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Alebeek, Rinus van & Michael Libera: play Alvin Lucier Chambers (Bolt -- Poland ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Rinus van Alebeek and Michal Libera made frequent excursions into Calabrian towns to follow Alvin Lucier's suggestions to make large and small resonant environments sound, presented through field recordings and readings of text adaptations of Italo Calvino's "Invisible Cities". |
Pere Ubu : Carnival Of Souls [LP Gold Vinyl Ltd Ed] (Fire Records -- USA ) Price: $29.95 Out of Stock David Thomas continues the Pere Ubu project with band members playing a mix of rock elements and synths, electronics and computers, adding alienation and oddity to this soundtrack to Herk Harvey's 1962 low-budget shocker "Carnival of Souls". |
Lacy, Steve Quintet: Last Tour (2004) (Emanem -- Great Britain ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock The Steve Lacy Quintet's final tour with vocalist Irene Aebi, trombonist George Lewis, bassist Jean-Jacques Avenel and drummer John Betsch, performing live in Boston for an impressive set punctuated with words from Burroughs, Waldman, Kaufman, Creeley & Schelling. |
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. |
Wassermann, Ute / Birgit Ulher: Radio Tweet (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The long-standing duo of trumpeter Birgit Uhler, also on radio, speaker & objects, and free improvising vocalist Ute Wasserman, in an album of 8 unbelievable improvisations of a unique and sometimes bizarre character, holding one's attention from its outlandish nature--superb! |
Cartier, Pierre: Les fleurs du tapis (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Melodic music recorded live in a Quebec church in 1989 with Jean-Denis Levasseur and Jean Derome on saxophones, Pierre Cartier on bass, and Pierre Tanguay on percussion. |
Les Granules: Au Royaume du Silencieux (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The duo of Jean Derome and Rene Lussier on their third album of composition and improvisation that was recorded live with no overdubs. |
Ceccaldi, Theo Trio, Trio + Joelle Leandre: Carrousel -and- Can You Smile (Ayler -- France ) Price: $21.95 In Stock Two albums together. "Carrousel": The Paris based Theo Ceccaldi Trio crosses improv with chamber music in a string trio of lyrical, subtle and advanced improvisation. "Can You Smile": Ceccarelli expands his trio with bassist/free vocalist Joelle Leandre for rich, interactive improvisation. |
Quatuor Bozzini: Martin Arnold: Aberrare (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The Bozzini string quartet working with the melodic and unique universe of Toronto-based composer and performer Martin Arnold, whose roots are in the music of avant and improvisational work. |
Hetu, Labrosse, Parkins, Roger, Tenko: La legende de la pluie (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Compositions for synthesizers, electric harp, tabletop guitar, accordion, alto saxophone, percussion and voices performed by Joane Hetu, Diane Labrosse, Zeena PArkins, Danielle Palardy Roger, and Tenko. |
Quartetski Does Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Quartetski Does Stravinsky with drummer Isaiah Ceccarelli, guitarist Bernard Falaise, reedist Phillipe Lauzier, viole de gamaba player Pierre-Yves Martel and violinist Joshua Zubot reinterpret Stravinsky's Rite of Spring in honor of its 100th anniversary. |
Bynum, Taylor Ho / John Hebert / Gerald Cleaver: Book of Three: Continuum (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Collective improvisation from Ho Bynum's Book of Three with bassist John Hebert & drummer Gerald Cleaver, following their RogueArt CD with this exceptional album of original compositions plus works from Bobby Bradford, Salim Washington, and Jim Hobbs. |
Koch / Schutz / Studer: Tales From 30 Unintentional Nights (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock |
Patterson, Lee & Vanessa Rossetto: Temperament as Waveform (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Four tracks produced by file-exchange from 2010-2012 between sound artist Lee Patterson in Austin, Texas and Manchester, UK-based Vanessa Rossetto, impressive works on a large geographic and sound scale. |
