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	Lopez, Brandon : quoniam facta sum vilis Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 26557 Catalog Code: MF0179/AS075 Country: USA		Price: $12.95 In Stock
Recorded mostly in the May Funerary Chapel in Chicago's Rosehill Cemetery, and partially in Brooklyn's Issue Project Room, NY bassist Brandon Lopez wrote these intense solo compositions for double bass as a response to the musical intention of Bach's cello suites by creating an inversion, seeking beauty amidst violence and erratic approaches.
	Kuzu (Dave Rempis / Tashi Dorji / Tyler Damon): Hiljaisuus [VINYL] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 26524 Catalog Code: MF165/AS065 Country: USA		Price: $15.95 In Stock
"KUZU is a hard-charging but patient trio that came together in the fall of 2017, after saxophonist Dave Rempis, a stalwart of the Chicago improvised music scene, worked with both Tashi Dorji (guitar) and Tyler Damon (drums) individuall...
	East of the Valley Blues (Kevin & Patrick Cahill): Ressemblera [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 26523 Catalog Code: MF177/AS073 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
"Ressemblera" is the twin brothers 4th album following releases on Death is Not The End and Cabin Floor Esoterica. The primary difference between "Ressemblera" and previous releases that may not be immediately obvious is that this album...
	Crazy Bread (Ryley Walker / Max Allison): Vocoder Divorce [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 26522 Catalog Code: MF178/AS074 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
"Astral Spirits is proud to present the debut release from the new duo Crazy Bread, which is Ryley Walker (yes, that Ryley Walker) and Max Allison (Mukqs, Good Willsmith, Hausu Mountain). Vocoder Divorce was recorded in one day without ...
	Kirchner, Quin: The Other Side Of Time [2 CDS W/BONUS TRACKS] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 26521 Catalog Code: MF158/AS058/STR001 Country: USA		Price: $24.95 In Stock
Known as a superlative sideman, Chicago drummer/percussionist Quin Kirchner's debut as a leader brings together trombonist Nick Broste, bass clarinetist Jason Stein, saxophonist Nate Lepine, pianist Ben Boye and bassist Matt Ulery for an excellent album of spiritual free playing with compositions from Sun Ra, Andrew Hill, Charles Mingus, Paul Motian, Phil Cohran, &c.
	Lopez, Brandon : quoniam facta sum vilis [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 26520 Catalog Code: MF179/AS075 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
Recorded mostly in the May Funerary Chapel in Chicago's Rosehill Cemetery, and partially in Brooklyn's Issue Project Room, NY bassist Brandon Lopez wrote these intense solo compositions for double bass as a response to the musical intention of Bach's cello suites by creating an inversion, seeking beauty amidst violence and erratic approaches.
	Hearts & Minds (Jason Stein / Paul Giallorenzo / Chad Taylor): Electroradiance [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 26519 Catalog Code: MF181/AS077 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
The second album from this New York and Chicago trio of bass clarinetist Jason Stein, keyboardist Paul Giallorenzo, and drummer Chad Taylor (replacing Frank Rosaly), a funky mix of jazz, electronics and rock that plays free but also melodically, absorbing styles and turning them into an upbeat, rhythmically exciting and lyrically effusive album.
	Hearts & Minds (Jason Stein / Paul Giallorenzo / Chad Taylor): Electroradiance Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 26518 Catalog Code: MF181/AS077 Country: USA		Price: $12.95 In Stock
The second album from this New York and Chicago trio of bass clarinetist Jason Stein, keyboardist Paul Giallorenzo, and drummer Chad Taylor (replacing Frank Rosaly), a funky mix of jazz, electronics and rock that plays free but also melodically, absorbing styles and turning them into an upbeat, rhythmically exciting and lyrically effusive album.
	Seabrook, Brandon Trio: Convulsionaries [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 26345 Catalog Code: MF180/AS076 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
Essentially a string trio, guitarist Brandon Seabrook's Trio with upright bassist Henry Fraser and cellist Daniel Levin is anything but typical string fair, blending improvisation with complex composition and rock sensibilities as one of New York's most unique downtown players takes listeners on a diverse and sometimes demented journey through genre and style.
