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Allum & Prevost: Penumbrae (Matchless -- Great Britain ) Price: $18.95 In Stock AMM percussionist Eddie Prevost playing all bowed sources in a subtle and ringing duet of bowing approaches with violinist Jennifer Allum of the London Post Quartet. |
Anandan, Ganesh / Gzowski, John : Shruti Project (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Using an electric 12-string shruti stick, a Harry Partch guitar & percussion Anandan & Gzowski create amazing microtonal environments with growling vocal interventions. |
Anandan, Ganesh / Hans Reichel: Self Made (Ambiances Jazz -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The acclaimed daxophonist Hans Reichel meets shruti stick and metallophone inventor Ganesh Anandan for these expressive and unconventional dialogs. |
Bull, Arthur / Heikalo, Daniel : Concentres et amalgames (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Arthur Bull (guitars) and Daniel Heikalo (guitars, percussion) in six guitar duets and five other tracks in which the guitars pair up with Heikalo's percussion. |
Crocker, Jay / Dadge, Chris: Humming & Crackling (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock |
Cutler, Chris: Solo (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.45 In Stock |
Dadge, Chris / Rachael Wadham: 100 Silk Buttons from the Room Upstairs (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Chris Dadge & Rachael Wadham, who toured in 2007 in support of Peter Evans, play piano and percussion augmented with found objects, violin, percussion and junk. |
Dadge, Chris & Cody Oliver: Midnighties (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Debut recordings and first recorded document of the duo of resonator guitarist Cody Oliver and drummer/percussionist Chris Dadge performing a live broadcast at CJSW studios in Calgary. |
Dadge, Chris: A Moth That Smiles As It Burns Is Better Than You (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock A live recording of a solo performance from percussionist/Bug Incision label leader Chris Dadge live at Weeds Cafe in Calgary on percussion, violin, and acoustic guitar. |
Dadge, Chris: Near and Distant Skies (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Drummer and percussionist Chris Dadge plays a personal set that was recorded live and includes a variety of percussive stylings varying from minimal ideas to junk-oriented textural play. |
Dadge, Chris: Silk Thousand (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $11.95 In Stock The 3rd solo drumset album from Bug Incision operator Chris Dadge, an album of sharply focused workouts vascillating between a handful of densities, operating in simple, clear structures. |
Dadge, Chris: The Tangled Woof of Fact (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Bug Incision's label leader Chris Dadge in a follow-up to his 2006 solo drum album "I'd Drive Your Ass Across The World", succinct journeys in a percussive world. |
Davidson, Scott with Shipp / Shorter / Bisio / Dickey: Dreamland (NO LABEL -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Percussionist Scott Davidson, whose music is informed by jazz, classical Indian and Middle Eastern music, teamed up with pianist Matthew Shipp, bassist Michael Bisio, drummer Whit Dickey and reedist Lloyd Shorter for this album of world encompassing and rhythmic jazz. |
Denzler, Bertrand / Antonin Gerbal: Heretofore (Umlaut Records -- Sweden / France / Germany ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The duo of tenor saxophonist Bertrand Denzler and percussionist Antonin Gerbal, 2/3 of the Zoor trio, in an album of free improvisation contrasting simple and complex sounds, organic and mechanical rhythms while evoking asymmetric, geometric or enigmatic shapes. |
Derome, Jean / Pierre Tanguay: Plinc! Plonc!Live aux Soirées de musique fra”che de Québec (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Jean Derome (saxophones, vocals, wind instruments) and Pierre Tanguay (drums, percussion, vocals) play a captivating set of improvised music on this excellent release. |
Dorgon and Laura Cromwell: upsidedowncross (Jumbo -- USA ) Price: $10.00 In Stock |
Dunmall, Paul / Tony Bianco: Autumn (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The collaboration of UK saxophonist Paul Dunmall and American ex-pat drummer Tony Bianco has at least a 15 year history, heard in these telepathic duos of free improvisation recorded at Delbury Hall, Shropshire in 2014 for 3 extended works of breathtaking playing. |
Free103point9: Audio Dispatch 01 (free103.9 -- USA ) Price: $7.95 In Stock |
Graves, Milford / Morgan, Sunny: Percussion Ensemble (ESP-Disk -- USA ) Price: $15.45 In Stock |
