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Frequency Distasters (Beresford / Magaletti / Martino): Naize
Frequency Distasters (Beresford / Magaletti / Martino):
Naize

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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An expressive piano trio from Steve Beresford on piano, Italian-born, UK-based drummer/percussionist Valentina Magaletti, and Italian Bassist Pierpaolo Martino, Beresford using piano preparations, electronics & toys to expand the palette of their instrumentation, all three bringing a wealth of experience in jazz, free improv and experimental sound to their solid conversations.

Tuerlinckx, Anais / Jonas Gerigk / Burkhard Beins: Au Crepuscle
Tuerlinckx, Anais / Jonas Gerigk / Burkhard Beins:
Au Crepuscle

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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Double bassist Jonas Gerigk invited two Berlin-based musicians--pianist Anaïs Tuerlinckx and percussionist Burkhard Beins--for a week of musical experiments and exploration at the venue Saxstall in Pohrsdorf/Tharandt, Germany, culminating in a well-recieved live performance; these two recordings are the result of their week of sonic investigation and improvisations.

Bailey, Derek / Simon H. Fell: At Sound 323 [VINYL 180gm WHITE  2 LPs]
Bailey, Derek / Simon H. Fell:
At Sound 323 [VINYL 180gm WHITE 2 LPs]

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $34.95    




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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, then released on CD and now as a deluxe 2 LP set on 180gm White Vinyl.

Lash, Dominic / Stale Liavik Solberg: Hey Kye
Lash, Dominic / Stale Liavik Solberg:
Hey Kye

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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John Butcher mastered this live recording immaculately captured by Alex Ward at the Vortex in London in 2022 between two exceptional free improvisers, Dominic Lash on electric guitar and Ståle Liavik Solberg on drums & percussion, their three-part dialog sliding in and out of jazz, non-idiomatic and experimental modes in quick-witted and masterful exchanges.

Leandre, Joelle / Rodolphe Loubatiere: Estampe
Leandre, Joelle / Rodolphe Loubatiere:
Estampe

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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Seven powerful improvisations recorded live at the jazz club AMR in Genèva between double bassist Joëlle Léandre and percussionist Rodolphe Loubatière performing on snare drum, both using impressive technique and every inch of their instruments, Léandre bowing and plucking and Loubatière eking out unusual sonic elements through a variety of objects.

Nicols, Maggie / Matilda Rolfsson / Mark Wastell: Semiotic Drift
Nicols, Maggie / Matilda Rolfsson / Mark Wastell:
Semiotic Drift

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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Extending the duo of British improvisers, legendary vocalist and leader of London's The Gathering, Maggie Nicols, also performing on taps and percussion, and Confront label-leader, percussionist Mark Wastell performing on cymbals and frame drum, with Swedish percussionist Matilda Rolfsson on bass drum, captured in a captivating concert at All Ears in Oslo in 2023.

Butcher / Day / Eastley: Angles Of Enquiry
Butcher / Day / Eastley:
Angles Of Enquiry

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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A six part improvisational inquiry from three experienced London investigators--John Butcher on saxophones, Terry Day on drums and Max Eastley performing on his self-developed electroacoustic monochord, along with percussion and a bird call--all three performing with unusual and extended techniques to create a uniqe sonic palette applied to extremely focused conversations.

Emaille / dieb13 / Koch: Abe
Emaille / dieb13 / Koch:
Abe

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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An impressive set of recordings from the electroacoustic improvising trio of Camille Émaille on percussion, dieb13 on turntables and Hans Koch on soprano sax, clarinet & bass clarinet, recording live in Switzerland at Le Singe and at Poestremeis for eleven intricate exchanges of mystery and suspense using remarkable technique and patient attention to each player's contribution.

Jones / Lash / Wastel: Meditating With The Father, Son, And Holy Ghost
Jones / Lash / Wastel:
Meditating With The Father, Son, And Holy Ghost

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $9.95    




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An interpretation and reimagining of the opening track of Coltrane's Meditations, from the UK trio of Ed Jones on tenor & soprano saxophones, Dominic Lash on double bass and Mark Wastell on tam tam, gongs, cymbal & percussion, performed live at Cafe OTO in London in 2023, transforming the original recording's density into a slowly opening, evolving work of beauty.