	Seabrook, Brandon Trio: Convulsionaries Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 26344 Catalog Code: MF180/AS076 Country: USA		Price: $12.95 In Stock
Essentially a string trio, guitarist Brandon Seabrook's Trio with upright bassist Henry Fraser and cellist Daniel Levin is anything but typical string fair, blending improvisation with complex composition and rock sensibilities as one of New York's most unique downtown players takes listeners on a diverse and sometimes demented journey through genre and style.
	Obnox (Lamont Thomas): Templo del Sonido [RED VINYL] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 26295 Catalog Code: AS046 Country: USA		Price: $17.95 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.
	Mako Sica / Hamid Drake: Ronda [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 26243 Catalog Code: AS072 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
The long-running Chicago free-rock trio Mako Sica currently comprised of Przemyslaw Drazek (trumpet & guitar), Brent Fuscaldo (guitar) and Chaetan Newell (drums & piano) are joined by free improvising legend Hamid Drake on drum kit, tablas and frame drum for a beautiful and rich album of genre merging, spiritually warm, primarily instrumental music, inclusive and persuasive.
	Barabe, Charles : De la Fragilite [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 26241 Catalog Code: AS071 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
Victoriaville, Quebec electronic composer Charles Barbare creates abstract electroacoustic works, here in an impressive 6-movement work that covers a wide ground from minimalistic rhythmic sections to time-stretched voices and electronics to musique mystery, his inquisitive approach allowing his scores to unfold in decipherable, dramatic and coherent ways.
	Barker Trio: Avert Your I [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 26240 Catalog Code: AS064 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
After releasing drummer Andrew Barker's duo with Daniel Carter, "Polyhedron", Astral Spirits takes on Barker's trio album with sidemen Michael Foster on tenor & soprano sax, plus electronics, and Tim Dahl on bass, Barker also adding synth & electronics, for an album of ruggedly intense, propulsive playing with a probing inquisitiveness.
	Lux's, Matthew Communication Arts Quartet: Contra/Fact [VINYL] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 26100 Catalog Code: AS052 Country: USA		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Chicago bassist Matthew Lux (Isotope 217, Exploding Star Orchestra) in an album of effusive and spiritual percussive grooves under electronic and acoustic leads, performed with Ben Lamar Gay on cornet, electronics and percussion, Mikel Patrick Avery on drums, percussion, mellotron and more, and Jayve Montgomery on various woodwinds, samples and percussion.
	McCowen, John: 4 Chairs In Three Dimensions [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 26099 Catalog Code: MF173 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
Using only acoustic techniques and recording live, New York clarinetist and contrabass clarinetist John McCowen (Tweak Bird, Wei Zhongle) draws out an incredibly impressive array of harmonic difference tones, interference beats and inexplicable sound from these typically monophonic instruments, using circular breathing to create long drones and aberrant textures.
	Stewart, Luke: Works for Upright Bass & Amplifier [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 26098 Catalog Code: AS067 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
Bassist and sound artist Luke Stewart is a Washington, DC stalwart, a member of a variety of improvised and rock bands and active in Sonic Circuits, and also an Artist-In-Residence at Union Arts and Manufacturing; this solo work uses the resonant feedback of an amplifier with unusual double bass technique to coax a fascinating journey that accompanied his 2017 art exhibit.
	Mockunas, Liudas / Jacek Mazurkiewicz / Hakon Berre: Live In Warsaw [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 26096 Catalog Code: AS050 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
Lithunian reedist Liudas Mockunas, Polish bassist and electronicist Jacek Mazurkiewicz (3Fonia, Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra, Modular String Trio) and Norwegian drummer Hakon Berre (Aram Shelton, Susana Santos Silva) are captured live in Warsaw at Mozg in 2015 for three exploratory improvisations with Mockunas on clarinet, soprano & tenor saxes.
	Rempis / Piet / Daisy: Throw Tomatoes [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 25707 Catalog Code: AS060 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
Bringing together two live shows from 2017 of the trio of Chicago luminaries, Dave Rempis on saxophones, Tim Daisy on drums, and Matt Piet on piano, in an exhilarating album of free jazz that shows the excitement of all three in what are only their 3rd and 4th live gigs together, each driving the other to enthusiastic heights amidst contemplative and playful moments.
	Rempis / Piet / Daisy: Throw Tomatoes Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 25704 Catalog Code: AS060 Country: USA		Price: $12.95 Out of Stock
Bringing together two live shows from 2017 of the trio of Chicago luminaries, Dave Rempis on saxophones, Tim Daisy on drums, and Matt Piet on piano, in an exhilarating album of free jazz that shows the excitement of all three in what are only their 3rd and 4th live gigs together, each driving the other to enthusiastic heights amidst contemplative and playful moments.
