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Merce, Sergio: Three Dimensions Of The Spirit (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Conservatory trained Argentinian saxophonist Sergio Merce uses a prepared tenor sax and a microtonal sax to create rich harmonics and slowly moving tonal works, layering aberrant and alluring tones in restrained configurations that allow each stratum of sound to be distinguished and appreciated, creating mesmerizing compositions of elusive and illusionistic sound. |
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". |
Beliah, Sebastien: Nocturnes (Umlaut Records -- Sweden / France / Germany ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Sebastien Beliah is a Paris-based double bass player, a member of Umlaut Big Band, The Coquettes, Un poco loco, &c., here in a solo album of bass noir, dark and resonant tones evoked through strong bowing, finding harmonics between the strings and from the instrument itself, creating beautiful passages in a mirage of engulfing deep timbre. |
Benford, Douglas: For Now (Confront -- UK ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Sprawl Imprint label leader Douglas Benford developed this fascinatingly layered composition with a diverse set of instruments, objects, and field recordings from captures made at the Stockholm Music Museum and at performances in Lithuania and England between 2009 and 2017, assembling them to create this exceptional odyssey of concrete, ambient and ethnic sources. |
Obnox (Lamont Thomas): Templo del Sonido [RED VINYL] (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Price: $12.45 In Stock Ohio garage and free rock mainstay Lamont Thomas, AKA Obnox, was approached by Astral Spirits to make a free jazz record, the unexpected results sounding more like a rock record in a wild ride of noise, funk, electro, voice, and percussion, a savage album with the protest and pointed sensibilities of the early 60s; pressed on translucent red vinyl. |
Mitzlaff, Urlich: Ten Sonic Miniatures about the "Scream" by Edvard Munch (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Using Edvard Munch's famous painting "The Scream" as his muse, German cellist living in Portugal, Ulrich Mitzlaff, presents 10 acoustic miniatures from just over a minute to 4 1/2 minutes in length, including wildly interactive moments of delirium to darkly melodic bowed passages, using his impressive technique to create vivid depictions of Munch's work. |
Nakatani, Tatsuya: Nakatani Mixtape Vol 1 - 2018 [CASSETTE] (Nakatani-Kobo -- USA ) Price: $8.95 Out of Stock A series of recordings from percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani's many travels in the US and Canada, both live and in the studio, with solo work and duos with Mark Molnar on cello, Mark Weaver on tuba, Gil Selinger on cello, Bonnie Kane on amplified saxophone and flute, and Rhonda Taylor on baritone saxophone. |
Machida, Yoshio: Synthi [CINYL 10-inch] (Cyland Audio Archive -- Russia ) Price: $19.95 Out of Stock Three tracks from Yoshio Machida's works for the SYNTHI AKS, the 1971 portable modular synthesizer developed by Electronic Music Studios using a generative music machine with a matrix patch panel allowing great flexibility in modulation, reverb, effect like delay, and glitch, in a 7.5" lathe cut vinyl release, numbered in a silk-screened antistatic package. |
Loriot, Frantz : Reflections on an Introspective Path (Neither/Nor Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock French-Japanese violist Frantz Loriot's first solo album takes the viola into unusual territory, using an acousmatic approach to create music and sounds with no visual reference by transforming the sound of the viola through preparations and remarkable extended techniques, layering and assembling his works to create concrete statements of movement. |
Dalibert, Melaine: Musique pour le lever du jour (elsewhere -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Inspired by the work of Hungarian-born French media artist Vera Molnar, and by the vicissitudes of natural phenomena, French pianist and composer Melaine Dalibert developed algorithmic procedures to compose this work, translating to "Music for the Daybreak", as an illusory "endless piece" of meditative layered, resonant music in the mode of Morton Feldman. |
Mochizuki, Harutaka : Through The Glass [CASSETTE] (Armageddon Nova -- Japan ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Multi-instrumentalist improviser Harutaka Mochizuki releases this solo album performing on saxophone, performing two extended improvisations that explore the instrument as a whole, producing unusual sounds from the physical and mechanical aspects of the horn alongside more traditional playing, using an expanded range of dynamics to build tension and interest. |