Ima Ensemble: Tumma (Eema Records -- Canada ) Price: $11.95 In Stock Toronto percussionist Debashis Sinha's first release as the Ima Ensemble features the vocals of Toronto world music singers Jayne Brown and Sophia Grigoriadis. |
Kahn, Jason: Things Fall Apart (Herbal International -- Malaysia ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Sound artist Jason Kahn performing in Zurich at the Kunstraum Walcheturm arts organization, recording fourteen short improvised sections, focusing on heavily effected drums and percussive elements augmented with synthetics, radio, plus work exclusively for voice. |
Uchihashi, Kazuhisa / Tatsuya Yoshida : Improvisations 3 [DVD] (Magaibutsu Limited -- Japan ) Price: $19.95 In Stock Guitarist Uchihashi Kazuhisa (Altered States, Ground Zero) and drummer Yoshida Tatsuya (Ruins, Koenji Hyakkei) return for a 3rd duo release, a DVD & CD of their amazing improvisations. |
Lytton, Paul: ?! (Pleasure of the Text Records -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock The first solo electronics and percussion album by radical and legendary British improvisor Paul Lytton since 1979, recorded in the studio in Germany, and using a wealth of homemade instruments, laptop, percussive devices, objects, and electro-mechanical devices. |
Mayas / Buck: gold (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Necks drummer and percussion Tony Buck in a duo from December 2007 performing at the dOeK Festival in Bimhuis, Amsterdam with extended technique pianist Magda Mayas. |
Murayama, Seijiro: Broken Iteration [2 CDs] (Herbal International -- Malaysia ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A 2-CD release from Japanese percussionist Seijiro Murayama, performing solo on "objects" which combines clearly percussive objects and other electroacoustic items of obscure origin, creating active, rich and curious sonic environments that envelop the listener. |
Nakatani / Perlowin: Anatomy of a Moment (Nakatani-Kobo -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani in a duo with Ahleuchatistas guitarist Shane Perlowin, who complements Nakatani's intuitive percussive work with arpeggiated grooves and intricate guitar work, to create introspective and ardent works of music and sound. |
Nakatani, Tatsuya: Present Presence (Nakatani-Kobo -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani presents thirteen pieces that take the listener on an expedition in the modern use of percussion, beautifully paced with rich sound, unexpected harmonic properties, fascinating punctuation, a mesmerizing journey. |
not the wind not the flag: Tintinabulum (Barnyard -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A beautifully building release of guitar and percussion, one long track that adds intensity from lovely minimalism to Fripp-ian chords and driving drum work. |
Pisaro, Michael / Greg Stuart: ricefall (2) (Gravity Wave -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Ricefall (2), the 2nd is a 72-minute piece for 64 separate tracks of rice falling on objects, performed with percussionist Greg Stuart, a composition of unusual dynamics and pacing. |
Rasmussen, Mette / Chris Corsano Duo: All The Ghosts At Once (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The enduring sax and drum duo format is invigorated with US drummer Chris Corsano and Danish saxophonist Mette Rasmussen, who push each other in free improvisation that uses insanely great technique while delivering a passionate and ecstatic dialog. |
Reason, Dana / Peter Valsamis: Border Crossings (Red Toucan -- Canada ) Price: $11.95 In Stock The duo of pianist Dana Reason and drummer & sampler player Peter Valsamis in an album crossing boundaries of jazz, classical, and creative new music from two exceptional players involved in a rich dialog. |
Rempis Percussion Quartet, The (w/ Haker-Flaten / Rosaly / Daisy): Cash And Carry (Aerophonic -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock After 10 years together, the Rempis Percussion Quartet led by saxophonist Dave Rempist, Frank Rosaly, Tim Daisy on drums and percussion, and Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten on bass, recorded this concert at Chicago's Hungry Brain for a superlative album of rhythmically simmering free improv. |
Robair, Gino: Solo Drums with Ebow (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Percussionist Robair placed an Ebow over a street-sweeper blade or a short length of guitar string, and then placed those on the head of a snare drum or floor tom, recording without effects to allow natural rhythms and harmonic modulation to come forth. |
Roger, Danielle Palardy: L'Oreille Enflee (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Percussionist Danielle Palardy Roger's first major solo composition in 13 pieces which is performed by Claude Beaugrand, Jean Derome, André Duchesne, Joane Hétu, Diane Labrosse, and Martin Ouellet. |
