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![]() Charles, Xavier / Eric Normand : Avis Aux Reacteurs (Inexhaustible Editions -- Slovenia ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded live at Silence Sounds in Guelph Canada, the duo of Xavier Charles on clarinet and Eric Normand on electric bass & objects eschew idiom in favor of their unique natural language on their instruments, applying patient development of truly idiosyncratic and fascinating command through a single extended work punctuated in seven diverse passages. |
![]() Foussat, Jean-Marc / Daunik Lazro / Evan Parker: Cafe OTO 2020 [2 CDs] (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A momentous 2020 concert at London's Cafe OTO, presented in two discs, the 1st with label leader Jean-Marc Foussat in a solo improvisation on synth and voice, the 2nd in a trio with Daunik Lazro on tenor & baritone sax, and Evan Parker on soprano sax, the 2 saxophones weaving and responding to Foussat's remarkable alien soundscapes and vocalization in an immersive extended improvisation. |
![]() Weston, Matt: Embrace This Twilight (DOUBLE VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD) (7272music -- USA ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Percussionist and electronic artist Matt Weston describes these four tracks as "songs", each demonstrating aspects of his compositional methods — multidimensional graphic scores, implied and aural notation, site-specific structures and frameworks, physical and otherwise — creating immersive and dramatic sonic environments revealing his increasing sophistication as a composer. |
![]() Jerman, Jeph / Ted Byrnes: Passenger [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Tsss Tapes -- Italy ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two western-US, like-minded sound artists and improviser who started their musical lives as drummer/percussionists, Jeph Jerman and Ted Byrnes present nine relatively succinct tracks of unusual and unidentifiable sources, typically formed around a rhythmic center and always actively engaging, finding logic in curious or even chaotic interaction. |
![]() Musicworks: #145 Summer 2023 [MAGAZINE + CD] (Musicworks -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Summer 2023 issue of Canada's finest music magazine covering contemporary improvised, composed and experimental music, with Simone Schmidt's Audible Songs of Defiant Meaning on the cover, plus features on Nicole Mitchell and Coco Elysses, Levy Lorenzo, Wayne Lavallee, along with recorded & live reviews, and a 10-track CD with pieces from the artist within. |
![]() Zuydervelt, Rutger: Kadans [3'' CD] (Machinefabriek -- The Netherlands ) Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Rutger Zuydervelt, aka Machinefabriek, returns to rhythmic electronic solo work with his fourth mini-CD release after Hinkelstap (2022), Tuimelval (2022) and Haast (2023), in this seven-part work Kadans (translating to "Cadence"), each track using a unique rhythmic foundation under warm electronics, plus a violin sample from collaborator Anne Bakker. |
![]() Machinefabriek w/ Monika Bugajny: Recytle (Machinefabriek -- The Netherlands ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock After working with clarinetist Monika Bugajny on his + album, composer & electronic artist Rutger Zuydervelt, aka Machinefabriek, joined again with Bugajny for a set of eight reconstructions of classical works from Debussy, Messiaen, Brahms, Stravinsky, &c., each reinterpreted work cleverly composed from Bugajny's recording of the original composition. |
![]() Bi Ba Doom (Pitsiokos / Stewart / Nazary): Graceful Collision [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD] (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A New York trio of musical friends from Chris Pitsiokos on alto saxophone, Luke Stewart on electric & acoustic basses and Jason Nazary on drums, an elegantly impactful album of organic free jazz expanded through electronic textures from all three members as they enthusiastically explore new approaches to energetic, creative, contemporary improvisation; extraordinary! |
![]() Wood, Dorian / Thor Harris (w/ Carla Bozulich / Jarboe / Patrick Shiroishi / Heather Trost): You Are Clearly In Perversion [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] (Astral Editions -- USA ) Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A ritualistic narrative work from multidisciplinary artist Dorian Wood and percussionist Thor Harris (Swans), with Carla Bozulich and Jarboe contributing their voices in an ensemble of contemporary and experimental arrangement, alongside guests David Coulter, Heather Trost, Jeremy Barnes, Michael Corwin, Ignacio Carvajal, Andrea Calderon, Elizabeth Warren and Patrick Shiroishi. |
![]() Paul, Ashley / Jeffrey Alexander: Between The Surface And Tomorrow [VINYL 7'' w/DOWNLOAD] (Astral Editions -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Once roommates in Rhode Island, guitarist Jeffrey Alexander of The Heavy Lidders, now living in Philadelphia, and guitarist/vocalist Ashley Paul, now living in London, come together again for a 3-song 7" release of idiosyncratic and informed free-form songs and instrumentals performed with a saxophone, clarinet, prepared guitar, prepared percussion, moog & electric piano. |