Block, Oliva: 132 Ranks (Room40 -- Australia ) Price: $19.95 Out of Stock Commissioned for the Chicago performing space LAMPO and The Renaissance Society, Olivia Block composed this large work of drone and sound from 2016-2017, premiered on the massive Skinner Organ at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel in a free concert that included a sound installation of 6 speakers placed through the chapel playing white noise, sine tones, and prerecorded organ sounds. |
Butcher, John / Eddie Prevost: Visionary Fantasies (Matchless -- UK ) Price: $17.95 In Stock A series of inspired solo and duo performances from AMM founder, percussionist Eddie Prevost and free improvising saxophonist John Butcher, captured live at London's Iklectik in 2018, splitting the album between solo and duo work as the two morph their instruments into incredible sonic devices, with intense concentration and dialog nothing short of fantastic. |
Hennies, Sarah (performed by Lenka Novosedlikova): Sisters [VINYL] (Mappa -- Slovokia ) Price: $23.95 In Stock US Composer Sarah Hennies wrote these pieces for vibraphone for Lenka Novosedlíková to be performed at the church in Kyjatice, Slovokia, a medieval building the two discovered while traveling, and that they challenged each to bring life to the building while respecting it's contemplative character and using the psychoacoustic dimensions of space. |
Drake, Bob: L'isola Dei Lupi (ReR Megacorp -- UK ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and song-writer Bob Drake's 10th album, an unusual and quirky journey through rock, RIO, and prog references, exploring the "The island of the Lupi" through a strange set of songs, a showcase for Drake's immense skills and enigmatic curiosity in 16 miniatures of descriptive passages, brilliant playing and exceptional production. |
Hurd, Judson: Trouble Will Cause (A True Crime Documentary) (Bad Architect Records -- USA ) Price: $9.95 In Stock The original motion picture soundtrack for a true crime documentary about the Lawson Family Murders on Christmas Day in 1929 from pianist and sonic experimenter Judson Hurd, presenting six tracks that accompany the movie through dark and mysterious passages of keys, synth and percussive tones; the profits of each copy sold will benefit victims of Hurricane Florence. |
Walter, Weasel : Skhiizm (ugEXPLODE -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Drummer Weasel Walter turns to his love of furious metallic music in this intimidating album of chaotic, noisy skronk rock in a solo album played on guitars, drums and electronics accompanied by distorted grunts that add a disturbing layer to the madness; aggressively skillful and demanding, intended to be played LOUD, with a take-no-prisoners, no-apology attitude. |
Fages, Ferran : Un lloc entre dos records (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Submerging the listener into the immediacy of pure perception through the economy of materials and atemporality, Catalan guitarist Ferran Fages presents the 3rd piece of his trilogy for guitar and sinteones, referencing Feldman, Lucier and Szlavnics as he specifies tunings for the guitar accompanied by pure resonating sinetones used as memory vehicles or shadows. |
Taylor, Mark R. : Aftermaths (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Works for solo piano by Mark R Taylor, beautifully played by Teodora Stepancic, the first CD release by a remarkable but neglected English composer whose piano works present a metrically rhythmicized exploration of a generative spectrum, here featuring works dating between 1979 and 2018 and performed by Serbian pianist Teodora Stepancic. |
Bopp, Christiane: Noyau de Lune (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A tour-de-force of solo improvisation from French trombonist Christiane Bopp, flawlessly captured by sound engineer Jean Marc Foussat, as Bopp transforms her instrument through technical skill, lyrical ability, and unusual technique, creating virtual duets, furtive expression, and thundering emotion, an absolutely impressive example of modern trombone language. |
Tetreault, Martin : Plus de Snipettes!! (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A fun, odd and eccentric album constructed from extracts of hours of tape reels and audio cassettes by Montreal turntablist Martin Tetrault, a mix of plunderphonic sources, unusual turntable technique, and experimental audio collage drawn from an insanely diverse set of sources, in this sequel to his 1992 "Snipettes!" cassette, here with 31 new fascinating miniatures. |
Freedman, Lori: Excess (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Using voice, kick drum, electronics with immersive spatialization, and bass clarinet, Lori Freedman presents an exhilarating and impressive live performance at Montreal's Studio 270, exploring the beauty of extremes, her playing and incredible sense of timing the culmination of her 11-city North American tour titled "The Virtuosity of Excess"; absolutely impressive. |