Sabatini, Mirko; MK Orchestrin: -28+Alieni (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Italian drummer Mirko Sabatini on a solo album that explores different aspects of his instrument's sound and mechanics through interesting improvisation. |
Tanguay, Pierre / Tom Walsh: Midi tapant (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The duo of Pierre Tanguay on drums and percussion and Tom Walsh on trombone in a release of minimalist construction that blends composition and improvisation. |
Tanguay, Pierre: La musique de mon disque (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The solo debut album from electronic artist and composer Pierre Tanguay is a collection of dark ambient background music that is minimalist in nature but also very impressive. |
Tsahar, Assif / Tatsuya Nakatani: I Got It Bad (Hopscotch Records -- USA ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The third collaboration from the duo of Israeli saxophonist Assif Tsahar and Japanese percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani, an amazing journey in tone and rhythm from two kindred spirits through 20 short, inventive, and stunning improvisations. |
Watts, Trevor Moire Music Drum Orchestra: Live in Latin America vol. 1 (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Four recordings from the 1990 Latin America Tour of saxophonist Trevor Watts' Moire Music Drum Orchestra, with concerts from Venezuela and Mexico in a band with Nana Tsiboe, Nee-Daku Patato, Nana Appiah, Jojo Yates, Liam Genockey, and Colin Gibson. |
Nakatani, Tatsuya & Michel Doneda: Duo (Nakatani-Kobo -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The long-running duo of US-based Japanese percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani and French saxophonist Michel Doneda in an album merging superb technical skills and creative approaches in an almost telepathic dialog of surprising twists and turns. |
Nakatani, Tatsuya: Gong (Nakatani-Kobo -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Compositions on fourteen gongs performed and recorded by Tatsuya Nakatani during the winters of 2014 and 2015, 6 untitled works of powerful tones evoked from these large instruments using bows and mallets, each slowly unfolding and enveloping the listener. |
Cosottini / Melani / Miano / Pisani: Cardinal (Impressus Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The quartet of Cosottini, Melano, Pisani, Miano (EAQuartet Electroacoustic) in compositions referring to the 4 cardinal map points using graphic scores, games, open readings, &c. |
Danziger, Raquy: Dust (Raquy Music -- USA ) Price: $12.45 In Stock |
Fujii, Satoko / Tatsuya Yoshida: Toh-Kichi (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock |
Machida, Yoshio: Steelpan Improvisations : 2001-2008 (Yoshio Machida -- Japan ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Yoshio Machida's steelpan live recordings in Europe and Japan between 2001-2008; including early pieces by combination of self-made steelpan Gamelan sound and computer to recent acoustic steelpan pieces. |
Ohanami: Ohanami (Wonderyou / Nature Bliss -- Japan ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Drummer and percussionist Tatsuhisa Yamamoto meets steelpan player Yoshio Machida for an album of rhythmic and melodic intersections with electronic underpinnings. |
Pontevia, Mathias: Laminaire (Un Reve Nu -- France ) Price: $40.00 In Stock Solo recordings of percussionist Mathias Pontevia embracing a breathtaking variety of approaches and sonic environments, in a beautiful art release with the CD attached to a laminated disc with embedded objects. |
Taylor, Cecil / Bill Dixon / Tony Oxley: Taylor, Cecil / Bill Dixon / Tony Oxley (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock |
Petit, Philippe : Ear Me In (Bolt -- Poland ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Composer Petit in an opus dealing with the dynamic of resonance and its incidences: a microphonic exploration of a single sound body made to resonate by means of different types of percussion, building a dramatic story from sampled and processed percussive elements. |
Backer, Andreas / Raymond Strid: Voice & Percussion (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Ever-inventive drummer/percussionist Raymond Strid and performance collaborator, Norwegian-Swedish free improvising vocalist Andreas Backer, for a set of unusual, absurd and detailed improvisations, as the two complement each other in unexpected ways. |
Butcher, John / Nilssen-Love, Pal: Concentric (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock |
Machida, Yoshio: Naada (Amorfon -- Japan ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Tokyo based transboundary sound & visual artist Yoshio Machida in his 2006 4th release of steel pan music, here solo or multi-tracked without electronics in 7 pieces including one inspired by Satie. |