![]() Eastman, Julius: Femenine [VINYL 2 LPs] (Frozen Reeds -- Finland ) Price: $44.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The premiere of late composer Julius Eastman's work for an eclectically orchestrated chamber ensemble, presented in 1974 at Composers Forum in Albany, NY, a uniquely joyful and absorbing work rendered in this original inspired performance that continues to bring interest to Eastman's work, now remastered by Jim O'Rourke and released in a deluxe double LP gatefold edition. |
![]() Kaiser, Henry: Mahalo Nui (Metalanguage -- USA ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Ten exceptional solo improvisations performed live without overdubbing on electric & acoustic guitars, using effects to expand the expressive capabilities of each guitar, as Henry Kaiser endeavors to sound like more than a single musician, inspired by improvisers like Evan Parker, Cecil Taylor or Derek Bailey, each improv providing a dedication or influence. |
![]() Alva Noto: This Stolen Country of Mine (Noton -- Austria ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The soundtrack to the 2022 German documentary film This Stolen Country of Mine directed by German filmmaker Marc Wiese about Ecuadorian resistance fighters and journalists opposed to the sale of the country's resources to Chinese investors, in 19 subtle, elegantly passionate electronic works from sound artist Carsten Nicolai, aka Alva Noto. |
![]() Graham, Forbes (Forbes / Lopez / Lopez): Another Day, Another Vector [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Previously Played Sale Price was Price: $8.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Promo copy with line thru bar code. An unusual set of electroacoustic improvisations recorded at Firehouse 12 from a New York trio led by trumpeter Forbes Graham, also on laptop and drum machine, Cecelia Lopez on analog synth, and bassist Brandon Lopez, Graham mutating his trumpet through sound processing, complemented by Cecelia Lopez's synthetic punctuations, all grounded by Brandon Lopez' solid bass work. |
![]() Hawkins, Alexander Trio (w/ Neil Charles / Stephen Davis): Carnival Celestial (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Unique approaches to the piano trio format, alerted to the listener by merging synthetics and samples into the opening, bubbling carnival-esque "Rapture", then settling into more recognizable yet innovative approaches to creative, modern jazz through Hawkin's fascinating compositions, electronics drifting in and out at times but generally adhering to great, modern jazz. |
![]() Thomas, Pat / Chris Sharkey / Luke Reddin-Williams: Know : Delirium Atom Paths (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Energetic, authoritative and unpredictable, this 2020 concert at Hyde Park Book club, in Leeds, UK from the collective free improv trio of Pat Thomas on keyboards, Chris Sharkey on electric guitar and Luke Reddin on Williams on drums, burns through an extended and far-ranging set of sonic environments and seriously exhilarating straight-on playing. |
![]() Baraque a Free: Silex (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Formed as a collective in 2016, Baraque à Free brings together young free improvisers from Toulouse, France, who leverage influences from jazz, contemporary and rock forms, creating passages that include harmonious tranquillity, noisy spaces, rhythmic rage, math rock, and hints of orchestral chamber music; a positive album of musical statement and emotional release. |
![]() Barradas, Joao: Solo II - Live at the Festival D'Aix-En-Prevence (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Active in both contemporary music and as an improviser, Portuguese accordionist João Barradas is heard live at the 2022 Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in France, performing solo on a chromatic accordion, MIDI chromatic accordion and voice for an expansive, un-interrupted six-part improvisation that showcases both his technical skills and his emotional passion. |
![]() Bica, Carlos (Erdmann / DJ Illvibe / Barradas): Playing with Beethoven (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Commissioned by Cineteatro Louletano to respond creatively to the musical legacy of Ludwig van Beethoven, double bassist Carlos Bica developed ten compositions that draw on Beethoven's original works, performing them with saxophonist Daniel Erdmann, accordionist João Barradas and DJ Illvibe on turntables, a truly unique take on some of the renowned composer's most famous works. |
![]() Brew (Hemingway / Workman / Masaoko): Heat / Between Reflections [2 CDs] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Recorded two decades apart, first in 1998 as a combination of recordings in the studio and live @ The Knitting Factory, and then in 2019 in the studio, the trio of Miya Masaoka on Koto, dan bau & electronics, Reggie Workman on bass, percussion, musical saw & digeridoo and Gerry Hemingway on drums & electronics, show both their consistency and evolution as masterful, creative improvisers. |
