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Wooley, Nate (Wooley / Sawyer / Halvorson / Alcorn): Columbia Icefield

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 27161
Catalog Code: CD-NS-112
Country: USA

Price: $13.95

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With two guitarists--Mary Halvorson and Susan Alcorn on pedal steel--and Ryan Sawyer on drums, New York trumpeter explores the Rocky Mountains Columbia Icefield, the largest icefield in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, through sophisticated compositions and superbly illustrative sound, an exceptional album of improvisation and intention from four modern masters.

Necks, The: Body

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 26610
Catalog Code: CD-NS-104
Country: USA

Price: $14.95

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A strong start to the Australian trio The Neck's 24th album, as Chris Abrahams on piano & keyboards, Tony Buck on drums, percussion & guitar, and Lloyd Swanton on acoustic bass present a powerhouse of free improvisation in a single hour-long work, the first half evoking jazz leaning, with a free and spacious bridge that builds suddenly to a rocking groove.

Stein's, Jason Locksmith Isidore: After Caroline [VINYL]

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 26070
Catalog Code: LP-NS-099
Country: USA

Price: $19.95

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The fourth release from Chicago bass clarinetist Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore, a trio with Jason Roebke on bass and New York drummer Mike Pride, playing modern creative jazz with a twisted melodic sense through Stein's original compositions, alongside one collective comoposition and John Coltrane's "26-2", a great example of 21st century jazz.

Ceramic Dog (Ribot / Ches Smith / Shahzad Ismaily): Y R U Still Here? [VINYL]

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 25706
Catalog Code: LP-NS-098
Country: USA

Price: $14.95

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In the Downtown NY tradition of blurring rock and improvisation, the trio of Marc Ribot on guitar and voice, Shahzad Ismaily on bass, Moog, percussion and voice, and Ches Smith on drums, percussion and electronics, answer their own question 'why are you still here' through 11 genre-crossing songs of turmoil and inquisitiveness, perfect for the polarities of the time.

Ceramic Dog (Ribot / Ches Smith / Shahzad Ismaily): Y R U Still Here?

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 25705
Catalog Code: CD-NS-098
Country: USA

Price: $12.95

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In the Downtown NY tradition of blurring rock and improvisation, the trio of Marc Ribot on guitar and voice, Shahzad Ismaily on bass, Moog, percussion and voice, and Ches Smith on drums, percussion and electronics, answer their own question 'why are you still here' through 11 genre-crossing songs of turmoil and inquisitiveness, perfect for the polarities of the time.

Stein's, Jason Locksmith Isidore: After Caroline

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 25689
Catalog Code: CD-NS-099
Country: USA

Price: $12.95

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The fourth release from Chicago bass clarinetist Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore, a trio with Jason Roebke on bass and New York drummer Mike Pride, playing modern creative jazz with a twisted melodic sense through Stein's original compositions, alongside one collective comoposition and John Coltrane's "26-2", a great example of 21st century jazz.

Mystical Weapons (Sean Lennon / Greg Saunier): Crotesque [VINYL]

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 23356
Catalog Code: NS049
Country: USA

Price: $18.95

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Sean Lennon & Greg Saunier (Mystical Weapons) are joined by multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire Shahzad Ismaily for this one-sided, 19.50 minute art LP with an original illustration by Sean Lennon screen-printed on the B side.

Lee, Okkyung / Christian Marclay: Amalgam [VINYL]

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 22958
Catalog Code: NS 082 LP
Country: USA

Price: $16.95

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A wild and exciting duo between cellist Okkyung Lee and legendary turntable improviser Christian Marclay performing live at London's Cafe Oto for a single long track that runs through an astonishing dynamic of invention and atmospheres in a gripping and spellbinding set.

Lee, Okkyung / Christian Marclay: Amalgam

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 22957
Catalog Code: NS 082 CD
Country: USA

Price: $13.95

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A wild and exciting duo between cellist Okkyung Lee and legendary turntable improviser Christian Marclay performing live at London's Cafe Oto for a single long track that runs through an astonishing dynamic of invention and atmospheres in a gripping and spellbinding set.