XT (Seymour Wright / Paul Abbot): Pah' (Pleasure of the Text Records -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock The duo of Paul Abbot on drum kits, percussion & computer, and Seymour Wright on alto saxophone and feedback, in a massive edge-of-your seat live recording from London's Cafe Oto in 2015, a mix of brutal and beautiful playing with unexpected and surprising twists. |
Moon, The : Good And Evil (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 In Stock The studio debut of drummer Federico Ughi and electric guitarist Adam Caine's project The Moon, a touring band crossing jazz based free improvisation with rock elements in free-flowing and driving music highlight the technical and melodic skills of both players. |
Smith, Linda Catlin : Dirt Road (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Canadian composer Linda Catlin Smith's extended composition for violin and percussion in 15 parts, performed by percussionist Simon Limbrick and violinist Mira Benjamin, a unique orchestration that reveals a journey of steady pace, tension and beauty. |
Gerbal, Antonin : Sound Of Drums (Umlaut Records -- Sweden / France / Germany ) Price: $14.95 In Stock An absorbing album of solo drum work from French drummer/percussionist Antonin Gerbal, recording in the studio and demonstrating his profound sonic and technical approaches to the drums, isolated from projects like Peeping Tom, Bertrand Denzler/ONCEIM or Zoor. |
Rupp / Fischerlehner: Live in Aarhus (Farai-Records -- Austria ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The roots of Xenofox, the duo of electric guitarist Olaf Rupp and drummer Rudi Fischerlehner, performing at the 2014 Lydfestival in Aarhus, Denmark in an excursive set of free improv with a rock-oriented edge that ebbs and flows with power and technical skill. |
Sandell, Sten / Mattias Stahl: Grann Musik (Neighbour Music) (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The piano and vibraphone duo of Sten Sandell and Mattias Stahl in improvisations that borrow from both Sun Ra and contemporary classical such as Cage, Cowell, Xenakis, &c. |
Foussat, Jean-Marc / Ramon Lopez: Ca Barbare, La! (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Jean-Marc Foussat joins drummer Ramon Lopez for an album of inventive sound and rhythm, spontaneous compositions of unusual approach and texture, Lopez using an array of percussion and drums including tablas to provide punctuation and depth to Foussant's other-worldly playing. |
Architek Percussion: Metatron (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The Architek Percussion ensemble is a Montreal quartet performing works by Canadian composers, using percussion, drums, sampling, electronics and synth in wonderfully odd ways, here with two guest performers presenting works composed and mixed by Elliot Britton. |
Machinda, Yoshio: Tender Blues (Amorfon -- Japan ) Price: $9.00 In Stock Japanese Steelpan player Yoshio Machida's 11th solo album, performed on the metal slit drum, made from a small gas tank tuned to the C scale over 2 octaves, which he takes into warm territories of rich overtones and melodic invention influenced by Kora, Gamelan, Kulintang and Myanmar musics. |
Clinamen Trio (Marion / Di Donato / Berger): Decline (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Roman philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus named "Clinamen" the unpredictable (in time and space) swerve of atoms falling in the void, which aptly describes the unexpected directions taken in subtle free improvisation from this French trio, led by bassist Louis-Michel Marion, with Jacques Di Donato on clarinet, and Philippe Berger on viola. |
Lillinger, Christian / Tobias Deluis: Dicht (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Berlin-based improvisers Christian Lillinger on drums and Tobias Delius on tenor sax and clarinet in an album of powerful rhythms, instant melodies, and quick-witted responses, bridging a generation of experience in dialog and give and take that works well head on and in reserve, a great encounter from two modern and active creative players. |
Kalashnikov: Bang Bang [2 CDs] (Veal -- USA ) Price: $19.95 In Stock Double CD of bleak and sinister metal-oriented improv from the duo of Jamie Saft on keys and bass and Mike Pride on drums and hostile and freakish vocals. |
Rumback, Charles: Two Kinds of Art Thieves (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Drummer Charles Rumback in a quartet with Greg Ward & Joshua Sclar on sax, bringing together jazz tradition with the aesthetics of the eclectic Chicago scene. |
Volcano The Bear: Egg and Two Books (Vivo Records -- Poland ) Price: $14.95 In Stock |
