observations
Dead Mauriacs, The:
Le Parc, rapport d'observations

(Sublime Retreat -- Poland )


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The mysterious French audio collective The Dead Mauriacs led by Olivier Prieur in a 3-part work of electroacoustic compositions sourced from field recordings made during time spent in Brussels, developing these works based on daily recordings of audio observations at cafes, parks, churches, plus manipulated objects and some parakeets in a park; truly inspired collage work.

Growlers Choir: LIVE au FIMAV <i>[Used Item]</i>
Growlers Choir:
LIVE au FIMAV [Used Item]

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )



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Prokofiev, Sergei / Dmitri Shostakovich: Works For 2 Pianists Under Soviet Rule
Prokofiev, Sergei / Dmitri Shostakovich:
Works For 2 Pianists Under Soviet Rule

(Hat [now] ART -- Switzerland )


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Two works for piano composed under Stalinist rule by Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev, recorded in 2009 by pianists Ufuk & Bahar Dorduncu.

resAUnance : Migration  <i>[Used Item]</i>
resAUnance :
Migration [Used Item]

(FMR -- Great Britain )



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The debut album by the chamber-jazz quartet resAUnance of Jonathan Golove on electric cello, Michael McNeill on piano, John Bacon on vibraphone and percussion, and Esin Gunduz on voice, blending compositional, improvisation, & Turkish folk music into passionate and beautiful works.

[SNDNG STTNS] Kifpfmuller / Janek feat. Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues : Case Study: Sertao
[SNDNG STTNS] Kifpfmuller / Janek feat. Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues :
Case Study: Sertao [Used Item]

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )



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Since 2014 the collective [SNDNG STTNS] has explored theatrical situations between musictheatre, staging and composition with live music, instruments, recordings, samples, speach and live editing, this work featuring cellist Guilherme Rodrigues bridges the art of the brazilian "violeros" with contemporary music, acoustic and electronic composition and improvisation.

Sokolowska, Joanna Halszka: Msza <i>[Used Item]</i>
Sokolowska, Joanna Halszka:
Msza [Used Item]

(Bolt -- Poland )



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Previously played Squidco store copy, used for cataloging and samples, in excellent condition.

"The album is a studio version of a chamber opera prepared by Joanna Halszka Sokolowska at Opera// REMIX at Komuna// Warszawa. The...

Demierre, Jacques / Anouck Genthon: Teyerit <i>[Used Item]</i>
Demierre, Jacques / Anouck Genthon:
Teyerit [Used Item]

(Confront -- UK )



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A series of unusual compositions originally written by Jacques Demmiere and Vincent Barras, here reworked by Demmiere and violinist Anouck Genthon, each piece focusing on sounds, breaths, frictions, silences, vowels and consonants, weaving and complementing each other through a mix of traditional, extended and unconventional techniques; fascinating.

Falaise, Bernard : Clic <i>[Used Item]</i>
Falaise, Bernard :
Clic [Used Item]

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )



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Guitarist Falaise (Klaxon Gueule, Les Projectionnistes) in pieces that reference Aksak Maboul, Braxton, Beefheart, Donatoni, Les Granules, Nancarrow, Stravinsky, & Wyatt.

Joker (Joane Hetu): Ou Est-il Donc Ce Reve? <i>[Used Item]</i>
Joker (Joane Hetu):
Ou Est-il Donc Ce Reve? [Used Item]

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )



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Joker brings together 12 vocalists, many core members of the Ambiances Magnetiques/Musique Actuelle collective including Joane Hetu, Jean Derome, Diane Labrosse, Michel F Cote, Lori Freedman, &c, performing unusual works of voice and narration composed by Joane Hetu.

 
Quasar, Quatuor de Saxophones:
Miroir Des Vents [Used Item]

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )



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Previously played Squidco store copy, used for cataloging and samples, in excellent condition.

Review Copy, not new but in mint condition. May have a strike, the word "Promo" or a drill hole. Inquire on condition if you are concern...

Quatuor Bozzini: Ana Sokolovic: Short Stories <i>[Used Item]</i>
Quatuor Bozzini:
Ana Sokolovic: Short Stories [Used Item]

(Collection QB -- Canada )



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Long-time collaborators the Quatuor Bozzini string quartet of Clemens Merkel, Alissa Cheung, Stephanie Bozzini and Isabelle Bozzini join with Slavic composer living in Montreal Ana Sokolovic, to present a series of 14 short works -- "Ghost 1" & "Ghost 2"; "Commedia dell'arte" in 10 movements; "Blanc dominant"; and "Troisieme page apres le soleil".

resAUnance : Migration  <i>[Used Item]</i>
resAUnance :
Migration [Used Item]

(FMR -- Great Britain )



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The debut album by the chamber-jazz quartet resAUnance of Jonathan Golove on electric cello, Michael McNeill on piano, John Bacon on vibraphone and percussion, and Esin Gunduz on voice, blending compositional, improvisation, & Turkish folk music into passionate and beautiful works.



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