Dunmall, Paul / Olie Brice: The Laughing Stone
Dunmall, Paul / Olie Brice:
The Laughing Stone

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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Taking their song titles from Basil Bunting's 1966 poem "Briggflatts", a mixed freeverse work with a changing rhyme scheme that is noted for its use of sound through word play to move its listeners, an apt analogy to the masterful and sophisticated dialog between double bassist Olie Brice and multi-reedist Paul Dunmall, Dunmall performing on alto & tenor saxophones, flute & clarinet.

Denzler, Bertrand (Beliah / Heilbron / Majkowski / Shirey): Low Strings
Denzler, Bertrand (Beliah / Heilbron / Majkowski / Shirey):
Low Strings

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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Following an exploration of the double bass in his 2018 Confront release Basse Seul, Swiss-French composer and saxophonist Bertrand Denzler again jumps into the deep end again with a quartet of accomplished double basssists--Sebastien Beliah, Jon Heilbron, Mike Majkowski, Derek Shirley--for two extended works of encompassing low-register tones.

Nicols, Maggie / Mark Wastell: And John
Nicols, Maggie / Mark Wastell:
And John

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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The first meetings between UK free improvising vocalist Maggie Nicols and percussionist Mark Wastell, heard in two concerts at the Hundred Years Gallery in London, dedicated to Spontaneous Music Ensemble founder John Stevens, Wastell using two of Steven's cymbals and both using a a variety of percussive devices, in two unconventional and extended dialogs of warm camaraderie.

Wastell, Mark: Cello-intern Solos
Wastell, Mark:
Cello-intern Solos

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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Beginning in February 2022 on the 1st Saturday of the month Mark Wastell would bring his cello to the Hundred Years Gallery in London with the grace of gallery owners Graham MacKeachan and Montse Gallego and play, not as a performance, not as a rehearsal, just to play and record his improvisations as he expands his reach on the instrument, heard here in 17 fascinating excerpts.

Baker, Duck: Contra Costa Dance
Baker, Duck:
Contra Costa Dance

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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In 1980 Duck Baker's first label deal had expired and the label changed direction, as did Baker himself from arranging traditional tunes into compositions for improvisation; still, these well-recorded demos from 1982 held an appeal through song selection and a uniquely edgy yet lyrical approach to his playing, now finally released to the public 40 years later.

Tucker, Dave / Pierpaolo Martino: Melophobia
Tucker, Dave / Pierpaolo Martino:
Melophobia

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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Dave Tucker, a one-time member of The Fall and long-time free improviser involved with the Alan Tomlinson Trio and his own School of Velocity quartet with Evan Parker, John Edwards & Steve Noble, in a duo with double bassist Pierpaolo Martino for 11 succinct and assertive dialogs titled "Melophobia" I - XI, diverse works from active Crimson-esque playing to dark & introspective ruminations.

Ensemble Var (Gustafsson / Lindal / Lindstrom / Nordwall): VAR
Ensemble Var (Gustafsson / Lindal / Lindstrom / Nordwall):
VAR

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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A fully free improvisation of subtly disruptive, extended electroacoustic mastery, recorded during the Svensk Musikvår Festival at Aliasteatern, Stockholm in 2021, in a piece conceived by Mats Gustafsson who performs on saxophone & flute, with Anna Lindal on violin, Mats Lindstrom on electronics, effects & sampler and Joachim Nordwall on analog synths, effects & tapes.

Bang, Jan / David Toop / Mark Wastell: Compound Full Of Bones, Translucent Thousands
Bang, Jan / David Toop / Mark Wastell:
Compound Full Of Bones, Translucent Thousands

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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An extended improvisation interweaving acoustic and electronic instruments in a beautifully coherent evolution of mysterious and approachable sources, from the trio of Jan Bang, David Toop and Mark Wastell, combining tam tams, gongs, flutes, lapsteel, live sampling, gongs, brushes, elastic, paper and more to captivate the curious listener.