Zs (Hillmer / Fox / Higgins): XE

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 21345
Catalog Code: 062
Country: USA

Price: $13.95

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Sam Hillmer's NY based Z's in a trio format, with Hillmer on sax & electronics, Patrick Higgins on guitar & electronics, and Greg Fox on percussion & electronics, for an album of energetic and often abstracted beats, hyperkinetic electronics, and strange tonal music.

Moore, Thurston / John Moloney: Caught On Tape: Full Bleed

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 21344
Catalog Code: 059
Country: USA

Price: $13.95

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Under the name "Caught on Tape", Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore and John Moloney from Sunburned Hand of the Man deliver a set of heavy duos that swing through quiet dynamics and thick riffs, evoking both free/out jazz and beautiful SY-like rock moments.

Necks, The: Vertigo [VINYL]

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 21150
Catalog Code: NS 067 LP
Country: USA

Price: $19.95

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The Necks 18th album finds the trio of drummer/percussionist Tony Buck, bassist Lloyd Swanton and pianist/keyboardist Chris Abrahams in a vertiginous 44 minute dark excursion punctuated by cliff hanging moments through homemade instruments and unusual textures.

Necks, The: Vertigo

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 21149
Catalog Code: NS 067 CD
Country: USA

Price: $13.95

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The Necks 18th album finds the trio of drummer/percussionist Tony Buck, bassist Lloyd Swanton and pianist/keyboardist Chris Abrahams in a vertiginous 44 minute dark excursion punctuated by cliff hanging moments through homemade instruments and unusual textures.

Frith, Fred / John Butcher: The Natural Order

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 19768
Catalog Code: NS 060
Country: USA

Price: $13.95

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This album documents guitarist Fred Frith and saxophonist John Butcher's first head-to-head encounter in a recording studio, two titans of their instruments playing without overdubs in a single session for remarkable creative and sonic results.

Deerhoof & Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog: Split 7-inch [VINYL 7-inch] [RSD RELEASE]

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 18972
Catalog Code: SI-NS-053
Country: USA

Price: $11.95

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A Record Store Day Release, a split 7" with Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog (Ribot/Ismaily/Smith) on one side, and Deerfhoof with Marc Ribot on the other side.

Lindsay, Arto : Encyclopedia of Arto Lindsay [2 CDs]

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 18920
Catalog Code: Northern Spy 055
Country: USA

Price: $19.95

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NY-based Arto Lindsay's diverse career includes No Wave band DNA, Ambitious Lovers with Peter Scherer, acclaimed Brazilian-tinged pop records, and improvising with a great set of Downtown NY players, much of which is presented in this excellent cross-section of his work to date.

Chicago Underground Duo: Locus

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 18772
Catalog Code: CD-NS-052
Country: USA

Price: $13.95

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The Chicago duo of Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor on cornet, synth, electronics, bamboo flutes drums, mbira, guitar & balaphone, mixings bits of breakbeat and Afropop with jazz, ambient and electronica elements in unmistakable and compelling grooves.

Cloud Becomes Your Hand: Rocks Or Cakes

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 18597
Catalog Code: NC-SD 051
Country: USA

Price: $10.35

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Drawing on personnel from the Downtown NY scene, both improv and rock, including CACAW, Sunshine Soldier, and VaVatican, Cloud Becomes Your Hand plays exuberant and complex music that focuses as much on instrumental as vocal music while surprising and delighting.

Mystical Weapons (Sean Lennon / Greg Saunier): Crotesque [VINYL]

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 18294
Catalog Code: NS049
Country: USA

Price: $15.47

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Sean Lennon & Greg Saunier (Mystical Weapons) are joined by multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire Shahzad Ismaily for this one-sided, 19.50 minute art LP with an original illustration by Sean Lennon screen-printed on the B side.

Necks, The: Open

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 18169
Catalog Code: NSCD 047
Country: USA

Price: $12.95

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The Necks trio of Chris Abrahams (piano), Tony Buck (drums) and Lloyd Swanton (bass) return to their evolving improvisation format, with ethereal arco harmonics, mesmeric piano riffs, subliminal pulses, twittering electronics, and even an arco bass choir.