	Brotzmann, Peter / Fred Lonberg-Holm: Ouroboros [VINYL] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 25703 Catalog Code: AS043 Country: USA		Price: $15.95 In Stock
The follow-up to 2008's Brotzmann/Lonberg-Holm duo album on Atavistic, "The Brain of the Dog in Section", this limited LP was recorded in 2011 at The Loft in Koln, Germany, bringing multi-reed legend Peter Brotzmann together again with Chicago cellist and electronic artist Fred Lonberg-Holm for a thrilling album of diverse, dynamic, and superb improvisation.
	Kurdi, Muyassar / Nicholas Jozwiak: Intersections & Variations [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 25472 Catalog Code: AS062 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
Interdisciplinary vocalist Muyassar Kurdi and Chicago-born, NY-based cellist Nicholas Jozwiak use the ambient sounds of their recording spaces in Brooklyn to add a presence to their introspective dialogs that take an almost devout approach to their calmly measured performances, making an intimate and evocative album of unorthodox improvisation.
	Hooker, William Trio (Feat. Ava Mendoza / Damon Smith): Remembering [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 25471 Catalog Code: AS063 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
Downtown NY drummer William Hooker leads a trio with West Coast players, Damon Smith on double bass and Ava Mendoza on guitar, for a live album at New York University in 2017 that blends free jazz and avant rock forms to create something unique and powerful, yet filled with moments of intrinsic beauty and drama, a great amalgamation of free playing.
	Eave (Anna Webber/ Erik Hove / Vicky Mettler / Evan Tighe): Eave [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 25470 Catalog Code: AS061 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
A mix of New York and Canadian players, "Eave" is the quartet of Anna Webber and Erik Hove on saxophones, Vicky Mettler on guitar and Evan Tighe on drums, a collective abstract improvising band that uses its instruments as much for effect as for conventional playing, with commanding skill in all approaches as they surprise, bemuse and mesmerize the listener.
	Irving, Tony / Massimo Magee: The Fog [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 25469 Catalog Code: AS059 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
London scene free players since the 90s, drummer Tony Irving and alto saxophonist Massimo Magee, both of the improvisation duo Ascension, meet in the studio to record seven distinctive and quirky dialogs of strong technical skill, Irving often thundering over Magee's strangling runs and melodic diversions and asides; powerful and unpredictable.
	Mazurek, Rob : Chimeric Stoned Horn [CD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 25006 Catalog Code: MF154/AS054 Country: USA		Price: $12.95 In Stock
Astral Spirits first CD release comes with a pair of 3D glasses, to allow the listener to view Mazurek's 3D lithographs that cover this album of piccolo trumpet explorations with electronics, voice and percussion, a deeply personal and spiritual album from the Chicago trumpeter, released in conjunction with Mazurek's art opening "Constellation Scores" at URDLA in France.
	Moore, Thurston / Umut Caglar: Dunia [VINYL] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 25004 Catalog Code: MF142/AS045 Country: USA		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Recorded in Istanbul, Turkey, guitarist Thurston Moore teams up with Konstrukt guitarist Umut Caglar to record these three rich and twisting pieces, each guitarist extracting unique performances from the other over three pieces that draw on technique and effects to create fragile and heavy sonic environments, an impressive album of modern guitar potential.
	Mazurek, Rob: Chimeric Stoned Horn [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD + 3D GLASSES] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 25003 Catalog Code: MF154/AS054 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
The 2nd part of Chicago trumpeter Rob Mazurek's Astral Spirits series that started with "Vortice of the Faun", Mazurek performing on piccolo trumpet, electronics, voice, and percussion in a detailed journey, released alongside Mazurek's art opening "Constellation Scores" at URDLA, the cover showing two 3-D prints and the package comes with glasses to view them.
	Billington / Shippy / Wyche: [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD CODE] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 24999 Catalog Code: AS053 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
A Chicago trio that blends jazzrock, noise and experimental approaches to free improvisation, from drummer Ben Billington (Tiger Hatchery), guitarist Daniel Wyche (US Maple, Invisible Things), and guitarist Mark Shippy (US Maple, Invisible Things), an upbeat and unflagging display of sound in three recordings that lace a consistently controlled chaos.