Zorn, John: Madrigals (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Composer John Zorn presents two books of "Madrigals" scored for six acappella female voices, rich and seductive compositions intertwining voices in beautiful, electrifying and riveting ways through 10 works inspired by the 19th century British poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley. |
Blonk, Jaap : Songs of Little Sleep (Kontrans -- Netherlands ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Dutch vocalist and electronic artist Jaap Blonk takes on insomnia in 13 short works celebrating sleeplessness, including one piece for Dada sound poet Raoul Hausmann, and other "songs" using effective electronics and bizarre vocal utterances to accompany your own sleepless nights. |
Blonk, Jaap: August Ananke - Eight Meditations on Just Intonations (Kontrans -- Netherlands ) Price: $15.00 Out of Stock Eight meditations on just intonations from electroacoustic artist and vocalist Jaap Blonk, here focusing on instrumental aspects while creating beautiful environments of serene and shimmering sound. |
Eguiluz, Geraldine / Stephane Diamantakiou: Paso Doble (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Since 2012 the free improvising duo of vocalist Geraldine Eguiluz and double bassist Stephane Diamantakiou have worked together, taking themes from the jazz songbook as a starting point for free form improvisations of a fragile and unpredictable nature. |
Cady, Jason: Happiness Is The Problem (Lock Step Records -- USA ) Price: $7.16 Out of Stock A thoroughly modern and bizarre two-act opera about three struggling roommates in Brooklyn performed with Jason Cady, Mary Halvorson, Tomas Fujiwara, Jessica Pavone, Tim Dahl, Ben Holmes, Katie Young, &c. |
Pateras, Anthony / Erkki Veltheim: Entertainment = Control (Immediata -- Australia ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Acoustic hallucinations for violin and piano from the duo of violinist Erkki Veltheim and pianist Anthony Pateras, exploring spectral techniques throughout extended temporal structures to generate unrelenting harmonic waves that create a singular psycho-harmonic texture. |
Astral Colonels (Anthony Pateras / Valerio Tricoli): Good Times in the End Times (Immediata -- Australia ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Anthony Pateras & Valerio Tricoli worked 7 years transforming pianos, organs, harpsichords, tape machines and synthesizers into an expansive sonic otherworld that celebrates the "End of Times" in three parts; a meticulous and fascinating work. |
Baptista, Cyro: Bluefly (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock A pop-infused psychedelic trip featuring Cyro with a huge lineup of superb musicians, lyrical improvisation with latin and world influences, with Baptista taking vocals over his eclectic and melodically embraceable music; a beautiful album to return to frequently. |
Baby Rap: Voice Performance By Babies (Amorfon -- Japan ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Amorfon continues their exploration of the "voice" of babies, started with "Kindermusik: Improvised Music by Babies" and expanded here as 14 babies are recorded in a single take, expressing themselves before the learning of language, volume, timbre and speech intervals. |
Beuger, Antoine : Two . Too (For Erwin-Josef Speckmann) [2 CDs] (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Jurg Frey on clarinet and Irene Kurka on soprano vocals perform Wandelweiser composer Antoine Beuger's extended composition "Two"; then the duo of Rhodri Davies on harp and Ko Ishikawa on sho are layered on the first recording, creating a refreshingly new take on the piece. |
Parak.eets (Ute Wassermann / Richard Scott / Emilio Gordoa): Natura Venomous (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The trio of Richard Scott on modular synths, Emilio Gordoa on vibraphone & percussion, and Ute Wasserman on voice, in uniquely orchestrated free improvisations that focuses on sound interaction with detail and restraint, while still bringing a sense of wonder and exuberation. |
Ashley, Robert : Tap Dancing in the Sand (Unsounds -- The Netherlands ) Price: $12.95 Out of Stock A selection of works by the great musical pioneer Robert Ashley performed by the Dutch Ensemble MAE directed by Yannis Kyriakides, including pieces written for the Ensemble MAE. |