Oceans Of Silver & Blood: Acetate [CD EP]
Oceans Of Silver & Blood:
Acetate [CD EP]

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $8.95    




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Reissuing their limited 2014 release on Joachim Nordwall Editions, the Oceans Of Silver & Blood duo of Joachim Nordwall on analog synthesizer, effects & tape and percussionist Mark Wastell on tam tam and timpani present two pieces, the first an environmental work underpinned by subtle percussion, the second a richly resonating work of threatening warmth.

Oxley, Tony / Alan Davie: Elaboration Of Particulars
Oxley, Tony / Alan Davie:
Elaboration Of Particulars

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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Five startlingly modern and fascinating dialogs from the duo of multi-instrumentalist and artist Alan Davie and percussionist Tony Oxley, active in the 1970s around The Alan Davie Music Workshop, is heard in Five startlingly modern and fascinating dialogs from the duo of multi-instrumentalist and artist Alan Davie and percussionist Tony Oxley, active in the 1970s around The Alan Davie Music Workshop, is heard in these never previously released recordings from 1977-78 captured at Davie's home studio, Oxley performing on percussion and electronics and Davie on piano, percussion and ring modulator.these never previously released recordings from 1977-78 captured at Davie's home studio, Oxley on percussion and electronics and Davie on piano, percussion and ring modulator.

Abrahams, Chris / Mark Wastell: A Thousand Sacred Steps
Abrahams, Chris / Mark Wastell:
A Thousand Sacred Steps

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $6.00    




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Drenched in beautiful ambiance, this inspired and spiritual meeting between Necks pianist Chris Abrahams and percussionist Mark Wastell performing on tam-tam and cymbals, was recorded while The Necks were in residence at Cafe Oto in London, the empathy between the two immediately evident in their graceful approach to these four evolving improvisations.

Cooper, Mike / Duck Baker : Cumino In Mia Cucina
Cooper, Mike / Duck Baker :
Cumino In Mia Cucina

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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Having been acquainted with each other for decades but never finding the opportunity to record, improvising American guitarist Duck Baker and British guitarist Mike Cooper finally found their chance in 2010 while both were in Rome, taking two acoustic nylon Spanish guitars into the studio to record these three extended, intertwining improvisations.

IST (Davies / Fell / Wastell) + John Butcher / Phil Durrant: A More Attractive Way [5 CD BOX SET + 2
IST (Davies / Fell / Wastell) + John Butcher / Phil Durrant:
A More Attractive Way [5 CD BOX SET + 20 page booklet]

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $44.95    




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A comprehensive album of live performances from IST (Rhodri Davies: harp, preparations; Simon H. Fell: double bass, preparations; Mark Wastell: violoncello, preparations) between 1996 and 2000, beginning with their concert at Club Orange in London and including concerts in London, Billericay, Norwich and Cambridge, with a 20 page booklet of photos and text from the band & collaborators.

Frequency Disasters (Beresford / Magaletti / Martino): Frequency Disasters
Frequency Disasters (Beresford / Magaletti / Martino):
Frequency Disasters

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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Pianist & improviser Steve Beresford performing on prepared piano, toys & electronic, percussionist Valentina Magaletti and bass player Pierpaolo Martino are heard in this cataclysmically interesting album based around Beresford's compositions, each piece a vignette that merges elements of free improv, rock, sound & avant structures in inventive and compelling ways.

Sealed Knot, The (Beins / Davies / Wastell): Twenty
Sealed Knot, The (Beins / Davies / Wastell):
Twenty

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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After twenty years playing together, the Sealed Knot trio of Burkhard Beins on amplified percussion, Rhodri Davies on amplified lap harp, and Mark Wastell on dual 32 past tam tams, gongs & nepalese singing bowls, performed live at Cafe OTO to record this beautifully captured, contemplative concert of tone, texture and ringing sound, like a 20-year dream reflected.