	HMS (Joe Houpert / Nathan McLaughlin / Erich Steiger): Tetrad [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 24739 Catalog Code: AS049 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
Blurring the lines between experimental music, improv, and composition, the trio of Joe Houpert, Nathan McLaughlin, and Erich Steiger use the studio to rework their improvisations, accenting aspects of the acoustic and electronic elements and morphing them in unexpected ways; "think Henry Flynt meets Cluster meets Revolutionary Ensemble".
	Foster, Michael / Ben Bennett: In It [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 24738 Catalog Code: As051 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
The second release for the duo of Ben Bennett on drums, percussions and membranophones, and Michael Foster on tenor, soprano, sopranino saxophones and aerophone, in uniquely voiced improvisations that develop both carefully and, at times, erratically, but always with an ear to interesting dialog that captivates and confuses the listener.
	W-2 (Sam Weinberg / Chris Welcome): Fanatics [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 24737 Catalog Code: AS048 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
The Brooklyn duo of saxophonist Sam Weinberg (Captain Phillips) and synth player Chris Welcome (Chris Pitsiokos, Mike Pride) in an album of abrasive, rhythmically abraded and contorted electro-acoustic improvisation, each player embedding themselves into each other's sound, at time making their instruments indistinguishable from one another.
	Smiley, Andrew : Dispersal [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 24736 Catalog Code: AS047 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
An uncommon solo guitar album from Andrew Smiley, a member of Little Women and the Chris Pitsiokos Quartet, creating textures on the guitar by applying unconventional techniques with his pick and fingers instead of using effects or guitar preparations, and accompanying himself on voice in Haino-esque ways, creating an album of sharp contrast and color.
	Majkowski, Mike : Days and Other Days [VINYL] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 23960 Catalog Code: MF133/AS038 Country: USA		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Following double bassist Mike Majkowski's Astral Spirts cassette "Neighbouring Objects", this vinyl release is Majkowski's 7th solo album, here using analog synthesizer, percussion, piano, vibraphone, samples, and field recordings to create an amazing sonic universe through sound, tone, timbre, deep cogitation and mutant interjections.
	Sound American: The Cassette Issue tape: Featuring Nate Wooley [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 23959 Catalog Code: As044 Country: USA		Price: $8.95 In Stock
Nate Wooley's Sound American online magazine presents a complete rehearsal of the trio of Philip White (electronics), Chris Pitsiokos (sax) and C. Spencer Yeh (violin), as they discuss their work and develop a piece entitled "Shredding Treatise"; and an interview by Nate Wooley of Baltimore music researcher, record producer, and writer Ian Nagoski.
	More Eaze / A.F. Jones & Steve Flato: Split Release [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 23958 Catalog Code: AS043 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
A split tape from Austin-based More Eaze (aka Marcus Rubio) and San Diego-based duo A.F. Jones and Steve Flato, More Eaze presenting a work of surprising twists, drone, and audio turns; Jones & Flato create an electronic composition of strange detail using a wide auditory palette encompassing the lowest to highest tones.
	Monas (Fisher / DeBlase / Millions): Freedom [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 23956 Catalog Code: AS041 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
With connections from both the free jazz and improvising rock scene, including Borbetomagus, Many Arms, Caribou, Anthony Braxton, William Parker, Zevious, &c, the trio of Colin Fisher (saxophone, guitar), Johnny DeBlase (electric bass) and Kid Millions (drums) debut their Monas project of intense, electronically spiked, free form improvisation.
	Hearts & Minds (Stein / Giallorenzo / Rosaly): Hearts & Minds [VINYL] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 22554 Catalog Code: AS026 Country: USA		Price: $14.95 In Stock
The Chicago trio of Jason Stein on bass clarinet, Paul Giallorenzon on keys, and Frank Rosaly on drums, performing a joyful album of lyrical jazz, blending compositions and free playing with modern creative skills and unpredictable, enthusiastic soloing; superb!
	Jackson / Baker / Kirshner: The Noisy Miner [CASSETTE with DOWNLOAD CODE] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 22552 Catalog Code: AS037 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
Chicago mainstays Keefe Jackson on tenor and sopranino sax, Jim Baker on piano and synths, and Julian Kirshner on drums, are caught live at the Constellation in 2015 for a forceful, demanding yet lyrical set of free improvisations, a great example of the fertile Chicago scene.