![]() McCormick, John Collins : Healthy Alternative To Thinking [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Eh? -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two sound works from multimedia artist John Collins McCormick (Sky Thing) recorded using a multi-channel, portable sound system that employs up to 8 subwoofers in drum stands, amplifying low frequencies and rattling odds and ends he collected over the years, creating a rolling and controlled cacophony of quick rhythms and unusual asides from objects placed on the subwoofers. |
![]() Day, Bryan / Dereck Higgins: Woven Territories (Public Eyesore -- USA ) Price: $10.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock San Francisco East Bay sonic artist and Public Eyesore/Eh? label-leader Bryan Day meets Omaha bass player and sound artist Dereck Higgins for four enveloping works of sound, sonically rich and epic journeys through terrains of identifiable musical elements and acousmatic curiosity, all with an ear to story-telling as the duo weave passages of fantastic elements. |
![]() Krausbauer, John / David Maranha: John Krausbauer & David Maranha [7'' VINYL] (Public Eyesore -- USA ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A minimalist work in the tradition of Tony Conrad and Henry Flynt, John Cale or La Monte Young, West Coast-based composer and multi-instrumentalist John Krausbauer performing on an amplified violin and Portuguese experimental/drone artist David Maranha (Osso Exótico) performing on electric organ present two emphatic and rich compositions of interacting tone and texture. |
![]() End, The (Jernberg / Moster / Gustafsson / Hana / Fjordheim): Why Do You Mourn (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The third album from the genre-merging quintet The End of of Sofia Jernberg (vocals), Kjetil Moster (clarinet and tenor saxophone), Mats Gustafsson (flutes, baritone saxophone and electronics), Anders Hana (baritone and bass guitar) and Borge Fjordheim (drums), an experimental song-based project influenced by avant rock, jazz and soundscape in seven nuanced pieces. |
![]() End, The (Jernberg / Moster / Gustafsson / Hana / Fjordheim): Why Do You Mourn [VINYL] (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $34.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The third album from the genre-merging quintet The End of of Sofia Jernberg (vocals), Kjetil Moster (clarinet and tenor saxophone), Mats Gustafsson (flutes, baritone saxophone and electronics), Anders Hana (baritone and bass guitar) and Borge Fjordheim (drums), an experimental song-based project influenced by avant rock, jazz and soundscape in seven nuanced pieces. |
![]() Orquesta del Tiempo Perdido (Jeroen Kimman): Sepk (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Fusing many styles into a strange jazz-like environment fueled by exotica, electronica, orchestral forms and unusual transitions, Dutch multi-instrumentalist & composer Jeroen Kimman, along with ten Amsterdam musicians including John Dikeman, Koen Nutters, Michael Moore and Mark Morse, present Kimman's unusual and often rubbery musical vision while continually fascinating his listeners. |
![]() Sharp, Elliott / Eric Mingus: Songs from a Rogue State (zOaR Records -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Extending their collaborations with this project that blurs rock, experimental and improvised forms in a very Downtown NY way, Elliott Sharp performing on guitars, analog synth & drums machines joins with Eric Mingus on bass and primary vocals, with Doug McKenzie providing drums samples and loops, for a set of insightful, incisive, extraordinary songs. |
![]() Chansons du Crepuscule (Helene Breschand / Elliott Sharp): L'Apres-Midi d'un Bot (zOaR Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A collection of original songs recorded in NY & Paris from vocalist Hélène Breschand, also performing on acoustic and electric harp, in a duo with Elliott Sharp, who creates grooves and instrumental environments on guitar, analog synth, bass, toy piano and drum programming; unusually structured and richly detailed, from idiosyncratic to sensuous. |
![]() Doortri: PFAS OFF (zOaR Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Referencing their influences as The Pop Group, This Heat, Naked City, and Eric Dolphy, this collective trio from Vicenza, Italy features Tiziano Pellizzari on reeds & electronics, Geoffrey Copplestone on noise & vocals and Giampaolo Mattiello on percussion, in an insightful and sometimes socially charged, sometimes simply quirky mix of free jazz, noise and narrative vocals. |
![]() Various Artists: (SIC) 7" Series (Broklyn Beats -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Nagano, Sana / Leonor Falcon: Peach and Tomato (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Using members of the violin family augmented with effects, NY violinist Sana Nagano and violist Leonor Falcon pay homage to Prokofiev's Sonata for Two Violins and Bela Bartok's Etudes 1 & 2, reinterpreted for modern contemporary approaches, alongside new compositions from both Nagano & Falcon that show their virtuosic talents and playful attitude to performance. |