Bauer, Matthias: Spontan In Granit (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Berlin double bassist Mathias Bauer, a member of Unitedberlin, Asian Art, Junge Music and mosaik, and half of the duo Alchimia Organica, presents a series of 18 solid and diverse spontaneous improvisations, most averaging under 3 minutes, captivating the listener through articulate momentum, exceptional technique, and inventive narrative. |
Cage, John / Guy Vandromme: Number Pieces (Piano) (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock John Cage wrote his "Number Pieces" in the last years of his life, using his time bracket technique of short fragments allowing the performer flexibility in interpretation; each piece is titled for the number of performers and its ordinal position in the series, and most pieces are dedicated to a musician; here pianist Guy Vandromme performs three of the "One", or solo, series. |
Johnson, Tom : Spaces . An Hour For Piano (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Two works for solo piano from composer Tom Johnson and performed by Keiko Shichijo; "Spaces" was written after his teacher, Morton Feldman, helped Johnson elucidate his voice as a composer through a study of chords; "An Hour for Piano" was written in 1971 based on a series of short, improvisatory sketches written for modern dance, merged and expanded to exactly one hour. |
Steyer, Edith: Hoox And Add-ons (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A reflection of the previous year's solo work from Berlin-based saxophonist and clarinetist Edith Steyer, a member of GEDOK, the Berliner Senat and Composers Orchestra Berlin, here using preparations and extended techniques to open new possibilities in improvisations, as she explored ethnomusicology, using repetitive figures influenced by tribal music. |
Angeli, Paolo : S'u (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Sardinian improviser Paolo Angeli in his 8th release on ReR, peforming solo on his augmented Sardinian guitar equipped with motors, pedals, individual string mic'ing, and extra appendages, along side incredible technical skill and a brilliant sense of pacing - highly recommended! |
Ravenstine, Allen: The Pharaoh's Bee (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock The original Pere Ubu keyboardist Allen Ravenstine in a limited edition release of analog electronics, an extraordinary album of rich sound taking unexpected twists and turns while showing the power of the EML synthesizer, coupled with a theremin. |
Mockunas, Liudas: Hydro 2 (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $11.00 Out of Stock The second volume of Lithuanian soprano and tenor saxophonist Liudas Mockunas's unusual album of water-based saxophone technique, augmenting the instrument by placing the bell of the sax into water, here in an epic live performance that uses both water and extreme technical skills and authoritative intent as he draws astoundingly diverse sounds from his instrument. |
Cole, Laura: Enough [2 CDS] (Discus -- UK ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Pianist Laura Cole's first solo album presents 2 CDs; the first a collection of arrangements of pieces given to Cole for the album from friends and colleagues, including Robert Mitchell, Alex Wilson, Nikki Iles, Jason Yarde and Corey Mwamba; the 2nd disc, "As Warm As The Sun" is a collection of compositions and improvisations by Cole herself. |
Dias, Jose : After Silence, Vol.1 (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Portuguese guitarist Jose Dias steps away from his quartet and trio, and from the many scores for theatre, contemporary dance and animation film that he's composed, to focus on his solo electric guitar work, in this album that applies subtle affects and a warm, ethereal ambiance to expressive and passionate pieces, each conveying a sense of narrative and purpose. |
Riley, Howard: Live In The USA (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock The brilliant UK pianist Howard Riley is caught live in a US tour in the fall of 1976, recorded at 3 locations in NYC and in Buffalo, NY, each of the well-recorded improvisation a masterwork of extended form as he plays both outside and inside the piano, ranging from warm sections of lyrical quality to fast-paced streams of consciousness in a Cecil Taylor mode; magnificent. |
Chadbourne, Eugene: Solo Guitar Volume 2-1/3 [VINYL] (Feeding Tube Records -- USA ) Price: $21.95 Out of Stock Recorded in the late 1970's in Canada while improvising rock, jazz, pysch, folk, country & blues guitar madman Doctor Eugene Chadbourne was living there, this is the second of four LPs documenting his work at the time, this album presenting 6 solo pieces of profound playing amidst an unusual experimental nature and a uniquely Chad sense of humor. |
Niblock, Phill: T H I R [DVD] (Von -- Italy ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Named for "Ten Hundred Inch Radii", a performance of film and music from the series "Environments" by composer and filmaker Phill Niblocks, shot in upstate New York in 1972 and released now for the first time on DVD, a mesmerizing and hypnotic film with two soundtracks: the original 1972 from analog tape, and a 2008 edition from the Nelly Boyd Ensemble updated in 2015 |