	Stine, Tim Trio The: Tim Stine Trio [CASSETTE with DOWNLOAD CODE] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 22550 Catalog Code: AS035 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
Acoustic guitarist Tim Stine and his trio with upright bassist Anton Hatwich and drummer Frank Rosaly, an all-star group of younger Chicago players in an album of buoyant, original improvisations with great give-and-take from a superb working band of contemporaries.
	Dockery, R. Lee / Smokey Emery: Cathedrelic [CASSETTE with DOWNLOAD CODE] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 22548 Catalog Code: AS030 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
An album of dark and cavernous sound in the second release from the sound-sculpting duo of R. Lee Dockery and Smoke Emery (aka Daniel Hipolito), two long tracks that evolve with the patience and intensity of a dark sacramental journey in deeply detailed drone.
	Konstrukt w/ Graham Massey & David McLean: Live at Islington Mills [CASSETTE with DOWNLOAD CODE] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 22547 Catalog Code: As031 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
The Turkish Konstrukt trio teamed up with 808 State guitarist Graham Massey and pianist David Andrew McLean (Charles Hayward's Anonymous Bash) for a live album at Islington Mill in Salford England for two sides of blistering avant-funk & cosmic space sounds.
	Rankin-Parker/Pearce: Odd Hits [CASSETTE with DOWNLOAD CODE] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 22546 Catalog Code: AS033 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
An exhilarating and unusual set of duos for drum and cello from Daniel Pierce and Teddy Rankin-Parker, the latter known for Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, ICE, and work with Primus; together they deliver intense and captivating polyrhythms and unexpected string sonics.
	Anker / Lonberg-Holm & Jackson / Serries: Two Duos [CASSETTE with download] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 22170 Catalog Code: AS029 Country: USA		Price: $7.95 In Stock
Two aspects of reed & string duos, side A presents Chicago cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm with Danish/NY saxophonist Lotte Anker in 4 free improvisations of unusual technique; side B is UK saxophonist Dave Jackson & Dirk Serries on electric guitar for an extended improv live at Cafe Oto.
	Chatoyant: Place Of Other Destination [CASSETTE w/ download] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 22168 Catalog Code: AS028 Country: USA		Price: $8.95 In Stock
With members of Wolf Eyes and Volebeats, Crime and the City Solution, &c. this Detroit quartet blends acoustic and electronic instruments in spontaneous composition with a rock aesthetics, a dark fusion of sound that plays both burning improv and mysterious soundscape.
	Bouchons D'Oreilles / Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra: split [CASSETTE with download code] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 21475 Catalog Code: MF110/AS025 Country: USA		Price: $8.95 In Stock
A split tape, side A is the Bouchons D'Oreilles duo of Lukasz Kacperczyk (synth) and Mateusz Wysocki (laptop) focusing on improvisation through electronics; side B is the Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra which includes Kacperczyk, focusing on instant composition.
	Gate, The: Chuck [CASSETTE with download code] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 20896 Catalog Code: AS021 Country: USA		Price: $8.95 In Stock
New York tuba player Dan Peck's The Gate with Tom Blancarte on electric upright bass and Brian Osborne on percussion present two tracks of dark, deep improvisation, then join up with Nate Wooley on trumpet & amplifier and Tim Dahl on electric bass for an extended composition.
	Taco Bells w/Pekka Airaksinen: S/T [CASSETTE with download code] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 20894 Catalog Code: MF099/AS017 Country: USA		Price: $8.95 In Stock
The Finnish trio of Sami Pekkola (tenor sax), Tero Kemppainen (double bass) & Jaakkoo Tolvi (drums) with guest Pekka Airaksinen on keyboard for two extended recordings of thick, frenetic, and euphoric free jazz live from Mental Alaska/Ravintola Piano in Helsinki, 2014.
	Boxhead Ensemble: La Hora Magica [CASSETTE with download code] Label: Astral Spirits Product Code: 20592 Catalog Code: AS011 Country: USA		Price: $8.95 In Stock
A soundtrack of sorts, organized from improvised recordings between Boxhead Ensemble leader Michael Krassner and Adam Busch (Manishevitz, Sonoi) and Wil Hendricks (Califone, Simon Joyner, Lofty Pillars, etc), creative and immersive music to get lost in.