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	Rodrigues / Leblanc / Lopes: Montreal [Used Item] Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27871 Catalog Code: cs583 Country: Portugal		Price: $9.95 In Stock
Named for the city in which it was recorded, the trio of Karoline Leblanc on harpsichord, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, and Paulo J Ferreira Lopes on gongs & cymbals, is a mysterious and ritualistic album, Lopes' gongs slowly intoning as the strings use unusual techniques, much of the harpsichord played inside; a subtle and beautiful reflection of historic Montreal.
	Backer, Andreas / Raymond Strid: Voice & Percussion [Used Item] Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27637 Catalog Code: cs334 Country: Portugal		Price: $10.00 In Stock
Ever-inventive drummer/percussionist Raymond Strid and performance collaborator, Norwegian-Swedish free improvising vocalist Andreas Backer, for a set of unusual, absurd and detailed improvisations, as the two complement each other in unexpected ways.
	String Theory: Krypton Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27617 Catalog Code: cs608 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
The Portuguese large improvising ensemble String Theory is heard live during the CreativeFest#12, at O'Culto da Ajuda, in Lisbon, Portugal in 2018, in an extended improvisation of incredible layering and restraint, making an amalgam of mostly acoustic string sources sound electronic and hallucinatory, an incredible achievement in string sonics.
	Schwarm 13: At Studioboerne45 Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27616 Catalog Code: cs607 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Schwarm, or "Swarm", 13 is a German ensemble performing instant compositions, directed by clarinetist Rudi Debrunner and saxophonist Max Stehle, who also provides conceptions for the band, which is comprised of reeds, guitar, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, double bass, and voice, presenting (appropriately) 13 improvisations captured live at Studioboerne45.
	Suspensao: Rayon Blanc Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27615 Catalog Code: cs606 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
The fourth release from the Portuguese lowercase electroacoustic ensemble Suspensao, merging viola, cello, bass clarinet, alto sax, electric guitar, piano, double bass, percussion and electronics in intensely detailed, slow moving improvisation, revealing impressive tension and suspension of time in impeccably concentrative collective conversation.
	Limbo Ensemble: Limbo Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27613 Catalog Code: cs604 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 Out of Stock
A fascinating confluence of improvisation and contemporary compositional approaches from this Spanish ensemble led by composer and drummer Nasim Lopez Palacios, using 5 reeds, trumpet, flute, piano, electric guitar, harp, double bass, drums and electronics in an extended work exploring space, tension and motion, with a beautiful build to catharsis.
	BBC Trio (Gorka Benitez / Guillermo Celano / Marcos Baggiani): Donde Esta Nuestro Hogar? Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27612 Catalog Code: cs603 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
The Barcelona trio of Gorka Benitez on tenor saxophone & flute, Guillermo Celano on electric guitar, and Marcos Baggiani on drums, play a lyrical and bluesy brand of instrumental rock music which they describe as an eclectic approach to rock emphasizing pure energy and fun, in nine upbeat and groove-oriented tunes of tight and enthusiastic playing.
	Alder, Jason / Piotr Michalowski: Contradictions Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27611 Catalog Code: cs602 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Dialogs on the lowest of reed instruments from the Ann Arbor, Michigan duo of Jason Alder and Piotr Michalowski, using Leblanc paperclip contrabass clarinets and Selmer rosewood contrabass and contra-alto clarinets, as they apply diverse approaches to avant improvisation of deep interaction, from active grumblings to beautiful tonal stretches.
	den Boer Salmom, Miriam / Ernesto Rodrigues / Fredrik Rasten / Guilherme Rodrigues: A Late Evening In The Future Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27610 Catalog Code: cs601 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
A subtle album of acoustic interaction recorded at Berlin's Noiseberg from the quartet of Miriam den Boer Salmon on violin, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & zither, Fredrik Rasten on acoustic guitar, and Guilherme Rodrigues on cello & percussion, sounding almost electronic in their frictional technique and harmonic overtones, ebbing and flowing from active interaction to tranquil discourse.
	IKB: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27609 Catalog Code: cs600 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Recording at the 12th CreativeFest at O'Culto da Ajuda, in Lisbon, Portugal, the IKB ensemble is represented by 20 musicians for this performance, merging acoustic and electronic instruments including strings, brass, winds, self-made instruments, and percussion in a concert of intense constraint & patience, seething with detail and replete with consummate skill.