Zinman, Eric & Laurence Cook: Double Action (Ayler -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Part of Ayler's Guerilla Series, percussionist Laurence Cook and keyboardist Eric Zinman in an album of textural duos developed over a year while working with the Yamaha CP300 stage keyboard. |
Sirius (Tembe / Trinite): Acoustic Main Suite Plus The Inner One (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A beautifully complex album of resonant improvisation from Swazi born trumpeter Yaw Tembe, who is committed to bring Africa to the Portuguese free music scene, Yaw, along with Paris veteran percussionist/objects manipulator Monsieur Trinitee, blend patient sonic environments with percussive platforms and both meditative and scrabbly trumpet work; an absorbing release. |
Loubatiere / Warnecke: Couleurs Chimeriques (BeCoq -- France ) Price: $13.95 In Stock An album of rich aural environments contrasted with clamorous action and disintegrating sound from the duo of French percussionist Rodolphe Loubatiere performing on snare drum and Berlin-based sound sculptor Pierce Warnecke, their second album as a duo presenting a sophisticated and diverse set of compositions that both entrance and disrupt their listeners. |
Blaser, Samuel / Gerry Hemingway: Oostum [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $23.95 In Stock A fantastic album of free improvisation between two creative and versatile players captured live at Kerkje van Oostum, Groningen, The Netherlands in 2015--percussionist Gerry Hemingway and trombonist Samuel Blaser--both using immense talent and unorthodox approaches to their instruments as they shift from unexpected atmospheres to lyrical richness. |
Chulki, Hong / Will Guthrie: Mosquitoes and Crabs (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Recording in Seoul, South Korea at Mullae Arts Village in 2016, the duo of Australian drummer/percussionist Will Guthrie and improvising noise artist Hong Chulki release 8 pieces with concise works under 1 minute to larger improvisations up to 8 minutes, contrasting interesting rhythms with indescribable electronics, found sounds, and unusual environments. |
Various Artists: Meta Magic Music: Some Quiet Stars (Meta Records -- Germany ) Price: $7.95 In Stock |
Turbulence: Amorphous Solids (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 In Stock Turbulence is the extended horn section for the Leap of Faith Orchestra, a varying-sized ensemble, recording here at Boston area's Outpost 196 as a quartet with PEK on reeds, Bob Moores on trumpet and Dan O'Brien on sax, clarinets & flutes, all playing an assortment of percussive devices, with Leap of Faith core member Yuri Zbitnoff as a dedicated percussionist. |
Sanna, Paolo: Fluorite (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Dedicating his album to Paul Burwell and Z'ev, Spanish percussionist Paolo Sanna demonstrates his many years of research in sound, silence, noise, experimentation, musical research and deconstruction through standard percussive devices and found objects, giving his playing a distinctive and personal palette which he plays with superb technique and timing. |
Nakatani Gong Orchestra: Live Concert At Silo City (Nakatani-Kobo -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A full scale concert of Tatsuya Nakatani's Gong Orchestra with 15 performers bowing and striking Nakatani's collection large gongs under the conduction of Nakatani, recorded at the Silo City performance space in Buffalo, NY in 2017 in a rich, deep and mysterious album of large tones using the natural resonance of the Marine A Grain Elevator. |
Nakatani, Tatsuya: Yama Yaki (Nakatani-Kobo -- USA ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Recorded in his home state of New Mexico, Japanese percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani presents a 46 minute continuous improvisation of acoustic percussion, a perfect reflection of his solo performance sets, Nakatani alternating between extremely rapid interactions and reflective and atmospheric environments, always creative and quick-witted through staggeringly impressive playing. |
Bonneau, Michel / John Heward / Scott Thomson : 4x3 (Tour de Bras -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock An unusual mix of instruments from the Montreal trio of percussionist Michel Bonneau on congas & balafon, John Heward on drums, and Scott Thomson on trombone, all members of Ratchet Orchestra and Heward's Murray Street Band, in an album of active and uniquely layered confident rhythmic floors over which Thomson freely plays with remarkable technique. |