Fischerlehner, Rudi : 15 8 Slum (Not Applicable -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Austrian drummer percussionist Rudi Fischerlehner (RM, Xenofox, Parrot Feathers, &c) in his first solo album of energetic, polyrhythmic construction, titled for a chance proximity to a note on 15/8 rhythms and Rene Pollesch's book "www-slums", apt for the blend of precise playing and creative abstractions heard in this engaging and propulsive album. |
Rusling, Terry : The Machine Is Broken (Spool -- Canada ) Price: $9.95 In Stock Retrospective of Terry Rusling, a Canadian composer of electronic music working for the CBC in the 60's, who was introduced to the Electronic Music Studio at the University of Toronto, where he was awarded the title of Research Associate, receiving a Canada Council Grant to travel and work in Belgium, Utrecht, Paris, &c.; 2 of his graphic scores are part of John Cage's "Notations" project. |
Arthurs, Tom: Augmented Nature (Confront -- UK ) Price: $12.95 In Stock A one-take improvisation recorded in Berlin by trumpeter Tom Arthurs, caught on New Year's Day 2018 using piccolo trumpet, mutes and binaural field recordings, intended for headphone listening, as he provides an incredible sense of location while stimulating his listener with subtle interventions that ultimately act as a backdrop for his distinctive and sly soloing. |
Schindler, Udo: Pneuma_Extreme (Confront -- UK ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Selected short pieces for C double bass clarinet from German multi-reedist Udo Schinder, recorded live at his performance space for avant, free, and sound-oriented improvisation, Salon fur Klang + Kunst, in Krailling, Munich; Schindler presents a diverse set of approaches recorded to give strength and warmth to both subtle and vociferous statements. |
Costa, Carlo: Oblio (Neither/Nor Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock New York-based Italian percussionist and Neither/Nor label leader Carlo Costa in a solo percussion album of two pieces using drum set, concert bass drum, singing bowls, bells, triangles, wood blocks, tiles, styrofoam, cymbals, violin bows, marbles, chains, knives, and other objects, creating fascinating alien soundscapes of momentous activity without histrionics. |
Hawkins, Alexander : Iron Into Wind (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock A masterful performance at Radio Studio Zurich in Switzerland in 2018 from London jazz pianist Alexander Hawkins, improvising over a wide range of interests from jazz & blues to avant compositional work, with impressive skill as he runs complex and diverging figures on each hand that are coherent and exhilarating to follow, balanced with beautiful reflective sections. |
Winged Serpents (Courvoisier / Davis / Taborn / Marsella / Ortiz / Coleman): Six Encomiums For Cecil Taylor (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock The Winged Serpents is a collective of solo pianist brought together by John Zorn to pay tribute to brilliant free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor, taking their name from his 1985 Soul Note album "Winged Serpent", Craig Taborn, Sylvie Courvoisier, Brian Marsella, Kris Davis, Aruan Ortiz, and Anthony Coleman each pay homage in original improvisations that invoke the spirit of Taylor's work. |
Fujii, Satoko: Stone (Libra -- Japan ) Price: $16.95 In Stock A stunning solo album working inside and outside of the piano and coaxing electronic response from the strings from pianist Satoko Fujii, caputered at Samurai Hotel in NY in September of 2018, and in the studio in Brooklyn three months later, during her prolific 60th "kanreki" birthday year, here in 15 dynamic and far-ranging improvisations revealing her depth and creative powers. |
Zorn, John: The Hermetic Organ Vol 6 - For Edgar Allan Poe (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock The 6th in John Zorn's "Hermetic Organ" series of real-time improvisations performed by Zorn himself, this volume paying tribute to the 19th century suspense and horror writer Edgar Allan Poe, as Zorn evokes Poe's enduring and chilling imagination using the organ's immense power and implicit sense of foreboding, stretching the limits of the organ. |
Hein, Nicola L. : The Oxymothastic Objectar (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Using an electric guitar, preparations, and objects as a tool of reflection, Nicola L. Hein presents an album of philosophical bent, about the question of skepticism in music, or a skeptical form of improvisation, through tumultuous playing of impressive technique caught live at Spectrum in NYC, as each track title presents observations or questions that Hein seeks to resolve. |
Davis, Kris: Aeriol Piano (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The debut solo CD from in-demand pianist Kris Davis (Paradoxical Frog, Novela, Good Citizen, Anti-House), an absorbing and innovative album of original numbers and standards played inside and out of the piano. |