Koch / Schutz / Studer / Uetz: Live Im Schiffbau (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock |
resAUnance : Migration (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The debut album by the chamber-jazz quartet resAUnance of Jonathan Golove on electric cello, Michael McNeill on piano, John Bacon on vibraphone and percussion, and Esin Gunduz on voice, blending compositional, improvisation, & Turkish folk music into passionate and beautiful works. |
Carter, Kent: Oratorios and Songs (2010) (Emanem -- Great Britain ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock The Riviere Ensemble led by bassist Kent Carter with Christiane Bopp (trombone), Albrecht Maurer (violin), Katrin Mickiewicz (viola) and Laura Tejeda Martin (mezzo soprano) recording original works in historic churches in France, blending classical, jazz, free improv & traditional musics. |
Kahn, Jason: For Voice (Confront -- Great Britain ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Two concert improvisations for unamplified voice recorded in Canberra, Australia at the 2015 SoundOut Festival and in Tokyo, Japan at the Kid Ailack Art Hall in 2014, using extended vocal techniques and leveraging the room acoustics and social space between Kahn and the audience. |
Ratkje, Maja S. K. : Crepuscular Hour [CD+DVD] (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $20.95 Out of Stock An epic, hypnotic work for three choirs, three pairs of noise musicians, and church organ, to be performed in a cathedral or similar location with musicians surrounding the audience, here from a live performance at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2012. |
Kuhne, Almut / Gebhard Ullmann / Achim Kaufmann: Marbrakeys (Leo Records -- UK ) Price: $15.45 Out of Stock The Berlin-based trio of free improvising vocalist Almut Kuhne, pianist Achim Kaufmann and reedist Gebhard Ullmann for ten originals, on-the-edge, informed improvisation of great skill and melodic invention, taking their music into uncharted and unconventional territory. |
Machinefabriek (w/ Anne Bakker / Edita Karkoschka): Crumble (Self Released -- Netherlands ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A beautifully dramatic album from the trio of electronic artist Rutger Zydervelt (Machinefabriek), violinist Anne Bakker, and vocalist Edita Karkoschka, a sculpted work full of dramatic turns, immersive drones, glitchy electronics and intimate gestures. |
Trophies (Bosetti / Nagai / Ches Smith): A Color Photo of the Horse (D.S al Coda -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Alessandro Bosetti provides voice and electronics on words & text from a variety of writers, as performed in a trio with drummer Ches Smith and fretless guitarist Kenta Nagai; fascinating and perplexing expression. |
Lehman, Steve (feat. HPrizm / Gaston Bandimic / Maciek Lasserre): Selebeyone (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock NY saxophonist Steve Lehman merges his sophisticated jazz roots with the experimental hip-hop community, including French saxophonist Maciek Lasserre, vocalists HPrizm & Gaston Bandimic alongside bassist Drew Gress, drummer Damion Reid, and pianist Carlos Homs. |
Zaffiri, Enore: La Voce Ed Il Sintetizzatore (Rossbin -- Italy ) Price: $14.95 In Stock |
Porta Chiusa: Because Life Should Be So Wonderful (I) (Herbal International -- Malaysia ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock A beguiling and atmospheric work of overtones, harmonics, tonal and microtonal progressions from a trio of clarinetists (Hans Koch, Michael Thieke, and Paed Conca) with Japanese vocalist Maki Hachiya, an immaculately paced and exotic work of sound. |
Risser, Eve / White Desert Orchestra: Les Deux Versants Se Regardent (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Pianist and composer Eve Risser wrote this work after a mystical experience in Bryce Canyon, Utah, adding a choir to her 10-piece orchestra, balancing big band and chamber orchestra through instrumentation and approach, creating a complex and fulfilling journey in sound. |
