The Squid's Ear Magazine
Unusual Vocal Forms


 
Lang, Klaus: einfalt.stille
Lang, Klaus:
einfalt.stille

(Edition Rz -- Germany )


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Austrian composer in a work for flute, viola, percussion, and voice aboout the inner state and flow we perceive when listening and concentrating on a piece of music.

Maneri, Joe / Masashi Harada: Pinerskol
Maneri, Joe / Masashi Harada:
Pinerskol

(Leo Records -- UK )


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Pianist, flautist & vocalist Masashi Harada and the late saxophonist Joe Maneri worked together from the mid 80s, here in a studio work from 2003 of great creative power.

Martin, Jean: At the Farm
Martin, Jean:
At the Farm

(Barnyard -- Canada )


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After touring Canada extensively for 3 years the trio of Jean Martin, Justin Haynes and Kevin Turcotte released this CD of wide-ranging and excellent recordings.

Minton Quartet, Phil: Slur
Minton Quartet, Phil:
Slur

(Emanem -- Great Britain )


Price: $16.95    




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Minton, Phil / Turner, Roger: Drainage
Minton, Phil / Turner, Roger:
Drainage

(Emanem -- Great Britain )


Price: $24.95    




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Minton, Phil: No Doughnuts in Hand - 37 Solo Vocal Improvisations
Minton, Phil:
No Doughnuts in Hand - 37 Solo Vocal Improvisations

(Emanem -- Great Britain )


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Minton's 3rd release in his doughnut reduction series, solo vocal work in Minton's unique and inimitable style that he hopes will cheer you up in these troubled times.

Mitchell, Nicole Black Earth Ensemble's: Xenogenesis Suite
Mitchell, Nicole Black Earth Ensemble's:
Xenogenesis Suite

(Firehouse 12 Records -- USA )


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Chicago flautist Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble in a release inspired by the work of Afrofuturist writer Octavia Butler; powerful, dissonant and intense performances.

Monk, Meredith: Beginnings
Monk, Meredith:
Beginnings

(Tzadik -- USA )


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Collecting early works from this gifted vocalist and performer, studio and live recordings from 1966-1980 in NYC, Connecticut, Montreal, California, Berlin.

Mori, Ikue: Hex Kitchen
Mori, Ikue:
Hex Kitchen

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $14.45    




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Mori, Ikue: One Hundred Aspects Of The Moon
Mori, Ikue:
One Hundred Aspects Of The Moon

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Moss, David / Hannes Strobl: At The Beach
Moss, David / Hannes Strobl:
At The Beach

(Monotype -- Poland )


Price: $14.95    




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Merging Hannes Strobl's electric bass and effects with David Moss' unusual vocal approach into stream of consciousness observations and rich music of momentum and mood that are evocative, mysterious and fully engaging.

Murmer: Framework 1-4 [2 CDs]
Murmer:
Framework 1-4 [2 CDs]

(Herbal International -- USA )


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Patrick McGinley (Murmer) in a series of bold experiments with untreated field recordings, exploring notions of musicality within the structures of found sound, written partially as a reaction against the idea of documentary or objective presentation of found sound.

Nakatani, Tatsuya: Present Presence
Nakatani, Tatsuya:
Present Presence

(Nakatani-Kobo -- USA )


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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.

Namchylak, Sainkho / Nick Sudnick: Not Quite Songs
Namchylak, Sainkho / Nick Sudnick:
Not Quite Songs

(Leo Records -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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ZGA leader Nick Sudnick meets with extreme vocalist Sainkho Namchylak for 15 parts of "Play", unusual and frightening work of rhythm, sound and vocalization of intense calibre.

Namchylak, Sainkho with Wolfgang Puschnig and Paul Urbanek: Terra
Namchylak, Sainkho with Wolfgang Puschnig and Paul Urbanek:
Terra

(Leo Records -- UK )


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Improvising vocalist Sainkho in a live performance at the Vilnius Jazz Festival with Wolfgang Puschnig on reeds and Paul Urbanek on piano, remarkable jazz vocalisations from this noted throat singer.

Namchylak, Sainkho: NOMAD
Namchylak, Sainkho:
NOMAD

(Leo Records -- UK )


Price: $16.95    




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Nicols, Maggie / Caroline Kraabel / Charlotte Hug: Transitions
Nicols, Maggie / Caroline Kraabel / Charlotte Hug:
Transitions

(Emanem -- Great Britain )


Price: $16.95    




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The excellent trio of Maggie Nicols (voice), Caroline Kraabel (saxophone, voice) and Charlotte Hug (viola) record a set of improvisation just a month after performing at the Freedom of the City Festival.