Kaucic, Zlatko (w/ Evan Parker, Agusti Fernandez, Rafal Mazur, Lotte Anger, Artun Majewski, Phil Minton, Johannes Bauer): Diversity [5 CD BOX SET] (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $64.95 In Stock Slovenian percussionist Zlatko Kaucic reinforces the title of his "Diversity" box set over 5 CDs in a variety of solo, duo, trio and quartet setting, including some of the UK & Europe's finest improvisers--Evan Parker, Agusti Fernandez, Lotte Anker, Artur Majewski, Rafal Mazur, Phil Minton, and Johannes Bauer--an excellent example of his wide-ranging work as an improviser. |
Ferrari, Luc: Music Promenade / Unheimlich Schon [VINYL] (Recollection GRM -- Austria ) Price: $22.95 Out of Stock Two works from French composer Luc Ferrari: "Music Promenade" (1964-69) an electroacoustic work for four stand-alone tape recorders presenting a series of colliding realistic sounds and sonic images; and "Unheimlich Schon" (1971), a quiet work of Musique concrete with spoken word--"How does a young woman breathe when thinking about something else?" |
Ratkje, Maja S.K.: Sult (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Starting with a pipe organ, adding metal tubes, PVC tubes, a wind machine, guitar strings, a bass string, a resin thread, metal and glass percussion, and a bow, Maja SK Ratjke developed this unusual instrument for a live performance in Jo Stromgren's ballet "Sult" ("Hunger"), taking the instrument to the studio for this extraordinarily interesting album of keys and song. |
Pateras, Anthony: Collected Works Vol. II (2005-2018)(5 CDS) (Immediata -- Australia ) Price: $64.95 Out of Stock The second volume in composer and audio explorer Anthony Pateras' "Collected Works" series, a sturdy 5 CD box set assembling 26 collaborations and solo works that bridge experimental and contemporary compositional work investigating electro-acoustic orchestration, temporal hallucination and sound phenomena, a remarkably diverse and fascinating collection. |
Ullmann, Jakob : Femde Zeit Addendum 5 (Edition Rz -- Austria ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Jakob Ullman's 5th solo work for piano is atypical for a piano performance, using electronic playback and requiring three assistants sustaining a soundscape to realize a concept of "gravity" that Ullman applies as laws in a conceptual soundscape modified by a series of abstract images, resulting in unexpected sonic environments, tones, timbres and momentum. |
Pavone, Jessica: In The Action (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Four distinct pieces for solo viola and effects from NY composer/improviser Jessica Pavone, each piece using electronic elements to blur wave motions interacting with minimalist motifs, merging folk elements with avant elements, using extended bowing techniques to blend unlikely matches of acoustics and electronics in unconventional and appealing performance. |
Orins, Peter : Happened By Accident (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Two works for solo percussion from French drummer Peter Orins, a member of the Circum collective and Circum Grand Orchestra, and peer of Jean-Luc Guionnet, Satoko Fujii, &c.: the 6 part "Happened by Accident", a work of subtle, building percussive work using unusual techniques and sources; and James Tenney's "Having Never Written A Note For Percussion". |
Lopes, Luis : Love Song: Post Ruins (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock With only an electric guitar, Luis Lopes (Humanization 4tet) Love Song presents the mostly composed work "Post-Ruins", recorded live at Teatro Maria Matos, in Lisboa, using notes, intervals and chords chosen with the intention of transmitting the perception of an eternalized moment occupying the space like a sculpture, full of emotions, infinite in itself. |
Hawkins, Chester: Natural Causes - Original Music For Pale Trees, A Film By Tim Ashby [VINYL] [Used Item] (Intangible Arts -- USA ) Price: $9.00 In Stock Washington, DC based electronic experimenter Chester Hawkins (Blue Sausage Infant) was commissioned by director Tim Ashby to compose this work for the soundtrack to his feature-length film "Pale Trees", Hawkin's music illustrating the film's gradient of psychological colors from darkness, rage, and vengeance through a mix of kosmische drone in a Tangerine Dream vein. |
Kahn, Jason: Songline [VINYL 2 LPs] [Used Item] (Editions -- Switzerland ) Price: $13.55 In Stock Swiss improviser Jason Kahn continues his forays into vocal experimentation with this solo album, recorded in the rooms of a former Swisscom telephone relay station in Zurich, recorded in a single take, pushing himself over the edge in these unique vocal compositions that are stark examples of his creative and confrontational skills. |