![]() Roll, Kristoff K.: Des Travailleurs de la Nuit, a L'amie des Objets (Metamkine -- France ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock |
![]() BERG (Keller / Rodrigues / Okuda / Rodrigues): Mesozoic (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Berlin studio recordings from the free improvising quartet of Beat Keller on feedbacker electric guitar, Ernesto Rodrigues on violin, Rieko Okuda on piano and Guilherme Rodrigues on cello; four string players invoking the reptilian Mesozoic age through unusual approaches to their instruments, extending the palette of each while creating unexpected percussive elements. |
![]() Suspensao (Rodrigues / Torres / Parrinha / Goncalves / Flak / Madeira / Santos / Oliveira): Impromptu (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Suspensao octet are heard in this live performance at SMUP, in Parede, Portugal in 2023, blending primarily acoustic instruments with electric guitar and analog synth, using a reductionist approach to highly concentrative and suspenseful free improvisation, their long-running collective history allowing an impressive level of articulation and control through the integration of diverse voices. |
![]() Dykstra, Jordan: A Known Unknown [CDr w/ Score Booklet] (Editions Verde -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A fascinating conceptual work on CD and printed score that attempts to sonically represent celestial events through guided improvisations, providing the performers an abstract of the main musical ideas and options on how to execute them, exploring microtonal sounds, harmonic interactions and sound as moments within physical boundaries, here in a studio realization in Zurich. |
![]() Dykstra, Jordan / Brian McOmber: Blow the Man Down (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Editions Verde -- USA ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A powerful set of succint compositions, themes and sea shanties for the soundtrack for Danielle Krudy and Bridget Savage Cole's film Blow the Man Down , scored through the collaboration of composers Jordan Dykstra, who also performs on viola, piano, prepared piano, vibraphone & percussion, and Brian Mcomber, who also performs on keyboards and percussion. |
![]() Dykstra, Jordan: Globes (Original Soundtrack Album) (Editions Verde -- USA ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The original score composed by Brooklyn violist and multi-instrumental Jordan Dykstra for the documentary movie Globes directed by Nina de Vroome, exploring the relationship between bees and humans through their history and affect on the global economy and our cultures, realized in a diverse set of contemporary musical forms from orchestral to electronica. |
![]() Pisaro-Liu, Michael / Julia Holter: Tombstones: Live in Brooklyn (Editions Verde -- USA ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Six songs from Michael Pisaro's "Tombstones" project--experimental songs developed from recontextualized fragments of popular songs--heard in this 2012 Brooklyn recording directed by guitarist Jason Brogan, with Julia Holter (voice), Tucker Dulin (trombone), Andrew Lafkas (bass), Katie Porter (clarinet), Sam Sfirri (piano and melodica), and Ron Wiltrout (keyboard & percussion). |
![]() Dykstra, Jordan: 14 Horse Bells (Editions Verde -- USA ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded in Brooklyn by Jordan Dykstra performing on viola, electronics, percussion & programming, this is the second release in his subharmonic series "Seeing the Forest in a Tree", exploring one conceptual idea with four radically different realizations through arrangements contrasting the acoustic sources of viola & bells with prepared speakers and sine-tones. |
![]() Evans-Weiler, Morgan: Correspondences (Editions Verde -- USA ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The third release in Editions Verde's series "Seeing the Forest in a Tree" are three iterations of interpretations realized by Joseph Clayton Mills, Fraufraulein, and the duo Sarah Hughes and Patrick Farmer, who were invited to interact with Morgan Evans-Weiler's score intended to be interpreted as both sound and sculpture, presented in three unique sets of recordings. |
![]() Cardew, Cornelius: Treatise (Hat [now] ART -- Switzerland ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock |
![]() Ferrari, Luc: Piano & Percussion Works (Hat [now] ART -- Switzerland ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Works for piano, percussion, and one including magnetic bands, from Luc Ferrari, composed between 1956-1988, here performed by pianist Satoko Inoue and percussionist Toshiyuki Matsukua. |