NOW Orchestra, The (with guests George Lewis, Vinny Golia): Wowow
NOW Orchestra, The (with guests George Lewis, Vinny Golia):
Wowow

(Spool -- Canada )


Price: $10.95    




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Drawing from some of the finest of the West Coast and Vancouver scenes, The Now Orchestra present 3 long works in multiple section, with performers including Peggy Lee, Vinny Golia, George Lewis, Dylan van der Schyff, &c. &c.

O'Hara, Alexis : Ellipsis
O'Hara, Alexis :
Ellipsis

(&Records -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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Montreal interdisciplinary artist Alexis O'Hara releases her 1st music album with Montreal luminaries Bernard Falaise, Michel F. Cote, Alexandre St-Onge - intelligent and sophisticated vocal music.

Parkins / Bruttin / Tara / Obertova: quick-drop
Parkins / Bruttin / Tara / Obertova:
quick-drop

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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The trio of Andrea Parkins, Dragos Tara and Laurent Bruttin live in Switzerland, 2006, with Wanda Obertova on voice for two pieces.

Parkins, Zeena: Double Dupe Down
Parkins, Zeena:
Double Dupe Down

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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A compilation of Downtown NY harpist, keyboardist and composer Zeena Parkins' work for film, featuring many of the NY mainstays: Shelley Hirsch, Christian Marclay, Ikue Mori, Okkyung Lee, James Pugliese, David Watson, &c. &c.

Phantom Orchard Orchestra: Through The Looking Glass
Phantom Orchard Orchestra:
Through The Looking Glass

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Expanding their duo into a sextet with the addition of strings (Sara Parkins, Maggie Parkins), piano (Sylvie Courvoisier) and voice (Maja Solveig Kjestrup Ratkje), Ikue Mori and Zeena Parkins have created a compelling and varied soundscape inspired by fairy stories the world over.

Pisaro, Michael: The Middle of Life (Die ganze Zeit)
Pisaro, Michael:
The Middle of Life (Die ganze Zeit)

(Gravity Wave -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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Michael Pisaro-Liu's compositions for translations of Oswald Egger's "Diskrete Stetigkeit, Poesie und Mathematik", performed with Pisaro, Egger, Julia Holter, Taku Sugimoto, Graham Lambkin (who also provides audio), &c.

Ratkje, Maja Blonk, Jaap: Post-Human Identities
Ratkje, Maja Blonk, Jaap:
Post-Human Identities

(Kontrans -- The Netherlands )


Price: $16.95    




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Ratkje, Maja R.S.: River Mouth Echoes
Ratkje, Maja R.S.:
River Mouth Echoes

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Unorthodox vocalist and electroacoustic composer Maja Solveig Kjestrup Ratkje, half of FE-Mail, in a collection of compositions from chamber music to works for electronics and voice.

Rose, Jon: //shoppinglive@victo
Rose, Jon:
//shoppinglive@victo

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $15.95    




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Rose, Jon: Brain Weather
Rose, Jon:
Brain Weather

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $12.95    




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Rosenberger, Katharina: Texturen (2007 - 2011)
Rosenberger, Katharina:
Texturen (2007 - 2011)

(Hat [now] ART -- Switzerland )


Price: $18.95    




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"Texturen" for seven musicians and eight other works from composer Katharina Rosenberger, blending acoustics, electronics and voice in inventive ways, as performed by the NY Wet Ink Ensemble.

Rosenboom, David: Naked Curvature
Rosenboom, David:
Naked Curvature

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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CalArts Chamber Ensemble performs this large work from composer David Ronsemboom, a whispered chamber opera/concerto grosso for six instrumentalists, whispering voices, electronics and interactive computer software.

Ruins: Hyderomastgronongem
Ruins:
Hyderomastgronongem

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $14.45    




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Ruins: Mandala 2000
Ruins:
Mandala 2000

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Ruins: Symphonic Ruins
Ruins:
Symphonic Ruins

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Schouwburg, Jean-Michel Van / Demey, Jean / Vanderstraeten, Kris: Sureau
Schouwburg, Jean-Michel Van / Demey, Jean / Vanderstraeten, Kris:
Sureau

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Free and unusual improvisation with the strange vocal stylings of Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg, bassist Demey, and percussion and bicycle pump player Vanderstraeten.