Liederkreis (Judith Berkson): Liederkreis [VINYL] [Used Item] (B. Walter Recordings -- USA ) Price: $14.40 In Stock NYC vocalist, composer and keyboardist Judith Berkson in the debut album for her one-woman band Liederkreis (translating to "song-cycle", a reference to Schumann), taking a sharp turn from previous work through experimental synth, voice and effects in unique and often aberrant ways. |
Hawkins, Chester: K516156/91044 [33 1/3 7-inch VINYL] (Intangible Arts -- USA ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A 33 rpm 7" from Washington, DC sound artist Chester Hawkins, which "contains highly concentrated extracts" of two remixes of live recordings at Logan Fringe Arts Space and Red Onion Records, from his limited-edition USB release "Cops Need Serial Numbers"; mesmerizing and hypnotic electronics from a masterful performer and kosmiche explorer. |
Svendsen, Christian Meaas: New Rituals [3 CDS] (Nakama Records -- Norway ) Price: $39.95 In Stock Ritual and unveiling of Buddhist philosophy in a 3-CD exploration of the relationship between form and freedom, between modern Western culture and traditional Eastern culture, and between written and open musical material, from composer and bassist Christian Meaas Svendsen presented in 3 parts: (1) ensemble and a chant-choir, (2) ensemble, and (3) solo bass. |
Hayward, Charles : (Begin Anywhere) (Klanggalerie -- Austria ) Price: $17.95 In Stock This Heat and Camberwell Now drummer, songwriter, vocalist, experimenter and sociological observer Charles Hayward steps away from his drums for an intimate album of song, performing on piano with minimal accompaniment as he presents new songs and new versions of songs including pieces from Camberwell Now; powerfully fragile, insightful, fascinating. |
Lingens, Hannes: Pieces For Percussion [VINYL] (Umlaut Records -- Sweden / France / Germany ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Compositions for percussion from Berlin drummer and accordionist Hannes Lingens (Musaeum Clausum, Antoine Beuger, Lucio Capece, &c), composed over six years, each using a restricted set of materials, instrument or instrument type, Lingens performing solo, and as a duo and quartet using overdubs, employing microphone techniques for detail and ambiance. |
Smith, Damon : Winter Solos for Robert Ryman [CASSETTE] (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $8.95 In Stock Reflecting on the passing of artist and musician Robert Ryman, double bassist Damon Smith dedicated this concert of outstanding playing, technique and momentum at Cafe Fixe in Brookline, MA to Ryman, as Smith sought to present a definitive solo concert as an overview of his own work, ably realizing Ryman's concept of finding all the things you can do with your instrument. |
Weeks, James: Windfell (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $11.50 Out of Stock Violinist Mira Benjamin requested British composer James Weeks write a long-duration piece for her, Weeks evoking the image of a violin alone in a remote hill played only by the wind, using an evolving palette of timbral and harmonic material resolving with long sequences of Just Intonation three-part chords, Benjamin also whistling and singing softly. |
Schlothauer, Burkhard : Harmonies And Structures (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Austria ) Price: $12.95 In Stock When the Zeitkratzer Ensemble was asked to perform a late ensemble work by John Cage, director Reinhold Friedl turned to composer Burkhard Schlothauer, who reworked one of Cage's Number Pieces to create this rich piece using Cage's methods; plus a composition for the dance piece "Bewegte Bauhausbilder"; and an octet commissioned for the Klangzeit-Festival Time Is On My Side. |
Moller, Andre O. : A Labour Of Love (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Austria ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Two works from German composer Andre O. Moller: 9 Dances for Natalie Bohrer, a visual artist and painter, in a work deriving pitches and durations from a transformation of numbers, using Christoph Schiller's album "spinet" as sources; and "ungerarde" exploring pitch relations from a recording of radio static with durations in a proportional canon structure. |
Hannesson, Mark (Denis Sorokin): Music For Guitar [2 CDS] (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Austria ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Three compositions for solo guitar from Canadian composer Mark Hannesson performed in Saint-Petersburg by Russian guitarist Denis Sorokin and recorded by saxophonist and sound artist Ilia Belorukov; "Each Thing" and "If I Appear Comfortable" using space and a subtle development in extended works; "Triste" using progressions of distorted tones and decay. |
Hatcher, Gerrit: Burnt Pan Rolling Boil (Kettle Hole Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Chicago saxophonist Gerrit Hatcher sees his solo saxophone performances as a format that can be both charismatic and alienating in to the listener, as he uses extreme technique and powerful streams of emotional playing in a set of improvisations: "Salt Dome" parts 1-3, and "Cooking Fuel", each wrought with frailty and bluster; impressive work. |