Sugimoto, Taku / Takashi Masubuchi: Live At Otooto & Permian
Sugimoto, Taku / Takashi Masubuchi:
Live At Otooto & Permian

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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Two extremely compatible guitarists are heard in two live recordings in Tokyo, Japan, at OTOOTO and at Permian, in 2017 & 2018, using unusual tunings, extended techniques and a patient sense of space and momentum that allows each of their contributions to resonate distinctively while maintaining a confident dialog of connected abstraction and exploration.

Grady, Spencer / Fermata Ark / Mark Wastell: Thus : Excerpts From A Smaller Work
Grady, Spencer / Fermata Ark / Mark Wastell:
Thus : Excerpts From A Smaller Work

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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UK sound artist Fermata Ark, aka Harry Smith, composed this work from improvisations recorded by Mark Wastell performing on cello, double bass and harmonium, and Spencer Grady performing on 5-string banjo, ebow, violin bow and brass slide, creating an extended work of immersive and mesmerizing textures and tones, sounds rising and falling in sublime and passionate ways.

Seen, The: For Sake Of Joy Of Study Of Oneself Together
Seen, The:
For Sake Of Joy Of Study Of Oneself Together

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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Inspired by a work by John Stevens from 1991, Mark Wastell developed this work merging narration and improvisation by transcribing the text from Steven's performance, preseanted here by an electroacoustic ensemble including Phil Durrant, Dominic Lash, Bertrand Denzler, Jennifer Allum &c, yielding an enveloping and fascinatingly mysterious piece presented in two versions.

Dorner, Axel / Jason Kahn: For Berner Munster (Im Berner Munster) <i>[Used Item]</i>
Dorner, Axel / Jason Kahn:
For Berner Munster (Im Berner Munster) [Used Item]

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.00    




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The pairing of German trumpeter Axel Dorner, and NY-born experimental artist Jason Kahn living and performing in Zurich, brings the tradition of avant free jazz and nonidiomatic improvisation into an unusual merging of techniques and approaches, each applying their advanced virtuosity to this intense concert, recorded during Hamburg's Zoom In Festival, 2017.

Demierre, Jacques / Anouck Genthon: Teyerit <i>[Used Item]</i>
Demierre, Jacques / Anouck Genthon:
Teyerit [Used Item]

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $10.00    




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A series of unusual compositions originally written by Jacques Demmiere and Vincent Barras, here reworked by Demmiere and violinist Anouck Genthon, each piece focusing on sounds, breaths, frictions, silences, vowels and consonants, weaving and complementing each other through a mix of traditional, extended and unconventional techniques; fascinating.

Virtual Company (Fell / Wastell / Bailey / Gaines): Virtual Company
Virtual Company (Fell / Wastell / Bailey / Gaines):
Virtual Company

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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IST, configured as the duo of double bassist Simon H. Fell and cellist/percussionist Mark Wastell, performing a virtual quartet at London's Cafe OTO, using using pre-recorded fragments of solo work from late guitarist Derek Bailey and tap dancer Will Gaines, combined with sections of silence of unforeseeable length, and then combined with the live musicians; amazing.

Davies, Rhodri : Transversal Time
Davies, Rhodri :
Transversal Time

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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Assigning different times systems--standard time, decimal and hex time--to different musicians, harpist Rhodri Davies develops an electroacoustic improvisational environment of unusual perception and sensation, performed live in Cardiff in 2018 with Ryoko Akama, Sara Hughes, Sofia Jernberg, Pia Palme, Andre Parkinson, Lucy Railton, Pat Thomas, & Dafne Vicente.

Cooper, Mike / Mark Wastell: Sound Mirrors
Cooper, Mike / Mark Wastell:
Sound Mirrors

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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Lapsteel guitarist and electronic artist Mike Cooper and percussionist Mark Wastell, employing a paiste 32" tam tam and a shruti box, pay homage to the large acoustic sound mirrors used in Britain from 1916 to 1930 as an early form or radar, each of their detailed improvisation referencing one of the locations on the British south and northeast coasts.

Burn, Chris / Philip Thomas: as if as
Burn, Chris / Philip Thomas:
as if as

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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Contemporary composer, improviser and pianist Chris Burn in 4 lively, playful and fasciatingly structured works, as heard in Philip Thomas's renderings: "as if as"; "only the snow"; a transcription of Derek Bailey's "from ten, two, and three" in 6 parts; "pressings and screening" in 4 parts; and "the sky a silver dissonance" with Kate Ledger as a 2nd pianist.