Snell, Jerry: Life in the Suicide Riots
Snell, Jerry:
Life in the Suicide Riots

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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Vocalist and guitarist Jerry Snell in his first album of twelve songs that are based on a text he wrote about social and political conflicts around the world.

Sokolowska, Joanna Halszka: Msza
Sokolowska, Joanna Halszka:
Msza

(Bolt -- Poland )


Price: $14.95    




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A chamber opera by Joanna Halszka Sokolowska at Opera// REMIX at Komuna// Warszawa, using sung and spoken voice, piano, and a variety of tonal instruments to present an intriguing set of variations informed by numerological methods, scientific statistics, &c..

Sorites Paradox: Sorites Paradox
Sorites Paradox:
Sorites Paradox

(Magaibutsu -- Japan )


Price: $12.00    




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Eccentric Japanese vocalist Makigami Koichi joins Ruins/Korekyojinn drummer Yoshida Tatsuya, Altered States guitarist Uchihashi Kazuhisa, and Shimizu Kazuto (Hikasu) for an album of impressive and slightly deranged rock.

Speak Easy (Wassermann / Minton / Lehn / Blume): Backchats
Speak Easy (Wassermann / Minton / Lehn / Blume):
Backchats

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Formed in 2008 Speak Easy brings free vocal improvisers Ute Wassermann and Phil Minton together with drummer Martin Blume and synth player Thomas Lehn for 5 tracks recorded in concert.

Tabuenca, Luis: Volaverunt
Tabuenca, Luis:
Volaverunt

(Aural Terrains -- Greece/UK )


Price: $17.95    




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Combining composition & improvisation, percussionist Luis Tabuenca based each of these 9 pieces on a print from Goya's critical series "Los Caprichos", orchestrating with saxophone, cello, clarinets, piano, & voice, allowing freedom around determined structure.

Thomas / Minton / Tucker / Turner: Scatter
Thomas / Minton / Tucker / Turner:
Scatter

(FMR -- Great Britain )


Price: $14.95    




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The unusual Scatter group formed in the early 90s to perform live improvisation with a rich dynamic range, expressive depth, quicksilver reactions and a sly sense of humour.

Toot (Axel Dorner / Thomas Lehn / Phil Minton): two
Toot (Axel Dorner / Thomas Lehn / Phil Minton):
two

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $17.95    




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Two extended improvisations by three of Europe's most accomplished improvising musicians, taken from live performances in Austria and Germany.

Trio 3 + Jason Moran: Refraction - Breakin' Glass
Trio 3 + Jason Moran:
Refraction - Breakin' Glass

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


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Trio 3 - Oliver Lake (sax), Reggie Workman (bass) & Andrew Cyrille (drums) - in their 5th release, adding guest pianist Jason Moran, who acts as a catalyst to push the group into far-reaching modern territory, including a rhythmic narrative work from Oliver Lake.

Turkoz, Saadet: Marmara Sea
Turkoz, Saadet:
Marmara Sea

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


Price: $18.95    




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Classical Turkish music featuring the beautiful voice of Saadet Turkoz accompanied by Elliot Sharp (guitar), Joelle Leandre (bass), Burhan Ocal (ud, saz) and Martin Schutz (cello).

Ullmann, Jakob: Voice, Books and Fire 3
Ullmann, Jakob:
Voice, Books and Fire 3

(Edition Rz -- Germany )


Price: $14.95    




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A work resulting from Ullmann's reflections about the relationships between music and language: language as sound and language as text, and the numerous relationships between texts of different cultural and religious traditions.

Van Huffel, Peter / Sophie Tassignon: HuffLiGNoN
Van Huffel, Peter / Sophie Tassignon:
HuffLiGNoN

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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Vocalist Sophie Tassignon & saxophonist Peter Van Huffel in a series of improvisations showing an intimate dialog amidst Tassignon's uniquely inventive vocal styling.

VCDC (Motland / Lonberg-Holm / Solberg / Gjerstad): Insult
VCDC (Motland / Lonberg-Holm / Solberg / Gjerstad):
Insult

(FMR -- Great Britain )


Price: $14.95    




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Following their 2011 album on the Norwegian Hispid label, the quartet of clarinetist Frode Gjerstad, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, drummer Stale Liavik Solberg and vocalist Stine Janvin Motland perform two excellent extended improvisations at Galleri Sult in Stavanger.