Bryan and the Haggards featuring Dr. Eugene Chadbourne: Merles Just Want To Have Fun

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 18126
Catalog Code: NCSD 046
Country: USA

Price: $12.95

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A ridiculously spirited, lovingly raucous tribute to Merle Haggard from saxophonist Bryan Murray's eccentric band with Jon Irabagon (sax), Jon Lundbom (guitar), Moppa Elliott (bass) and Danny Fischer (drums), with Doc Chadbourne on vocals, banjo and dobro.

Black Host (Cleaver / Cooper-Moore / Seabrook / Jones / Niggenkemper): Life in the Sugar Candle Mines

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 17828
Catalog Code: NS039
Country: USA

Price: $12.95

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Drummer Gerald Cleaver leads this New York quintet through eight original compositions that fuse improvisation with modern jazz, post-punk, and electrified noise.

Zs: Grain [VINYL]

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 17813
Catalog Code: LP-NS-037
Country: USA

Price: $13.80

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Tenor saxophonist Sam Hillmer (The Diamond Terrifier) takes NYC's Zs into a new direction as a trio with guitarist Patrick Higgins and percussionist Greg Fox, presenting the two part "Grain", a massive work of reorganized sound.

Zs: Grain

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 17626
Catalog Code: CD-NS-037
Country: USA

Price: $12.95

Out of Stock

Tenor saxophonist Sam Hillmer (The Diamond Terrifier) takes NYC's Zs into a new direction as a trio with guitarist Patrick Higgins and percussionist Greg Fox, presenting the two part "Grain", a massive work of reorganized sound.

Ceramic Dog (Ribot / Smith / Ismaily): Your Turn

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 17440
Catalog Code: CD-NS-038
Country: USA

Price: $13.95

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Five years after their debut release, Ceramic Dog, the power trio featuring Marc Ribot (guitar), Shahzad Ismaily (bass/electronics) and Ches Smith (drums), returns with this exceptional album merging rock and improv Downtown NY style.

Connors, Loren & Suzanne Langille: I Wish I Didn�t Dream

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 17064
Catalog Code: NSCD031
Country: USA

Price: $12.95

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The first duo in 14 years between guitarist Loren Connors and vocalist Suzanne Langille inspired by and using slides of MP Landis' WD series of paintings, which he created live during music performances.

Home of Easy Credit, The: (Blancarte / Eckardt)

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 16940
Catalog Code: NS 023
Country: USA

Price: $12.95

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Denmark to NY transplant Dam Eckardt Jensen blends her vocals, saxophone and flute work with Texan/NY bassist Tom Blancarte's furious playing to create unique sound worlds, including 5 hallucinatory and musical dreams.

Butcher, John: Bell Trove Spools

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 16930
Catalog Code: NS 032
Country: USA

Price: $12.95

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UK saxophone phenomenon John Butcher in 10 live solo recordings using the unique sonic environments of Richmond Hall, a Houston art gallery that has been compared to a bowling alley, and Issue Project Room's high-ceilinged marble room in Brooklyn, NY.

Chicago Underground Duo: Age of Energy

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 15739
Catalog Code: NS 020
Country: USA

Price: $12.95

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Their 6th duo album, cornetist/electronic artist Rob Mazurek & drummer/percussionist/electronic artist Chad Taylor's release is concerned with the balance between controlled and uncontrolled experiences.

Gayle, Charles: Streets

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 15641
Catalog Code: NSCD018
Country: USA

Price: $12.95

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Legendary NY free jazz saxophonist Charles Gayle takes to "the streets" with his trio of bassist Larry Roland and drummer Michael TA Thompson in a record illustrating Gayle's passionate voice and expressive dialog.

Spanish Donkey, The (Morris / Saft / Pride): XYX

Label: Northern Spy
Product Code: 14762
Catalog Code: NS 009
Country: USA

Price: $12.95

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An odyssey in dark and stunning improvisation from the New York trio of Jamie Saft, Joe Morris, & Mike Pride, an exploration of sonic space that could only come out of the NY Downtown.

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