Eastley, Max / Fergus Kelly / Mark Wastell: The Map Is Not The Territory
Eastley, Max / Fergus Kelly / Mark Wastell:
The Map Is Not The Territory

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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The 8th release on Confront's Core series of factory-pressed CDs brings together improvisers Max Eastley, Fergus Kelly and Mark Wastell, employing electroacoustic devices, invented instruments, metal percussion, a piano frame and tam tam to create a rich and mysterious sound world, darkly hopeful emanations in a nighttime traversal across unknown lands.

Speak Easy (Wassermann / Minton / Lehn / Blume): @ Konfrontationen
Speak Easy (Wassermann / Minton / Lehn / Blume):
@ Konfrontationen

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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Since 2009 the UK & European ea-improvising quartet Speak Easy with two remarkable vocalists, Phil Minton and Ute Wasserman (also on birdcall whistles), Thomas Lehn on analog synthesizer and Martin Blume on drums & percussion, have startled and amazed listeners, as heard here in this extended performance at the 2016 Festival Konfrontationen in Nickelsdorf.

Hymn (Dowding / Hallett / Ross): Silence, Then Birds
Hymn (Dowding / Hallett / Ross):
Silence, Then Birds

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $12.95    




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Mysteriously evolving improvisations from the trio of Chris Dowding on trumpet, Sylvia Hallett on violin, bicycle wheel & saw, and Dave Ross using a self-designed time modulator, in two recordings from St. Paul's Church in Marylebone and one at Camouflage in Norwich, ea-improv that has a natural feeling and beautifully paced development; fascinating.

Schindler, Udo: Pneuma_Extreme
Schindler, Udo:
Pneuma_Extreme

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $12.95    




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Selected short pieces for C double bass clarinet from German multi-reedist Udo Schinder, recorded live at his performance space for avant, free, and sound-oriented improvisation, Salon fur Klang + Kunst, in Krailling, Munich; Schindler presents a diverse set of approaches recorded to give strength and warmth to both subtle and vociferous statements.

Arthurs, Tom: Augmented Nature
Arthurs, Tom:
Augmented Nature

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $12.95    




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A one-take improvisation recorded in Berlin by trumpeter Tom Arthurs, caught on New Year's Day 2018 using piccolo trumpet, mutes and binaural field recordings, intended for headphone listening, as he provides an incredible sense of location while stimulating his listener with subtle interventions that ultimately act as a backdrop for his distinctive and sly soloing.

De Saram, Mandhira / Benoit Delbecq: Spinneret
De Saram, Mandhira / Benoit Delbecq:
Spinneret

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $12.95    




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Delicate improvised interaction based around a day of meditative composing from London-based violinist Mandhira de Saram, a founding member and leader of the Ligeti Quartet, and French pianist Benoit Delbecq, an active improviser also involved in theater, dance, and visual arts; here the two use profound control and mastery to create intensity without excess.

Dorner, Axel / Jason Kahn: For Berner Munster (Im Berner Munster)
Dorner, Axel / Jason Kahn:
For Berner Munster (Im Berner Munster)

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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The pairing of German trumpeter Axel Dorner, and NY-born experimental artist Jason Kahn living and performing in Zurich, brings the tradition of avant free jazz and nonidiomatic improvisation into an unusual merging of techniques and approaches, each applying their advanced virtuosity to this intense concert, recorded during Hamburg's Zoom In Festival, 2017.

Benford, Douglas: For Now
Benford, Douglas:
For Now

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $12.95    




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Sprawl Imprint label leader Douglas Benford developed this fascinatingly layered composition with a diverse set of instruments, objects, and field recordings from captures made at the Stockholm Music Museum and at performances in Lithuania and England between 2009 and 2017, assembling them to create this exceptional odyssey of concrete, ambient and ethnic sources.