Weston, Veryan & Minton, Phil: Ways out east, ways out west
Weston, Veryan & Minton, Phil:
Ways out east, ways out west

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


Price: $18.95    




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Winter, Gosia / Barry Chabala: Ananke
Winter, Gosia / Barry Chabala:
Ananke

(Roeba -- USA )


Price: $7.95    




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Avant folk artist Gosia Winter and guitarist Barry Chabala in a transcontinental collaboration suggested by Winter to bring both artists' sense of improvisation into new carefully crafted compositions.

Wollesen - Haffner - Naujo: Rasa Rasa
Wollesen - Haffner - Naujo:
Rasa Rasa

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Rasa Rasa members Kenny Wollesen, Dalius Naujo, Jonathon Haffner and Sean Francis Conway present the ancient polyphonic vocal music of Lithuania using a mix of ensembles, reviving the infectious grooves and ancient vocal rounds, aided by new instruments devised by Wollesen.

Xu Fengxia: Black Lotos
Xu Fengxia:
Black Lotos

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


Price: $18.95    




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Xu Fengxia traditional Sanxian & Guzheng player and free vocalist in duo with drummer/percussionist Lucas Niggli for suspenseful cross-cultural improvisations.

Yoshida, Ami / Christof Kurzmann: a s o
Yoshida, Ami / Christof Kurzmann:
a s o

(erstwhile -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Yoshihide, Otomo: Cathode
Yoshihide, Otomo:
Cathode

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $14.45    




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Mycale - Zorn, John: Mycale: The Book Of Angels, Volume 13
Mycale - Zorn, John:
Mycale: The Book Of Angels, Volume 13

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Perhaps the most unique take on the Masada book, 4 female voices interpret eleven songs from Zorn's Book of Angels in beautiful and haunting a cappella.

Zorn, John: Chimeras
Zorn, John:
Chimeras

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Revised version of this 2001 chamber work inspired by the remarkable worlds of Henry Darger, Lewis Carroll and Unica Zurn, remastered and resequenced with a new postlude.

Zorn, John: Ipsissimus
Zorn, John:
Ipsissimus

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Zorn's 5th installment in the Moonchild series, nine duos, trios and quartets swirling with melodic and rhythmic invention performed by Zorn, Marc Ribot, Mike Patton, Joey Barron, & Trevor Dunn.

Zorn, John: Locus Solus
Zorn, John:
Locus Solus

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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Zorn, John: Shir Hashirim
Zorn, John:
Shir Hashirim

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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John Zorn draws on traditions from plainchant, mediaeval ars nova, Renaissance madrigals, 20th century vocal techniques and minimalism in an album for a cappella voice as performed by The Sapphites vocal quintet.

Zorn, John: The Big Gundown
Zorn, John:
The Big Gundown

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Zorn, John: The Gift
Zorn, John:
The Gift

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Zu & Eugene S. Robinson: The Left Hand Path
Zu & Eugene S. Robinson:
The Left Hand Path

(Trost Records -- Austria )


Price: $16.95    




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Zu reveals their dark side with Jacopo Battaglia & Thomas Luca Mai performing on electronics and Massimo focused on guitars, plus guest Luca Tilli on cello; the recordings were sent to Oxbow's Eugene S Robison, resulting in this mysterious and disturbing release.

Zu: Goodnight Civilization [VINYL 12-inch]
Zu:
Goodnight Civilization [VINYL 12-inch]

(Trost Records -- Austria )


Price: $15.95    




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A one-sided EP from the power trio Zu (Massimo Pupillo (bass), Gabe Serbian (drums), Luca Tommaso Mai (saxophone) with guest Barney Greenway of Napalm Death on vocals, the first new release form the band since 2009.

Jones, Darius Quartet Feat. Emile Lesbros: Le bebe de Brigitte (Lost in Translation)
Jones, Darius Quartet Feat. Emile Lesbros:
Le bebe de Brigitte (Lost in Translation)

(Aum Fidelity -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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The 5th installment in saxophonist/composer Darius Jones' expansive "Man'ish" Boy epic, a well-balanced album of jazz and voice performed with Matt Mitchell (piano), Sean Conly (bass), Ches Smith (drums), Emillie Lesbros (voice, piano) and Pascal Niggenkemper (bass).

Cosottini / Melani / Miano / Pisani: Cardinal
Cosottini / Melani / Miano / Pisani:
Cardinal

(Impressus Records -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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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.

Dixon Orchestra, Bill: 17 Musicians In Search of a Sound: Darfur
Dixon Orchestra, Bill:
17 Musicians In Search of a Sound: Darfur

(Aum Fidelity -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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Legendary trumpeter, composer and educator Bill Dixon in a 17 piece orchestra playing original compositions live at the 12th Vision Festival in New York City.