Holy Mountain, The: Toad Of Light [VINYL] (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 In Stock Cinematic aesthetics and themes from the Norwegian Holy Mountain duo, performing on the uncommon pairing of two instruments--accordion played by Andreas Angell, and drums with acoustic and electronic parts and vintage synthesizer played by Aleksander Tidemann--in their 3rd release inspired by the dystopian sci-fi visions of John Carpenter, Philip Glass and Daft Punk. |
Feeney, Tim: Burrow [CASSETTE] (Marginal Frequency -- USA ) Price: $5.95 In Stock Meridian percussionist and frequent collaborator with Vic Rawlings and Annie Lewandowski, Tim Feeney presents a fascinating solo album of "four improvised poundings" using "a drum, a pair of sticks, a metal plate, a pair of dowels, a heavy cymbal, a large room, a small squirrel, a static listening, a punishing listening, a boring listening, a quickening listening". |
Dadge, Chris / Jonathon Wilcke: Three Live Pieces (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $11.95 In Stock With a 15 year history of collaboration, Bug Incision label leader Chris Dadge joins with fellow Calgary free improviser Jonathon Wilcke on saxophone for an album of live performances in their home city, two performances from Parlour and one at Local 510, showing strong rapport in their duo of uniquely unconventional percussion and lyrically quirky sax. |
Anissegos, Antonis / Christos Yermenoglou: Intertitles (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Berlin pianist Antonis Anissegos and Greek drummer Christos Yermenoglou in an album of obscurely titled free improvisations, sophisticated and thoughtful discourse using both traditional and extended techniques, Anissegos inside and out of the piano, as the two converse through understated yet strong melodic threads, a truly lovely and accomplished album. |
Ikeda / Prevost: The Whole Moon Rests in a Dewdrop on the Grass (Matchless -- UK ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Performing live at Cafe OTO in London, 2018, Japanese sound artist and composer Ken Ikeda comes together with percussionist and Matchless label-leader Eddie Prevost for a concert of resonant, rich improvisation, Ikeda's electronics complementing Prevost's bowed cymbals as the duo builds to a diverse offering of powerful yet controlled sonic uproar; stunning. |
Volden, Havard / Carlo Costa: In the Wake (Neither/Nor Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Italian-born New York-based percussionist Carlo Costa meets Norwegian guitarist Havard Volden (Moon Relay, Muddersten) for an album of water-themed free improvisations, beautifully developing with thoughtful playing using rich chord patterns and unusual sonic inventiveness in percussive objects to create a set of rich and languorous surges and pools of sound. |
Laubrock, Ingrid / Tom Rainey: Utter (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock After their 2016 tour of the US West Coast, husband and wife free improvising duo Ingrid Laubrock (tenor & soprano sax) and Tom Rainey (drums) entered a Brooklyn studio with a set of co-written compositions, which they weave together with free improv, relying on cues that can trigger a given composition at any time, adding a unique layer of communication to their exuberant playing. |
Heaven (Henrik Pultz Melbye / Ole Mofjell): IAPOE [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 In Stock Inspired by European improvisation, 60's NY-loft-avant-garde and Ethiopian jazz, Heaven, the Norwegian collaborative project of Danish saxophonist Henrik Pultz Melbye and Norwegian drummer Ole Mofjell, merge rhythmic and melodic realms, adding stretches of noise and non-idiomatic sounds, in fast-paced, highly-energetic, and highly-informed performances. |
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Taylor, Cecil (w/ Lyons / Dixon / Grimes / Silva / Cyrille): With (Exit) To Student Studies, Revisit
Laubrock, Ingrid / Tom Rainey: Utter
Butcher / Prevost: High Laver Levitations Vol 1: Unearthed
Schwerdt, Oliver / Baby Sommer / Barry Guy: One For My Baby And One More For The Bass [2 CDs]
Brotzmann / Toyozumi: TRIANGLE, Live at OHM, 1987
Chadbourne, Eugene / Henry Kaiser: Wind Crystals: Guitar Duets By Wadada Leo Smith
Rasmussen, Mette / Chris Corsano Duo: All The Ghosts At Once
Fujii, Satoko / Ramon Lopez: Confluence
Reid, Tomeka / Filippo Monaco: The Mouser
Smith, Linda Catlin : Dirt Road
Ikeda / Prevost: The Whole Moon Rests in a Dewdrop on the Grass
Toyozumi / Countryman / Montes: Blue Incarnation (Improvisations for Kulintang)
Smith, Wadada Leo: The Emerald Duets [5 CD BOX SET]
Wegmann, Judith / Marlies Debacker / Lukas Biner / Nicolas Wolf: Things In Between
Sorey, Tyshawn / Marilyn Crispell: The Adornment of Time
Toh-Kichi (Satoko Fujii / Tatsuya Yoshida): Baikamo
Oxley, Tony: Unreleased (1974 to 2016)
Nakatani, Tatsuya & Michel Doneda: Duo
Chicago Underground Quartet: Good Days
Lytton, Paul / Nate Wooley: Known / Unknown