Picnic (Honsinger / Kondo / Bergen / Jacques Avenel / Vatcher / Vigni): Picnic (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock ICP Orchestra cellist/composer Tristan Honsinger wrote these sophisticated works combining free improv with mischievous songs in a band with Toshinori Kondo on trumpet, Sean Bergen on sax, Jean Jacques Avenel on bass, Michael Vatcher on drums and Tiziana Simona Vigni on voice. |
Juxtavoices: Warning: May Contain Notes (Discus -- UK ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Juxtavoices is an anti-choir of 30 voices whose repertoire includes original compositions and arrangements of classic modernist poems and found texts, here in a CD/DVD release with a reinterpretation of early an Cabaret Voltaire recordings and a terrifying ascent into hell. |
Capurso, Maria Luisa / Jean-Marc Foussat: En Respirant (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A live recording at POP in Berlin between synth and electronics player Jean-Marc Foussat and vocalist and electronicist Maria Luisa Capurso, subverting the voice through electronics and effects to create wildly encompassing sound environments that contrast Foussat's synthetics with the organic quality of the human voice; rich, hallucinatory, wonderful. |
Judson Trio (Joelle Leandre / Mat Maneri / Gerald Cleaver): An Air of Unreality [VINYL] (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $19.95 Out of Stock A live performance at Judson Church in Manhattan as part of the 20th Vision Festival from the NY/France free improvising trio of Joelle Leandre on double bass, Mat Maneri on viola, and Gerald Cleaver on drums and percussion, two tracks of steadily building, incredibly compatible dialog. |
Brousseloux, Augustin / Jean-Marc Foussat / Quentin Rollet : Qui A Vu Ce Mystere... (Improvising Beings -- France ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Two large works of improvisation using electric guitar, synth and alto saxophone from the trio of Augustin Brousseloux, Jean-Marc Foussat, and Quentin Rollet, complex and evolving works with a psychedelic edge, blending experimental, rock and jazz into something truly unique. |
Kowald, Peter / Daunik Lazro / Annick Nozati: Instants Chavires (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Recordings from 2000 at Instants Chavires in Montreuil, France from the free improvising trio of Peter Kowald on double bass, Daunik Lazro on alto & baritone sax, and Annick Nozati on voice, in a uniquely informed dialog representing the only time this masterful trio performed. |
Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere: 02 (Discus -- UK ) Price: $16.95 In Stock An absolutely impressive album blending advanced/progressive rock forms with improvisation, starting from collective improvisation and layering in the studio to create a sophisticated psychedelic music, the second album from this ensemble that is headed by Martin Archer (reeds & keys), Chris Bywater (keys & synth), and Steve Dinsdale (drums & percussion). |
Draksler, Kaja Octet (w/ Baars / Nielsdoottir / Polence / Rave / Dumitriu / Heyndels / Govaert): Gledalec [2 CDs] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 In Stock Draksler's interest in poetry drives this 2-CD release, with a chamber octet of improvisers and orchestra players, with 2 vocalists, two reedists (inc. Ab Baars), violin, piano, double bass, drums & orchestral percussion, performing Draksler's compositions for the words of Pablo Neruda and Andriana Minou. |
Spunk: Still Eating Ginger Bread For Breakfast (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Norway's unconventional improvising quartet SPUNK with Maja S. K. Ratkje, Hild Sofie Tafjord, Lene Grenager and Kristin Andersen are heard live at Nasjonal Jazzscene in Oslo, Norway in 2015, capturing these two sets of uniquely unexpected and jaw-dropping recordings from a band on the cutting edge of avant improvisation. |
Backer, Andreas: Voice Improvisations (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Norwegian / Swedish vocalist Andreas Backer in an album of impressive solo voice improvisations, applying stunning vocal techniques to generally non-articulate pieces, using his voice in astonishing, frightening, funny and simply bizarre ways over a diverse set of compositions, mostly acoustic, except on "Voicetronics"; weird and wonderful. |
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. |