Prevost, Eddie / Alan Wilkinson: So Are We, So Are We
Prevost, Eddie / Alan Wilkinson:
So Are We, So Are We

(Matchless -- Great Britain )


Price: $18.95    




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Bittova / Riley / Ziporyn: Eviyan Live
Bittova / Riley / Ziporyn:
Eviyan Live

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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EVIYAN is Iva Bittova, Gyan Riley & Evan Ziporyn - 3 unique composer/performers merging into a singular sound, an intimate, acoustic blend of world roots, post-minimalism, jazz, rock, and cabaret.

Blonk, Jaap / Makagami Koichi  / Paul Dutton / Phil Minton / David Moss: Five Men Singing
Blonk, Jaap / Makagami Koichi / Paul Dutton / Phil Minton / David Moss:
Five Men Singing

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Fujii, Satoko / Tatsuya Yoshida: Toh-Kichi
Fujii, Satoko / Tatsuya Yoshida:
Toh-Kichi

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Kyriakides, Yannis / VeenFabriek: The Thing Like Us
Kyriakides, Yannis / VeenFabriek:
The Thing Like Us

(Unsounds -- The Netherlands )


Price: $15.95    




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Electronic music theater orchestrated by Yannis Kyriakides in collaboration with the Dutch musical theater group, VeenFabriek, that's centralized around the concepts of Spinoza's texts.

Other Dimensions in Music featuring Fay Victor: Kaiso Stories
Other Dimensions in Music featuring Fay Victor:
Kaiso Stories

(Silkheart -- Sweden )


Price: $16.95    




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Other Dimension with Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter, William Parker, & Charles Downs, plus vocalist Fay Victor for an album influenced by Kaiso, a music of African and Spanish colonial influences.

Parker, Evan / Sainkho Namtchylak: Mars Song
Parker, Evan / Sainkho Namtchylak:
Mars Song

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Intense meeting of saxophone legend Parker and the remarkable Tuvan improvising vocalist Namtchylak performing live at Music Gallery in Toronto, 1996.

Subliminator, The: Rake
Subliminator, The:
Rake

(Scared Records -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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The sophomore release by The Subliminator (Serson Brannen), "Rake" features 11 new tracks of sonic sublimination, spoken word techno-psychedelia with a threatening edge.

Tagaq, Tanya : Anuraaqtuq - Le Vent (The Wind)
Tagaq, Tanya :
Anuraaqtuq - Le Vent (The Wind)

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq in a bizarre and amazing performance at the Victoriaville Festival in 2010 with Drip Audio director Jesse Zubot on violin and Barnyard boss Jean Martin on drums, computer, trumpophone.

Shyu, Jen & Jade Tongue: Sounds and Cries of the World
Shyu, Jen & Jade Tongue:
Sounds and Cries of the World

(Pi Recordings -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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Experimental jazz vocalist and pianist Jen Shyu with her Jade Tongue band of Ambrose Akinmusire on trumpet, Mat Maneri on viola, Thomas Morgan on bass, and Dan Weiss on drums in an intimate album that incorporates world traditions, instruments and languages.

Alebeek, Rinus van & Michael Libera: play Alvin Lucier Chambers
Alebeek, Rinus van & Michael Libera:
play Alvin Lucier Chambers

(Bolt -- Poland )


Price: $14.95    




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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]
Pere Ubu :
Carnival Of Souls [LP Gold Vinyl Ltd Ed]

(Fire Records -- USA )


Price: $29.95    




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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)
Lacy, Steve Quintet:
Last Tour (2004)

(Emanem -- Great Britain )


Price: $16.95    




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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
Backer, Andreas / Raymond Strid:
Voice & Percussion

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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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
Wassermann, Ute / Birgit Ulher:
Radio Tweet

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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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
Cartier, Pierre:
Les fleurs du tapis

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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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
Les Granules:
Au Royaume du Silencieux

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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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
Ceccaldi, Theo Trio, Trio + Joelle Leandre:
Carrousel -and- Can You Smile

(Ayler -- France )


Price: $21.95    




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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
Quatuor Bozzini:
Martin Arnold: Aberrare

(Collection QB -- Canada )


Price: $13.95    




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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
Hetu, Labrosse, Parkins, Roger, Tenko:
La legende de la pluie

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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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
Quartetski Does Stravinsky:
Le Sacre du printemps

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $13.95    




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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
Bynum, Taylor Ho / John Hebert / Gerald Cleaver:
Book of Three: Continuum

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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.



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