Dalibert, Melaine : Cheminant (elsewhere -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A diverse set of compositions from and performed by French composer Melaine Dalibert in his third solo piano album, presenting active rhythmic to introspective work, exploring harmonics and chord evolution; artwork by David Sylvian, and one piece composed for Sylvian, alongside pieces for elsewhere label leader Yuko Zama, Peter Garland and pianist Reinier van Houdt. |
van Houdt, Reinier / Bruno Duplant: Lettres et Replis (elsewhere -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock "Letters and Folds", contains 6 interpretive pieces by French composer Bruno Duplant, realized in multiple layers by Dutch pianist & composer Reinier van Houdt; "Letters" are letter-form scores addressed to van Houdt containing letter sequences distributed across the page; each "Fold" is a response to each letter, combining piano with field recordings made on John Cage's 100th birthday. |
Killick: Stay-At-Home Monk [VINYL] (H(i)nds(i)ght -- USA ) Price: $19.95 In Stock Varying the instrument and proportions of acoustic or electric presentation straddling the foreground/background dynamic for each track, Appalachian Trance Metal guitarist Killick presents his first vinyl LP to extend his vast CD discography; a worthy and curious album of solo guitar, acoustic and electroacoustic work that belongs in any guitar enthusiast's collection. |
Fernandez, Agusti : River Tiger Fire [4 CDs] (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $49.95 In Stock Recorded at the 2014 Ad Libitum Festival in Warsaw, pianist and composer Agusti Fernandez was invited to perform four concerts in celebration of his 60th birthday, choosing his working trio Aurora for once concert, a solo performance of "El Laberint de la Memoria", his electroacoustic Thunder trio, and a large ensemble conduction: "River, Tiger Fire". |
Zorn, John: Encomia (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Stephen Gosling performs solo piano works by John Zorn, 3 impressionistic pieces in the tradition of Debussy and Ravel paying tribute to legendary ballet dancer Nijinsky, to author Novalis who is credited with inventing the prose poem, and 3rd century poet Nossis, and a duo for piano & violin with Chris Otto inspired by the art of Hilma af Klint and the writings of Sigmund Freud. |
Mazurek, Rob: Love Waves Ecstatic Charge (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Price: $11.95 In Stock One of three releases in Rob Mazurek's Marfa Trio, recorded in Marfa, TX, using 106 distorted still images and fragmented skipping sound from video shot at Abbaye Royal de Fontevraud, France in 2005, repurposed for this intense and wild sound work which processes the images through modular synth and computer, shaped by Mazurek's unique approach to sound. |
Mazurek, Rob: Psychotropic Electric Eel Dreams IV (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Price: $11.95 In Stock Recordings from the 4-channel sound composition for the ESS Florasonic installation series at Lincoln Park Conservatory in Chicago, of Rob Mazurek's work using recordings of electric eels from National Institute of Research and Technology in Manaus, Brazil, combined with analog/digital synthesis to create environments of beautiful undulating and radiant sonic textures. |
Archer, Martin : Another Fantastic Individual (Discus -- UK ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Reflecting on the Horweb Sax Quartet he was a member of during the 80s, UK improvising saxophonist Martin Archer uses AACM influences (and covers one Roscoe Mitchell piece) as he plays all parts of a series of "solo" saxophone recordings, layering his playing alone and in harmony, in call and response, and in insanely creative ways that never cease to engage his listeners. |
Takase, Aki: Hokusai Piano Solo (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock Under the inspiration of Japanese painter Katsushika Hokusai, Berlin-based improvising pianist Aki Takase recorded these impressive works over two days at the Sendesaal Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, some live during an award ceremony where she was awarded The Berlin Jazz Prize, some in the studio, including a duo with pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach. |
Tippett, Keith: The Unlonely Raindancer (Discus -- UK ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Mujician pianist Keith Tippetts embarked on his first solo tour in 1979, capturing these concert recordings that were originally released in 1980 on vinyl on the Universe Label; long out of print, Discus has revived these extraordinary recordings, showing the incredible technical abilities, endurance, and quick-witted creative powers of this legendary improviser. |