Wisseltangcamatta, The: Movements (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Live recordings at LOFT in Cologne, Germany from the trio of George Wissel on prepared saxophone, Achim Tang on doublebass, and Simon Camatta on drums & percussion, performing seven "Movements" that use prodigious technique with reserve and direction, revealing the structure of their work as the pieces build and recede in fascinating ways. |
Duthoit, Isabelle / Franz Hautzinger: Lily (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock French free vocalist Isabelle Duthoit met world traveling improviser and Zeitkratzer trumpeter Franz Hautzinger in New York City to record these highly unusual duos, using extreme techniques and inexplicable intent to create 9 uniquely aberrant accompaniments to your most subtle and strange dreams; reference Phil Minton, Axel Dorner, Freddie Kruger. |
Lambs Gamble: Farewell Body Bags [VINYL] (Discombobulate -- Great Britain ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Bizarre, disruptive, aberrant sound from twisted experts in the field Lambs Gamble, comprised of George Cremaschi on bass & electronics, Fritz Welch on drums, percussion and voice, and Eric Boros (Vialka) on electronics and voice, recording in Switzerland for a fantastic album of intelligent abnormality. |
Bica, Carlos & Azul: Things About (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Double bassist and composer Carlos Bica's Azul with guitarist Frank Mobus and drummer Jim Black in their 5th album, bringing jazz and elements of rock together into a lyrical and alluring set of recordings. |
Derome, Jean / Joane Hetu: Shaman - Nous percons les oreilles (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Two saxophones, two voices; two gargoyles, two satyrs; two forces of nature that agitate, whistle, squeak, scrape, blow, and bite, transforming music into a secular incantation and a banquet of sound. |
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. |
Les Poules: Hetu, Labrosse, Roger: Phenix (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock 24 miniature works from the fantastic and intense improvising trio of Joane Hetu, Diane Labrosse and Danielle Palardy Roger, inspired by the eternal revival of the legendary Phoenix. |
Novak, Ryan: Balloon Proportions (RY/NO Records -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Multi-instrumentalist improviser Novak, who has worked with Tim Daisy and Tatsuya Nakatani, in an eclectic and complex solo release of colliding genres. |
Nyberg, Lina: Palaver (Moserobie Music -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Vocalist Lina Nyberg in a quintet with David Stackenas (guitar), Cecilia Persson (piano), Josef Kallerdahl (bass) & Peter Danemo (drums), singing original works plus one by poet Coleman Barks, and Paul Simon's "So Long Frank Lloyd Wright". |
Quatuor Bozzini: Michel Gonneville: Hozhro (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Michel Gonneville's dreamlike, shamanistic journey, "Hozhro", in a brilliantly executed reading by Montreal's Quatuori Bozzini with vocalist Marianne Lamber & saxophonist Mathieu Gualin. |
Savoldelli, Boris: Biocosmopolitan (MoonJune -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Vocalist Savoldelli in an exquisitely-crafted album of overdubbed vocal work, with help from trumpeter Paolo Fresu and bassist Jimmy Haslip; elaborite harmonies, interlocking rhythms, exultant influences. |
Shibolet / Josephson / Baker / Looney / Smith: untitled (1959) (Kadima -- Israel ) Price: $9.95 In Stock Kadima collective saxophonist Ariel Shibolet and 4 California Bay Area players in impressive and intense improvisation that make for an unusual and open-minded discourse. |
Shiurba, John: Triplicate (Spool -- Canada ) Price: $9.95 In Stock Composer John Shiurba with an impressive West Coast octet including vocalists Lara Bruckmann & Morgan Guberman, trumpeter Tom Djll, drummer Gino Robair, and bassist Matthew Sperry, &c. conducting them through five twisted compositions. |
Davies, Rhodri / David Sylvian / Mark Wastell: There Is No Love (Confront -- UK ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Confront initiates their new Core Series with the text piece "There Is No Love" with David Sylvian on voice, vocal treatments and electronics, Rhodri Davies on harp, vibraphone and radio, and Mark Wastel on tam tam and percussion, a sophisticated spoken word piece of shadowy atmosphere and innuendo, leveraging approaches from experimental, improvised and composed music. |