	Brondum, Lars / Per Gardin: Adhara Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27608 Catalog Code: cs599 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Swedish improvisers, saxophonist Per Gardin--known for his work with Rodrigo Pinheiro & Pedro Lopes and Oblique (Trio)--joins fellow Swede Lars Brondum, whose work focuses on modern composers like Cardew, Ligeti, and Riley, here on modular synth and theremin, as the two focus on the star Adhara in the Canis Major constellation through 6 stellar object-named ea-improvisations.
	Rodrigues, Ernesto: Spiegel Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27607 Catalog Code: cs598 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Two sets across two nights during CreativeFest #12 at O'Culto da Ajuda, in Lisbon, Portugal, in a septet of six acoustic sources--viola, cellos, flute, trumpet, piano and percussion--and electronics, an extended journey approached with quiet tension and incredible detail, the recording of the first set used as the basis for the 2nd to create a virtual ensemble.
	Petit, Jean-Luc / Jeremy Baysse / Fabrice Favriou: Ecorchure Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27606 Catalog Code: cs597 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 Out of Stock
"Ecorchure" translates to a skin wound produced by a violent friction that removes or tears the superficial layers; here the French trio of Jean-Luc Petit on saxophones, Jeremy Baysse on electric guitar & gadgets, and Fabrice Favriou on drums, tear through three excoriating improvisations during a 2019 live concert at Ateliers Musicaux Syrinx, in Poitiers France.
	Lisbon String Trio / Gil Goncalves: Merz Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27605 Catalog Code: cs596 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 Out of Stock
The Lisbon String Trio of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Miguel Mira on cello, and Alvaro Rosso on contrabass continue their recent string of collaborations with a fourth player, Portuguese tuba player Gil Goncalves joining to addd a unique complement to their strings, as Goncalves adds bass, blats, growls and unique timbres of upper register low brass.
	Drasler / Jackson / Thompson: Nauportus Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27604 Catalog Code: cs595 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 Out of Stock
Clarinetist Tom Jackson, guitarist Daniel Thompson and drummer Vid Drasler met in 2016 as part of the CRAM Records residency at FriForma in Ljubljana, at which time they performed and recorded as a trio, vowing to collaborate again; this album of open-minded free improvisation is the result: "Nauportus" in 5 parts, ebbing and flowing from near silence to animated interaction.
	Anemochore (Frantz Loriot / Sebastian Strinning / Daniel Studer / Benjamin Brodbeck): Suites And Seeds Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27602 Catalog Code: cs593 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Taking their name from plants whose seeds are distributed by wind, violist Frantz Loriot and bassist Daniel Studer formed Anemochore in 2016 to purse different playing techniques and preparations in their search for unique forms of improvisation, here with drummer Benjamin Brodbeck and saxophonist & bass clarinetist Sebastian Strinning, recorded by Jean-Marc Foussat.
	Neuser, Nikolaus / Carlos Quebrada: Toxicodendron Radicans Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27601 Catalog Code: cs592 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Recording in New York at the Omi International Arts Center in 2018, the duo of German trumpeter Nikolaus Neuser and Brazilian bassist Carlos Eduardo Quebrada Vasquez, Quebrada expanding his bass through electronics, capture an inventive and active set of dialogs, rich in technical skill and continually surprising through twists and turns; action-packed and inspired.
	Nuno, Jorge Connection: Sao Paulo Connection Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27600 Catalog Code: cs591 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Far ranging free improvisation from the Sao Paulo, Brazil quartet of Jorge Nuno on guitar, Romulo Alexis on trumpet, Vitor Vieira Branco on vibraphone, and Rafael Cab on drums, in ethnically rich and spiritual playing that incorporates beautiful atmospheric work, ruminating assertive playing, and idiosyncratic interaction with unusual technique and percussive instruments.
	de Heney, Nina / Karin Johansson / Henrik Wartel: Quagmire Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27298 Catalog Code: cs590 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Turning the piano trio concept onto its sonic side, the Swedish trio of Nina de Heney on double bass, Karin Johansson on piano, and Henrik Wartel on drums owe more to AMM than jazz tradition, as they use extended techniques and a sound-oriented approach to improvisation, presenting three live recordings at Elementstudion, in Gothenburg, Sweden.
	Dyberg / Masing / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Jacobson: Egin Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27297 Catalog Code: cs589 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Recording live in Berlin at Werkhalle Wiesenburg, the quartet of Portuguese father/son string players Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Danish saxophonist Mia Dyberg on alto sax, and Polish double bassist Tomo Jacobson present a precisely controlled concert of subtly detailed free improvisation using impressive technique and momentum.
