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Butcher, John / Burkhard Beins / Mark Wastell: Membrane

Label: Confront
Product Code: 19879
Catalog Code: ccs 36
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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Mysteriously dark electroacoustic improv from the adept trio of John Butcher on acoustic and amplified saxophones, Burkhard Beins on amplified bass drum and electronics, and Mark Wastell on amplified 32" paiste tam-tam, slowly evolving, rich environments in sound.

Kahn, Jason / Phil Julian: Valentines

Label: Confront
Product Code: 19807
Catalog Code: ccs 35
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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The first meeting of Jason Kahn and Phil Julian, both performing on analogue modular synthesiser, intended to be recorded as material for studio sound compositions, but which was so compelling as improvised work that they chose to release the album as recorded.

Nyberg, Joacim : Fylkingen, March 27, 2014

Label: Confront
Product Code: 19779
Catalog Code: ccs 33
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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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.

Shiroishi, Patrick: White Sun Sutra

Label: Confront
Product Code: 19778
Catalog Code: ccs 32
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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Upsilon Acrux/Corima/Nakata saxophonist Patrick Shiroishi in an emotional album of solo saxophone recorded as a tribute to his grandfather, alone and overdubbed, pushing the limits of his mind and body through haunting, beautiful, and intense compositions and playing.

IST: London: Conway Hall

Label: Confront
Product Code: 19772
Catalog Code: ccs 34
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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IST, the trio of Rhodri Davie (harp), Simon H. Fell (double bass) and Mark Wastell (violincello) from their 2003 live performance at London's Freedom of the City Festival, 8 years into the project, showing the remarkable sonic language the trio had developed.

Brassier, Ray & Mattin: Unfree Improvisation/Compulsive Freedom

Label: Confront
Product Code: 19343
Catalog Code: ccs 29
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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A sound work about freedom, choice and politics, performed at Arika's Festival Episode 4 "Freedom is a Constant Struggle" in Glasgow, 2013, from the duo of Mattin (computer and feedback) and written with Lebanese philosopher Ray Brassier.

Leandre, Joelle / Michael Duch: (Live at) Gramolna

Label: Confront
Product Code: 19342
Catalog Code: ccs 31
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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Two double bass players--Joelle Leandre and Michael Duch--performed as a duo live in at nyMusikk in Oslo, then recorded this album of freely improvised bass interactions the next day in the studio at Gramolna in Trondheim; dark and commanding explorations of deep strings.

Browne, Mark: Genial Decay

Label: Confront
Product Code: 19187
Catalog Code: ccs 30
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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Using sopranino, sorano and decayed tenor saxophone, Mark Brown recorded these unusual improvisations, generating a huge variety of sounds and tones, and then constructing those recordings into this curious and captivating 40 minute work.

BEFOREHAND (Lazaridou / Wastell): Live at Hundred Years Gallery

Label: Confront
Product Code: 19116
Catalog Code: ccs 28
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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The duo of Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga on zither and Mark Wastell on his electronics set including bowls and shruti box, formed for the release concert for Angharad Davies' "Six Studies" in 2014, recording this excellent improvised dialog of rich and unusual sound.

Kuchen, Martin : ...And Everything Inside Came Down As Dust

Label: Confront
Product Code: 18995
Catalog Code: ccs 27
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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During his residency in Vienna as part of Johannes Heuer's "Vor Anker", Kuchen recorded these curious solo works using saxophone and preparations, 6 pieces of understated intent using unconventional approaches rewarding the active listener.

Wastell, Mark: Caressed On The Brow By Unseen Hands

Label: Confront
Product Code: 18757
Catalog Code: ccs 23
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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This long overdue re-issue celebrates the unique encounter of eleven like-minded musicians from Japan, England, Wales, Germany, Basque Country & Norway, brought together in the studio for one day only for this daytime recording session followed by an evening concert.

Sealed Knot, The: All Angels

Label: Confront
Product Code: 18756
Catalog Code: ccs 21
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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The 1st official recording of ea-improv trio The Sealed Knot (Burkhard Beins (percussion), Rhodri Davies (harp) and Mark Wastell (violincello)) is this live concert from All Angels Church, London in 2000, part of a series of collaborations between London and Berlin improvisers.

Sealed Knot, The: Surface/Plane

Label: Confront
Product Code: 18755
Catalog Code: ccs 20
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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Listed as one of The Wire's Top 10 Improvised Music Records in 2003, this reissue of The Sealed Knots Meniscus release presents two live 2001 concerts in the UK from the subtlely sophisticated trio of UK & Berlin artists Mark Wastell, Burkhard Beins, and Rhodri Davies.

Oceans of Silver & Blood: Oceans of Silver & Blood

Label: Confront
Product Code: 18754
Catalog Code: ccs 19
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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The debut release of the duo of Joachim Nordwall on modular synth and Mark Wastell on tam tam performing two tonal drones that blends rich cymbal sonics entwined with dark, slowly evolving synthetics.

Ist (Davies / Fell / Wastell): Consequences (of Time and Place)

Label: Confront
Product Code: 18751
Catalog Code: ccs 25
Country: Great Britain

Price: $12.60

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ist (The Improvising String Trio) of Rhodri Davies (harp), Simon H. Fell (bass) and Mark Wastell (violincello) performing at The Natural Music Club in London, 1997, using unorthodox techniques in indeterminate systems and free improvisation for fascinating results.