Denley, Jim: Through Fire, Crevice and The Hidden Valley (Splitrec -- Australia ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Recorded live in an Australian National Park on a 15-day walk, saxophonist Jim Denley performs solo on the alto saxophone in response to and in conversation with the environment around him using the natural acoustics of this rugged and awe-inspiring region. |
Matthews, Wade / Ingar, Zach: Mørke-lys (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock |
Nyberg, Joacim : Fylkingen, March 27, 2014 (Confront -- Great Britain ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Guitarist Joacim Nyberg, also performing on double bass, bell and recorder, in a live performance in Stockholm, Sweden at Fylkingen in 2014, using "Wood, steel, air. Hands, fingers, heart" in an open-ended and ardent exposition of his interpretation of jazz. |
Cappozzo, Jean-Luc & Geraldine Keller: Air Prints (Ayler -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The duo of Jean-Luc Cappozzo on trumpet, horns and objects, and Geraldine Keller on voice flute & objects in an album of tones and tongues, an unusual set of adventurous free improvisation. |
Ceccarelli, Isaiah: Breviaire d'Epuisements (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Percussionist Isaiah Ceccarelli's work for percussion, two voices, two bass clarinets and viola da gamba, woven from the delicate fabric of the tension between darkness and light. |
Chaton, Anne-James / Andy Moor: Transfer (Unsounds -- Netherlands ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A collection of guitar, electronic and voice pieces from Anne-James Chaton and Andy Moor, originally released as a series of four seven inch singles here combined into a single CD with 3 bonus tracks. |
Ensemble SuperMusique: Y'a du bruit dans ma cabane (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A supergroup of the AM collective with Derome, Hetu, Labrosse, Roger, Tanguay and Tetrault, in adventurous and far-reaching improvisation that have to be heard to be believed! |
eRikm & Natacha Muslera: Cartouche (Monotype -- Poland ) Price: $14.95 In Stock An experimental sound and voice duet featuring eRikm and Natacha Muslera: extreme, convulsive and immersive sounds that alternately surprises and seduces in brutal and beautiful ways. |
Genetti / Smith / Lonberg-Holm: Sense of Hearing (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock 8 duos recorded in the studio between bassist Damon Smith and free vocalist Carol Genetti, and 4 trio tracks adding Fred Lonberg-Holm on violoncello and performing live at Chicago's Empty Bottle. |
Leandre, Joelle & Lauren Newton: Conversations live in Ljubljana (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $20.95 Out of Stock French bassist Joelle Leandre and US vocalist Lauren Newton recorded these duos live at Club Gromka in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2010; absorbing and unusual interactions between two significant improvisers. |
Schiller, Christoph / Millefleurs: Millefleurs (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The millefleurs vocal ensemble brings 12 vocalists together in varying groups for minimal and unique vocalisation over a taxonomy of floral genres and species. |
Wiss / Unternahrer: sopstock (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Swiss voice artist Isa Wiss with Marc Unternahrer on tuba in a surreal set of alphabetized improvisations in a Minton-esque mode with Unternahrer taking the tuba into untold territory. |
Pisaro, Michael: Sometimes (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock The MaDam Electroacoustic Improvisation Collective based in Spain performs the first in Pisaro's 34 piece Harmony Series, which attempts to create the conditions for a harmonic situation without giving any actual notes, just numbers, durations of tones, and pauses; this work is based on "swell piece (for alison knowles)" (1967) by James Tenney. |