![]() Perepelycia, Alexis: Esos Fantasmas [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Previously Played Sale Price was Price: $9.60 ![]() ![]() In Stock Argentinian sound artist Alexis Perepelycia explores his influences in an extended sonic work, drawing on his roots in the sounds of garage, punk, metal, industrial music into his work in academia, using abstract references of assertive and acousmatic sound with powerful electronic emphasis as he seeks his ghosts amidst references like Russolo, Stockhausen, &c. |
![]() Shepard, Craig: Broken Silence [Used Item] (Music For Contemplation, Inc. -- Austria ) Previously Played Sale Price was Price: $7.20 ![]() ![]() In Stock The music to composer Craig Shepards performance work that presents listeners with text drawn from court testimony in the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, here concentrating on the quiet long tones generated by wind instruments and ebow strings, where pure tones pass between the musicians to build a pulsating chord that then drops away tone by tone. |
![]() Stockhausen, Karlheinz : Mantra (performed by Mark Knoop, Roderick Chadwick and Newton Armstrong) (Hat [now] ART -- Switzerland ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Stockhausen's late 60s composition "Mantra" was a return to his intricately systematised approach to musical construction, expanding the possibilities and potentialities of the serial principle to allow for more melodic and embraceable compositions. |
![]() Harris, Bill: Blinking Glue [Used Item] (Amalgam -- USA ) Previously Played Sale Price was Price: $8.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock An extension of his prior solo record, ONOMAT, Chicago drummer & percussionist Bill Harris also uses a prepared floor tom and feedback in this unedited 25 minute live performance at Music Garage in Illinois, notated for six track section as he explores unique rhythmic concepts augmented with encompassing environmental sonics and unusual disruptive elements. |
![]() Ronn, Christian / Bob Bellerue : Intoku Inversions [Used Item] (Anarchy Moon Recordings/Nishe -- USA ) Previously Played Sale Price was Price: $6.40 ![]() ![]() In Stock Beautiful long-form drones and harmonic interactions develop and are then shaken up with sonic deformations and collisions, returning to beautiful environments and then reversed once again, from the duo of sonic explorers Bob Bellerue and Christian Ronn, recording in Copenhagen using organs, electronics, winds, and feedback to create these wonderfully alien domains. |
![]() Rodrigues / Parrinha / Flak / Santos: Die Zwitscher-Maschine (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Referencing Twittering Machine, a 1922 painting by Paul Klee that depicts a group of birds on a wire connected to a hand-crank, interpreted as as a visual representation of the mechanics of sound, the ea-improvising quartet of Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Bruno Parrinha (bass clarinet), Flak (electric guitar) and Carlos Santos (modular synth) present three hi-tension improvisations. |
![]() Comte, Richard / Sebastien Lespinasse: Traverser Noir [Used Item] (nunc. -- France ) Previously Played Sale Price was Price: $8.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Translating to "Cross Black", French guitarist Richard Comte provides a set of four diverse soundtracks, from deep turbulent darkness and sonic decay to crisply ringing guitar resonance, over which sound poet Sébastien Lespinasse intones with solemn import his dark words of imagery and observation. |
![]() Green, Jaki Shelton: I Want to Undie You [CD EP] [Used Item] (Soul City Sounds -- USA ) Previously Played Sale Price was Price: $4.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A CD EP from North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green, the first African American and third woman to receive the appointment, persenting her work "I Want to Undie You" expressing her sorrow at the unexpected death of her daughter Imani and a celebration of her life, with audio arrangements by Alec Ferrel, plus versions of the text and music only. |
![]() Melting Mind (Genta / Mazzani / Vanzan / Poggi): At Grnd Zero [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Previously Played Sale Price was Price: $8.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock BLACK LINE THRU BAR CODE |
![]() Myers, David Lee: Partikelrauschen [Used Item] (pulsewidth -- USA ) Previously Played Sale Price was Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Referring to the music on this album from New York feedback and electronic pioneer David Lee Myers as "firmly rooted in the electronic music of the 1950s-1960s", over nine tracks we are taken on an otherworldly journey of detailed particulate electronic adventures, sometimes swooping, vertiginous, monstrous and unpredictable, each track captured live in Myer's Pulsewidth studio. |
![]() Subterrene: The Same Rivers (Poverty Electronics -- USA ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Subterrene, aka Grant Stewart, continues his prolific sonic journey through six discrete sound works, deep river immersions of slowly evolving and dovetailing drones of rich, resonant synthetics employing great control and concentration, invoking rich harmonics that shift and subsume in aqueous clouds, each track succinctly exploring new terrains. |