Davies, Angharad : Six Studies

Label: Confront
Product Code: 18750
Catalog Code: ccs 26
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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Six unorthodox sketches for acoustic violin, focusing on advanced techniques and preparations including a plastic peg, a spring, and a nail file, from London based Angharad Davies, recording live improvisations at Goldsmiths University.

Davis, Matt / Phil Durrant / Mark Wastell: Confront Collectors Series

Label: Confront
Product Code: 18593
Catalog Code: ccs 24
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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Re-issue of one of the earliest Confront releases, the trio of trumpeter Matt Davis, violinist Phil Durrant and cellist Mark Wastell performing subtle and sophisticated free improvisation at St. Michael's and All Angels church, Chiswick, London in 2000.

Bailey, Derek & Simon H. Fell: The Complete 15th August 2001

Label: Confront
Product Code: 18110
Catalog Code: ccs 22
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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The full performance of legendary improvising guitarist Derek Bailey's 2001 exhilarating duo with bassist Simon H. Fell at Sound 323, originally released as a mini-CD and voted record of the year in 2002 by The Wire.

Sealed Knot, The (Beins / Davies / Wastell): Live At Cafe Oto

Label: Confront
Product Code: 17773
Catalog Code: ccs 17
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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The Sealed Knot (Burkhard Beins, Rhodri Davies and Mark Wastell) recorded this beautifully rich and slowly unfolding ea-improv work at the Another Timbre Festival at Cafe Oto in London, 2009.

Ist (Davies / Fell / Wastell): Berlin

Label: Confront
Product Code: 17772
Catalog Code: ccs 18
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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Ist - Rhodri Davies (harp), Simon H. Fell (double bass) & Mark Wastell (violoncello) - recorded this fascinating, quietly active lower case work at Total Music Meeting in Berlin 2001.

Davis, Matt & Mark Wastell: Derby 11.05.2002 / Liverpool 10.05.2002

Label: Confront
Product Code: 15195
Catalog Code: ccs 16
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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The minimalist electroacoustic improvising duo of Matt Davis on electronics and effects and Mark Wastell on amplified textures performing live in Derby and Liverpool in 2002.

Watkins, Zachary James: Suite for string quartet

Label: Confront
Product Code: 13796
Catalog Code: ccs 14
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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Electronics artist Watkins wrote this piece for resonant spaces, interactive electronics, audience participation & string quartet, here in a special version tuning each string to an odd partial of 60Hz.

Sealed Knot, The: Live at the Red Hedgehog

Label: Confront
Product Code: 13382
Catalog Code: ccs 13
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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The trio of double bassist Mark Wastell, Rhodri Davies on harp and Burkhard Beins on percussion performing live at The Red Hedgehog in London, 2006.

Sealed Knot, The: Unwanted Object

Label: Confront
Product Code: 13381
Catalog Code: ccs 01
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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The trio of Mark Wastell on double bass, Rhodri Davies on harp and Burkhard Beins on percussion performing at The Old School, Norfolk in 2004, tense and understated improvisation.

Halliwell, Graham: Recorded Delivery

Label: Confront
Product Code: 13376
Catalog Code: ccs 04
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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Saxophonist Halliwell appears here in three duo performances with Rhodri Davies playing E-bowed harp; Steve Roden with extracts from his "resonantlighttones"; and Mark Wastell on tam-tam.

Ist (Davies / Fell / Wastell): Lodi

Label: Confront
Product Code: 13375
Catalog Code: ccs 05
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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Since 1995 the string trio of Rhodri Davies, Simon H. Fell & Mark Wastell have created sparse, introspective improvisation, performing here at the Contemporaneamente festival in Lodi, Italy.

Oceans of Silver and Blood: Live at Cafe Oto

Label: Confront
Product Code: 11812
Catalog Code: ccs 10
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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The duo of Joachim Nordwall and Mark Wastell performing live at London's Cafe Oto in a long dark and concentrative improvisation on tone generator, synth, and tam tam.

Suzuki, Akio / David Toop: Breath - Taking

Label: Confront
Product Code: 11809
Catalog Code: CONFRONT 14
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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Minimal improvisation using a meditative set of instruments including stone flute, small stones, and a "silent toy", from David Toop recording with Akio Suzuki on a rare trip to the UK.

Akiyama / Nakamura / Sugimoto / Wastell: Foldings

Label: Confront
Product Code: 11807
Catalog Code: CONFRONT 12
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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Confront/Sound 323's Mark Wastell meets three of Japan's most interesting minimal improvisers at Offsite in Tokyo, 2003 to perform this extraordinary two part work.

Halliwell, Graham / Lee Patterson: Terrain

Label: Confront
Product Code: 11805
Catalog Code: ccs 08
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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A work of layered saxophone, amplified objects and field recordings from the duo of electronic artist Lee Patterson and electronics & saxophone player Halliwell.

Nos Phillipe: Shh ... Camille

Label: Confront
Product Code: 11804
Catalog Code: ccs 07
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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Jonathan Webb and Robert Hopps combine processed field recordings with guitar, turntables, electronics, and found sounds in long form drone-oriented improvisations.

Scotch Of St James, The: Live at Amplify 2004

Label: Confront
Product Code: 04700
Catalog Code: ccs 02
Country: Great Britain

Price: $13.95

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Tim Barnes on snare drum and amplification and Mark Wastell on amplified textures, tuned metal, making small, mostly unidentifiable sounds with a Cage-style open flair.

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