Corringham, Viv / Lawrence Casserley: Anemoi (FMR -- UK ) Price: $10.80 In Stock Lawrence Casserley is a pioneer of real time electroacoustic music, since the 60s working with other artists and developing his Signal Processing Instrument, using physical gestures to process and morph sounds; here he works with British vocalist and Deep Listening teacher Viv Corringham in an other-worldly collaboration of voice and electonics. |
Jones, A.F.: Rearward Through Forgottenness (Laminal Recordings -- USA ) Price: $11.95 In Stock A compendium of compositions and improvisations from 2009-13 by undersea acoustician and audio engineer A.F. Jones, who uses stringed instruments and analog devices, hand-crafted and found, in works that emphasize structural components such as timbre, tone, or attack over form. |
Leandre / Minton: Leandre / Minton (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Phil Minton started as a trumpeter and became one of free improv's most outside vocalists; Joelle Leandre is a double bassist who also performs free vocal improv; this is their first recorded collaboration, and it's an unusual and wonderful album of heavy tone improvisation, plucked and bowed, and a masterfully odd free association of vocalisation. |
Giesriegl & Schindler: So{u}ndages (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "Both Giesriegl and Gratkowski are responsible for the sound in the gearbox. It deals with an extreme range of vocalisms, which are often composed of elements of spoken language, which are part of the sound ensemble. He draws from an al... |
Sorrentino, Sergio / Sylvano Bussotti: Sylvano Bussotti Complete Music For Solo Guitar (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock ... |
Corringham, Vov / Stephen Flinn / Miguel Frasconi: Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock
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Good, Kevin : Listen (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Kevin Good organized this composition from four field recordings collected near Avon, CT, isolating sounds that he found interesting and then attempting to recreate them on other instruments, finally adding the human voice sparsely utilized throughout the piece, all to promote the idea of listeners actively paying attention to the sounds of their environment. |
Un Coup de Des (Barriere / Sainz): Volcan Evaporado (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Two women in a duo of voice and amplified objects, Lali Barrier using a variety of devices that are clearly micro-amplifed and mixed in performance, as Marta Sainz intones vocal sounds, never speaking but creating innuendo and drama at a cautious pace, allowing Barrier's objects to interact, creating an unusual sonic environment of unpredictable and interesting discourse. |
Redox: Orbitals (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The trio of Kaja Farszky on marimba & percussion, Annette Giesriegl on voice and electronics, and Katharina Klement on piano for a gripping album of free/ea improvisation, splitting the release in 3 parts from a live concert in 2015 at Sonnenhang House Concerts Series in Kumberg/Austria, and 3 parts recorded at Croatian Radio in Zagreb in 2016. |
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Reid, Tomeka / Kyoko Kitamura / Tyler Ho Bynum / Joe Morris: Geometry Of Distance
Reid, Tomeka / Kyoko Kitamura / Taylor Ho Bynum / Joe Morris: Geometry of Caves
Bynum, Taylor Ho / John Hebert / Gerald Cleaver: Book of Three: Continuum
Fujii, Satoko / Ramon Lopez: Confluence
Ackley, Bruce / Fred Frith / Henry Kaiser / Aram Shelton: Unexpected Twins
Hook, Line & Sinker (Tristan Honsinger / Antonio Borghini / Axel Dorner / Tobias Delius): Fishy Busi
Doneda, Michel / Le Quan Ninh: Thirty Ways To Avoid Talking
Lacy, Steve / Steve Potts: Tips
Leandre, Joelle: At Souillac en Jazz
Kaiser, Henry / Rome Yamilov: The Lenoir Investigation
Leandre, Joelle / Lauren Newton / Myra Melford: Stormy Whispers
Guy, Barry Blue Shroud Band: All This This Here
Kitamura / Ho Bynum / Reid / Morris: Geometry of Trees
Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere: 02
Weston, Veryan / Trevor Watts: Dialogues with Ornette!
Leandre / Minton: Leandre / Minton
Draksler, Kaja Octet (w/ Baars / Nielsdoottir / Polence / Rave / Dumitriu / Heyndels / Govaert): Gle
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