![]() Sanders, Mark / Chris Mapp / Andrew Woodhead: CollapseUncollapse: Time in Images (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Starting as an electric jazz album, the UK trio of Mark Sanders on drums & percussion, Chris Mapp on bass & electronics and Andrew Woodhead on keys & electronics slip into moody and experimental ea-improv territory, fluctuating between acoustic and electronic material of masterful virtuosity, presenting two unconventional solo sections for drummer Sanders along the way. |
![]() Axioms: Abstract Intensions (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Arranged around the core of bassist Albey onBass and poet Jane SpokenWord, who were a part of Cecil Taylor's final trio, this spoken word, drummer-less ensemble from the Boston-based Axiom collective is a live quartet performance with David Peck on reeds, winds, percussion & electronics, and Glynic Lomon on cello and aquasonic, in an extended, eclectic and electric discourse. |
![]() Expanse: Chromatic Spectrum (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Boston-based Expanse, inspired by the concepts of space and restraint, configured as a trio in a livestreamed session where Evil Clown stalwart David Peck on clarinets, saxophones, fog horns & percussion is joined by Eric Woods on analog synth & percussion, and Michael Knoblach, who focuses on exotic percussion instruments, for a unique journey in electroacoustic improv. |
![]() Expanse: Swathe (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock After receiving interest in joining the Evil Clown collective from Count Robot and DNA Girl (Deb Angelosanto), and in parallel from guitarist Tim Mungenast, collective director David Peck scheduled a session for this 7th Expanse album, adding drummer Michael Knoblach to complete this quintet configuration of the band's electric-oriented approach to space and restraint. |
![]() Leap Of Faith: Coherent Alternatives (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Leap of Faith is the core duet of the Leap of Faith Orchestra (LOFO) comprised of PEK on clarinets, saxophones, double reeds & flutes, and Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic & voice, here joined by John Fugarino performing on trumpet, slide valve trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone and leveraging the vast Evil Clown arsenal of percussion devices. |
![]() Leap Of Faith: The Energy Of Now (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Reuniting drummer Sydney Smart with Leap of Faith, the core duet from the Leap of Faith Orchestra of cellist Glynis Lomon and reed, wind & percussionist David Peck, in a sextet configuration of theÊBoston collective band with Ellwood Epps on trumpet, Eric Zinman on keyboards, Joel Simches performing real-time signal processing, and Smart on a variety of exotic drums and gongs. |
![]() Leap Of Faith: Transmutations (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Leap of Faith (David Peck on reeds, winds & percussion and Glynis Lomo on cello & aquasonic) are joined by saxophonist Bonnie Kane, former Cecil Taylor bassist Albey onBass, John Loggia on drums, Joel Simches performing real time processing, and in his debut with the Boston collective, Chris Alford on guitar & signal processing, in a dynamic jazz-oriented extended set. |
![]() Leap Of Faith: Time And Symmetry Entwined (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock "Newbie Chris Alford makes his second Evil Clown appearance on this session. He lives in New Orleans, but his wife is originally from the Boston area. They were in town for about a month and Albey onBass reached out asking if he could j... |
![]() Leap Of Faith: Taxonomic Dilemma (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Looking to configure The Leap of Faith ensemble with a 3-horn front line, Boston wind & reed player and Evil Clown label leader David Peck recruited John Fugarino to perform on trumpet, slide trumpet & trombone, and surprisingly, Japanese pianist Keiichi Hashimoto, who also performs on trumpet, cornet & flugelhorn, with cellist Gylnis Lomon filling out the band for this dynamic, extended set. |
![]() Leap Of Faith Chinese Orchestra: Jade Mirror of the Four Unknowns (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A unique and fascinating edition of the Leap of Faith Orchestra, bringing special guests Jimmy Zhao, Yazhi Gao, Jiaxin Winky Wan, Ziya Gao, and Jiangcheng Guan performing on Chinese instruments to join with the core duo of David Peck on clarinets, saxophones, clarinets & flutes, Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic & voice, along with percussionist/drummer Michael Knoblach. |
![]() Metal Chaos Ensemble: Nexus 6 (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock One of Evil Clown's most prolific groupings, Metal Chaos Ensemble was formed in 2015 by David Peck and Yuri Zbitnov as a working project to explore chaotic rhythms on metallic instruments, here in a live performance with real time signal processing by Joel Simches, performed with saxophonist Michael Caglianone, bassist Mike Gruen, analog synthesist Eric Woods and percussionist Steve Niemitz. |