	Voort4: Stroming Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27296 Catalog Code: cs588 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
The Netherlands quartet of Martin Tervoort on tenor & soprano saxophones and bass clarinet, Bert Kleijn on drums, Fons Sluijter on cello, and Bennie Timmer on guitars, in collective improvisation influenced by jazz, blues, salsa, pop, free improv and modern compositional music.
	Bramnk, Falter: Diez Seiz Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27295 Catalog Code: cs587 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 Out of Stock
A mysterious and absorbing composition in 8 parts with 8 independent themes, composed to accompany the narrative of an exhibition in January 2018 by the Portuguese artist Sandra Gil at Galerie 9 in Lille, France, Bramnk's score combining acoustic, electronic, and studio components, this rendering adding viola from Guenola Fatout on several parts.
	Vazquez, Pablo / Hernan Sama: El Nombre Del Ritual Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27294 Catalog Code: cs586 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Thirteen emphatic "rituals" from the Argentinian duo of saxophonist Hernan Sama, recording in the studio as they employ an array of techniques including extended bowing and plucking approaches, saxophone smears, growls, vocal utterances, odd reed techniques, &c, to engage their listener's ears as they unfold dialog that merges jazz forms and fully free improvisation.
	Baumann, Franziska / Udo Schindler: Blue Sonic Vibrations [Used Item] Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27269 Catalog Code: cs551 Country: Portugal		Price: $9.95 In Stock
German saxophonist and leader of the Salon for Klang + Kunst started the Improx, or "The X for the Unknown and the Unheard" with Gunnar Geisse, here in the third edition of the series with Swiss free improvising vocalist Franziska Baumann, captured live at two performances in 2018 in Germany & Switzerland, for unusual, quick-witted and innovative interchanges.
	Kanute (Bergstrom / Abildgaard / Okland): C.995 Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 27011 Catalog Code: cs584 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Free improvisation from the Norwegian trio of Dorothea Okland (voice), Ferdinand Bergstrom (guitar), and Olav Abildgaard (percussion), in 7 non-idiomatic interactions of quirky dialog, Okland's fragmented language interacting with Abilgaard's quick, scrabbly approach to nonspecific objects and Bergstrom's acoustic guitar abstract progressions or chord structures; enjoyably odd.
	Houben / Rodrigues / Rodrigues: The Haecceity Of Things Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26982 Catalog Code: cs578 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
A mysterious album of viola, viola d'amore, organ, and field recordings, merging the compositional minimal approach of Wandelweiser artist Eva-Maria Houben with Creative Sources performers Ernesto & Guilherme Rodrigues, the field recordings creating a virtual setting of environmental stillness, evoking slow motion in the unique "thisness" of haecceity.
	Rodrigues, Ernesto / Rodrigues, Guilherme / Richard Scott: We Still Have Bodies [Used Item] Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26825 Catalog Code: cs541 Country: Portugal		Price: $9.95 In Stock
Nine numbered improvisations for viola, cello and analog synth from the trio of Ernesto Rodrigues, Guilherme Rodrigues and Richard Scott, recorded live at Audience, in Berlin, Scott's synth layers adding subtle nuance including vocal sampling and static and strange noise as a counterpoint to the Rodrigues' subdued but detailed techniques, textures and intense concentration.
	Rodrigues, Ernesto / Eduardo Chagas: Holes and Cracks [Used Item] Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26819 Catalog Code: cs504 Country: Portugal		Price: $9.95 In Stock
A lowercase duo of intense focus and concentrative dialog from Creative Sources label leader Eernesto Rodrigues on viola and trombonist Eduardo Chagas, a member of IKB, Variable Geometry Orchestra, Suspensao, &c., through five recordings using primarily extended techniques and close proximity miking to create unusual textural and alien soundcscapes of great tension and release.
	Free Music Septet: Meandros e Vertentes [Used Item] Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26816 Catalog Code: cs510 Country: Portugal		Price: $9.95 In Stock
A live recording from the acoustic septet Free Music 7tet of Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Luiz Rocha (clarinets), Guilherme Rodrigues (cello), Eduardo Chagas (trombone), and (piano), Hernani Faustino (double bass) and Paulo Ferreira Lopes (drums), performing at O'Culto da Ajuda, for five improvisations from active free improv to lowercase exploration.
	Rodrigues / Leblanc / Lopes: Montreal Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26781 Catalog Code: cs583 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Named for the city in which it was recorded, the trio of Karoline Leblanc on harpsichord, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, and Paulo J Ferreira Lopes on gongs & cymbals, is a mysterious and ritualistic album, Lopes' gongs slowly intoning as the strings use unusual techniques, much of the harpsichord played inside; a subtle and beautiful reflection of historic Montreal.