Andersen, Arild / Clive Bell / Mark Wastell: Tales Of Hackney
Andersen, Arild / Clive Bell / Mark Wastell:
Tales Of Hackney

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $12.95    




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World instrumentation of shakuhachi, thai flute, shinobue, thai mouth organ, and shruti box blends with western orchestration of double bass, percussion and electronics as Clive Bell, Arild Andersen, and Mark Wastell come together in the studio after their well-received concert at Cafe Oto in London to develop these beautifully lyrical improvisations.

Endresen, Sidsel / Jan Bang: Hum
Endresen, Sidsel / Jan Bang:
Hum

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $16.95    




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Using sampler, dictaphone, and voice, the duo of Sidsel Endresen and Jan Bang improvise and interact to create unorthodox hybrids of fractured electronics and articulated word, as edgy and engaging as it is unusual, captured live at Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene, in Oslo, Norway in 2016, a great followup to Bang's "And Poppies From Kandahar" Samadhi album.

Demierre, Jacques / Anouck Genthon: Teyerit
Demierre, Jacques / Anouck Genthon:
Teyerit

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




In Stock

A series of unusual compositions originally written by Jacques Demmiere and Vincent Barras, here reworked by Demmiere and violinist Anouck Genthon, each piece focusing on sounds, breaths, frictions, silences, vowels and consonants, weaving and complementing each other through a mix of traditional, extended and unconventional techniques; fascinating.

 
Salis, Giacomo / Paolo Sanna:
Humyth

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $12.95    




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Creative uses of percussion from Italian drummers Giacomo Salis and Paolo Sanna, who explore gesture, movement, listening, and the investigation of natural materials and found objects, in five studio tracks that present the results of their research in both rhythmic sections and sections of abstract sound, honed from concerts, studio albums, and a collaboration with Jeph Jerman.

Seen, The: Archive : Volumes Vi - X : 2014 To 2016
Seen, The:
Archive : Volumes Vi - X : 2014 To 2016

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $59.95    




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Five concerts of exceptional free improvisation, recorded in London, the last at Cafe OTO, across 5 CDs of collective ensembles known as "The Seen", presenting of some of the UK & Europe's finest improvisers, including Mark Wastell, John Butcher, David Toop, Dominic Lash, Phil Durrant, Angharad Davies, Jason Kahn, Bertrand Denzler, Yoni Silver, Chris Burn, &c.

Morgan, Paul Khimasia : peoplegrowold
Morgan, Paul Khimasia :
peoplegrowold

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $12.95    




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Paul Khimasia Morgan is a British guitarist and sound artist who performs on a prepared acoustic guitar body and zither, using objects and electronics to create works of tones, interventions and transitions, here in four rich pieces of well-chosen sound delivered with patient pacing, keeping each piece active while exploring the potential of his instruments and devices.

Maguire, Phil  / James L. Malone: Working Title
Maguire, Phil / James L. Malone:
Working Title

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $12.95    




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Phil Maguire (Verz label) exchanges abstract electronics from a variety of lo-fi devices with glitch and aberrant guitarist James L. Malone, a London improviser who has worked with Eddie Prevost, Phil Durrant, Steve Beresford and Adam Bohman, as the two trade strange sonic disruptions, avoiding pandemonium, instead using noise in pointed discourse.

Edwards, John / Olie Brice: At Iklectik
Edwards, John / Olie Brice:
At Iklectik

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $12.95    




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Double double bass from the duo of John Edwards and Olie Brice performing live at Iklectik Arts Lab, in London in 2017, a return of sorts as Brice's first live improv gig was opening for the Sunny Murray Trio with Edwards and Bevan; here the two combine, in contrast and confluence as they demonstrate massive technique and concentrative conversation.

Wolfarth, Christian / Jason Kahn: Percussion / Voice
Wolfarth, Christian / Jason Kahn:
Percussion / Voice

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $11.95    




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An absorbing album of percussion and voice from the working duo of Christian Wolfarth on drums and percussion, and Jason Kahn on voice, for two extended improvisations of cathartic vocal expression and assertive rhythmic and reflective percussive accompaniment, balancing eccentric and mesmerizing sound in gripping and compelling ways.

 

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