![]() Metal Chaos Ensemble: The Korova Milkbar (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock "Over time, MCE has morphed into the most rock-oriented of the Evil Clown Ensembles with a regular sextet line-up and a few subs... Sometimes the band varies a bit, but this time we have all six regulars in attendance. This is the third... |
![]() Perturbations: Deviations Of A System (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Leveraging the real time signal processing of Evil Clown house engineer Joel Simches, this project from the Boston free improving collective centers around reedist & multi-instrumentalist David Peck and Simches, who provides the "perturbations" of each player through his processing, making him the 4th in this quartet with bassist Albey onBass and reedist Michael Caglianone. |
![]() Simulacrum: Reincarnations (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A quartet of collective improvisors focused on the merging of percussion and electronics from the Boston project Simulacrum in an extended transmigration, here with Bob Moores on guitar and synths, former Cecil Taylor bassist Albey onBass, keyboardist Eric Zinman also performing on drum kit, and David Peck on reeds, winds, electronics and percussive devices. |
![]() Simulacrum: Homunculus (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An offshoot of the Boston collective Evil Clown band, Metal Chaos Ensemble, orchestrated for additional electronics and without a drummer, featuring the three core members from MCE--David Peck on reeds, winds and percussion, Eric Woods on analog synth, and Bob Moores on space trumpet, guitar & electronics--expanded with Albey onBass on bass and moog, Eric Zinman on synth, and Michael Caglianone on reeds. |
![]() Simulcrum: Meditations on Reality (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Simulacrum is an offshoot of Metal Chaos Ensemble featuring 3 the core members David Peck on reeds & winds, an arsenal of percussive devices & narration, Eric Woods on analog synth, and Bob Moores on space trumpet, guitar, & electronics, joined on this set by Michael Caglione on saxophones, plate gong & spring & chime rod boxes, and Joel Simches providing perturbations. |
![]() Turbulence Orchestra: Wind Shear (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A special edition of the Turbulence wind ensemble, part of the Leap of Faith Orchestra, in a live to 2-track recording with live processing, extending the core group of wind & brass players David Peck, Michael Caglianone, Dennis Livingston, Bob Moores and Duane Reeds with trumpeter John Fugarino and drummer percussionist, who brought flute & sax player Bonnie Kane of WOO fame. |
![]() Turbulence Orchestra: Dynamos (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Turbulence projects are orchestrated for multiple horn players drawn from the Leap of Faith Orchestra, here using David Peck's Broad Palate concept to introduce multiple sonorities, in an octet of four trumpeters (Ellwood Epps, Bob Moores, Vance Provey and John Fugarino), one lower brass (Duane Reed) and three reeds (Peck, Michael Caglianone and Jared Holaday). |
![]() Turbulence Orchestra: Find The Loophole (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The extended horn section from the Boston collective Leap of Faith Orchestra is heard in this ensemble session with reeds and winds from David Peck and Michael Caglianone, and brass from Eric Dahlman, Bob Moores and John Fugarino on trumpets and Duane Reed on double bell euphonium, plus Jared Seabrook on drums and all members performing on the Evil Clown extended percussion arsenal. |
![]() Vehicule: Aubusson (Sublime Retreat -- Poland ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A diverse set of compositions spanning dreamlike aural landscapes, petite songs and assertive experiments of rich sound, in the fourth album from French sound artist Sylvain Milliot under the project name Véhicule, developed from improvised recordings that were then developed in the studio, each piece fitting together in a larger and aurally satisfying framework. |
![]() Alva Noto: This Stolen Country of Mine [VINYL 2 LPs] (Noton -- Germany ) Price: $33.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The soundtrack to the 2022 German documentary film This Stolen Country of Mine directed by German filmmaker Marc Wiese about Ecuadorian resistance fighters and journalists opposed to the sale of the country's resources to Chinese investors, in 19 subtle, elegantly passionate electronic works from sound artist Carsten Nicolai, aka Alva Noto. |
![]() Leap Of Faith: Spectral Sequences (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Working with Alex Lemski, who produces the Boston-area Creative Music Series, reedist and multi-instrumentalist David Peck organized a concert of unique orchestration for Leap of Faith, the duet of himself and cellist/aquasonic player Glynis Lomon, here with two bassists--Albey onBass & Nate McBride--plus trumpeter Vance Provey and drummer Eric Rosenthal. |