	Cajlan / Wissel / Nillesen: fourtyfour fiftythree Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26780 Catalog Code: cs582 Country: USA		Price: $15.95 In Stock
A trio of improvisers recorded live at Exploratorium in Berlin, 2018, from Zemun prepared pianist Dusica Cajlan-Wissel, European percussionist Etienne Nillesen on extended snare drum, and improviser/sculptur Georg Wissel on prepared alto saxophone, through extended technique and preparations creating unusual sonic interactions of detail and restrained idiosyncratic discourse.
	Gestalder / Marion / Becheanu: 3 vues d'un paysage / 3 views of a landscape Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26728 Catalog Code: cs581 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
A subtle album of soundscape from the French trio of Violaine Gestalder on saxophones, Louis Michel Marion on double bass, and Stefania Becheanu on field recordings, depicting 3 virtual aural views of a single landscape, the field recordings conveying a sense of location as the bass and sax use extended techniques and subliminal playing to create their vista.
	Rodrigues, / Rodrigues / Santos: Le Havre Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26727 Catalog Code: cs580 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Recording at the Pied Nu Festival, in Le Havre, France in 2018, the trio of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, and Carlos Santos on electronics present an extended and mysteriously subtle album of electroacoustic improvisation, detailed and remarkably controlled conversation of near telepathic anticipation from three intimate collaborators.
	Brennan, Patrick / Abdul Moimeme: Terraphonia Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26726 Catalog Code: cs579 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Portuguese guitarist and experiementer Abdul Moimeme, once a student of US free jazz saxophonist Patrick Brennan, now joins him as Moimeme employs two electroacoustically altered guitars played simultaneously with objects, Brennan performing on sax and cornet, as they create unusual and assertive abstract sonic environments, intensely detailed and gripping.
	Zyft (Ziv Taubenfeld / Henk Zwerver / Maya Felixbrodt): Midnight Tea Suite Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26724 Catalog Code: cs577 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
The debut for this acoustic free improvising Amsterdam trio of Ziv Taubenfeld on bass clarinet, Henk Zwerver on guitar, and Maya Felixbrodt on viola, in a set of abstract improvisations of an active nature using unorthodox and extended techniques, with an upbeat sense of excitement and enthusiasm that allows for solo forays amongst great collective discourse.
	Schorken, Hanna: You Told Me How To Dance Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26723 Catalog Code: cs576 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Hanna Schorken is a published German writer & poet, jazz vocalist and free improviser, since 2005 living in Koln and developing a personal and idiosyncratic approach to sound poetry and experimental voice recordings, heard here in a 7 part work where each movement completes the titles of the poem "I So Liked Spring"; "You"; "Told"; "Me"; "How"; "To"; "Dance".
	Besalduch, Ferran / Riuichi Daijo: Cumulonimbus Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26722 Catalog Code: cs575 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Improvising Japanese guitarist Riuichi Daijo joins Spanish Bass & Sopranino saxophonist Ferran Besalduch for a series of non-idiomatic dialogs, from bright restrained to assertive interactions, unusual techniques from Besalduch and percussive asides on the guitar adding engaging ornaments to their conversation; a nice accompaniment to a bright day.
	Steyer, Edith: Hoox And Add-ons Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26721 Catalog Code: cs574 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
A reflection of the previous year's solo work from Berlin-based saxophonist and clarinetist Edith Steyer, a member of GEDOK, the Berliner Senat and Composers Orchestra Berlin, here using preparations and extended techniques to open new possibilities in improvisations, as she explored ethnomusicology, using repetitive figures influenced by tribal music.
	Hauta-aho, Teppo / Jukka Kaariainen: Winter Suite Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26720 Catalog Code: cs573 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Finnish composer and bassist Teppo Hauta-aho, who works in both classical and improvised music and has recorded albums with Anthony Braxton and Evan Parker, is joined by Finnish experimental guitarist Jukka Kaariainen for an album that brings warmth to the frosty austerity of winter through intricate dialog, from stark reserve to rapid, fascinating flurries.
	In the Sea (Tristan Honsinger / Nicolas Caloia / Joshua Zubot): Forks and Spoons Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26719 Catalog Code: cs572 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
With two magnificent albums and more than 100 concert performances, the masterful dialog from this working string trio of Canadian, European and American players--Tristan Honsinger on cello and voice; Joshua Zubot, on violin; Nicolas Caloia on double bass--is evident in their thrilling exchanges and dynamic approaches to both rapid and reflective improvisation.