Zerang, Michael: Assyrian Caesarean [VINYL] (Holidays Records -- Italy ) Price: $26.95 Out of Stock His first solo album in a career spanning back to 1976, Chicago percussionist Michael Zerang presents a diverse set of improvisations demonstrating the wealth of approaches he has developed over the year, including the use of vibrating drumhead surfaces, expressive friction passages, multiple timbre percussion, and straight up trap-set drumming; absolutely impressive. |
Daniel, Ted: Solo At Abbazia San Zeno, Pisa, Italy (Ujamaa Records -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Recorded during the Jazz Festival in Pisa, Italy while trumpeter Ted Daniel was touring through Europe, good fortune making an opportunity for Daniel to present his first fully spontaneous solo performance, captured at Abbrazia San Zeno and dedicated to his father, where Daniel plays with authenticity, relaxed warmth, impressive technique and spiritual creativity. |
Feldman, Morton (Philip Thomas): Piano [5 CD BOX SET] (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $44.95 In Stock Containing the majority of minimalist composer Morton Feldman's compositions for solo piano, 3 CDs of short works and 2 for the magnificent "For Bunita Marcus" and "Triadic Memories", performed by one of the foremost interpreters of Feldman's work, Philip Thomas, and presented in a sturdy 5-CD box set with a 52 page booklet of notes from the performer and artwork. |
Blake, Ran: Plays Solo Piano (ESP-Disk -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Reissuing pianist Ran Blake's 1965 ESP release presenting original compositions and works by Ornette Coleman and George Russell, along with arrangements of standards, an expressive and passionate release heralding Blake's long and brilliant career. |
Cora, Tom: Live At The Western Front (Klanggalerie -- Austria ) Price: $19.95 Out of Stock Few musicians better represent the Downtown NY scene's early years than late cellist Tom Cora, a key player who performed and recorded with John Zorn, Fred Frith, Polly Bradfield, Samm Bennett, &c, &c, bridging and blurring the lines between jazz, improv, rock, and compositional music, heard here in an exuberant and masterful solo set live at Vancouver's The Western Front in 1986. |
Guy, Barry: Frogs [VINYL 7-inch PICTURE DISC] (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $19.95 Out of Stock A 7" limited vinyl picture disc made to celebrate legendary European Free Jazz bassist Barry Guy's 70th birthday, with Guy providing "acoustic sounds" along with his collaborating frogs, Wasserfrosch (Rana Esculenta) and Laubfrosch (Hyla Arborea), side A presenting Frogs & Barry Guy, and side B, Barry Guy & Frogs; quirkly and wonderful free improv. |
Nakamura, Toshimaru: Re-Verbed (No-Input Mixing Board 9) (Room40 -- Australia ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Tokyo-based electronics artist Toshimaru Nakamura's 9th album of No-Input Mixing Board music, elucidating sound from the mixing board without any audio sources, showing the amazing evolution of his approach as he turns this "empty" "instrument" into an amazing source of rhythmic and assertive sound that's both surprising and wonderfully musical. |
Risser, Eve: Apres Un Reve (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A remarkably varied and unique approach to prepared piano that French pianist Eve Risser refers to as "piano droit", heard in her performance at FGO Barbara, in Paris on an upright piano, chosen for its specific mechanical qualities that allow Risser to generate a surprising amount of rhythmic variety, as she performs a single work mixing composed and improvised elements. |
Taylor, Hollis: Absolute Bird [2 CDs] (ReR Megacorp -- UK ) Price: $34.95 Out of Stock An unusual and distinctive record from violinist and ornithologist Hollis Taylor, a book with 2 CDS presenting 41 tracks of recordings of the Australian pied butcherbird, each track pairing a bird, environmental sound, and a single instrumentalist, with an impressive list of performers who take unique approaches to the challenge of accompanying a bird. |
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Giuffre, Jimmy (w / Bley / Swallow): Free Fall Clarinet 1962, Revisited
Feldman, Morton (Judith Wegmann): Triadic Memories [2 CDs]
Rivers, Sam Trio: Archive Series. Volume 6 - Caldera
Feldman, Morton (Philip Thomas): Piano [5 CD BOX SET]
Taylor, Cecil: Respiration
Braxton, Anthony : Solo (Victoriaville) 2017
Alcorn, Susan: Soledad
Butcher, John / Eddie Prevost: Visionary Fantasies
Roberts, Matana : Always
Mitchell, Matt plays Tim Berne: Forage
Parker, Evan ElectroAcoustic Septet: Seven
Lee, Okkyung: Na-Reul (Black Cross Solo Sessions 3)
Riley, Terry played by John Tilbury: Keyboard Studies
Mendoza, Ava: New Spells
Chicago Underground Quartet: Good Days
Frey, Jurg: Circles and Landscapes - works for solo piano played by Philip Thomas
McPhee, Joe : Alone Together: The Solo Ensemble Recordings 1974 & 1979
Fujii, Satoko: Piano Music
Risser, Eve: Apres Un Reve
Silva, Susana Santos : All The Rivers | Live At Panteao Nacional