![]() Metal Chaos Ensemble: Project Wildfire (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A working project of the Boston-based Evil Clown collective, Metal Chaos Ensemble explores chaotic rhythms on metallic instruments, in this live-streamed performance from 2022 as a quintet with strong jazz influences, from David Peck on reeds and percussion, Bob Moores on trumpet & keys, Michael Caglianone on sax, Albey onBass on bass, and Steve Niemitz on drums & percussion. |
![]() Simulacrum (Peck / onBass / Moores / Simches): Semblance (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An offshoot of Metal Chaos Ensemble, Simulacrum features 3 the core members of that band--David Peck on winds, horns, percussion and electronics, Eric Woods on analog synth, and Bob Moores on space trumpet, guitar & electronics--substituting Joel Simches for Woods to provide maximum real-time signal processing for this extended and diverse set of free improv, jazz and soundscape. |
![]() Turbulence: Inversion (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Using his Broad Palate concept to introduce multiple sonorities to solve problems of large group improvisations, composer/multi-reedist David Peck's Turbulence project of the extended horn section of the Leap of Faith Orchestra is here represented by Peck, Jared Holiday, David Welans and Dennis Livingston (winds), and Bob Moores, Erich Dahlman and Duane Reeds (brass). |
![]() Mazurek, Rob & Exploding Star Orchestra: Lightning Dreamers (International Anthem -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A compact version of the Exploding Star Orchestra, trumpeter & composer Rob Mazurek's octet with guitarist Jeff Parker, drummer Gerald Cleaver, pianists Angelica Sanchez & Craig Taborn, flutist Nicole Mitchell, vocalist Damon Locks and percussionist Mauricio Takara present a far-ranging set of electric jazz, Miles-atmospheres and lyrically compelling music. |
![]() Superposition (Todd A. Carter / Michael Hartman): Glaciers (Kettle Hole Records -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Members of the Chicago free improvising, collaborative band TV Pow--Todd A. Carter and Michael Hartman--as a duo are Superposition, recording improvisations and composed improvisations primarily on piano, Rhodes, organ, and synthesizers, then mixing, adding and editing them into appealing tracks that merge electronics, jazz forms and soundscape. |
![]() Sjostrom, Harri / Erhard Hirt / Philipp Wachsman / Paul Lytton: Especially For You (Bead -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A concert recording on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Einstein Kultur in Munich from the quartet of Erhard Hirt on guitar & computer and Paul Lytton on drums, percussion & objects (half of the Quartet XPACT) plus Harri Sjostrom on soprano & sopranino saxophones and Philipp Wachsmann on violin & electronics, presenting a remarkable set of collective ea-improvisations. |
![]() Lytton, Paul / Erhard Hirt: Borne on a Whim: Duets, 1981 (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first release from Corbett vs. Dempsey drawing on the Paul Lytton Archives, this recording of electronic & acoustic improvisation from UK percussionist Paul Lytton and German guitarist Erhard Hirt was recorded in Belgium in 1981 for the German Po Torch label, founded in 1976 by Paul Lovens & Paul Lytton to release forward-looking forms of free improvisation. |
![]() AUTORHTYHM: Songs for the Nervous System [VINYL] (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An investigation into the depths of the body's neurological frontier from Swedish electronic artist Joakim Forsgren, presenting a series of intuitive compositions drawing from the latest medical research on how light and sound at specific frequencies has a potential to affect bodily functions, using analog synthesizers to create retro-rhythmic environments of flowing sound. |
![]() CALATO / John Cage: Variations + Four6 (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Calato, the quartet of Javier Areal Vélez, Jorge Espinal, Agustín Genoud and Pablo Verón based in Buenos Aires, formed in 2010 as an improvisation and experimental composition group exploring music notation and graphic scores in convergence with free improvisation, performing on prepared electric guitars, drums, sampler and amplified voice, here taking on two works by John Cage: Variations I-III, and Four6. |
![]() Koch, Hans / Christine Abdelnour: FFlair (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Born from a project from the "Jazz in Chur" association where Swiss jazz musicians team up with a musical partner from a country with a different language and cultural region, here between Swiss saxophonist Hans Koch and Lebanese saxophonist Christine Abdelnour, the two recording their half of the duo independently, joined in the studio and split left & right for a stunning and unanticipated collaboration. |
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