	Schindler, Udo / Georges-Emmanuel Schneider / Gunter Pretzel: Rhizome Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26718 Catalog Code: cs571 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Live recordings of the performance on March 1st, 2018 at the Galerie arToxin in Munich, presenting compositions from Udo Schindler performing on bass clarinet, soprano saxophone & euphonium, Gunter Pretzel on viola, and Georges-Emmanuel Schneider on violins & live electronics, three artists of diverse background crossing boundaries to create something unique and exciting.
	Masing / Lin / Tallone / Rodrigues / Zek: Buratino Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26717 Catalog Code: cs570 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
A quintet of strings, hurdy gurdy, and amplified objects from Elo Masing on violin, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Hui-Chun Lin on cello, Caroline Cecilia Tallone on hurdy gurdy, objects, and Ame Zek on 12 string guitar, objects, recording in the studio for this 5 part improvisation, the hurdy-gurdy adding sustained mystery to a balance of subdued and assertive interaction.
	Schindler, Udo / Georges-Emmanuel Schneider: Kontergesang (Counter-Singing) Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26716 Catalog Code: cs569 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Eleven instrumental works with each piece based on and emulating the sound characteristics of blackbirds, such as "whistling", "squealing", or "flutes", captured in a live concert at multi-reedist Udo Schindler's Salon fur Klang+Kunst in Krailling in Berlin, from the duo of Schindler and long-time musical collaborator, violinist Georges-Emmanuel Schneider, also on live electronics.
	Schwabe, Wolfgang / Hui-Chun Lin: 180818 Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26715 Catalog Code: cs568 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
A unique pairing of strings from Berlin improviser Wolfgang Schwabe performing on the Guqin, or Qin, a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family, and Hui-Chun Lin on cello and voice, finding common ground in instant compositions of exotic string figures plucked and bowed, with Hui-Chun Lin sometimes adding emotional release in voice.
	Massaro, Francesco / Giovanni Cristino / Walter Forestiere: Undergrowth Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26714 Catalog Code: cs567 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
The Italian trio of saxophonist/clarinetist Francesco Masaro, pianist and prepared pianist Giovanni Cristino, and drummer/percussionist Walter Forestiere, take us on a journey at the lower levels of a forest's undergrowth, adding objects, preparations and extended techniques in a blend of free jazz and nonidiomatic forms to reveal mystery and brightness in the brambles.
	Ianes, Luis: Antiguas Construcciones Utiles (Crusoe) Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26713 Catalog Code: cs566 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
With references to "Robinson Crusoe" and titles referencing islands, the sea and shipwrecks, Argentinian guitarist living in Brooklyn, NY, Luis Ianes (Parias Ensemble) records his album that roughly translates to "Useful Ancient Constructions", using effects to create percussive, accompanying, and aquatic sounds, sometimes idiosyncratic, always interesting.
	Rodrigues, Ernesto / Lauri Hyvarinen / Abdul Moimeme / Carlos Santos: Kuori Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26712 Catalog Code: cs565 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Finnish guitarist Lauri Hyvarinen joins Portugues Creative Sources collective members Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Abdul Moimeme on electric guitar, and Carlos Santos on synthesizer, for a studio album whose title refers to the shell of an object, a mysterious reference peeled away by this quartet through subliminal playing of intense technique and concentration.
	Garcia, Miguel A. / Oier Iruretagoiena / Abdul Moimeme / Lorea Oar-Arteta / Ernesto Rodrigues / Carlos Santos: Sitsa Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26711 Catalog Code: cs564 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Joing Portuguese and Spanish improvisers for four recordings in Bilbao, Spain, this sextet presents sound works using unusual orchestration--piano harp, viola, guitar, metals, electric organ, paper, contact mics, and electronics--balancing spacious exploration with assertive moments of percussive and caustic sound, evolving bold sonic and timbral combinations.
	Petzold, Dietrich / Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues / Matthias Bauer: dis/con/sent Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26710 Catalog Code: cs563 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
An album for bowed strings, bowed metal, and double bass, from the quartet of Dietrich Petzold on violin, viola, bowed metal, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, and Matthias Bauer on double bass, presenting a seven part suite recorded in the studio in Berlin, active and exciting music that bridges classical technique with free improvisation.
	Galao, Paulo / Guilherme Rodrigues / Nuno Morao: Hymn Label: Creative Sources Product Code: 26709 Catalog Code: cs562 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
A suite in seven parts named in Latin with abstract spiritual connotations from the Portuguese free improvising trio of Paulo Galao on clarinet & bass clarinet, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, and Nuno Morao on percussion, each movement using subdued yet detailed and active motion, a confident and adept meditation of powerfully controlled communion.